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Arthur Rock
Hardymon, G. Felda; Nicholas, Tom; Kind, LizCase HBS-813138-EEntrepreneurshipArthur Rock was known as one of the country's first venture capitalists and was instrumental in launching major Silicon Valley firms, such as Fairchild Semiconductor, Intel Corporation, Apple Computer, Inc., Scientific Data Systems and Teledyne Incorporated. He was the first venture capitalist to be featured on the cover of Time magazine. Rock was adamant that his success was due to luck and being in the right place at the right time. Others argu...Starting at €8.20
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Affinity Labs, Inc.
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Kind, LizCase HBS-809019-EEntrepreneurshipIn November 2006, Chris Michel left Military.com, which he founded in 1999, to start Affinity Labs, a global network of online communities. That month, Michel raised a Series A round of venture funding and established a partnership with Monster, which he had sold Military.com to. Within its first year of operations, Affinity Labs launched eight vertical portals including PoliceLink, NursingLink, TechCommunity, and IndiaOn. While the company was w...Starting at €8.20
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Google Glass
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Barley, Lauren; Kind, LizCase HBS-814102-EEntrepreneurshipIn early 2014, business development executives at Google were formulating a distribution strategy for Glass, a wearable computer that projected information on a display viewable with an upward glance. Options, which were not mutually exclusive, included 1) continuing to sell Glass directly through online channels; 2) creating an open platform to allow any eyewear manufacturer to create frames compatible with Glass; and 3) negotiating a partnershi...Starting at €8.20
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Neurotrack and the Alzheimer's Puzzle
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Kind, Liz; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-816072-EEntrepreneurshipElli Kaplan founded Neurotrack in 2012 with a breakthrough non-invasive cognitive diagnostics test that will detect Alzheimer's Disease in its earliest pre-symptomatic stages. While the company has gained great traction in the three years since it was started, with no therapeutic product available in the foreseeable future Kaplan is considering whether it is time to change the company's business model.Starting at €8.20
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AngelList in 2017
Nanda, Ramana; White, Robert F.; Kind, LizCase HBS-818041-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €8.20
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RentJuice
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Kind, LizCase HBS-811069-EEntrepreneurshipRentJuice, founded in mid-2008, provided a subscription software service-sold via phone and live online webinars-that allowed real estate professionals like brokers and agents to manage and market rental listings, communicate with clients, and complete transaction paperwork (e.g., tenant applications, credit screening, lease documents), all through a single, intuitive, web-based interface. The case explores RentJuice's early development and the c...Starting at €8.20
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Verengo Solar Plus!
Sahlman, William A.; Lassiter, Joseph B.; Kind, LizCase HBS-812049-EEntrepreneurshipIn the three years since Bishop and Button purchased Verengo in a leveraged buyout (LBO), the company had gone through dramatic changes. Initially a residential windows and insulation firm, after the economic recession of 2008 the company switched gears and began offering solar installations to local residential customers. Aided by favorable regulatory changes and a consumer financing partnership, Verengo's solar business took off and became the ...Starting at €8.20
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AngelList
Nanda, Ramana; Kind, LizCase HBS-814036-EEntrepreneurshipIn early 2010, Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi posted a list of angel investors on the Venture Hacks blog as a resource for founders looking for funding prior to seeking venture capital. The list quickly evolved into AngelList, a separate matchmaking platform for founders and investors to make early stage fundraising more efficient. By June 2013, AngelList had garnered substantial media attention, and was used by many high profile angel investors a...Starting at €8.20
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Affinity Labs: Valuing Customer Growth
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Kind, LizCase HBS-813147-EEntrepreneurshipIn November 2006, Chris Michel left Military.com, which he founded in 1999, to start Affinity Labs, a global network of online communities. That month, Michel raised a Series A round of venture funding and established a partnership with Monster, which he had sold Military.com to. Within its first year of operations, Affinity Labs launched eight vertical portals including PoliceLink, NursingLink, TechCommunity, and IndiaOn. While the company was w...Starting at €8.20
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Andreessen Horowitz
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Kind, LizCase HBS-814060-EEntrepreneurshipAndreessen Horowitz (a16z), a venture capital firm launched in 2009, has quickly broken into the VC industry's top ranks, in terms of its ability to invest in Silicon Valley's most promising startups. The case recounts the firm's history; describes its co-founders' motivations and their strategy for disrupting an industry in the midst of dramatic structural change; and asks whether a16z's success to date has been due to its novel organization str...Starting at €8.20