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- 29 Jul 2008
- News
An Educational Start-Up
Last week I made the trek to campus to sit in on a case discussion. Sure it’s summer, but the crews who clean blackboards in Aldrich and Hawes are still pretty busy. In fact, we’re all busy, thank you very much. How else would you get your nice, shiny copy of the...
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- April 2000 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
TixToGo: Financing a Silicon Valley Start-up
Describes TixToGo, a Silicon Valley start-up company that offers online solutions to individuals and organizations that want to offer activities and/or collect registration fees for events over the Internet. A serial entrepreneur and his partner started the company in...
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Business Model;
Information Technology;
Financing and Loans;
Business Startups;
Information Technology Industry;
San Francisco
Kuemmerle, Walter, and William J. Coughlin Jr. "TixToGo: Financing a Silicon Valley Start-up." Harvard Business School Case 800-376, April 2000. (Revised April 2004.)
- 13 Dec 2022
- Interview
Why Some Start-Ups Fail to Scale
By: Jeffrey Rayport and Curt Nickisch
Managing rapid growth is a huge challenge for young businesses. Even start-ups with glowing reviews and skyrocketing sales can fail. That’s because new ventures and corporate initiatives alike have to sustain profitability at scale, according to Harvard Business School...
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"Why Some Start-Ups Fail to Scale." HBR IdeaCast (podcast), Harvard Business Review Group, December 13, 2022.
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Start-Ups Make Their Pitch
their start-up pitches to a panel of judges in late April. To his surprise, Mahesh, representing the HBS Club of India, took top honors and was awarded a $25,000 cash prize for his plan to manufacture low-cost medical beds for Indian...
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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Start-Up Contest for Alumni
Got an idea for a start-up? You could win a $25,000 cash prize from HBS. The inaugural Alumni New Venture Contest aims to draw attention to the fact that over half of HBS graduates describe themselves as entrepreneurs at some point in their careers. Eleven HBS clubs in...
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Contests
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
being financed by venture capital firms, which ultimately became important factors in our economy,” says F. Warren Hellman (MBA ’59), a former president of Lehman Brothers, which took many ARD start-ups public, including Digital. “Doriot...
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- 10 Oct 2017
- News
Finish What You Start-up
Angie Hicks (MBA 2000) is cofounder and CMO of the popular online ratings website Angie’s List. In this interview she reflects on the challenges––and advantages––of starting her company away from Silicon Valley: “Don't take yourself too seriously. I think a lot of...
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- 24 May 2011
- News
June 2011: Mr. Start-Up
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
A Start-Up with Giddyup
A Start-Up with Giddyup FORD: These boots were made for business. Photo courtesy Sarah Ford Whether you're the real deal or all hat and no cattle, you can cowboy up in style with custom-made boots from Sarah Ford (MBA 2007). Ford founded...
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- 23 May 2012
- News
Start-Up Customer Service 101
- 25 May 2012
- News
A Harvard Professor Analyzes Why Start-Ups Fail
- 31 Oct 2014
- News
Silicon valley: start-up founders under pressure
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
I-Lab Hosts Start-Up Weekend Scramble
Already a well-used venue, the Harvard Innovation Lab has been the site for a full schedule of panels, workshops, and seminars since its opening last fall. In early November, the i-lab hosted its first Start-Up Weekend Scramble, an event...
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- October 2022 (Revised February 2023)
- Teaching Note
The Future of Start-Up Chile
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 622-080.
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- 01 May 2010
- Lecture
Clusters and Start-Up Location Choice
By: William R. Kerr
Kerr, William R. "Clusters and Start-Up Location Choice." Lecture at the HBS Faculty Research Symposium, Harvard Business School, May 01, 2010.
- October 1993
- Background Note
Note on Developing Start-Up Strategies
Provides students with a workable framework for analyzing new ventures. Stresses the importance of matching analytical tasks to the type of venture contemplated.
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Bhide, Amar. "Note on Developing Start-Up Strategies." Harvard Business School Background Note 394-067, October 1993.
- 03 Apr 2013
- News
A 4-step guide to landing a start-up job
- 05 Apr 2012
- News
HBS's Noam Wasserman Brings Moneyball to Start-ups
- October 1998 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Spotfire: Managing a Multinational Start-Up
Spotfire, a software start-up, must address the question of dividing its effort between Sweden and the United States in addition to raising venture capital, obtaining new customers, and managing early-stage growth.
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Keywords:
Growth Management;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Applications and Software;
Business Startups;
Information Technology Industry;
United States;
Sweden
Kuemmerle, Walter, and Chad S Ellis. "Spotfire: Managing a Multinational Start-Up." Harvard Business School Case 899-078, October 1998. (Revised March 2004.)