Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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SoftBank Vision Fund: Changing Dynamics of Venture Capital
Beyer, Anne; Siegel, Robert; Bekele, GelilaCase SGSB-E782-EEntrepreneurshipThe SoftBank Vision Fund case examines the history and evolution of late-stage venture investing and explores SoftBank’s evolving investment strategy. SoftBank Investment Advisers, the investing arm of SoftBank group, manages two of the world’s largest venture capital funds - SoftBank Vision Funds 1 and 2. The SoftBank Vision Fund case follows Lydia Jett, Managing Partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers, as she describes the firm’s pre-investment...Starting at €8.20
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Roblox: The Path to Going Public
Beyer, Anne; Siegel, Robert; Bekele, GelilaCase SGSB-E795-EEntrepreneurshipThe leadership team of Roblox was contemplating a public offering in December 2020. Roblox was an online video game platform that offered developers a platform for building new games and a global social network for publishing and hosting online games. Roblox had filed its S-1 prospectus with the SEC, and registered to go public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) with the ticker symbol “RBLX.” However, at the last minute, a series of market ev...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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IFC Asset Management Company: Mobilizing Capital for Development
Meehan, B; Gara, ACase SGSB-F313-EFinanceThis case explores the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) creative and effective use of the private equity business model as a tool to mobilize financing for economic development around the world. In its bid to provide more capital for private sector investment in developing countries, IFC played a key role in the emergence of the private equity industry in these markets through its funds’ investments and, later, created its own third-part...Starting at €8.20
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Ashoka: Innovators for the Public
Meehan, B; Levenson, Keohane, GCase SGSB-SM203-EStrategySince its founding in 1980, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public had supported the work of over 3,000 of the world’s most visionary social entrepreneurs; men and women who, in Ashoka founder Bill Drayton’s words, are tireless pioneers of “system-changing solutions that advance the world’s most urgent social problems.” Through these efforts, Ashoka was also widely credited with building the larger field of social entrepreneurship. And yet, just at t...Starting at €8.20
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Pear VC: State of Early Venture in 2022
Beyer, Anne; Siegel, Robert; Bekele, GelilaCase SGSB-E783-EEntrepreneurshipMar Hershenson and Pejman Nozad founded Pear VC in 2014 to invest in early-stage start-ups in Pre-Seed and Seed funding rounds. Over the years, Pear developed numerous cohort-based programs to work with founders and build new ventures such as Pear Garage, Pear Competition, and Pear Fellows. The case examines the history and evolution of the early-stage venture capital industry over the last two decades. The case also explores the challenges asso...Starting at €8.20
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Vitana: Choosing Partners
Dodson, David; Bekele, GelilaCase SGSB-E813-EEntrepreneurshipThis case study examines the founding of Vitana, a dentistry-focused search fund founded by Ashish Bagai, Monika Srivastava, and Amir Fardshi. In this case, students are encouraged to explore the advantages and disadvantages of being solo founders versus having founding partners. The case also delves into the frameworks used to identify attributes, skills and criteria for evaluating prospective co-founders. Additionally, the case examines the pot...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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Willow Creek Community Church: What Really Make a Difference
Meehan, B; Drabkin, DCase SGSB-SM198-EStrategyWillow Creek Community Church, located outside of Chicago, IL, was one of the best attended and most influential churches in the United States. It was devoted to attracting seekers, people who were otherwise “unchurched,” and helping them along a journey towards conversion and spiritual maturity. Greg Hawkins, executive pastor, wondered, of all the things that the Church did, what really made a difference? If a generous donor gave Willow $100,...Starting at €8.20