Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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New River Apparel: Trot or Gallop? - Teaching Note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradTeaching Note DARDEN-ENT-0194TN-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for product ENT-0194Starting at €0.00
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Haynsworth’s Inc.: Should I Stay or Should I Go? - Teaching Note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradTeaching Note DARDEN-ENT-0171TN-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for product ENT-0171Starting at €0.00
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Coalfields Coffee: Where to Go? - Teaching Note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradTeaching Note DARDEN-ENT-0184TN-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for product ENT-0184Starting at €0.00
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A Bowl of Good: Defining the Partnership - Teaching Note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradTeaching Note DARDEN-ENT-0183TN-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note of product ENT-0183Starting at €0.00
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Longview Services
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradCase DARDEN-ENT-0170-EEntrepreneurshipThis case traces the history of an engineering consulting firm and highlights differences between its two principals. The partnership worked very well overall, and Longview Services made money from the start. But it soon became clear that the duo had some differences in style that would need to be worked through.Starting at €8.20
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BandyWorks (B): Tom Bandy – Growing, Letting Go
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradCase DARDEN-ENT-0182-EEntrepreneurshipTom Bandy was no stranger to entrepreneurship and the problems brought about by success. Having honed his programming skills in the 1980s, he had already founded a database company that had seen great success—and then had been squeezed out by investors. In 2005, he founded BandyWorks, a computing services consulting firm, self-funding and achieving great success only four years later. In 2011, however, a development crisis popped up within BandyW...Starting at €5.74
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A Bowl of Good: Defining the Partnership
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradCase DARDEN-ENT-0183-EEntrepreneurshipKatrina Didot is founder and owner of A Bowl of Good, an organic soup business in Harrisonburg, Virginia. A Bowl of Good has been part of a café selling original soups and other foods, and has also sold soups at farmers markets, through distributors, and through other restaurants. Didot believes her business has plateaued and is seeking a partner in order to grow. However, she has had bad experiences with a number of partnerships and agreements, ...Starting at €8.20
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Toxic for Teens? Navigating a Career in the Social Media Industry (A)
Gentile, Mary; Warnell, Jessica McManusCase DARDEN-OB-1395-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values. Gia is an early-career data analyst at an industry-leading social media company. When she is asked to prepare a research report presenting analysis of user data, Gia is confronted with a challenge. After conducting thoughtful research and reviewing previous reports, sh...Starting at €8.20
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Lab Mice and Bank Loans: General National Bank and Salazar Services
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradCase DARDEN-ENT-0172-EEntrepreneurshipIt was 2010, and Raphael and Minerva Salazar wanted funding to expand their animal husbandry support services business. They believed the time was right to pursue a bigger share of the expanding market for government, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology contracts with research labs. Albert Molina was a commercial loan officer with General National Bank who was trying to grow his portfolio of loans to Latinx businesses. He has been working with the ...Starting at €8.20
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Bolt Newspapers: Is There a Future in Print Media? - Teaching Note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradTeaching Note DARDEN-ENT-0191TN-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for product ENT-0191Starting at €0.00