Angel financing

Amanda West is a GSB graduate who has launched a healthy fast food restaurant out of business school. She developed the business plan with her S356 team...

Describes the creation and financing of Officenet, an office supply distributor in Argentina. The company serves the business-to-business market through...

Yieldex Founder, Doug Cosman, is faced with the decision to sell his young software start-up for $4 million or to hire a CEO (Tom Shields) and pursue...

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are best friends who enjoy pulling pranks together and talking about electronics. After several small collaborations, Jobs...

This technical note discusses the practice of angel investing, particularly its meaning and suitability to emerging markets. Adapted from a chapter in...

Since its inception in 2003, LinkedIn had become a leading Silicon Valley institution with a brand name that was recognizable throughout the U.S. and...

The case follows Andrew Housser and Brad Stroh, two recent graduates from the Stanford GSB, as they search for a business opportunity and ultimately start...

What is the value of Bluefin Labs's social listening data to Twitter? Acquired by Twitter in 2013, Bluefin had built a system that gathered millions of...

Michael Reich is having severe doubts about how he split the equity with his co-founders two months ago, when they completed a one-page "November Agreement."...

Discusses the industry practices of angel investors, individuals who invest privately in new ventures.

In late September 1999, representatives from Telstri, Japan Telecom, and Teleglobe met to discuss the structure of the Australia-Japan Cable (AJC) project,...

Dr. Richard Hofstetter was wondering what was to become of his acoustic disruption technology (ADT), a technology that used sounds to change behavior...

The Broadway Angels investment group represents one of the few women-run angel groups in Silicon Valley. The group was founded by some of the most illustrious...

This case examines the decisions of Seth Goldman and Barry Nalebuff, founders of Honest Tea. Honest Tea is a start-up in the ready-to-drink tea market....

It is five years since the Great Recession, and Morgan Stanley and its competitors are still trying to regain the confidence of investors. To that end,...

The protagonist ("Howard Glass") is a recent GSB graduate (2007) heading up a biomedical team start-up focused on the gastric bypass method. The case...

What should business leaders do about corruption? In December 2011, four HBS alumni met to debate how to engage the unprecedented protests against Vladimir...

In the business environment surrounding the 2008 financial crisis, a new field within investing emerged to address the shortcomings of a "profit-only"...

It depends on the investor.

Amanda West is a GSB graduate who has launched a healthy fast food restaurant out of business school. She developed the business plan with her S356 team...

Describes the creation and financing of Officenet, an office supply distributor in Argentina. The company serves the business-to-business market through...

It's founders, research shows.

Yieldex Founder, Doug Cosman, is faced with the decision to sell his young software start-up for $4 million or to hire a CEO (Tom Shields) and pursue...

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are best friends who enjoy pulling pranks together and talking about electronics. After several small collaborations, Jobs...

This technical note discusses the practice of angel investing, particularly its meaning and suitability to emerging markets. Adapted from a chapter in...

Since its inception in 2003, LinkedIn had become a leading Silicon Valley institution with a brand name that was recognizable throughout the U.S. and...

The creators of the start-up AndFound, an online platform that connects angel investors with a curated selection of promising start-ups, have a towering...