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PunchTab, Inc.
Nanda, Ramana; Kerr, William R.; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-812033-EEntrepreneurshipPunchTab was a Silicon Valley startup founded in 2011 that was developing an Internet-based turnkey customer loyalty program for website owners, mobile applications developers, and brands. Founder/CEO Ranjith Kumaran must make strategic decisions about how to fund PunchTab's early operations and growth given the many options available: individual angel investors, super angel funds, incubators, and seed funds inside traditional venture capital fir...Starting at €8.20
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PunchTab, Inc. (Spanish version)
Nanda, Ramana; Kerr, William R.; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-815S05Entrepreneurshipindividual angel investors, super angel funds, incubators, and seed funds inside traditional venture capital firms.Starting at €8.20
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Novasys Medical
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-810027-EEntrepreneurshipNovasys has developed a new medical device and procedure for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence that is cheaper and can be performed in doctors' offices. In spite of FDA approval, the American Medical Association has been unwilling to approve the product for reimbursement. The case deals with the company's struggle to obtain a reimbursement code.Starting at €8.20
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Edison Schools, Inc.
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-813113-EEntrepreneurshipEdison Schools, Inc., a pioneer in the for-profit management of public schools, demonstrates the challenges and opportunities related to private sector involvement in the delivery of a public good. Follows the organization from its start-up through its initial public offering and, eventually, through its decision to execute a management buy-out to exit the public market. Explores at the corporate level the tension between Edison's effort to gener...Starting at €8.20
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People Express Airlines
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-812134-EEntrepreneurshipRecounts the history of People Express Airlines, which grew rapidly after its inception in 1980 then failed spectacularly in 1986. Profiles People's aggressive strategy and its distinctive approach to human resource management, which emphasized job rotation and minimal hierarchy.Starting at €8.20
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NOWaccount
Nanda, Ramana; Sahlman, William A.; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-814048-EEntrepreneurshipIt was September 2013, and NOWaccount Network Corporation (NOW ) co-founders John Hayes and Lara Hodgson were putting the final touches on the presentation deck for their annual shareholders' meeting. Along with co-founder Stacey Abrams, the pair had designed NOW's business model three years ago, and the company was at a critical juncture. NOW offered a program-called NOWaccount-that provided working capital to small businesses by converting the...Starting at €8.20
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Triangulate (B) Post Mortem
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-819080-EEntrepreneurshipSupplement to case 811055.Starting at €5.74
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Fred Khosravi and AccessClosure (C)
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-814074-EEntrepreneurshipOn September 11, 2013, the three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied St. Jude's request to rehear an appeal on the "double patenting" ruling for the '439 patent. Further, it removed the injunction threat that was hanging over the company. The future looked bright for AccessClosure as 2013 drew to a close. The company expected 2014 revenues of more than $100 million with a gross margin of greater than 70%. It wa...Starting at €5.74
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Fred Khosravi and AccessClosure (B)
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-814038-EEntrepreneurshipIt was January 2013, and Fred Khosravi, chairman of the board of AccessClosure Inc., wondered what the new year had in store for him and AccessClosure, the company he founded in late 2002. Khosravi was cautiously optimistic-the Mountain View, California-based medical device company had been cash flow positive for seven consecutive quarters with annual revenues over $70 million. Since 2007, it had shipped well over 1.5 million of its vascular clos...Starting at €5.74
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How Venture Capitalists Evaluate Potential Venture Opportunities
Roberts, Michael J.; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-805019-EEntrepreneurshipFour venture capitalists from leading Silicon Valley firms are interviewed about the frameworks they use to evaluate potential venture opportunities. Questions include: How do you evaluate the venture's prospective business model? What due diligence do you conduct? What is the process through which funding decisions are made? What financial analyses do you perform? What role does risk play in your evaluation? and How do you think about a potentia...Starting at €8.20