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Movile: Lessons from Silicon Valley to China
Ziebelman, Peter; Feldhausen, ErikaCase SGSB-E728-EEntrepreneurshipThis case introduces students to the large Brazilian mobile conglomerate, Movile, and its mobile food delivery subsidiary, iFood. It focuses on the experiences of these companies learning business lessons from Silicon Valley and China. In particular, the case discusses how the executive teams developed relationships with important companies and leaders in these markets to set up an open exchange of information.Starting at €8.20
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DropBox - Series B Financing
Strebulaev, I; Foroughi, J; GouwCase SGSB-F309-EFinanceIn mid-2011, as global markets corrected amid worldwide economic uncertainty, Drew Houston, co-founder and CEO of Dropbox, the fast-growing file synchronization and sharing company, found himself in a difficult, albeit enviable, situation. Houston, who had already raised over $7 million through two rounds of venture funding (one seed round and a Series A round) and developed a large and growing user base, began receiving significant investor int...Starting at €8.20
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Bumble
Weaver, Graham; Feldhausen, Erika; Mansfield, ImogenCase SGSB-E733-EEntrepreneurshipThis case details the various challenges that Whitney Wolfe Herd faced in starting and scaling Bumble. The case explores critical decisions that Wolfe Herd had to make, including which investors to raise money from, how to pitch her ‘women message first’ dating app to the group of male engineers who could build it, and how to make leadership and reporting line changes as the company scaled.Starting at €8.20
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Scaling ALLVP in Latin America
Ciesinski, Steve; Rosen, Howie; Feldhausen, ErikaCase SGSB-E712-EEntrepreneurshipThis case describes the development of ALLVP, a Mexico-based venture capital firm, from founding to Fund III. It discusses how Federico Antoni and Fernando Lelo de Larrea, ALLVP’s founders, positioned the firm to address unmet funding needs in Mexico’s nascent entrepreneurial market. The case also examines venture capital more broadly throughout Latin America, including the dominance of VC in Brazil, international investment, and structural barri...Starting at €8.20
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Eyewitness Surveillance II
Grousbeck, Irving H; Dodson, David; Feldhausen, ErikaCase SGSB-E-724-EEntrepreneurshipThe Eyewitness Surveillance II case tells the story of Rush Arnold and RT McCloy, friends who met while studying at Wharton, who raise a search fund under the name Channelstone Partners. In the fall of 2010, after having spent two-thirds of their search fund capital and reviewed over 200 companies, they came across Eyewitness Surveillance, a company specializing in the use of video technology to protect the assets of car dealerships. Eyewitnes...Starting at €8.20
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Gainsight: Leading by Example in Customer Success
Bowman, Kirk; Lattin, James; Feldhausen, ErikaCase SGSB-E682-EDecision AnalysisThis case describes the evolution of the customer success function through the rise of Gainsight. It discusses the responsibilities of the customer success function, measuring and compensating customer success teams, and the return on investment for adding a customer success organization. It also describes some of the different forms customer success can take across firms.Starting at €8.20
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BOBST Group: Costing New Parts
Dávila Parra, Antonio; Oyon, Daniel; Regazzoni A.Case SGSB-A204-ESebastien Solana se había unido recientemente al equipo de investigación y desarrollo de Bobst Group, un proveedor de la industria gráfica. Su primera tarea fue examinar los elementos estructurales de la SPeria® Foilmaster 102 (una máquina de corte para productos de embalaje) con el objetivo de reducir su costo de producción. Solana había analizado el diseño de una pieza específica, el rodamiento montado, y había diseñado un nuevo rodamiento mont...Starting at €8.20
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Nashton Partners II
Grousbeck, Irving H; Dodson, David; Feldhausen, ErikaCase SGSB-E738-EEntrepreneurshipThis case follows the story of Jay Davis and Jason Pananos, classmates from Harvard Business School who started a search fund, Nashton Partners. The case covers their decision to launch a search fund, their investment objectives and goals, and then the search process over a two-year period. The core of the case discusses two specific acquisition opportunities the fund is considering – United Energy Services and Vector Disease Control Inc. Ther...Starting at €8.20