Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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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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GuideStar: Data as a Tool for Nonprofit Transformation
Arrillaga-Andreessen, L; Murray, SCase SGSB-SI130-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeIn 1994, Arthur “Buzz” Schmidt, GuideStar’s founder, launched an organization with a staff of five. The organization, then known as Philanthropic Research, was formed with the simple goal of making basic information on nonprofits easily available to donors. At the time, virtually the only way a donor could gain access to information about a nonprofit was to solicit the organization directly or to hire someone to conduct research, and nonprofits ...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 Rockefeller Foundation: Innovation in Social Finance
Arrillaga-Andreessen, L; Murray, SCase SGSB-SI142-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeWhen Judith Rodin became president of The Rockefeller Foundation in 2005, she identified a pressing need to re-organize the foundation to meet the challenges in an increasingly complex world. Rodin also recognized that for philanthropy to make meaningful progress in solving the world’s biggest problems, it could not act alone. Innovation at Rockefeller: Innovation at Rockefeller dates back to its earliest years, when the foundation funded innova...Starting at €8.20
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The Rockefeller Foundation: Innovation in Social Finance - Teaching note
Arrillaga-Andreessen, L; Murray, STeaching Note SGSB-SI142TN-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeWhen Judith Rodin became president of The Rockefeller Foundation in 2005, she identified a pressing need to re-organize the foundation to meet the challenges in an increasingly complex world. Rodin also recognized that for philanthropy to make meaningful progress in solving the world’s biggest problems, it could not act alone. Innovation at Rockefeller: Innovation at Rockefeller dates back to its earliest years, when the foundation funded innova...Starting at €0.00
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Richardson County Community Association Vignettes - Teaching Note
H. Irving Grousbeck, Bethany Coates, Sara RosenthalTeaching Note SGSB-E568TN-EEntrepreneurshipMary Jones was the CEO of the Richardson County Community Association (RCCA), a nonprofit with assets of $250 million and annual grants totaling $50 million to charitable organizations in Richardson County, Colorado. As CEO of RCCA, Jones engaged personally with over 250 donors per year. She described her job as primarily one of relationship management, and at times, those relationships could prove challenging. In the RCCA Vignettes, Jones’s fi...Starting at €0.00
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Michael & Susan Dell Foundation: Technology Enables Social Impact
Arrillaga-Andreessen, L; Murray, SCase SGSB-SI127-EInnovation and ChangeEstablished in 1999, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation aims to transform the lives of children living in urban poverty through better health, education, and family economic stability. Initially focusing on Central Texas, the foundation rapidly expanded across the United States and globally in India and South Africa. By 2015, the foundation had committed more than $1.1 billion, with annual grant making in the $100 million range, with nearly 40...Starting at €8.20
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Richardson County Community Association Vignettes
H. Irving Grousbeck, Bethany Coates, Sara RosenthalCase SGSB-E568-EEntrepreneurshipMary Jones was the CEO of the Richardson County Community Association (RCCA), a nonprofit with assets of $250 million and annual grants totaling $50 million to charitable organizations in Richardson County, Colorado. As CEO of RCCA, Jones engaged personally with over 250 donors per year. She described her job as primarily one of relationship management, and at times, those relationships could prove challenging. In the RCCA Vignettes, Jones’s fi...Starting at €8.20