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Martin Smith: May 2002 (Spanish Version)
Hardymon, G. Felda; Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-809S07EntrepreneurshipMartin Smith, recién graduado de HBS, acaba de empezar a trabajar con una empresa apalancada compra. Su primera tarea es evaluar tres ofertas diferentes y hacer recomendaciones a los socios. Al estudiar las ofertas, se da cuenta de que cada uno tiene diferentes ventajas y desventajas y que su recomendación debe tener en cuenta no sólo las características específicas de cada empresa objetivo, sino también la situación de su empresa. Además, se deb...Starting at €8.20
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Village Ventures, Teaching Note
Hardymon, G. Felda; Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnTeaching Note HBS-808010-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note to (806-080).Starting at €0.00
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Porfolio & Partnership, Teaching Note
Hardymon, G. Felda; Leamon, AnnTeaching Note HBS-809017-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for [806036].Starting at €0.00
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Avid Radiopharmaceuticals: The Venture Debt Question
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-809086-EEntrepreneurshipThe CEO of a promising biotech company must decide how to respond to the macro-economic slump of late 2008. He had planned to pursue an aggressive schedule moving the firm's Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease imaging compounds through clinical trials and into the market. This involved expanding the firm's facilities and headcount and he planned to fund this by taking venture debt. Although clinical trial data is extremely encouraging, questions ...Starting at €8.20
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Dave and Millie: A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs
Hardymon, G. Felda; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-809109-EEntrepreneurshipTwo entrepreneurs have just been told by their venture capital backer to prepare a list of possible cuts to help them weather the 2008-2009 economic downturn. The impact on each firm is very different: one is a later-stage company with revenues in excess of $100 million; the other a pre-revenue company trying to raise its first institutional round. The entrepreneurs must consider their options and the impact on their companies' growth and, perhap...Starting at €8.20
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Microsoft's IP Ventures
Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-810096-EEntrepreneurshipMicrosoft's IP Ventures program, through which Microsoft spun out promising but unused technologies into new companies, is a new approach to corporate venture capital. The program provides "IP for equity" and has proven very successful in achieving its main goals-improved morale among researchers who like knowing their technology is being used, improved relationships with the venture capital community particularly in Silicon Valley, and good PR. ...Starting at €8.20
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Vignette: Alternative Liquidity Options
Hardymon, G. Felda; Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-812070-EEntrepreneurshipThe growth of companies that facilitate the sales of unregistered stock, such as that granted to employees of successful but long-private companies, has raised a number of questions among regulators, investors, and company founders. This brief vignette sketches out some of the benefits and drawbacks of alternative methods of liquidity.Starting at €8.20
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Innova Capital: The Transition
Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-813064-EEntrepreneurshipThe partners at Innova Capital, a leading mid-market private equity investor in Poland, must negotiate a transition of power between the two ex-patriate founders and three talented young Polish partners. If they fail to find an accomodation, the entire firm will self-destruct. This case explores the long-running process through which they were able to reach an agreement and the different motivations and goals that each partner wanted to achieve.Starting at €8.20
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GeBBS Healthcare Solutions: Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind (B)
Lerner, Josh; Bernstein, Shai; Leamon, Ann; Sessa, RichardCase HBS-820074-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €5.74
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Apax Partners and Xerium S.A. (Spanish version)
Hardymon, G. Felda; Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-806S01EntrepreneurshipIn 2002, Apax Partners had to decide whether to accept a less-than-perfect offer for one of its portfolio companies or to refinance it. This company, a maker of paper industry consumables with a global presence, had been purchased in 1999 and performed extremely well since then. Despite being a solid, cash-generative operation, it didn't excite a lot of interest in the market. An early exit at a good multiple would be helpful for Apax's current f...Starting at €8.20