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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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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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Envia Systems - Teaching note
Holloway, C; Morgridge, J; Han, ATeaching Note SGSB-E407TN-EEntrepreneurshipVenture capitalist Atul Kapadia was inclined to provide seed funding for Sujeet Kumar and Michael Sinkula to found Envia Systems, a lithium-ion battery company. Admittedly, Envia was little more than the founders’ vision of an affordable electric vehicle and the potential of playing in a very large market. But for Kapadia, it was precisely these two key ingredients that made Envia attractive and akin to other early-stage investments he had made a...Starting at €0.00
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Envia Systems
Holloway, C; Morgridge, J; Han, ACase SGSB-E407-EEntrepreneurshipVenture capitalist Atul Kapadia was inclined to provide seed funding for Sujeet Kumar and Michael Sinkula to found Envia Systems, a lithium-ion battery company. Admittedly, Envia was little more than the founders’ vision of an affordable electric vehicle and the potential of playing in a very large market. But for Kapadia, it was precisely these two key ingredients that made Envia attractive and akin to other early-stage investments he had made a...Starting at €8.20
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Sociable Labs (A) - (C) - Teaching note
Siegelman, RL; Han, ATeaching Note SGSB-E435A-CTN-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 €0.00
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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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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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TwinMed
Child, M; Chambers, J; Han, ACase SGSB-E419-EEntrepreneurshipTwinMed was a nursing home supply business located in Los Angeles. This case details its humble origins and its development, and raises several strategic issues prevalent in Medicare-reimbursed businesses, business-to-business selling, and what to do when there is a sea change in government billing as there was in 1999, with the advent of Medicare’s “PPS” model.Starting at €8.20
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David Berman, Teaching Note
Raman, Ananth; Gaur, Vishal; Kesavan, SaravananTeaching Note HBS-609006-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for [605081].Starting at €0.00
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Airbus A380--Turbulence Ahead
Raman, Ananth; Schmidt, William; Gaur, VishalCase HBS-609041-EMultiple delays of the Airbus A380 have shocked analysts and investors alike. What are the causes of these delays and how should investors respond to the signals they may be sending about the company's outlook?Starting at €8.20