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How to Unlock Value in Founder-Investor Partnerships
Culture de l’entreprise Magazine ArticleTake these steps to move from trepidation to trust. -
How VCs Can Create a Winning Investment Thesis
Digital ArticleVenture capital isn’t about playing the odds—it’s about rewriting them. -
To Increase Your Shareholders’ Loyalty, Understand What Matters to Them
Finanças Empreendedoras Digital ArticleCreating profiles of your shareholders’ individual interests can help you speak directly to their concerns. -
Successful Private Equity Firms Manage Talent Differently
Talent management Digital ArticleThese seven principles help PE firms turn talk into action. -
How Venture Capitalists Can Become Effective Board Members
Startups Digital ArticleSucceeding in this role will help you build your brand, increase deal flow, and improve the performance of the companies you invest in. -
Why VCs Should Use Net Promoter Scores with Founders
Digital ArticleFour steps to help investors solicit clear feedback and build better relationships with entrepreneurs. -
Make Decisions with a VC Mindset
Organizational decision making Magazine ArticleThe key is to embrace risk, disagreement, and agility. -
Research: How to Close the Gender Gap in Startup Financing
Business and society Digital ArticleThree ways policymakers, financiers, and other stakeholders can mitigate gender bias in entrepreneurial funding. -
Customers Prefer to Crowdfund Products They Can Improve
Fundraising Digital ArticleInvolving people in the evolution of your idea makes them invested in its success. -
What Sets Successful Startup Accelerators Apart
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleResearch reveals three ways they help early-stage companies achieve higher funding and survival rates. -
Building a Startup in a Tough Funding Environment
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleVenture funding is scarce, valuations are down, and exit options are dwindling. What should founders do? -
Private Equity Needs a New Talent Strategy
Private equity Magazine ArticleHigher interest rates and competition have changed the nature of the business. Now the industry must find a new approach to developing leaders. -
What You Need to Know as a Young, Black Startup Founder
Start-ups POVThe obstacles you can expect to confront, and how to overcome them. -
How to Attract the Right Shareholders
Fundraising Digital ArticleInstead of casting a wide net, try a more strategic approach. -
What African Fintech Startups Can Teach Silicon Valley About Longevity
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleThree lessons, based on a study of more than 200 senior-level executives. -
How Midsize Companies Can Access Capital in Turbulent Times
Organizational change Digital ArticleLending to mid-market companies has fallen nearly 60% over the last year. -
Research: What Happens When Private Equity Firms Buy Hospitals?
Mergers and acquisitions ResearchA study of 42 leveraged buyouts produced surprising findings that should guide policy reforms. -
Silicon Valley Bank’s Focus on Startups Was a Double-Edged Sword
Financial crisis Digital ArticleSector specialization comes with steep risks — and high upside. -
For Female Founders, Fundraising Only from Female VCs Comes at a Cost
Gender Digital ArticleNew research suggests that exclusive support from female investors may be a mixed blessing because it can make it harder to raise additional rounds of financing. -
Entrepreneurs, Is a Venture Studio Right for You?
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleFounders often look to incubators and accelerators to grow their startups. But there’s another option.
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Another Way: Building Companies That Last...and Last...and Last
Management Book32.00View Details From the inner sanctum of Silicon Valley and short-term capitalism comes the story of a VC who lived it, then left it and found a better way to build... -
Perplexity: Redefining Search
Management Case Study11.95View Details By early 2025, Perplexity had rapidly evolved from a modest startup into a trailblazing ""answer engine"" valued at $9 billion. Led by founder Aravind... -
Triggerise: Expanding an African health-tech enterprise
Management Case Study11.95View Details Triggerise is a non-profit organisation in the digital health care sector faced with the challenge of scale. The company uses a mobile rewards programme,... -
Hyperscaling Dreams: Uala's Path from Startup to Fintech Champion
Management Case Study11.95View Details Uala, founded by Pierpaolo Barbieri in 2017, is a fast-growing fintech company on a mission to revolutionize financial services in Latin America. Starting... -
RedBird Capital Partners
Management Case Study11.95View Details In July 2024, Gerry Cardinale, the founder and managing partner of RedBird Capital Partners ('RedBird') has helped orchestrate a high-profile deal in... -
Theranos: "Fake It till You Make It"?
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case is about the rise and fall of Theranos Inc. (Theranos), a private company founded by Elizabeth Holmes to revolutionize the blood-testing industry.... -
Everglow Ventures: Reinventing the VC Model
Management Case Study11.95View Details This disguised case centers on Ellen Grant, who has recently launched a new venture capital (VC) firm, Everglow Ventures (Everglow). Everglow is not a... -
Untapped Global: Financing Africa's Missing Middle
Management Case Study11.95View Details In November 2024, Jim Chu, founder and CEO of Untapped Global, faced mounting internal tensions over the company's strategic direction. Untapped had developed... -
NutriTec Board Meeting: A Minor Business Unit with a Major Problem?
Management Case Study11.95View Details This simulation setting is a board meeting in a hypothetical scenario involving allegations that the supply chain for fish used to produce pet food involves... -
The Hidden Game: Uncovering the Business of Sports
Management Case Study8.95View Details The global sports industry extends far beyond the matches and events witnessed by spectators. This study uncovers the intricate business ecosystem underlying... -
CVTrust and the Smart Certificate
Management Case Study11.95View Details When the dotcom bubble burst in March 2000, this did not stop the world from going digital, but it did poke holes in the concept of trust, especially... -
Core Innovation Capital: Investing in Fintech for Good (B)
Management Case Study5.00View Details In 2017, Core Innovation Capital invested $725,000 in Hugo Insurance, a pay-as-you-drive auto insurance startup targeting the non-standard market. Core... -
Core Innovation Capital: Investing in Fintech for Good
Management Case Study11.95View Details In 2017, Arjan Schütte, founder of Core Innovation Capital, faced a decision on whether to invest in Hugo Insurance, an auto insurance startup. Core,... -
Deep Science Ventures
Management Case Study11.95View Details Founded in 2016, Deep Science Ventures (DSV) is a venture creator and venture capital investor. The company aims to combine available scientific knowledge... -
Balancing Returns and Responsibilities at Raya Partners
Management Case Study11.95View Details Raya Partners, a private equity firm, faces a crucial decision regarding Asa Specialty Coatings Company (ASCC). The dilemma involves shifting ASCC's manufacturing... -
Scaling Up To Stand Still: The Nearpeer Conundrum
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case delves into the journey of Nearpeer, an edtech start-up founded by Shahrukh and Ammar, to revolutionise education by bridging the gap between... -
Jazz: The Journey Towards Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Management Case Study11.95View Details Over a decade ago, Jazz, Pakistan's largest data operator, embarked on a transformative journey toward fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)... -
Entrepreneurship through acquisition: Vanessa Monestel's search fund
Management Case Study11.95View Details GENEVA (SWITZERLAND), OCTOBER 2023. Vanessa Monestel was ecstatic. a day earlier, she had just signed the letter of intent (LOI) to acquire an Amsterdam-based... -
Entrepreneurship through acquisition: Sébastien Perroud and the IAR Group
Management Case Study11.95View Details GENEVA (SWITZERLAND), AUGUST 2021. There was a lot at stake for Sébastien. This was the culmination of his 18-month NCA supported search journey to find... -
Rede Mulher Empreendedora: Navigating mission integrity and financial sustainability
Management Case Study11.95View Details The case focuses on Rede Mulher Empreendedora (RME), Brazil's largest support platform for female entrepreneurship, and its founder, Ana Fontes. Founded...
