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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In the Line of Fire
Grousbeck, I. H; Prober, C. G.; Tauber, Alexander; Zambricki, Elizabeth A.Case SGSB-ETH9-EDystonia is a disease that most of the Marvis family suffered from. Not only this, but mother Stephanie Marvis also was a single mother working hard to finance her four person family. Stephanie and her son David especially had symptoms of dystonia, which forced Stephanie to frequently take her son to the hospital. After much research, Stephanie found the Stanford Hospital’s Dr. Fields, who helped implant a device that would halt some of the dys...Starting at €8.20
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Teaching Note for Bxo: From Seed to IPO
Chess, Robert; Lehman, CameronTeaching Note SGSB-SM-296TN-EStrategyDylan Smith, Co-Founder and CFO of Box, describes the various stages of founding the enterprise digital document and data storage company. At each financial raise, beginning with the very earliest family-and-friend money all the way through IPO, Smith describes the options and the thought process that went into each decision.Starting at €0.00
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Stanford Medicine: Health IT Purchasing Decisions in a Comples Medical Organization
Chess, Robert; Kissick RyanCase SGSB-E615-EEntrepreneurship“Stanford Medicine: Health IT Purchasing Decisions in a Complex Medical Organization” examines how a complex medical organization evaluates new health information technology products to pilot, purchase, and utilize. Every year, hundreds of companies pitched their health IT solutions to Stanford Medicine and its associated entities: the Stanford University School of Medicine, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, and Stanford Health Care. ...Starting at €8.20
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Doctor on Demand
Chess, Robert; Golden, JosephCase SGSB-E703-EEntrepreneurshipThis case considers the state of telehealth, or the remote delivery of healthcare services via telecommunications technology, in 2019. Doctor On Demand, a promising start-up in the space, sought to solve the four main challenges that the telehealth industry had faced historically. First, although most Americans who had health insurance coverage through their employers also received telehealth benefits, very few knew about these services, and an...Starting at €8.20
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Arterys
Chess, Robert; Lehman, CameronCase SGSB-SM297-EStrategyFabien Beckers, Founder and CEO of Arterys, walks through the creation of his medical / AI imaging company, including the equity struggles of the founding team, building the right team and final the right channel sales partners.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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Helping to Ease the Pain and Suffering
Grousbeck, I. H; Prober, C. G.; Tauber, Alexander; Zambricki, Elizabeth A.Case SGSB-ETH6-EThis case is centered on Stanford University’s Palliative Care program and covers difficult conversations physicians must have with patients and their families. Situations include dealing with the angry family of a terminally ill patient, and how to legally and ethically respond to a patient’s request for assisted suicide.Starting at €8.20
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Box: From Seed to IPO
Chess, Robert; Lehman, CameronCase SGSB-SM-296-EStrategyDylan Smith, Co-Founder and CFO of Box, describes the various stages of founding the enterprise digital document and data storage company. At each financial raise, beginning with the very earliest family-and-friend money all the way through IPO, Smith describes the options and the thought process that went into each decision.Starting at €8.20