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BloomThat: Navigating the Ups and Downs of a Silicon Valley Start-up
Bernstein, Shai; Siegel, Robert E.; Golden, Joseph N.Case SGSB-E685-EEntrepreneurshipDavid Bladow and Matthew Schwab, close friends and former college roommates, left their jobs and moved to San Francisco to start a new venture together. After exploring the gifting industry, they ultimately focused on floral delivery. They launched BloomThat, an on-demand service that made sending flowers as easy as sending a text message and gained initial traction over Valentine’s Day in 2013. On the back of this success, the team was accep...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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Investcorp and the Moneybookers Bid
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Lietz, Nori GerardoCase HBS-811013-EEntrepreneurshipIn January 2007, Hazem Ben-Gacem, managing director and co-head of Investcorp Technology Partners (ITP), needs to decide what to bid at an auction for Moneybookers Limited, one of the top three e-payment solution providers in Europe. However, approximately 70% of Moneybookers revenues were related to transactions from online gaming sites (down from 100% in 2002). Although the thesis was that e-commerce transactions would soon make up a much large...Starting at €8.20
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Partners Group: Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Lietz, Nori Gerardo; Andrade, RicardoCase HBS-217035-EEntrepreneurshipPartners Group ("PG"), a Swiss based PE manager, initiated a series of strategic shifts and evolved from a predominately fund-of-funds manager into a large, multi-asset class PE firm focused on direct investments. PG was the first PE firm to go public in 2006. A number of large US based private equity firms followed to create a new category of firms; public private equity firms (PPEs). PG's results were superlative (565% since inception total r...Starting at €8.20
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NextView Ventures
Tango, Jo; Lietz, Nori GerardoCase HBS-821031-EEntrepreneurshipDavid Beisel, Rob Go, and Lee Hower are non-partners at different-and-established venture capital (VC) firms. They decide to leave their positions to start a new seed-stage VC firm. The case covers the genesis of the firm, the formulation of its strategy and operations, and the founders' fundraising efforts. A key decision the case protagonists must make is whether to partner with two very successful entrepreneurs, who propose a merger with Nex...Starting at €8.20
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CleanWater, Inc.: Running Dry & Out of Time
Nanda, Ramana; White, Robert F.; Bernstein, Shai; Barnett, JamesCase HBS-819016-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €8.20
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GeBBS Healthcare Solutions: Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind
Lerner, Josh; Bernstein, Shai; Leamon, Ann; Sessa, RichardCase HBS-820041-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €8.20
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Colony Capital: Unbelievable
Lietz, Nori Gerardo; Sobral, Arthur R.O.Case HBS-219087-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €8.20
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GeBBS Healthcare Solutions: Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Bernstein, ShaiTeaching Note HBS-820094-EEntrepreneurshipThis teaching note is meant to accompany "GeBBS Healthcare Solutions: Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind? (A)," HBS No. 820-041, and "GeBBS Healthcare Solutions: Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind? (B)," HBS No. 820-074. The cases follow Nitin Thakor, President and CEO of GeBBS Healthcare Solutions (GeBBS), an India- and California-based healthcare back office outsourcing company, as he evaluates two vastly different acquisition offers, o...Starting at €0.00
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Innova Capital: The Transition, Teaching Note
Lerner, Josh; Lietz, Nori Gerardo; Shu, TerrenceTeaching Note HBS-819085-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 813064.Starting at €0.00