Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Note on New Venture Teams
Rohan, Dennis; Magat Raffaelli, ClaireCase SGSB-E361-EEntrepreneurshipA new venture team is composed of the founders, employees, and advisors who will guide an idea from its formation stage into a fully functioning company. Each of these groups plays an important role in growing the venture and putting it on the path to success. This note will explore the myriad factors to be considered when forming a new venture team. While strategy and implementation may depend on the industry, product or service, and target cust...Starting at €8.20
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A Note on Getting the Most Out of Your Board Meetings
Dodson, D; Pohlmeyer, SCase SGSB-E631-EEntrepreneurshipIn your first year as chief executive officer (CEO), you will encounter a host of management challenges and opportunities—all of which can be navigated more skillfully if you can tap into the insights and perspectives of a handful of seasoned operators and investors. For this reason, your board can have a significant impact on the company’s performance. Unfortunately, CEOs often get far less value out of their boards in the first few years than...Starting at €8.20
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Facebook: Hard Questions (A)
Shotts, Ken; Malhotra, Neil; Melvin, SheilaCase SGSB-ETH15A-EDecision AnalysisIn April 2018, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was called to Capitol Hill to be the star witness at congressional hearings intended to examine Facebook’s “breaches of trust” with its users and “larger questions about the fundamental relationship tech companies have with their users.” Zuckerberg admitted that his company faced “a number of important issues around privacy, safety, and democracy” but emphasized that his company was “idea...Starting at €8.20
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Note on IPO Share Allocation
Leslie, Mark; Marks, Michael; Magat Raffaelli, ClaireCase SGSB-E377-EEntrepreneurshipAn initial public offering (IPO) is the first sale of stock or shares by a company to the public. IPOs are often issued by smaller, younger companies seeking capital to expand, although they can also be done by large privately owned companies looking to become publicly traded. When a company lists its shares on a public exchange it will almost always issue additional new shares at the same time. The money paid by investors for the newly issued...Starting at €8.20
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Branch Metrics: "Failing" into the Idea
Mandelbaum, F; Pohlmeyer, SCase SGSB-E586-EEntrepreneurshipThis case explores the Branch Metrics’ cofounders’ early days as a team and their pursuit of a viable idea for their startup. The three original cofounders, who met in business school, transformed their business concept entirely several times before finding the idea for Branch Metrics. Starting with a fitness collar for dogs, then starting over with developing a mobile application for low-cost, high-quality photobooks, and ultimately developing a...Starting at €8.20
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2016 Search Fund Study: Selected Observations
Kelly, P; Dodson, D; Grousheck, IH; Pohlmeyer, S; Rosenthal, SCase SGSB-E605-EEntrepreneurshipSince 1996, the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (CES) at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) has conducted a series of studies on the performance of search funds. These studies endeavor to gather data and gain insight into all known search funds. The studies aggregate the characteristics of search funds, present their principals’ backgrounds, and evaluate the investment returns generated by first-time search funds to their origina...Starting at €8.20
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The Opioid Epidemic (B): Responses to the Crisis
Shotts, Ken; Melvin, SheilaCase SGSB-ETH18B-EDecision AnalysisBetween 1999 and 2017, almost 400,000 Americans died from an opioid overdose. An average of 130 died each day in 2017, six times the daily rate in 1999. These deaths were caused by both prescription opioids and illegal opioids like heroin and illicitly manufactured fentanyl, or IMF. The most common drugs involved in prescription opioid overdose deaths were methadone, oxycodone (like OxyContin), and hydrocodone (like Vicodin). The A case, which ...Starting at €5.74
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Meta and Political Speech
Shotts, Ken; Melvin, SheilaCase SGSB-ETH34-EDecision AnalysisBy 2022, Meta was the world’s largest social media company, with around 3 billion users sharing 140 billion messages and a billion stories a day. Over 200 million businesses used Meta apps like Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Meta’s primary source of revenue was advertising. Its proclaimed mission was to “give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together” and its principles were to “give people a voice, build connect...Starting at €8.20
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Tariffed!
Shotts, Ken; Melvin, SheilaCase SGSB-P94-EEconomicsThis case describes President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs of 2018. The case covers the recent history of U.S. trade protectionism in these industries, as well as the domestic and international politics surrounding the Trump tariffs. The case discusses industry reaction to the tariffs, as well as their implementation by the Department of Commerce, and retaliation by other countries.Starting at €8.20
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The Opioid Epidemic (A)
Shotts, Ken; Melvin, SheilaCase SGSB-ETH-18-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis case provides an overview of the history and causes of the U.S. opioid epidemic. It begins with a history of opium and pain management, leading into a description of the current epidemic, its stages, and its scale. The case then presents possible causes of the epidemic: misleading marketing by drug companies, kickback schemes, irresponsible physicians and distributors, lobbying, and societal expectations about eliminating pain.Starting at €8.20