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Fairview Capital
Rogers, Steven S.; Collins, DerrickCase HBS-319050-EEntrepreneurshipFairview Capital is a pioneering alternative assets investment manager, as it is the first U.S. private equity fund of funds that focused on investing in private equity and venture capital funds managed by African-Americans and other minority investment managers. This case study focuses on Fairview's strategic decisions that ultimately led to the growth and expansion of its investment portfolio to over $3 billion.Starting at €8.20
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Earl Gordon - Eastern Circle
Rogers, Steven S.; White, GregCase HBS-317061-EEntrepreneurshipThis case follows an African-American entrepreneur through the process of sourcing a potential acquisition, valuing a company, and securing the funding to purchase the company. This entrepreneur must decide if he should close the deal and which financing term sheet to accept.Starting at €8.20
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Joel L. Dawson: Eta Devices
Rogers, Steven S.; Abrams, Derek G.Case HBS-318009-EEntrepreneurshipAfter a successful career in research and academia, Joel Dawson, decided to pursue entrepreneurship in the semiconductor industry. Together with several others, Joel Dawson co-founded Eta Devices in 2014 based on new technology developed at MIT to improve the efficiency of radio transmitter devices.Starting at €8.20
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The Stories Behind the Numbers
Rogers, Steven S.; Roman, FranciscoCase HBS-315069-EStarting at €8.20
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United Housing - Otis Gates, Teaching Note
Rogers, Steven S.; Cook, MercerTeaching Note HBS-317060-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 317059.Starting at €0.00
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Vision Mumbai
Gomez-Ibanez, Jose; Masood, Sheikh ZahidCase HBS-HKS119-EEconomicsIn 2006 officials of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and the State of Maharashtra were beginning to implement a plan to improve the economic fortunes of the city. Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, was India's richest city, with wealth based on trade, finance and filmmaking. But the city was also famous for its enormous slums, terrible traffic congestion, and poor infrastructure. And while India's economy had been growing rapidly since...Starting at €8.20
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Uber Comes to Boston
Gomez-Ibanez, Jose; Hogge, PaulCase HBS-KS1240-EOn August 5, 2016, Governor Charlie Baker signed into law Massachusetts' first statewide regulations on ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft. The law was a monumental victory for the ride-sharing companies given that a few years earlier state officials tried to ban the startups from doing business in Massachusetts. The outcome was a major defeat for the taxi industry, whose drivers and license holders argued that their livelihoods were severe...Starting at €8.20
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Ebony Magazine
Rogers, Steven S.; Jackson, DerrickCase HBS-317043-EEntrepreneurshipFor nearly 75 years, the Johnson Publishing Company has been the most successful African American magazine publisher. Its flagship Ebony magazine was an iconic coffee table fixture for decades in black households of all classes, making founder John H. Johnson the first African American to make the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans. But the privately held company was now in the hands of his daughter, and it faced the bracing, debilitating winds...Starting at €8.20