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Flibe Energy: Pursuing a Safe, Affordable, and Sustainable Energy Future
Burgelman, R; Siegel, R; Nolan, SCase SGSB-SM208-EStrategyFlibe Energy is a startup in the nuclear power space seeking to find a safe way to enable nuclear energy using a technology previously dismissed by the US government since it could not be used for making material for nuclear weapons. The founders believe they have found a way to create safe, clean energy using a proven but forgotten technology. The challenges are steep, however, as proof of the technology will require hundreds of millions of doll...Starting at €8.20
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Medium in 2017: Developing a New Model for Media
Siegel, R; Saucedo, M; Hsia, TCase SGSB-SM280-EStrategyThe Medium Corporation seeks to change how people author, consume and engage with content on the Internet. Founded by Ev Williams, co-founder of Blogger and Twitter, the company developed a digital publishing platform and set of social network tools that allow people to spend substantive time with weighty issues facing society, business and politics. Fighting the trend of quick engagement with short-form content on the Internet, Medium wrestles w...Starting at €8.20
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Charles Schwab Corp. in 2017 - Teaching note
Siegel, R; Makinen, JTeaching Note SGSB-SM282TN-EStrategyBy almost any measure, Charles Schwab Corp. appeared to be killing it in 2017. The wealth management, banking, custody and brokerage firm’s stock was trading near its all-time high. It was posting unprecedented levels of new client accounts, net new client assets, revenues and profits and had a record $3.12 trillion in client assets under management. Schwab was taking customers and assets from old-line wire houses like Morgan Stanley, while fendi...Starting at €0.00
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Axel Springer in 2016: From Transformation to Acceleration - Teaching Note
Burgelman, R; Siegel, R; Kissick, RTeaching Note SGSB-E610TN-EEntrepreneurshipAs of 2016, Mathias Döpfner, chief executive officer (CEO) of Axel Springer SE, had successfully transitioned the German publishing house through a major digital transformation in the world of journalism. Given the massive disruption that had occurred over the previous two decades with how people consumed news, this was no small feat. During this time, many newspapers, magazines, and journals failed to keep up with the rapidly changing industry...Starting at €0.00
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AngelList: Changing The Landscape of Investing
Siegel, R; Yin, LiCase SGSB-E520-EEntrepreneurshipThe case follows AngelList, an online platform connecting entrepreneurs with investors, as it searches for product/market fit and business models. Founded in 2010 by entrepreneurs Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi, AngelList begins as a project to give back to the start-up community. Ravikant and Nivi write a blog that provides founders with advice and then build AngelList to give them access to investors. However, investors often have incentives ...Starting at €8.20
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Axel Springer in 2014: Strategic Leadership of the Digital Media Transformation
Burgelman, R; Siegel, R; Luther, JCase SGSB-E522-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2013, Mathias Döpfner, CEO of the publishing house Axel Springer SE, a premier source of content in Germany, with its popular newspapers and magazines such as Bild and Die Welt, was evaluating the progress of his company’s digital transformation. The advent of the digital revolution at the end of the twentieth century had caused an appreciable shift in the publishing industry. Traditional print media players were confronted with major techno...Starting at €8.20
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TrueCar: Transforming the Car Buying Experience
Siegel, R; Yin, LiCase SGSB-E527-EEntrepreneurshipThe case follows Scott Painter and his executive team as they deal with a crisis that threatens the survival of TrueCar, a company founded by Painter to improve consumers’ car buying experiences. TrueCar’s automotive dealer network, from which the company earns its revenue, is rapidly declining in size as dealers leave to protest TrueCar’s practices. The case also describes Painter’s career and his personality as context for the situation. Pai...Starting at €8.20
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TrueCar: Transforming the Car Buying Experience - Teaching Note
Siegel, R; Yin, LiTeaching Note SGSB-E527TN-EEntrepreneurshipThe case follows Scott Painter and his executive team as they deal with a crisis that threatens the survival of TrueCar, a company founded by Painter to improve consumers’ car buying experiences. TrueCar’s automotive dealer network, from which the company earns its revenue, is rapidly declining in size as dealers leave to protest TrueCar’s practices. The case also describes Painter’s career and his personality as context for the situation. Pai...Starting at €0.00
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500 Startups: Scaling Early-Stage Investing
Siegel, R; Yin, LiCase SGSB-E528-EEntrepreneurshipThis case focuses on the investment strategy employed by 500 Startups, an early-stage investment firm founded by Dave McClure. McClure, an outspoken personality in Silicon Valley, believes that the venture capital industry is not innovating quickly enough to adapt to large-scale changes. The cost of starting a company has plummeted over time, enabling investors to write smaller and smaller checks. The exit options for companies have expanded, ...Starting at €8.20
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PayPal in 2015: Reshaping the Finanical Services Landscape
Burgelman, R; Siegel, R; Lippincott, HCase SGSB-E572-EEntrepreneurshipThe case follows PayPal, a digital payments platform that found early success processing online payments for purchases on eBay, which acquired the company in 2002. The case begins by describing the decision by eBay in 2014 to spin off PayPal and the strategic challenges facing its new CEO, Dan Schulman, who encountered significant strategic issues leading PayPal as an independent company. When the separation from eBay finalized in July 2015, Pa...Starting at €8.20