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Lehman Brothers
Nicholas, Tom; Chen, DavidCase HBS-810106-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2008, the U.S. financial system was in a state of crisis and Lehman Brothers went from a major Wall Street investment bank to an insolvent institution. It was a swift end for a firm that had its beginnings over 150 years prior. What would be the firm's legacy? And how, if at all, had its activities changed the course of American history?Starting at €8.20
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Rheaply: Circularity For Every Business
Koning, Rembrand; Dadlani, AliciaCase HBS-724351-EEntrepreneurshipIn March 2023, Garry Cooper, cofounder and CEO of Chicago-based Rheaply, needed to demonstrate that Rheaply's expanded vision could translate into building cash flows and metrics needed to raise a Series B and turn the business into a model for financial and environmental sustainability. The eight-year-old company had originally been founded as an asset exchange platform for surplus materials at university science laboratories. Over time, the com...Starting at €8.20
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Chai Point
Koning, Rembrand; Elfenbein, Daniel W.; Jain, KanikaCase HBS-724418-EEntrepreneurshipChai Point was an Indian food and beverage company focused on chai. It started in 2010 as a retail store network but soon expanded to corporate offices by developing an IoT-enabled automatic tea and filter coffee machine. By 2023, Chai Point had 170 stores and 5000 machines nationwide. However, it was still a fraction of India's vast tea market. With ambitions for greater scale, Chai Point launched a promising third vertical, MyChai Corner, to ag...Starting at €8.20
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Walmart's Online Challenge: Amazon.com
Koning, RembrandCase HBS-719461-EStrategyIn 2015, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) ran the largest healthcare system in the United States, with over 1,700 sites of care that served nearly 9 million veterans. One year earlier, a scandal had erupted over a cover-up of the excessive wait times veterans faced to get medical appointments in some VA facilities. The fallout led to the resignation of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, a criminal investigation by the Federal Bureau of Inv...Starting at €8.20
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The American Dream in History
Nicholas, Tom; Chen, DavidCase HBS-808134-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €8.20
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Dot.com: Online Pet Retailing
Nicholas, Tom; Chen, DavidCase HBS-809117-EEntrepreneurshipFrom 1995 to 1999, the U.S. experienced a period of tremendous growth in its information technology (IT) sector. The IT industry, although it accounted for less than 10% of the U.S. economy's total output, contributed disproportionately to economic growth. One market that was particularly contentious was online pet supply retailing. Pet supply retailing had an estimated worth of $31 billion in 1997, and in the late 1990s, several startups and bri...Starting at €8.20
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Al Capone
Nicholas, Tom; Chen, DavidCase HBS-809144-EEntrepreneurshipIn 1929, Chicago, IL mob boss Al Capone was at the height of his power. As head of the extensive crime organization known as "The Outfit" during most of U.S.'s Prohibition Era (1920-1933), Capone oversaw hundreds of brothels, speakeasies, and roadhouses which served as venues for gang-administered gambling, prostitution, and illegal alcohol sales. At their peak, yearly revenues from all of his enterprises combined totaled over $100 million. Capon...Starting at €8.20
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Crosley
Nicholas, Tom; Chen, DavidCase HBS-809160-EEntrepreneurshipIn October 1941, a top secret envoy from the U.S. military was sent to Crosley Corporation in Cincinnati, Ohio to request their assistance to construct a weapon that would drastically strengthen the defenses of U.S. troops: the proximity fuze. Such a fuze would allow enemy aircraft to be shot down with a rate of accuracy well above that of previous weaponry. The task would be a challenging one, as conventional wisdom held that it took at least fo...Starting at €8.20
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Kleiner-Perkins and Genentech: When Venture Capital Met Science
Hardymon, G. Felda; Nicholas, TomCase HBS-813102-EEntrepreneurshipGenentech is a rare success story in the biotechnology industry. Hundreds of billions of dollars of venture capital have been invested without the expected transformational effects. Established in 1976, Genentech was to develop the new science of recombinant DNA into viable therapeutic products with mass market appeal, something that most scientists agreed was at least a decade away. The founders, Herbert Boyer and Robert Swanson had limited fina...Starting at €8.20
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Arthur Rock
Hardymon, G. Felda; Nicholas, Tom; Kind, LizCase HBS-813138-EEntrepreneurshipArthur Rock was known as one of the country's first venture capitalists and was instrumental in launching major Silicon Valley firms, such as Fairchild Semiconductor, Intel Corporation, Apple Computer, Inc., Scientific Data Systems and Teledyne Incorporated. He was the first venture capitalist to be featured on the cover of Time magazine. Rock was adamant that his success was due to luck and being in the right place at the right time. Others argu...Starting at €8.20