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Yahoo: Both Sides of the Stamped Deal
Bussgang, Jeffrey J.; Mazzanti, LisaCase HBS-814051-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2012, Marissa Mayer became the CEO of Yahoo!, a tech giant with a tumultuous past. When Mayer tries to reinvigorate the company, she hires Jacqueline Reses, who has a private equity background, to head both human resources and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). As part of Mayer's turnaround strategy, Reses looks to build a mobile technology product development team by executing an "acquisition-hire" (i.e., "acqui-hire") to acquire New York City-b...Starting at €8.20
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Yahoo: Both Sides of the Stamped Deal, Teaching Plan
Bussgang, Jeffrey J.; Mazzanti, LisaTeaching Note HBS-815080-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching plan for case 814051.Starting at €0.00
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Quincy Apparel (A)
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Mazzanti, LisaCase HBS-815067-EEntrepreneurshipQuincy Apparel designs, manufactures and sells work apparel for young professional women that offers the fit and feel of high-end brands at a lower price. In late 2012, Quincy's cofounders are debating how to approach a crucial board meeting. Their seed-stage startup is running low on cash; to survive, it will need more capital, probably in the form of a bridge loan from existing investors, who will attend the board meeting. Quincy's sales have b...Starting at €8.20
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Quincy Apparel (B)
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Mazzanti, LisaCase HBS-815095-EEntrepreneurshipThe (B) case provides post-mortem analysis from Quincy's cofounders on why their startup failed and what they could have done differently. Explanations for failure focus on Quincy's ambitious value proposition and resulting operational challenges; cofounder conflict; poor approaches to hiring and motivating employees; a dysfunctional relationship with lead investors; and shortcomings in Quincy's go-to-market plan.Starting at €5.74
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Open English
Bussgang, Jeffrey J.; Mazzanti, LisaCase HBS-814020-EEntrepreneurshipOpen English, a Miami-based startup offering online English language learning services, had more than 30,000 active students across Latin America in 2012. The company had just closed a $43 million financing round in order to rapidly scale its service to the next level. Nicolette Moreno, Co-founder and Vice President of Product Development, felt that a substantial portion of the new funding was needed to rework Open English's platform to enable th...Starting at €8.20
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Codecademy: Monetizing a Movement?
Bussgang, Jeffrey J.; Mazzanti, LisaCase HBS-815093-EEntrepreneurshipCodecademy, an open-platform, online community for learning computer programming, launched in 2011. By 2014, the company had raised a total of $12.5 million in funding and was, on many fronts, an overwhelming success. However, there were still no revenues. The founders decided it was time to experiment with different monetization strategies before deciding on a way forward. Although they wanted to avoid being prematurely pressured into decisions ...Starting at €8.20
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Codecademy: Monetizing a Movement, Teaching Plan
Bussgang, Jeffrey J.; Mazzanti, LisaTeaching Note HBS-815117-EEntrepreneurshipThis is a Teaching Plan for the case on Codecademy, an open-platform, online community for learning computer programming, launched in 2011. By 2014, the company had raised a total of $12.5 million in funding and was, on many fronts, an overwhelming success. However, there were still no revenues. The founders decided it was time to experiment with different monetization strategies before deciding on a way forward. Although they wanted to avoid bei...Starting at €0.00
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Quincy Apparel, Teaching Note
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Mazzanti, LisaTeaching Note HBS-815118-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for cases 815067 and 815095.Starting at €0.00