Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Veritas Software
Holloway, C; , Morgridge, J; , Mukherjee, PCase SGSB-E69-EEntrepreneurshipThis case offers an overview of Veritas Software’s history, beginning with the initial company, Tolerant Systems. It discusses the troubles Tolerant ran into and introduces the changes the company went through when it became a restart led by Mark Leslie. It touches on hiring and training a new sales force, striking new OEM partnerships, revisiting key partnerships and contracts, including a large one with AT&T, and accomplishing its goals on a sh...Starting at €8.20
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Envia Systems - Teaching note
Holloway, C; Morgridge, J; Han, ATeaching Note SGSB-E407TN-EEntrepreneurshipVenture capitalist Atul Kapadia was inclined to provide seed funding for Sujeet Kumar and Michael Sinkula to found Envia Systems, a lithium-ion battery company. Admittedly, Envia was little more than the founders’ vision of an affordable electric vehicle and the potential of playing in a very large market. But for Kapadia, it was precisely these two key ingredients that made Envia attractive and akin to other early-stage investments he had made a...Starting at €0.00
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Nuru International
Grousbeck, I; RosenthalCase SGSB-E417-EEntrepreneurshipNuru International was founded in 2008 as a social venture with the goal to eradicate extreme poverty around the world by helping the rural poor achieve self-sufficiency. The case follows Jake Harriman, founder and executive director, through the multiple human resource challenges he must face in building his nonprofit organization. The first of four vignettes involves Kevin Newton, one of Nuru’s first employees, after his promotion to internat...Starting at €8.20
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Envia Systems
Holloway, C; Morgridge, J; Han, ACase SGSB-E407-EEntrepreneurshipVenture capitalist Atul Kapadia was inclined to provide seed funding for Sujeet Kumar and Michael Sinkula to found Envia Systems, a lithium-ion battery company. Admittedly, Envia was little more than the founders’ vision of an affordable electric vehicle and the potential of playing in a very large market. But for Kapadia, it was precisely these two key ingredients that made Envia attractive and akin to other early-stage investments he had made a...Starting at €8.20
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Veritas Software - Teaching Note
Holloway, C; , Morgridge, J; , Mukherjee, PTeaching Note SGSB-E69TN-EEntrepreneurshipThis case offers an overview of Veritas Software’s history, beginning with the initial company, Tolerant Systems. It discusses the troubles Tolerant ran into and introduces the changes the company went through when it became a restart led by Mark Leslie. It touches on hiring and training a new sales force, striking new OEM partnerships, revisiting key partnerships and contracts, including a large one with AT&T, and accomplishing its goals on a sh...Starting at €0.00