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Khosla Ventures: Biofuels Gain Liquidity
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Sahlman, William A.; Wagonfeld, Alison Berkley; Richardson, EvanCase HBS-812035-EEntrepreneurshipSamir Kaul, a Partner at Khosla Ventures, looked out his office window. It was late June, 2011, and like almost every day in Menlo Park, the sun was shining. Kaul was reflecting on what had been a very positive 10 months in the venture capital business. Over that span, he had helped three of his portfolio companies through IPOs, and helped Khosla Ventures raise its third fund, bringing the total outside capital raised by the group to more than $2...Starting at €8.20
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1366 Technologies: Scaling the Venture (Abridged)
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Nanda, Ramana; Richardson, Evan; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-812133-EEntrepreneurshipTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. For some time, 1366's co-founders, Frank van Mierlo and Ely Sachs, had faced a choice, which was now made all the more stark: 1366 could expand to produce silicon wafers itself, raising the required capital from "friendly" investors and building shipment volume slowly, or 1366 could accelerate its market entry dramatically by partnering with the Asian manufacturers that had ...Starting at €8.20
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WiTricity: Electricity cuts the cord
Sahlman, William A.; Richardson, EvanCase HBS-811045-EEntrepreneurshipEric Giler, WiTricity CEO, must decide how to grow a company based around an untested but potentially ground-breaking technology for wireless electricity transmission.Starting at €8.20
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The Fox Island Wind Project (B)
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Richardson, EvanCase HBS-811051-EEntrepreneurshipTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Fox Island Wind Cooperative faces criticism from local residents.Starting at €5.74
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1366 Technologies: Scaling the Venture
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Nanda, Ramana; Kiron, David; Richardson, EvanCase HBS-811076-EEntrepreneurshipTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. For some time, 1366's co-founders, Frank van Mierlo and Ely Sachs, had faced a choice, which was now made all the more stark: 1366 could expand to produce silicon wafers itself, raising the required capital from "friendly" investors and building shipment volume slowly, or 1366 could accelerate its market entry dramatically by partnering with the Asian manufacturers that had ...Starting at €8.20
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Chegg: Textbook Rental Takes Flight
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Sahlman, William A.; Richardson, EvanCase HBS-811077-EEntrepreneurshipTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. In late 2010, Silicon Valley-based Chegg, the leading online college textbook rental company, is scaling rapidly. The case recounts Chegg's history from its origins as a distant competitor to Craigslist in college classified listings through a pivot into textbook rental followed by a period of explosive growth. Resulting challenges in scaling warehouse operations, customer s...Starting at €8.20
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Accretive Health
Sahlman, William A.; Richardson, EvanCase HBS-812061-EEntrepreneurshipMary Tolan, CEO Accretive Health, examines whether to expand the company's operations in hospital revenue cycle management into the field of Total Cost of Care management.Starting at €8.20
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The Venture Capital Problem Set
Sahlman, William A.; Richardson, Evan; McQuade, JamesCase HBS-812039-EEntrepreneurshipThis note consists of three valuation/analysis exercises often found in venture capital financing deals.Starting at €8.20
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The Changing Face of Angel Investing
Sahlman, William A.; Richardson, EvanCase HBS-811046-EEntrepreneurshipAngel investors Ram Shriram, Mike Maples, Eric Paley, James Geshweiler, and Jim Southern discuss their investment philosophies and the changing landscape of angel investing. Questions include: How has angel investing changed in the last few years? How do you evaluate a prospective investment's attractiveness? How do you think about risk and reward in angel investing? Is it possible for Angel funds to be too big?Starting at €8.20
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ScoreBig
Sahlman, William A.; Glass, Jeffrey T.; Richardson, EvanCase HBS-812043-EEntrepreneurshipThe founding team at ScoreBig, an event ticketing company, is on the verge of a public launch of their product. The company has made great progress in negotiating access to tickets, designing its interface, and building a proprietary architecture. For consumers, ScoreBig offered the opportunity to buy tickets at below face value. For event managers, ScoreBig helped solve the problem of filling empty seats and recruiting new customers in a way tha...Starting at €8.20