Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Airbnb
Radcliff, A; Rosentahl, SCase SGSB-E470-EEntrepreneurshipThe Airbnb case describes the very early days of this startup, beginning with the founders’ original concept of renting out air beds and serving breakfast (“Airbed and Breakfast”) in their apartment to conference attendees as an alternative to expensive hotel rooms. The founders grew the business by providing finding lodging options in people’s homes for attendees of large events such as South by Southwest and the Democratic National Convention....Starting at €8.20
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The Himalayan Cataract Project
Schulman, Kevin; Hu, Summer; Xue, Jiayin; Qi, SusanCase SGSB-A237-EAccounting and ControlCataracts robbed an estimated 65 million people around the world of their vision. In the Himalayas, where hundreds of thousands of people went needlessly blind from cataracts, doctors Sanduk Ruit and Fred Hollows began to tackle this health crisis in 1995 with the Himalayan Cataract Project, believing they could adopt new techniques and lens technology to scale high-quality, high-volume, and low-cost cataract operations in remote communities. T...Starting at €8.20