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Linden Lab: Crossing the Chasm (Spanish Version)
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-815S09EntrepreneurshipIn early 2008, managers at Linden Lab, creator of the virtual world Second Life, faced decisions about the company's growth strategy. Despite profound initial skepticism about demand for a user-generated virtual world that was not a traditional game, Second Life had achieved profitability and strong growth. However, sustaining growth would prove challenging. Growth had strained Linden Lab's technical infrastructure. Also, although Second Life had...Starting at €8.20
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Embrace
Chu, Michael; Bloom, David E.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-814001-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €8.20
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1366 Technologies: Scaling the Venture (Abridged)
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Nanda, Ramana; Richardson, Evan; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-812133-EEntrepreneurshipTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. For some time, 1366's co-founders, Frank van Mierlo and Ely Sachs, had faced a choice, which was now made all the more stark: 1366 could expand to produce silicon wafers itself, raising the required capital from "friendly" investors and building shipment volume slowly, or 1366 could accelerate its market entry dramatically by partnering with the Asian manufacturers that had ...Starting at €8.20
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Khosla Ventures: Biofuels Gain Liquidity
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Sahlman, William A.; Wagonfeld, Alison Berkley; Richardson, EvanCase HBS-812035-EEntrepreneurshipSamir Kaul, a Partner at Khosla Ventures, looked out his office window. It was late June, 2011, and like almost every day in Menlo Park, the sun was shining. Kaul was reflecting on what had been a very positive 10 months in the venture capital business. Over that span, he had helped three of his portfolio companies through IPOs, and helped Khosla Ventures raise its third fund, bringing the total outside capital raised by the group to more than $2...Starting at €8.20
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Steven Carpenter at Cake Financial
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-811041-EEntrepreneurshipAfter investing $9 million of venture capital, Cake Financial had failed to reach critical mass. In early 2010 Cake's assets were sold and the company was dissolved. Founded in 2006, the San Francisco-based Internet company allowed users to monitor their investments and communicate with each other about their portfolio strategies. The case recounts key decisions made by founder and CEO Steve Carpenter, including several "pivots" -- shifts in busi...Starting at €8.20
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Khosla Ventures: Biofuels Strategy
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Sahlman, William A.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-809004-EFinanceBy 2008, a number of the firm's early cleantech investments were showing promise, and the companies were starting to need significantly more money to create the massive scale required in the energy sector. As Khosla thought about the hundreds of millions of dollars required by his portfolio companies, he wondered how he should position his firm at this stage of development. Should Khosla develop a new fund that focused on later-stage investments?...Starting at €8.20
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Intellectual Ventures
Hagiu, Andrei; Yoffie, David B.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-710423-EStrategyIntellectual Ventures creates and acquires intellectual property, which it then seeks to monetize through non-exclusive licensing. In early 2009, as an increasing number of companies were trying to position themselves as leading intermediaries in the market for intellectual property, IV was looking for the best business model to become such a leading intermediary. Its model was predicated on making it easy for small inventors to monetize their in...Starting at €8.20
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Ocean Tomo: Building a Market for Intellectual Property
Hagiu, Andrei; Coles, Peter A.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-709404-EStrategyOcean Tomo's management team sought to turn the company into the leading intermediary for intellectual property. Despite its increasingly important role in the global marketplace, IP remained a notoriously illiquid asset--difficult to value, harder to trade, and often underutilized by owners. CEO Jim Malackowski and his colleagues hoped to capitalize on this inefficiency by designing and operating innovative marketplaces for intellectual property...Starting at €8.20