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A Dedicated Team of Problem Solvers Can Help Big Companies Act Like Lean Startups
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Does Your Startup Have a Spending Strategy?
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The Strategic Power of Saying No
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleThe hardest part of being an entrepreneur can be learning to turn down business. It is also the only way to survive—and grow. -
Starting Up in High Gear
Strategic planning Magazine ArticleEntrepreneurs have always needed imagination and daring. What’s different today, says one of the architects of the new economy, is that they have to move a lot faster than ever before, with a lot less room for error. -
A Survival Guide for Startups in the Era of Tech Giants
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Why B2B Companies Struggle with Collaborative Innovation
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The Top 20 Start-Up Accelerators in the U.S.
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What It Takes to Build a Startup into a Brand
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleLessons from Howard Schultz, Leslie Wexner, and Brunello Cucinelli. -
Reigniting Growth
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleMost successful new companies eventually face a predictable crisis that the authors call "stall-out"--a sudden large drop in revenue and profit growth... -
Great Companies Stay True to the Spirit of Their Founders
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleExamples from Nando's Chicken, the Oberoi Group, and more. -
Defend Your Research: Are Entrepreneurs Really Pot-Smoking Rebels?
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleThere is such a thing as too much rule-breaking. -
Crucible: Battling Back from Betrayal
Cross-cultural management Magazine ArticleScrap metal entrepreneur Stephen Greer naively trusted his foreign partners—and lost millions to fraud. Here’s how he reclaimed his confidence and rebuilt his company. -
Managing by Commitments
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhat makes a great manager great? Despite differences in their personal attributes, successful managers all excel in the making, honoring, and remaking... -
Should You Give Up on Your New Dream?
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Startups Need Relationships Before They Ask for Money
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleIt's a better long-term strategy. -
Career Choices When Life Is Short (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAn up-and-coming entrepreneur, Gil Lehner is looking ahead and deciding on his next move. But Gil's situation is unusual: He was just diagnosed with small-cell... -
Twitch CEO on the Future of the Creator Economy - and the Challenge to Keep the Platform Safe
Global Business Digital Article"That kind of violence, that kind of hate ... [doesn't] have any place anywhere in our society, or especially on Twitch." -
How to Figure Out What Your Side Hustle Should Be
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleDon't fall in love with your first idea. -
Case Study: A Founder Steps Back from Her Start-Up
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The Innovative Mindset Your Company Can’t Afford to Lose
Innovation Digital ArticleFinding the hackers, problem-solvers, and other people impatient for change.
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The Structure and Functioning of Art Markets
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The production, valuation, and consumption of contemporary art are guided by cultural and economic forces that play out in primary and secondary markets.... -
Gharpar: The Lean Beauty Start-up: Beauty done Comfortably (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details This case series follows a series of events over the first two years of the life of GharPar (GP), a Lahore-based start-up that provides at-home beauty... -
Codecademy: Monetizing a Movement?
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details 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... -
Steve Mariotti and NFTE
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Less than three years ago, Steve Mariotti created NFTE, a nonprofit organization for teaching entrepreneurship to disadvantaged youths. The organization... -
Lapdesk Company: A South African FOPSE
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Shane Immelman, founding CEO of Lapdesk (South Africa), is facing several acute problems: a conflict between his director of marketing and his director... -
TenAlpina Tools: The Entrepreneur's Dilemma
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Giulia Ferrato, a recent MBA graduate, has developed a high-quality, lightweight titanium piton, a tool used in mountain climbing. She is currently contracting... -
The Entrepreneurial Manager: Spring 2024
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Every Harvard Business School first-year student enrolls in "The Entrepreneurial Manager," a course that focuses on leadership in entrepreneurial settings.... -
Understanding Securities Markets in the United States and Japan
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Provides a basic understanding of how securities markets work. -
Note on the Hiring and Selection Process
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Describes a model for thinking about the hiring and selection process. -
Jill Greenthal at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette: The TCI/AT&T Deal (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Documents the hectic and grueling work done by Jill Greenthal's team at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in an attempt to execute a landmark deal on behalf... -
Private Equity Transforming TDC
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Covisint (A): The Evolution of a B2B Marketplace
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Ford Motor Co., General Motors, and DaimlerChrysler--the three original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that dominated the automotive industry throughout... -
Entrepreneurial Management in a Turnaround Environment (EMTE) Fall 2012: Course Overview and Syllabus
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Course Overview and Syllabus in the Fall Term 2012 for the Entrepreneurial Management in a Turnaround Environment (EMTE) course. -
InPart
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Stacey Lawson, HBS 1996, started a CAD parts representations database company to help designers and engineers with the design process. The company has... -
OXO International
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details OXO, a kitchen tools and gadgets company, was started by a businessman who had 30 years of experience in the housewares industry. With his wife and son... -
Sula Vineyards (B): The Entrepreneur's Dilemma - Managing Investor Exits
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details The case focuses on the risks and rewards of early-stage investing in a successful emerging market consumer start-up (i.e. non-tech), from seed funding... -
Tengion: Bringing Regenerative Medicine to Life
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Tengion is a young biotech company that is at the frontier of regenerative medicine; a nascent field that seeks to promote the creation of new cells and... -
Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream, Inc.: Keeping the Mission(s) Alive
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Ben & Jerry's is an anti-establishment, values-driven company that has become a successful venture. The dominant founder, Ben Cohen, is not an effective... -
ExlService: Business Process Outsourcing in India
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Charts the development of outsourcing service provider ExlService. Founded by Indian nationals Vikram Talwar and Rohit Kapoor, the firm has moved through... -
Targanta Therapeutics: Hitting a Moving Target
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details This case explores regulatory, product testing, and business strategy at Targanta Therapeutics, a biotech company preparing its first new drug application...
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A Dedicated Team of Problem Solvers Can Help Big Companies Act Like Lean Startups
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleHow Experian does it. -
The Structure and Functioning of Art Markets
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The production, valuation, and consumption of contemporary art are guided by cultural and economic forces that play out in primary and secondary markets.... -
Does Your Startup Have a Spending Strategy?
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleDon't burn all your cash on a fancy office. -
Gharpar: The Lean Beauty Start-up: Beauty done Comfortably (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details This case series follows a series of events over the first two years of the life of GharPar (GP), a Lahore-based start-up that provides at-home beauty... -
Codecademy: Monetizing a Movement?
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details 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... -
The Strategic Power of Saying No
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleThe hardest part of being an entrepreneur can be learning to turn down business. It is also the only way to survive—and grow. -
Starting Up in High Gear
Strategic planning Magazine ArticleEntrepreneurs have always needed imagination and daring. What’s different today, says one of the architects of the new economy, is that they have to move a lot faster than ever before, with a lot less room for error. -
A Survival Guide for Startups in the Era of Tech Giants
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleYou have options other than getting swallowed up or stomped out. -
Steve Mariotti and NFTE
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Less than three years ago, Steve Mariotti created NFTE, a nonprofit organization for teaching entrepreneurship to disadvantaged youths. The organization... -
Lapdesk Company: A South African FOPSE
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Shane Immelman, founding CEO of Lapdesk (South Africa), is facing several acute problems: a conflict between his director of marketing and his director...