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Do Algorithms Make Better — and Fairer — Investments Than Angel Investors?
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Is a Start-Up's Strength Becoming Its Weakness? (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
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Is a Start-Up's Strength Becoming Its Weakness? (HBR Case Study)
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What Angel Investors Value Most When Choosing What to Fund
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Stretch the Mission? (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
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HBR Case Study: An Angel Investor with an Agenda
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Good Money After Bad? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
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Case Study: An Angel Investor with an Agenda
Decision making and problem solving Digital ArticleEditors’ Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. If you’d like your comment to be considered for publication, please be sure to include your email address. Gloria Londoño scanned the tables at the Opera restaurant. Victor Serna was sitting at […] -
How to Attract the Right Shareholders
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Stretch the Mission? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
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A Wave of Angel Investing Organizations Focuses on Women
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Angel or Devil: Who’s Really Investing In Your Start-Up?
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Good Money After Bad? (HBR Case Study)
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Stretch the Mission? (HBR Case Study)
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In Entrepreneurial Pitches, Stage Presence Is Everything
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PunchTab, Inc.
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EILEEN FISHER: Repositioning the Brand
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Well-established fashion brand Eileen Fisher has traditionally appealed to older women. However, to drive growth, Eileen Fisher's management team wants... -
Yieldex (A)
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UpDown: Confidential Instructions for MICHAEL
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Angel Investing: Innovation Within the Establishment
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Introduces angel investing as a concept and discusses recent developments in the industry. Angel investing has been a long-standing practice, dating back... -
Value Partners and the Evergrande Situation
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CommonAngels Ventures
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Morgan Stanley: Positioning to Be the Sustainability Finance Leader
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details It is five years since the Great Recession, and Morgan Stanley and its competitors are still trying to regain the confidence of investors. To that end,... -
Yieldex (B)
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Bluefin Labs: The Acquisition by Twitter
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The Chennai Angels Network
Management Case Study8.95View Details The case is intended to help the student learn about an important source of startup funding in India, namely, angels. It also provides an opportunity... -
LinkedIn Corporation, 2012
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Assured Guaranty
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A Technical Note on Angel Investing in Emerging Markets
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Minova
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The protagonist ("Howard Glass") is a recent GSB graduate (2007) heading up a biomedical team start-up focused on the gastric bypass method. The case... -
Australia-Japan Cable: Structuring the Project Company
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Beetle Beats: Finding a SOUND Market for ADT
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AngelList
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In early 2010, Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi posted a list of angel investors on the Venture Hacks blog as a resource for founders looking for funding... -
Angel Investments in Europe and Recent Developments in Crowdfunding
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This technical note provides information on the evolution and current state of angel investing in Europe. The note first describes the role and types...
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PunchTab, Inc.
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Introduction
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Do Algorithms Make Better — and Fairer — Investments Than Angel Investors?
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Entrepreneurial Venturing and Financing
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Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details What should business leaders do about corruption? In December 2011, four HBS alumni met to debate how to engage the unprecedented protests against Vladimir... -
Managing Shareholders in the Age of Stakeholder Capitalism
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What Makes a Compelling Business Angel Investment Opportunity?
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EILEEN FISHER: Repositioning the Brand
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Well-established fashion brand Eileen Fisher has traditionally appealed to older women. However, to drive growth, Eileen Fisher's management team wants... -
Yieldex (A)
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DermaCare: Zapping Zits Directly, Teaching Note
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