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Gobi Partners and DMG
Hardymon, G. Felda; Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-810095-EEntrepreneurshipThomas G. Tsao, founding general partner of Gobi Partners, an early stage venture capital firm in China, must decide how to manage his firm's largest investment after the departure of the CEO. Tom has temporarily stepped in as CEO, but finding a replacement with the necessary technical and language skills is difficult. Moreover, the company is facing significant challenges in winning business and restructuring its own operations. Should Tom stay ...Starting at €8.20
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Venture Capital Vignettes: Difficult Financings
Hardymon, G. Felda; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-809003-EFinanceThese three short vignettes depict investment professionals considering difficult financings for companies in their portfolios. For one reason or another, each company has under-performed expectations. Should the protagonist recommend that the firm participate or not, or should he try to revise it? Can the firm exercise any influence, and are the potential gains worth the time and effort that will be required?Starting at €8.20
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Creative Capital: Sustaining the Arts
Hardymon, G. Felda; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-810098-EEntrepreneurshipCreative Capital provides grants to individual artists using a venture capital model-the money comes with guidance and governance. Artists receive money as milestones are reached and also receive guidance on managing their lives and business to increase their sustainability. But as Ruby Lerner, CEO of Creative Capital, looks to the organization's next decade, how can she ensure the sustainability of this high-touch, uniquely individual model?Starting at €8.20
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Gobi Partners: Raising Fund II
Hardymon, G. Felda; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-807093-EFinanceThe three founding partners of Gobi Partners, a venture capital fund investing in early start IT and digital media companies in China, are planning to raise a second fund. The first $51.75 million fund is close to being entirely invested and the portfolio companies are doing well, with two having raised subsequent financings at significantly increased valuations. The firm itself has increased its headcount and opened a second office, but it has n...Starting at €8.20
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EZAmuse Negotiation (B): Georg von HaufenGeld Background
Hardymon, G. Felda; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-807169-EFinanceSupplements the (A) case.Starting at €5.74
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Don Valentine and Sequoia Capital
Hardymon, G. Felda; Nicholas, Tom; Kind, LizCase HBS-814096-EEntrepreneurshipDon Valentine participated in the beginnings of two significant milestones: the birth of the silicon chip and the development of the venture capital industry. From humble beginnings, Valentine became a legendary salesman at Fairchild Semiconductor and National Semiconductor, before founding Sequoia Capital in 1972. Valentine was comfortable making high-risk bets on unknown entrepreneurs in markets where he saw great potential. Unlike other ventur...Starting at €8.20
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Warburg Pincus and emgs: The IPO Decision (B)
Hardymon, G. Felda; Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-808046-EFinanceSupplements the (A) case.Starting at €5.74
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The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Teaching Note
Lerner, Josh; Hardymon, G. Felda; Leamon, AnnTeaching Note HBS-812069-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 809-073.Starting at €0.00
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Tad O'Malley: December 2004, Teaching Note
Hardymon, G. Felda; Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnTeaching Note HBS-808049-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note to (806-024).Starting at €0.00
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3i Group plc: May 2006, Teaching Note
Lerner, Josh; Hardymon, G. Felda; Leamon, AnnTeaching Note HBS-809013-EFinanceTeaching Note for [807006].Starting at €0.00