Angel financing

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

This case describes a new venture attempting to bring early-stage entrepreneurial financing to Finland and other Nordic countries. Entrepreneurship is...

This technical note provides information on the evolution and current state of angel investing in Europe. The note first describes the role and types...

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."...

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...

Protagonist Frank Ruderman evolved from entrepreneur to traditional angel investor and later to innovative angel or hybrid investor. Ruderman's investing...

A group of entrepreneurs pursues technologies that will allow much higher quality transmission and viewing of high definition video via the Internet....

DermaCare has developed an innovative new product for the treatment of acne that they hope to sell to consumers via direct-response television. The unconventional...

The Sunrun case profiles the evolution of this residential solar financing startup, focusing on the company's milestones leading up to the Series A financing...

In mid-2011, as global markets corrected amid worldwide economic uncertainty, Drew Houston, co-founder and CEO of Dropbox, the fast-growing file synchronization...

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....

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

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

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."...

Describes the execution of a new economy merger. Officenet, a bricks-and-clicks retailer of office supplies, is sold to an Internet pure-play, Submarino.com....

To give students and entrepreneurs a framework to guide their term-sheet negotiations with Venture Capitalists.

Jonathan Miller appeared in September 2009 on "Shark Tank", the ABC television reality show featuring entrepreneurs versus angel investors in a discussion...

The La Boulange: Exiting to a Large Strategic Buyer case follows the evolution of the La Boulange bakery and café chain and its eventual buyout by Starbucks...

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...

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,...

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

Instead of casting a wide net, try a more strategic approach.

This case describes a new venture attempting to bring early-stage entrepreneurial financing to Finland and other Nordic countries. Entrepreneurship is...

This technical note provides information on the evolution and current state of angel investing in Europe. The note first describes the role and types...

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."...

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...

Protagonist Frank Ruderman evolved from entrepreneur to traditional angel investor and later to innovative angel or hybrid investor. Ruderman's investing...

A group of entrepreneurs pursues technologies that will allow much higher quality transmission and viewing of high definition video via the Internet....

Involving people in the evolution of your idea makes them invested in its success.