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A Bowl of Good: Defining the Partnership - Teaching Note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradTeaching Note DARDEN-ENT-0183TN-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note of product ENT-0183Starting at €0.00
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The Bottom Line at CC's Gourmet Kitchen - Teaching Note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Walker, TerranceTeaching Note DARDEN-ENT-0185TN-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for product ENT-0185Starting at €0.00
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Quail Cove Farms (B): Catching the Organics Wave - Teaching Note
Fairchild, Gregory B.Teaching Note DARDEN-ENT-0169TN-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for product ENT-0169Starting at €0.00
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Making Social Ventures Work
Thompson, James D.; MacMillan, Ian C.Article HBS-R1009D-EEntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurs can play a central role in finding solutions to the world's toughest social problems. The failure rate for start-ups, however, is high. And new ventures in emerging economies face such challenges as uncertain prices and costs, nonexistent or unreliable infrastructure, and unpredictable competitive responses. The authors offer guidelines for launching successful businesses in uncertain markets. One of those guidelines, discovery-driv...Starting at €8.20
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Julia Madeline-Coho and Uptown Hound
Fairchild, Gregory B.Case DARDEN-ENT-0228-EEntrepreneurshipJulia Madeline-Coho has decided to start a business - Uptown Hound - that will entertain pets while their owners are away from their homes in the medium-sized mid-Atlantic city of Greenwood. Madeline-Coho’s dog Louis (or Lou, as she preferred to call him) was her motivation, along with a dinner guest, Tara Holmes, who she met in her family’s house. Holmes was a Darden School of Business graduate concerned about her dog, Winnie, being home alone a...Starting at €8.20
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Souq.com's CEO on Building an E-Commerce Powerhouse in the Middle East
Mouchawar, RonaldoArticle HBS-R1705A-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2005, when Souq.com was founded, the Middle East had tremendous potential for e-commerce: Its total population was more than 350 million, half of whom were younger than 25. But the region was highly fragmented in terms of laws and customs, logistics, and payment infrastructure. Mouchawar tells how Souq grew from auction website to B2C-only business by enabling alternative payment methods and managing delivery in a region where basic logistics ...Starting at €8.20
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The President of SRI Ventures on Bringing Siri to Life
Winarsky, NormanArticle HBS-R1509A-EEntrepreneurshipThe market vision that led to Siri, the virtual personal assistant that's now an integral part of Apple's iPhone, can be traced back to 2003, when a mobile phone's primary applications were still limited to ringtones and messaging. The author and his colleagues at SRI International recognized that the phone's growing capabilities would eventually put a communicating supercomputer in everyone's pocket. They believed that their company was well sui...Starting at €8.20
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Haynsworth’s Inc.: Should I Stay or Should I Go? - Teaching Note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradTeaching Note DARDEN-ENT-0171TN-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for product ENT-0171Starting at €0.00
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Coalfields Coffee: Where to Go? - Teaching Note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradTeaching Note DARDEN-ENT-0184TN-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for product ENT-0184Starting at €0.00
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New River Apparel: Trot or Gallop? - Teaching Note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradTeaching Note DARDEN-ENT-0194TN-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for product ENT-0194Starting at €0.00