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Designing Technology Ventures - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Designing Technology Ventures Course Number 5240 Professor Thomas Eisenmann Robert Howe Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits Course Description Launching a successful startup requires a business model...
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- March 2001
- Teaching Note
Lucent Technologies New Ventures Group TN
Teaching Note for (9-300-085).
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- March 2020 (Revised June 2023)
- Case
Scaling Nextdoor
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Thomas O. Jones and Jeff Huizinga
Nextdoor, striving to solidify its position as the leading global social media platform for neighborhoods, works to scale audience, geography, and revenue.
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Keywords:
Platforms;
Information Technology;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Social Media;
Digital Platforms
Rayport, Jeffrey F., Thomas O. Jones, and Jeff Huizinga. "Scaling Nextdoor." Harvard Business School Case 820-097, March 2020. (Revised June 2023.)
- 26 Apr 2016
- Video
Astraeus Technologies wins 2016 New Venture Competition Business Track
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7 Tips for a Successful Technology Venture Immersion - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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- January 2018
- Case
Environmental Technology Fund Partners and E-Leather
By: Vikram S. Gandhi and Aldo Sesia
It is 2014 and Environmental Technologies Fund (ETF) Partners, a UK-based venture capital firm, has an opportunity to invest in a privately held UK company that manufactured engineered composition leather extracted from waste leather using an environmentally friendly...
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Keywords:
Sustainability;
Venture Capital;
Investment Strategy;
Investment;
Strategy;
Ownership;
Valuation;
Energy Conservation;
Equity;
Technological Innovation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Performance Efficiency;
Manufacturing Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
United Kingdom
Gandhi, Vikram S., and Aldo Sesia. "Environmental Technology Fund Partners and E-Leather." Harvard Business School Case 318-001, January 2018.
- September 2022
- Teaching Note
Yinglan Tan: Scaling a Venture Capital Firm in Southeast Asia
By: Josh Lerner
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 823-025.
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- May 1999
- Teaching Note
Cambridge Technology Partners: Corporate Venturing (August 1996) TN
By: Paul A. Gompers
Teaching Note for (9-297-033).
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- Nov 2011
- Panel Discussion
The Buck Starts Here: Venture Capital's Role in Scaling Energy Innovation
By: Ramana Nanda
- September 2018 (Revised November 2018)
- Case
Careem: Base Camp or Mountain Peak? Designing an OS for Scaling
By: Shikhar Ghosh, Gamze Yucaoglu and Alpana Thapar
This case focuses on designing a fast growing organization. It is part of a two-case set that is taught together to cover the scaling journey.
Careem, a Dubai-based ride-hailing service aimed to ‘simplify and improve the lives of people, and build an awesome... View Details
Careem, a Dubai-based ride-hailing service aimed to ‘simplify and improve the lives of people, and build an awesome... View Details
Keywords:
Scale;
Values;
Rights;
Operating Systems;
Business Startup;
Transportation;
Organizational Design;
Entrepreneurship;
Information Technology;
Organizational Culture;
Values and Beliefs;
Decision Making;
Managerial Roles;
Dubai;
United Arab Emirates;
Middle East
Ghosh, Shikhar, Gamze Yucaoglu, and Alpana Thapar. "Careem: Base Camp or Mountain Peak? Designing an OS for Scaling." Harvard Business School Case 819-049, September 2018. (Revised November 2018.)
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The New Venture Competition's Digital Democracy
The annual alumni New Venture Competition (NVC) is giving the power to the people. As in past years, the HBS regional alumni clubs held local qualifying rounds, producing a dozen or more NVC finalists. But instead of traveling to Boston...
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Keywords:
New Venture Competition
- November 2014 (Revised January 2017)
- Case
Micromax: Scaling the Largest Indian Mobile Handset Company
By: Ranjay Gulati, Rachna Tahilyani and Alicia DeSantola
It is January 2014 and Rahul Sharma, cofounder of Micromax Informatics (Micromax), the largest Indian mobile handset company, is preparing for an emergency conference call with his private equity investors. In the last six years, Micromax had grown its annual product...
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Keywords:
Mobile;
Scaling;
Indian Software Development;
Consumer Behavior;
Management Turnover;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Management;
E-commerce;
Technology Industry;
Technology Industry;
India
Gulati, Ranjay, Rachna Tahilyani, and Alicia DeSantola. "Micromax: Scaling the Largest Indian Mobile Handset Company." Harvard Business School Case 415-034, November 2014. (Revised January 2017.)
- March 2010 (Revised January 2012)
- Case
Microsoft's IP Ventures
By: Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Microsoft's IP Ventures program, through which Microsoft spun out promising but unused technologies into new companies, is a new approach to corporate venture capital. The program provides "IP for equity" and has proven very successful in achieving its main...
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Keywords:
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Equity;
Financing and Loans;
Investment;
Intellectual Property;
Rights;
Software;
Washington (state, US)
Lerner, Josh, and Ann Leamon. "Microsoft's IP Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 810-096, March 2010. (Revised January 2012.)
- September 2009 (Revised February 2011)
- Case
Intellectual Ventures
By: Andrei Hagiu, David B. Yoffie and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
Intellectual Ventures creates and acquires intellectual property, which it then seeks to monetize through non-exclusive licensing. In early 2009, as an increasing number of companies were trying to position themselves as leading intermediaries in the market for...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Innovation and Invention;
Intellectual Property;
Rights;
Service Operations;
Research and Development;
Technology;
Service Industry
Hagiu, Andrei, David B. Yoffie, and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Intellectual Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 710-423, September 2009. (Revised February 2011.)
- December 2018 (Revised March 2019)
- Case
R/GA: Corporate Venture Studio vs. Accelerator
By: Andy Wu, Grant Son and Aastha Thakkar
New approach to accelerating the development of innovation through corporate venturing by creating partnerships between startup venture and established corporations through the launch of the Global Sports Venture Studios created by R/GA Ventures and the Los Angeles...
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Keywords:
Start-ups;
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Corporate Venture Capital;
Incubators;
Accelerators;
Startup Financing;
Innovation;
Partnerships;
Ecosystems;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Finance;
Venture Capital;
Partners and Partnerships;
Innovation and Invention;
Technology Industry;
Technology Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States;
New York (city, NY);
Los Angeles
Wu, Andy, Grant Son, and Aastha Thakkar. "R/GA: Corporate Venture Studio vs. Accelerator." Harvard Business School Case 719-414, December 2018. (Revised March 2019.)
- 2016
- Chapter
The Origins of High-Tech Venture Investing in America
By: Tom Nicholas
The United States has developed an unparalleled environment for the provision of high-tech investment finance. Today it is reflected in the strength of agglomeration economies in Silicon Valley, but historically its origins lay in the East Coast. Notably, immediate...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Investment;
Information Technology;
History;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Nicholas, Tom. "The Origins of High-Tech Venture Investing in America." In Financial Market History: Reflections on the Past for Investors Today, edited by David Chambers and Elroy Dimson, 227–241. CFA Institute Research Foundation, 2016.