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Howard Schultz and Starbucks Coffee Company (Spanish version)
Koehn, Nancy F.Case HBS-803S13EntrepreneurshipInvestigates the entrepreneur's strategic initiatives to develop a mass market for specialty coffee in the 1980s and 1990s. These initiatives included the development of premium products, rapid expansion of company-owned stores--each with attractive retail environments and responsive customer service--and, especially, the creation of a strong brand. Also devotes considerable attention to how Schultz built the Starbucks organization, examining the...Starting at €8.20
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Madam C.J. Walker: Entrepreneur, Leader, and Philanthropist
Dwojeski, Anne E.; Grundy, William; Helms, Erica; Miller, Katherine; Koehn, Nancy F.Case HBS-807145-EEntrepreneurshipMadam C. J. Walker, who has been credited as the first self-made African-American woman millionaire, created a hair-care empire after years spent as a laundress in St. Louis, Missouri. Decades before the Civil Rights movement, her company gave employment to thousands of African-American women and marketed its products around the world. Madam Walker was active in the social and political causes of her day, and used her position as a successful ent...Starting at €8.20
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Oprah Winfrey, Teaching Note
Koehn, Nancy F.; Besharov, Marya; Miller, KatherineTeaching Note HBS-808018-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note to (803-190).Starting at €0.00
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Starbucks Coffee Company in the 21st Century
Koehn, Nancy F.; Besharov, Marya; Miller, KatherineCase HBS-808019-EEntrepreneurshipThe case explores the opportunities and challenges confronting Starbucks in the early 21st century. For more than 15 years, Starbucks has grown swiftly and successfully, helping create a large, dynamic market for specialty coffee, building one of the world's most powerful brands, and forging a new business model based on industry disrepair and responsible global citizenship. In 2008, Starbucks leadership faces a range of issues--inside and out of...Starting at €8.20
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Bono and U2, Teaching Note
Koehn, Nancy F.; Legris, ElizabethTeaching Note HBS-811091-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for 809148.Starting at €0.00
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Discover Capital
Sahlman, William A.; White, Robert; Puzio, StephanieCase HBS-815097-EEntrepreneurship"Discover Capital" provides an in-depth look at a first time search fund run by the tenacious Kelly Quann Bianucci. It provides background information about search funds and follows Kelly as she successfully raises her over-subscribed fund and begins the search process. The following useful information is included for students who are considering starting a search fund: offering memoranda, fundraising techniques, staffing, screening techniques, ...Starting at €8.20
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Athleta, Teaching Plan
Sahlman, William A.; White, RobertTeaching Note HBS-816043-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching plan for case 803045.Starting at €0.00
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Bootstrapping at Lightricks
White, Robert; Bussgang, Jeffrey J.; Snively, ChristineCase HBS-817051-EEntrepreneurshipBy August 2015, two-year-old mobile imaging software startup Lightricks had developed and released two best-selling paid mobile apps, grown to a team of 30, earned a revenue run rate of nearly $10 million, and achieved modest profitability. The bootstrapped company had explored raising funds, met with venture capital firms, and was presented with a term sheet. The co-founders believed the financing would allow them to scale up quicker, but they a...Starting at €8.20
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Starbucks Coffee Company in the 21st Century (Spanish Version)
Koehn, Nancy F.; Besharov, Marya; Miller, KatherineCase HBS-809S11EntrepreneurshipEl caso explora las oportunidades y desafíos que enfrenta Starbucks en el siglo 21 temprano. Desde hace más de 15 años, Starbucks ha crecido rápidamente y con éxito, ayudando a crear un mercado grande y dinámico de los cafés especiales, la construcción de una de las marcas más poderosas del mundo, y el establecimiento de un nuevo modelo de negocio basado en mal estado de la industria y la ciudadanía global responsable. En 2008, el liderazgo de St...Starting at €8.20
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Transformation and Renewal (Spanish version)
Koehn, Nancy F.; McNamara, Kelly; Khan, Nora N.; Legris, ElizabethCase HBS-315S04EntrepreneurshipTransformation and Renewal analyzes the turnaround and reconstruction of Starbucks Coffee Company from 2008 to 2014 as led by CEO and co-founder Howard Schultz. The case offers executives and students an opportunity to examine in depth how Schultz and his team saved Starbucks from near-collapse, by both executing a deep, comprehensive return to its core values and, at the same time, investing in a range of new products, customer experiences and ...Starting at €8.20