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Why Consistent Growth Is So Challenging
Management Digital ArticleThis issue's Spotlight features three articles examining the crucial question of how to achieve and maintain growth. The first article, "How Fast Should... -
What Founders Need to Know Before Selling Their Startup
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleYou might be surprised at what your acquirer will agree to — if you just ask. -
Preparing Your Startup for the Next M&A Wave
Mergers and acquisitions Digital ArticleAsk yourself these three questions before buyers come knocking. -
The Strategic Challenges of Decoupling
Global Business SpotlightMost business executives who have put time, effort, and investment into developing a presence in China resist the notion of decoupling. With the Biden... -
Strategy for Start-ups
Competitive strategy SpotlightFirst answer two questions; then explore four paths. -
Research: What Happens to a Startup When Venture Capitalists Replace the Founder
Entrepreneurial exit strategy ResearchIt actually makes success more likely. -
Entrepreneurs Need a Better Way to Cash Out
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleRethinking the successful exit. -
The Founder’s Dilemma: To Sell or Not to Sell?
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleWe recently did an informal survey of some of our venture capital colleagues. We asked, “What crossroads decisions are most common and challenging for entrepreneurs in the course of the business-building journey?” The most common responses to this open-ended question were whether to take an investment and whether to sell the company. For some the […] -
Is "Google Will Buy Us" a Solid Business Plan?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleToday's Conversation Starter comes from guest columnist David S. Evans, founder of Market Platform Dynamics and coauthor of Catalyst Code: The Strategies...
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IG4 Capital: Private equity with a purpose
Management Case Study11.95View Details SEPTEMBER 2023, SÃO PAULO (BRAZIL). Gustavo Buffara was painstakingly putting the finishing touches on the IG4 Private Equity Fund III presentation. Co-founded... -
HeliService International: Flying ahead
Management Case Study11.95View Details The case follows Oliver Freiland, a former Roland Berger consultant with a successful corporate career, in his quest for the right acquisition target.... -
Between Autonomy and Concession: A Female Entrepreneur's Struggle in Latin America
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Third Place Winner; 2024 DEI Global Case Writing Competition. Liliana Gutierrez de Pineres is a Colombian entrepreneur who runs Lemaitre, a management... -
Alignvest Student Housing: Keep Building or Time to Sell?
Management Case Study11.95View Details Sanjil Shah, Managing Partner of Alignvest Student Housing REIT (ASH), faces the most significant decision thus far in his career: is it the right time... -
TELEXISTENCE Inc.
Management Case Study11.95View Details A case about a Japanese robotics startup aiming to enter the U.S. market with its robots that combine AI and human intervention to complete restocking... -
Exxat: Educating Smarter in the Health Sciences
Management Case Study11.95View Details Over 12 years, Aarti Vaishnav grew Exxat into a $10M business with hundreds of employees. This success was built on a virtuous cycle of deep customer... -
Batec Mobility: Creating, Scaling, and Selling an Inclusive Business
Management Case Study11.95View Details Entrepreneur Pau Bach, who has tetraplegia, built Batec Mobility with an inclusive business model in which profit and purpose are tightly integrated.... -
Zoey Koko: Choosing an Alternative Path Forward
Management Case Study11.95View Details Sara Ferrer launched Zoey Koko in 2017 with the idea of designing bath and body products for young girls and "tweens" (ages 5-12). From the start-up of... -
Ravel Law: Unraveling an Entrepreneur's Decisions
Management Case Study11.95View Details Founded in California in 2012, Ravel Law Inc. (Ravel) was a legal tech start-up that developed groundbreaking legal analytics products. In 2017, Ravel's... -
Montreal Community Contact: What Will Happen After Me?
Management Case Study11.95View Details In July 2020, the founder and manager of Montreal Community Contact (Contact), a bimonthly community newspaper, was considering strategies to ensure the... -
Impactful Investments and Exits: Angeleno Group and GT Solar
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Angeleno Group, a clean energy private equity firm co-founded by Yaniv Tepper, is assessing a potential exit from a major acquisition in the solar power... -
Should We Stay or Should We Go? The Case of the Adventure Inn
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Nigel and Tammy Peck owned the Adventure Inn in Durango, Colorado. The process of acquiring the 25-room motel took several years and their combined life... -
Rock Valley Physical Therapy: Private equity and culture
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details In April of 2018, Mike Horsfield, CEO of Rock Valley Physical Therapy (RVPT), was scheduled to meet with shareholders to discuss the future ownership... -
Unicommerce eSolutions: The Exit Decision
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details On a late evening in December 2014, three co-founders of Unicommerce eSolutions Pvt. Ltd. (Unicommerce) assembled for a meeting. A couple of months earlier,... -
Advent International: Kroton Investment
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Ak Gida: IPO or Strategic Sale
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In 2015, Yıldiz Holding, one of the world's largest producer of confections, biscuits and crackers, was at the end of its divesture process from Ak Gida,... -
Big Apple Circus: Time to Fold the Tent?
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details By 2016, the Big Apple Circus has weathered many storms in its 38 seasons as one of the most well-known New York City nonprofits. Will Weiss, the executive... -
KCC: Third Time's the Charm?
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details KCC was founded by two bankruptcy lawyers who saw the potential to tap technology to make dramatic improvements in the work they could perform for clients.... -
PSA Peugeot Citroen: Re-Entering the United States
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In 2017, PSA Peugeot Citroën (PSA), the French-based automaker known for its famous Peugeot and Citroën brands, announced its plans to re-enter the U.S.... -
Senn Delaney: An Entrepreneurial Exit In the Consulting Industry
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Senn Delaney is a culture-shaping consulting firm located in California. From 1999-2012, the firm was led by CEO Jim Hart. The case traces Senn Delaney's...