Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Qualtrics: Scaling an Inside-Sales Organization
Patell, J; Quigless, M; Bowman, KCase SGSB-E503-EEntrepreneurshipCEO, Ryan Smith and the rest of the founding team at Qualtrics grew the company to 350 employees and an estimated $50M in revenue through an inside-sales model. After ten years of bootstrapping however, the company took on $70M in funding from prominent venture capital funds. With this milestone, the team faced a new inflection point in the company’s growth. To support the next phase of evolution, Smith brought in John D’Agostino as the new H...Starting at €8.20
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Ross Walker's Path to Power
Jeffrey PfefferCase SGSB-OB79-ELeadership and People ManagementRoss Walker had come a long way. A child of modest upbringing in Marin County just north of San Francisco, Walker had earned both undergraduate and MBA degrees from Stanford. He had been chosen to serve a five-year term as the youngest alumni representative on the Stanford University Board of Trustees and had a great job at Wolff Urban Development in the industries he loved, hospitality and real estate. Most importantly, Walker was well-known ...Starting at €8.20
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Nonprofit Business Models and Financial Statement Relationships (A)
McNichols, Maureen; Foroughi; JaclynCase SGSB-SI137A-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThorough analysis of various nonprofit business models requires an understanding of each firm’s economic characteristics. The relations between various financial statement items provide evidence of many of these economic characteristics. This case presents the “common-size” condensed annual balance sheet, income, and cash flow statements for eight nonprofit firms in the U.S. for the 2018 or 2019 fiscal year (compiled from either audited financi...Starting at €8.20
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Nonprofit Business Models and Financial Statement Relationships (B) - Teaching note
McNichols, Maureen; Foroughi; JaclynTeaching Note SGSB-SI137BTN-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThorough analysis of various nonprofit business models requires an understanding of each firm’s economic characteristics. The relations between various financial statement items provide evidence of many of these economic characteristics. This case presents the “common-size” condensed annual balance sheet, income, and cash flow statements for eight nonprofit firms in the U.S. for the 2018 or 2019 fiscal year (compiled from either audited financi...Starting at €0.00
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Qualtrics: Bootstrapping Growth
LevavJ; Quigless, MCase SGSB-SM224-EStrategyIn March 2012 the founders of Qualtrics sat together in the Provo, Utah, office of advisor Duff Thompson. They stared down one of the toughest decisions in the ten-year history of the company. Thompson and Qualtrics’ CEO Ryan Smith had spent the last few months fielding calls from venture capitalists and strategic partners who were interested in becoming a part of the Qualtrics story. The culmination of their effort was a $500 million buyout o...Starting at €8.20
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Nonprofit Business Models and Financial Statement Relationships (B)
McNichols, Maureen; Foroughi; JaclynCase SGSB-SI137B-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThorough analysis of various nonprofit business models requires an understanding of each firm’s economic characteristics. The relations between various financial statement items provide evidence of many of these economic characteristics. This case presents the “common-size” condensed annual balance sheet, income, and cash flow statements for eight nonprofit firms in the U.S. for the 2018 or 2019 fiscal year (compiled from either audited financi...Starting at €5.74
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Tristan Walker: The Extroverted Introvert
Jeffrey PfefferCase SGSB-OB93-ELeadership and People ManagementTristan Walker was a 32-year-old entrepreneur. A visionary thinker and GSB graduate, Walker had accomplished much in his short career, and had worked briefly at Twitter, Foursquare, and Andreessen Horowitz before founding his own company, Walker & Company Brands. Walker was also the chair and cofounder of Code 2040, a nonprofit that helped underrepresented minorities chart successful pathways in the technology sector. Tristan Walker grew up in Q...Starting at €8.20
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Nonprofit Business Models and Financial Statement Relationships (A) - Teaching note
McNichols, Maureen; Foroughi; JaclynTeaching Note SGSB-SI137ATN-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThorough analysis of various nonprofit business models requires an understanding of each firm’s economic characteristics. The relations between various financial statement items provide evidence of many of these economic characteristics. This case presents the “common-size” condensed annual balance sheet, income, and cash flow statements for eight nonprofit firms in the U.S. for the 2018 or 2019 fiscal year (compiled from either audited financi...Starting at €0.00