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What the Lean Startup Method Gets Right and Wrong
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleIt puts a premium on customer experience, but undervalues strategic thinking. -
More-Experienced Entrepreneurs Have Bigger Deadline Problems
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleNew research shows that the more projects company builders have under their belts, the worse they are at anticipating delays. -
To Change the World, Invest in One Woman
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThe global ambassador for Opportunity International--and a former CEO of Hewlett-Packard--writes that even among the most developed economies, national... -
Start-Ups That Last
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleWhy do so many promising start-ups go off the rails? Often they have trouble scaling. Founders may resist imposing discipline for fear of losing agility... -
Should I Become an Entrepreneur?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhen to become an entrepreneur is a common quandary for many. For whatever reason, this issue has come up a great deal recently (recession-driven workforce... -
Entrepreneurs Feel Closer to God Than the Rest of Us Do
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleA new study reveals that people who start companies pray more often and are more likely to believe that God takes a personal interest in them. -
What’s So Special About Founders?
Entrepreneurs and founders Magazine ArticlePopular notions about them are often wrong. -
Using Networks to Jump-Start Innovation
Encourage your team to question, observe, network, and explore to be innovative at work. -
Research: The Average Age of a Successful Startup Founder Is 45
Entrepreneurs and founders ResearchThe most successful entrepreneurs aren’t 20-somethings. -
Tell Your Story
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How VCs Can Overcome the "Winner's Curse"
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThe more rivals you outbid, the more likely you are to have paid too much. -
For Female Founders, Fundraising Only from Female VCs Comes at a Cost
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleNew research suggests that exclusive support from female investors may be a mixed blessing because it can make it harder to raise additional rounds of... -
Small Ponds Aren't for Everyone
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleCorporate refugees dream of running small firms. The realities of the job, though, can be humbling. -
Are Americans Enamored with the Wrong Kinds of Entrepreneurs?
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleDistinguishing growth startups from small businesses. -
Shakedown (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Global Business Magazine ArticleCustomer Strategy Solutions, a California-based developer of order fulfillment systems, is facing a shakedown. Six months after the firm's CEO, Pavlo... -
Entrepreneurs, Is a Venture Studio Right for You?
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleFounders often look to incubators and accelerators to grow their startups. But there’s another option. -
The Founder of Chewy.com on Finding the Financing to Achieve Scale
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleAs author Ryan Cohen was on the verge of launching an online jewelry business with cofounder Michael Day, he had a revelation: He was standing in a local... -
Research: VCs Reward Self-Presentation Over Qualifications
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleAn analysis of more than 4,000 firms, their founders, and their funders. -
What Founders Need to Know Before Selling Their Startup
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleYou might be surprised at what your acquirer will agree to - if you just ask. -
4 Factors That Predict Startup Success, and One That Doesn’t
Entrepreneurs and founders ResearchEvidence from more than 300 venture capital investments.
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Lyric Dinner Theater (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) Case. Rivka Belzer took a job in her family owned business and worked diligently during the first 6 months to turn the business around.... -
Eric Weston
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Eric Weston is struggling to keep his garden supply business alive. Revenues are up slightly from last year but profits are down in a poor economy as... -
Groom Energy Solutions: Selling Efficiency
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Groom Energy Solutions helps organizations reduce their energy use and costs through the implementation of energy efficiency measures, which create long-term... -
B Lab: Building a New Sector of the Economy
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details The founders of B Lab are on a mission to create a new sector of the economy, and are specifically focused on a three objectives: 1) building a community... -
Kevin Ryan Inc.
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Peter Jepsen
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Peter Jepsen, a newly minted MBA, has bought a furniture hardware manufacturing business utilizing debt and investors equity that in a very short time... -
Riding the Wave of Technological Change at RE/MAX, LLC
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details David Liniger, cofounder of RE/MAX, LLC., wondered if his business was prepared to exploit the next wave of business opportunities in the real estate... -
BulkWhiz: Negotiating as a Startup Founder in the UAE
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details This case follows Amira Rashad as she founds BulkWhiz, a Dubai-based buy-in-bulk grocery delivery platform. Following its launch in September 2017, BulkWhiz... -
Seaside Organics
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study1.00View Details This case follows Sara Norton, a soccer player turned serial entrepreneur, as she transforms Seaside Organics from a fledgling startup into an $89 million... -
The Atavist: Reinventing the Book (Multimedia Case)
25.00View Details Atavist was incorporated in September 2010 with the goal of publishing digitally enhanced, narrative long-form non-fiction titles-'singles'-that could... -
Mary Chia Holdings Limited: Sell or Hold?
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Mary Chia Holdings Limited (MCH) was a provider of lifestyle and wellness services for women and men in Singapore and Malaysia. Listed on the Singapore... -
The Entrepreneurial Mindset: Strategies for Continuously Creating Opportunity in an Age of Uncertainty
40.00View Details The Entrepreneurial Mindset offers a refreshingly practical blueprint for thinking and acting in environments that are fast-paced, rapidly changing, and... -
Vytal: Packaging-as-a-Service
Management Case Study11.95View Details The Germany-based startup Vytal operated the largest digital-native reusable packaging-as-a-service network globally, having raised nearly €15 million,... -
Stella & Dot
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Jessica Herrin, founder and CEO of Stella & Dot, started her entrepreneurial career as the co-founder of Wedding Channel, an experience which laid the... -
Amazon: Cult or Culture?
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Amazon was one of the first entrants in e-commerce. Under the leadership of founder Jeff Bezos, Amazon had expanded beyond books to manufacturing and... -
Collabrys, Inc. (A)--The Evolution of a Startup
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The CEO of a two-year-old start-up must now decide whether to become a technology provider or a service agency. In a time of enormous uncertainty about... -
CircleUp in 2018: Systematic Private Investing
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case E562. Between the back half of 2015 and early 2018 CircleUp had both grown and changed substantively. The company's core data and Helio... -
Affinity Labs: Valuing Customer Growth
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In November 2006, Chris Michel left Military.com, which he founded in 1999, to start Affinity Labs, a global network of online communities. That month,... -
Aqua Bounty
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Valuation of a pre-revenue biotech company at IPO using probability trees and real option techniques. Company is based in Massachusetts and lists in London... -
BlackBuck (A)
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Lyric Dinner Theater (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) Case. Rivka Belzer took a job in her family owned business and worked diligently during the first 6 months to turn the business around.... -
What the Lean Startup Method Gets Right and Wrong
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleIt puts a premium on customer experience, but undervalues strategic thinking. -
More-Experienced Entrepreneurs Have Bigger Deadline Problems
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleNew research shows that the more projects company builders have under their belts, the worse they are at anticipating delays. -
To Change the World, Invest in One Woman
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThe global ambassador for Opportunity International--and a former CEO of Hewlett-Packard--writes that even among the most developed economies, national... -
Eric Weston
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Eric Weston is struggling to keep his garden supply business alive. Revenues are up slightly from last year but profits are down in a poor economy as... -
Groom Energy Solutions: Selling Efficiency
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Groom Energy Solutions helps organizations reduce their energy use and costs through the implementation of energy efficiency measures, which create long-term... -
Enterprise Growth: The Challenge to Management
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Book Chapter8.95View Details In exchange for growing revenues, greater market share, and increasing profitability, the entrepreneurial business must contend both with the challenge... -
B Lab: Building a New Sector of the Economy
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details The founders of B Lab are on a mission to create a new sector of the economy, and are specifically focused on a three objectives: 1) building a community... -
Start-Ups That Last
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleWhy do so many promising start-ups go off the rails? Often they have trouble scaling. Founders may resist imposing discipline for fear of losing agility... -
Kevin Ryan Inc.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details