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How VCs Can Create a Winning Investment Thesis
Digital ArticleVenture capital isn’t about playing the odds—it’s about rewriting them. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
FTX and the Problem of Unchecked Founder Power
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleGrowing quickly requires giving up some control. It’s investors’ responsibility to make sure that happens. -
Startups, Don’t Pin Your Hopes on VC Dry Powder
Venture capital Digital ArticleEven with $290 billion in committed capital, venture capitalists may slow their pace of investing — and focus on the companies they’ve already backed. -
Managing Shareholders in the Age of Stakeholder Capitalism
Finance and investing Digital ArticleHow to identify and attract investors who will support your long-term, stakeholder-focused plans. -
Is Corporate Venture Capital Right for Your Startup?
Digital ArticleHow entrepreneurs can decide whether to pursue corporate funding, and if so, which CVC to pick. -
The Case for Investing in Underdogs
Finance and investing Digital ArticleDon’t undervalue the overlooked. -
How VCs Can Overcome the “Winner’s Curse”
Financiamento de Empreendimentos Digital ArticleThe more rivals you outbid, the more likely you are to have paid too much. -
Research: VCs Reward Self-Presentation Over Qualifications
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleAn analysis of more than 4,000 firms, their founders, and their funders. -
In Entrepreneurial Pitches, Stage Presence Is Everything
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleHow new business ideas are presented may matter more than the quality of the ideas themselves. -
A New Model to Spark Innovation Inside Big Companies
Entrepreneurial financing Digital ArticleWith a venture buyout, an established company partners with a VC firm to spin out an internal startup. -
When Do Consumers Prefer Crowdfunded Products?
Entrepreneurial financing Digital ArticleOne study found that people were willing to pay about 21% more for a product when they were told it was crowdfunded. -
How Venture Capitalists Make Decisions
Venture capital Magazine ArticleAn inside look at an opaque process
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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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Xana Hotelle: From Niche to Mainstream
Management Case Study11.95View Details Xana Hotelle Management (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. ("Xana") was founded in 2015 by an industry outsider, Shallen Lu. With seven years of experience at a multinational... -
SWEN Blue Ocean: Impact Investing Goes to Sea
Management Case Study11.95View Details In August 2023, SWEN Blue Ocean, a 170 million euro impact fund that invested in startups contributing to ocean sustainability, faced a critical investment... -
TechEnergy Ventures: Innovating Through Corporate Venture Capital
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case examines TechEnergy Ventures, the corporate venture capital (CVC) arm of the Techint Group, and its role in scaling innovation within the energy... -
Comun: Partners in Peril
Management Case Study11.95View Details In spring 2023, Abiel Gutierrez and Andres Santos, co-founders of Comun, faced a critical decision at their fintech startup serving Latino immigrants.... -
Myeloma Investment Fund
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case explores a critical decision facing the Myeloma Investment Fund (MIF) as it evaluates two investment opportunities aimed at accelerating a cure... -
Happiness Capital: A Hundred-Year-Old Family Business's Quest to Create Happiness
Management Case Study11.95View Details Happiness Capital is a global venture capital firm within the hundred-year-old Lee Kum Kee Group with a mission to bring happiness to the community and... -
FundingPartner: Navigating the Nordic Crowdlending Market
Management Case Study11.95View Details In December 2023, Geir Atle Bore, the CEO of the Norwegian crowdlending platform FundingPartner, is evaluating the company's growth strategies. Founded... -
Mercado Bitcoin: M&A, IPO, or Series B?
Management Case Study11.95View Details In April 2021, Brazilian cryptocurrency platform Mercado Bitcoin, had to decide how to scale: go public, M&A with a bank, or take a VC big check. In a... -
Moon Creative Lab: Mitsui's venture studio
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case follows the steps taken by Kaichi Yokoyama, Moon Creative Lab's CEO, to establish the entity as a pioneering venture studio and entrepreneurial... -
Navigating a Down Round in Venture Capital: GoStage Ventures
Management Case Study11.95View Details GoStage Ventures Fund LP (GoStage Ventures), a global venture capital firm, has a portfolio company, Motocredible Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (MotoSpin), that... -
Clearing Hurdles to Academic Startup Formation: How Editpep Became a Company
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case follows an academic startup, Editpep, as it encounters and overcomes hurdles in its early days. The case also follows the creation of the Life...
