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Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Early-Stage Business Vignettes
Chess, R; Reiss, P; Harrington, SCase SGSB-E304-EEntrepreneurshipThis case tells the story of Graham Weaver, a young entrepreneur, as he forms and grows a private equity company over the course of three years. While still a student at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, Graham began a search process to acquire a small company. Having purchased his first company, a label manufacturer, in 1998, he goes on to acquire six more in the same space, all of which he now owns under the umbrella Alpine Ventures. As C...Starting at €8.20
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Models of Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition
Ellis, J; , Wismer, LCase SGSB-E365-EEntrepreneurshipAs he nears graduation from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Pat Smith is considering his career plans. He wants to be an entrepreneur, but he has no start-up idea of his own. He is interested in entrepreneurship through acquisition and, based on conversations with various entrepreneurs, is trying to decide which type of search fund is right for him: a traditional, or funded, search, a self-funded search, or a sponsored search. In ad...Starting at €8.20
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Bigpoint
Child, M; Chambers, J; Ellis, H; Han, ACase SGSB-E423-EEntrepreneurshipBigpoint was a leading online gaming company with vast international operations. One country that it wanted to enter was the United States, where existing players EA and Zynga, as well as dominant social gaming platforms and the Apple App Store posed considerable challenges. It also needed to restructure its top management to better manage its growth.Starting at €8.20
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KiOR: The Quest for Cellulosic Biofuels
Reichelstein, S; Rosenthal, S; Sahoo, ACase SGSB-E427-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2012, KiOR was in the process of starting biofuels production at its first plant in Columbus, Mississippi. This initial plant was to provide a commercial scale proof-of-concept of KiOR’s production technology, and the company expected to build another set of plants in Natchez, MS using “copy exact” principles. These latter plants would be three times the size of the Columbus plants, and KiOR anticipated a number of improvements in its produc...Starting at €8.20
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Sociable Labs (A)
Siegelman, RL; Han, ACase SGSB-E435A-EEntrepreneurshipSociable Labs was conceived as a start-up business attempting to use friend recommendations to curate and recommend purchase opportunities on the internet. Much as his Facebook social events app helped friends discover events based on their friends’ events, founder Nisan Gabbay wanted to show users what their friends were buying or “liking,” in the hope that such knowledge would help guide their purchases and even enable merchants to use Facebook...Starting at €8.20
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Sociable Labs (C)
Siegelman, RL; Han, ACase SGSB-E435C-EEntrepreneurshipSociable Labs was conceived as a start-up business attempting to use friend recommendations to curate and recommend purchase opportunities on the internet. Much as his Facebook social events app helped friends discover events based on their friends’ events, founder Nisan Gabbay wanted to show users what their friends were buying or “liking,” in the hope that such knowledge would help guide their purchases and even enable merchants to use Facebook...Starting at €5.74
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Votizen (A)
Siegelman, RL; Han, ACase SGSB-E436A-EEntrepreneurship“Social media is disrupting politics in fundamental ways. For the first time, voters can join with one another and connect with their officials directly at a scale that is unprecedented. We believe that facilitating meaningful connection will result in a new form of civic participation that will profoundly change our world for the better.” David Binetti, Founder and CEO, Votizen This case series outlines the business formation of Votizen. Founder...Starting at €8.20
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Sustainable Conservation
Siegelman, R; Rosenthal, SCase SGSB-E437-EEntrepreneurshipThe Sustainable Conservation case presents the story of San Francisco-based nonprofit that was founded to solve environmental problems in California through collaborative partnerships between the public and private sector. The nonprofit had built up strong expertise in the agriculture industry, with an early focus on the issues associated with water quality, air pollution, and land use. With a clear track record and a strong team in place, b...Starting at €8.20
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Huntington University
Grousbeck, I; Han, ACase SGSB-E439-EEntrepreneurshipHuntington University was a distinguished not-for-profit academic institution in the United States whose endowment grew from $7 billion to nearly $20 billion over the course of a decade. The funds prompted a variety of development projects. New funds, new buildings, and new programs brought with them new people, and Huntington was in a period of growth and change on all fronts.Starting at €8.20
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Note on Angel Financing
Strebulaev, I; Han, ACase SGSB-E440-EEntrepreneurshipAs administrative headcount grew dramatically from 6,800 to over 10,000, Singletary launched a major initiative to develop the University’s most promising managers through effective instruction and feedback. Among the attendees were Rita Torres, Dieter Kopp, and Marilyn Malkin. They were excited to be among the select group of Singletary Management Program participants, and were eager to receive expert teaching and peer guidance on how they could...Starting at €8.20