Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Carlypso: Overcoming Bumps in the Road in the Used Car Industry
Reiss, P; Kissick, RCase SGSB-E546-EEntrepreneurshipCarlypso: Overcoming Bumps in the Road in the Used Car Industry” explores various challenges associated with scaling a start-up. In 2013, Christopher Coleman and Nicholas Hinrichsen cofounded Carlypso, a company that simplified the process of buying and selling used cars. Over the course of two years, Coleman and Hinrichsen ran into a series of challenges that prevented Carlypso from selling cars more efficiently. The case highlights several o...Starting at €8.20
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Young 1ove: Scaling in Botswana
Siegelman, R; Saucedo, MCase SGSB-E595-EEntrepreneurshipNoam Angrist cofounded Young 1ove with the promise of connecting young Africans to proven life-saving information. By massively scaling sexual health information campaigns that were previously shown in randomized trials to have significant impact, he hoped Young 1ove would be able to reach 1 million youth in Africa by 2017. However, while he and his team were less than a year into the project, they were already dealing with anfractuous governme...Starting at €8.20
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Lending Club: Part A
Siegel, R; Saucedo, MCase SGSB-E597-EEntrepreneurshipLending Club follows the path of founder and CEO Renaud Laplanche as he scales his successful P2P lending company both pre- and post-IPO. From debating with bankers on the proper valuation metrics for the company, to managing customer acquisition costs as the competitive landscape rapidly changes, the Lending Club case explores several key challenges that come with operating a fin-tech company at scale.Starting at €8.20
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Lending Club: Part B
Siegel, R; Saucedo, MCase SGSB-E597B-EEntrepreneurshipLending Club follows the path of founder and CEO Renaud Laplanche as he scales his successful P2P lending company both pre- and post-IPO. From debating with bankers on the proper valuation metrics for the company, to managing customer acquisition costs as the competitive landscape rapidly changes, the Lending Club case explores several key challenges that come with operating a fin-tech company at scale.Starting at €8.20
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Alchemist Accelerator
Glynn, J; Saucedo, MCase SGSB-E607-EEntrepreneurshipAlchemist Accelerator follows the story of Ravi Belani, founder and Managing Director of Alchemist Accelerator, as he leads one of the leading enterprise-focused accelerators in Silicon Valley. The case discusses the origins of the program, as well as the many challenges faced by Belani and his team as they seek out potential methods of scaling the program. The management team debate difficult choices, such as how to preserve the quality of the A...Starting at €8.20
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Live Ramp (A)
Siegel, R; Saucedo, MCase SGSB-E622A-EEntrepreneurshipThe LiveRamp case follows the story of Anneka Gupta, Chief Product Officer of LiveRamp, from her early days with the company as a spinoff from Rapleaf, to the present day, where she manages a large product management team responsible for developing cutting edge data onboarding products.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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Birch Benders - Teaching note
Lattin, J; Saucedo, MTeaching Note SGSB-E633TN-EEntrepreneurshipThe Birch Benders case follows the story of Matt LaCasse and Lizzie Ackerman as they embark on a journey to make the world’s best pancake mix. Through their trials and tribulations, the readers learn of the nuances involved in crafting an immaculate pancake recipe and then developing a business around it through effective branding, packaging, and distribution strategies. They realize that to scale the company successfully, they must retool their ...Starting at €0.00
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Early-Stage Business Vignettes
Chess, R; Reiss, P; Harrington, SCase SGSB-E304-EEntrepreneurshipThis case tells the story of Graham Weaver, a young entrepreneur, as he forms and grows a private equity company over the course of three years. While still a student at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, Graham began a search process to acquire a small company. Having purchased his first company, a label manufacturer, in 1998, he goes on to acquire six more in the same space, all of which he now owns under the umbrella Alpine Ventures. As C...Starting at €8.20
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Carlypso: Overcoming Bumps in the Road in the Used Car Industry - Teaching note
Reiss, P; Kissick, RTeaching Note SGSB-E546TN-EEntrepreneurshipCarlypso: Overcoming Bumps in the Road in the Used Car Industry” explores various challenges associated with scaling a start-up. In 2013, Christopher Coleman and Nicholas Hinrichsen cofounded Carlypso, a company that simplified the process of buying and selling used cars. Over the course of two years, Coleman and Hinrichsen ran into a series of challenges that prevented Carlypso from selling cars more efficiently. The case highlights several o...Starting at €0.00