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Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Impact America Fund: Challenges of New Fund Formation
Krauel, Patel, H; Ewald, C; Foroughi, JCase SGSB-SI139-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeIn July 2013, Kesha Cash transitioned out of her stable role as co-founder of and fund manager for Jalia Ventures (“Jalia”), an initiative investing in early-stage mission driven “businesses operated by entrepreneurs of color,” to launch her own impact venture fund focused on underserved communities. Because Jalia had been funded and supported by Serious Change, L.P., a global impact investment fund, Cash was new to the process of fund formation...Starting at €8.20
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Cake: Navigating Mortality
Chess, Robert; Golden, Susan; Strabo, JackCase SGSB-E744-EDecision AnalysisThis case follows the story of Suelin Chen in her career as the founder of Cake, a digital platform that provided “one-stop access” to a wide range of advance care and end-of-life planning products and services. The case highlights the societal, technological, and cultural trends that led to innovation in end-of-life planning. Chen debates which users to target and whether to utilize a B2B or B2C business model to do so.Starting at €8.20