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DigitalThink: Startup

By: William A. Sahlman, Michael J. Roberts and Christina L. Darwall
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Abstract

Describes a recent Berkeley MBA's attempts to start a business aimed at corporate training via the Internet. Describes the very early efforts at finding an attorney, accountant, and financing, and the interrelationships among these choices.

Keywords

Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Problems and Challenges; Business Startups; Service Industry

Citation

Sahlman, William A., Michael J. Roberts, and Christina L. Darwall. "DigitalThink: Startup." Harvard Business School Case 898-186, February 1998. (Revised June 1999.)
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William A. Sahlman

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