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NYC311
Kontokosta, Constantine E.; Weiss, Mitchell B.; Snively, Christine; Gulick, SarahCase HBS-818056-EEntrepreneurshipJoe Morrisroe, executive director for NYC311, had some gut instincts but no definitive answer to the question he was just asked by one of the Mayor's deputies: "Are some communities being underserved by 311? How do we know we are hearing from the right people?" Founded in 2003 as a phone number for residents to dial (311) from a landline for information on city services and to log complaints, the city launched a 311 website and mobile app in 2009...Starting at €8.20
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Korea
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Schlefer, Jonathan; Wong, Keith Chi-ho; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-715047-EEconomicsSouth Korea's economic success and its transition from authoritarianism to democracy teach important lessons in national strategy and political economy. Now, though, its famous chaebols may need reform, the population is aging, and relations with the North are as tense as ever. What should the country's leaders do?Starting at €8.20
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ofo, Teaching Note
Weiss, Mitchell B.; Oseguera Rodriguez, MarianaTeaching Note HBS-819157-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note to case 819-063Starting at €0.00
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The Deep: Entrepreneurship in the Public Sector (P.E.) (A) and (B), Teaching Plan
Weiss, Mitchell B.Teaching Note HBS-614077-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching plan for cases 614054 and 614055.Starting at €0.00
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Bigbelly
Weiss, Mitchell B.; Snively, ChristineCase HBS-816005-EEntrepreneurshipTo accelerate Bigbelly's sales growth and its "smart cities" positioning, its CEO planned to shift his company from equipment sales to a subscription service. Jack Kutner hoped to re-position Bigbelly's solar-powered trash compacting stations beyond trash and recycling and use them also to provide public space Wi-Fi, advertising, and urban intelligence sensors. "One year from now we will no longer sell any machines," Kutner planned to tell the co...Starting at €8.20
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Voatz
Weiss, Mitchell B.; Halyard, MaddyCase HBS-819123-EEntrepreneurshipNimit Sawhney scrolled through the tweet stream on his phone, unsure of what to make of it on August 6, 2018 or how to respond. Voatz, the Boston-based startup he co-founded and led, provided a mobile-voting platform. In March of 2018, had successfully piloted the new technology to enable U.S. servicemembers stationed abroad to vote securely in West Virginia's primary election. Two West Virginia counties had participated in the first test. Thirte...Starting at €8.20
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Bigbelly, Teaching Note
Weiss, Mitchell B.; Snively, Christine; Mehta, SarahTeaching Note HBS-820064-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 816005.Starting at €0.00
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New Urban Mechanics, Teaching Note
Weiss, Mitchell B.; Piltch, MatthewTeaching Note HBS-320036-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 315075.Starting at €0.00
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TraceTogether
Weiss, Mitchell B.; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-820111-EEconomicsBy April 7, 2020, over 1.4 million people worldwide had contracted the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Governments raced to curb the spread of COVID-19 by scaling up testing, quarantining those infected, and tracing their possible contacts. It had taken Singapore's Government Technology Agency (GovTech) and Ministry of Health (MOH) all of eight weeks to develop the world's first nationwide deployment of a Bluetooth-based contact tracing system, Tra...Starting at €8.20
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Urban Us
Weiss, Mitchell B.; Peronto, PhoebeCase HBS-818115-EEntrepreneurshipShaun Abrahamson and Stonly Baptiste aimed to invest in what they called "urbantech superheroes." At Urban Us, the seed-stage urban technology-focussed venture capital firm the two started in 2012, they looked for startups innovating around the future of cities. By 2017, they had assessed over 700 potential deals. Each one required a go/no-go decision, and four along the way were no different in that regrad. Of Remix, SeamlessDocs, Starcity, and ...Starting at €8.20