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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. -
Why VCs Should Use Net Promoter Scores with Founders
Digital ArticleFour steps to help investors solicit clear feedback and build better relationships with entrepreneurs. -
What Sets Successful Startup Accelerators Apart
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleResearch reveals three ways they help early-stage companies achieve higher funding and survival rates. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleRecent research suggests that how new business ideas are presented may matter more than the quality of the ideas themselves. -
How Venture Capitalists Make Decisions
Venture capital Magazine ArticleAn inside look at an opaque process -
Women-Led Startups Received Just 2.3% of VC Funding in 2020
Gender Digital ArticleIn a year of uncertainty, VCs acted like funding female founders was risky — but the real risk is in leaving them behind. -
Joint Ventures and Partnerships in a Downturn
Competitive strategy Magazine ArticleHow to think about your existing collaborations—and the new ones you should seek out -
Institutional Investors Must Help Close the Race and Gender Gaps in Venture Capital
Business and society Digital ArticleThree proven strategies to make a difference. -
Research: How Cloud Computing Changed Venture Capital
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleIt made the “spray and pray” approach more common. -
Research: What Happens to a Startup When Venture Capitalists Replace the Founder
Entrepreneurial exit strategy ResearchIt actually makes success more likely. -
Male and Female Entrepreneurs Get Asked Different Questions by VCs — and It Affects How Much Funding They Get
Entrepreneurship ResearchResearch finds a new explanation for the gender gap in venture funding. -
How Venture Capitalists Really Assess a Pitch
Entrepreneurs and founders Magazine ArticleThe surprising behaviors that can make a difference -
The President of SRI Ventures on Bringing Siri to Life
Disruptive innovation Magazine ArticleBefore it could become part of every iPhone, the “virtual personal assistant” had to cross innovation’s valley of death. -
VC Funding Can Be Bad For Your Start-Up
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleMost successful entrepreneurs never take any venture capital.
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CVTrust and the Smart Certificate
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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... -
Nium's Journey to Become the Leader in Real-Time Global Payments
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case is a sequel to "Nium: Leveraging Fintech to Disrupt Cross-Border Remittance Services" case study, but it can also be used as a standalone case.... -
Navigating a Sea of Golf Sponsorships
Management Case Study11.95View Details In this professional golf case study, the protagonist is considering sponsorship opportunities from companies interested in supporting her Ladies' Professional... -
WRCB, IIT Bombay: Commercializing Deep-Tech Innovation
Management Case Study11.95View Details The Wadhwani Research Centre for Bioengineering (WRCB) at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), established in 2014 with support from the... -
Mamaearth IPO Dilemma: To Proceed or Pause
Management Case Study11.95View Details Mamaearth was founded by husband-and-wife duo Varun and Ghazal Alagh in 2016. The core value proposition of Mamaearth's offer focused on toxin-free, safe... -
Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations: Operations Management for Sustainable Tourism Development
Management Case Study11.95View Details In July 2017, the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations in Tofino, British Columbia, Canada, grappled with mounting conservation costs, inconsistent and unreliable... -
Partners for Growth: Funding Global Entrepreneurship
Management Case Study11.95View Details Lending firms like Partners for Growth (PFG) supplied growth capital to nascent companies, using debt instruments that did not dilute shareholders-contrary... -
Upli: Financial Health Appiness (C)
Management Case Study5.00View Details This field-based case set uses qualitative and quantitative research during the early stages of app development to unfold circumstances that allow for... -
Upli: Financial Health Appiness (B)
Management Case Study5.00View Details This field-based case set uses qualitative and quantitative research during the early stages of app development to unfold circumstances that allow for... -
Upli: Financial Health Appiness (A)
Management Case Study11.95View Details This field-based case set uses qualitative and quantitative research during the early stages of app development to unfold circumstances that allow for... -
WTI: Leading in the Venture Debt Market
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case provides an overview of the venture debt industry with a focus on WTI, a leading venture debt provider. The case follows Maurice Werdegar, the... -
Udaan: Flying Too High
Management Case Study11.95View Details Udaan was an Indian business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce start-up founded in 2016. Initially, it grew at a brisk pace, achieving unicorn status in record... -
SIRUM: Scaling a "Tech-for-Good" Medication Donation Platform
Management Case Study11.95View Details Kiah Williams started SIRUM as a Stanford undergraduate alongside her classmates Adam Kircher and George Wang. Nearly two decades later, the medication... -
Airbnb, Inc
Management Case Study11.95View Details The case is set in 2022, and the protagonist is Brian Chesky, co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, Inc. - an online rental platform. As the Covid-19 pandemic... -
Rivian Automotive, Inc.
Management Case Study11.95View Details The protagonist of the case is Robert Joseph (RJ) Scaringe, Rivian's founder and CEO. Rivian designs, develops, and manufactures electric adventure vehicles... -
Prediction Machines, Updated and Expanded: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence
Strategy & Execution Book30.00View Details The impact AI will have is profound, but the economic framework for understanding it is surprisingly simple. Artificial intelligence seems to do the impossible,... -
Spaceport America, Public Sector Risk-Taking, and Political Accountability (B)
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details B case to case 723011 Sitting quietly in the heart of the New Mexico desert in the summer of 2014, Spaceport America (SA) housed little of the activity... -
Spaceport America, Public Sector Risk-taking, and Political Accountability (A)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Sitting quietly in the heart of the New Mexico desert in the summer of 2014, Spaceport America (SA) housed little of the activity its supporters anticipated... -
Vitana: Choosing Partners
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case study examines the founding of Vitana, a dentistry-focused search fund founded by Ashish Bagai, Monika Srivastava, and Amir Fardshi. In this...
