Going public

For decades, large companies have been wary of corporate venturing. But as R&D organizations face pressure to rein in costs and produce results, companies...

Leadership matters more than the business model.

New research from McKinsey suggests what the inevitable shakeout in the venture capital industry heralds for the broader business community.

Last week NBA legend-turned-entrepreneur Magic Johnson sold his Starbucks franchises back to the corporation for a reported $75 million. Rumor has it,...

Clients.

Research finds a new explanation for the gender gap in venture funding.

As the global economy vacillates between signs of recovery and omens of collapse, businesses and governments are clamping down. But the world doesn't...

In case you hadn't noticed, Facebook really doesn't want to go public. At least, not yet. The seven-year-old company is now valued at $50 billion, significantly...

Ever wondered how entrepreneurs convince VCs to fund their businesses? A leading venture capitalist delivers the inside scoop on what not to say.

In the traditional approach to venture capital, an investment firm parcels out funds to a portfolio of start-ups, knowing that most will fail but that...

This week, over 10,000 entrepreneurs and investors will descend on Austin, TX for SXSW Interactive, hoping to be or to find the next big thing in technology....

More and more tech-oriented start-ups are using "negative working capital"--cash received from customers in advance--to finance their businesses, freeing...

Research suggests you can-but only in some industries.

An analysis of male and female tech entrepreneurs.

Whether, when, and how to take a family or individually owned company public are decisions that have faced a great many entrepreneurs. They have taken actions that have brought happiness and fulfillment to some and unhappiness to others. Perhaps people who are presently reflecting on such dilemmas can draw some useful thoughts from a study […]

Crowdfunding of equity capital for startups is one of a handful of jewels in the crown of the JOBS Act that swept through the House and Senate in a rare...

Large companies have long sensed the potential value of investing in external start-ups, but more often than not, they fail to get it right. Remember...

Most successful entrepreneurs never take any venture capital.

Entrepreneurs should compile a financial forecast that includes three elements: an income statement, a balance sheet, and a cash flow statement. Forecasts...

The efforts of two recent Harvard Business School graduates to start a venture capital/consulting firm focused on opportunities related to the Internet...

In March 2012 the founders of Qualtrics sat together in the Provo, Utah, office of advisor Duff Thompson. They stared down one of the toughest decisions...

Millennial Net created self-organizing, ultra-low-power, wireless sensor networks, a space that was getting a lot of attention in 2004. The company was...

KTM is a small motorcycle manufacturing company located in Austria. As a result of difficult economic conditions in 1999, KTM went private with the help...

How should WellSpace, a venture capital-backed purveyor of alternative health services, expand? Although it was nearing breakeven in its first location,...

The founders of Mark43, an early-stage startup that provides software for law enforcement agencies, must decide whether to bid on a request for proposals...

The competing narratives of the founders of Alantec, Inc. and the venture capitalists who funded the company are explored in the context of Kalashian...

A young company in the medical devices area, ArthroCare, has been public for six months, and its stock--after initially performing very well--is now dropping....

Lucent Technologies' New Ventures Group has created innovative ways to commercialize Bell Labs research. The success of this approach now forces the group...

A venture capitalist faces a situation in which a struggling portfolio company has found a promising vice president of sales through a recruitment agency....

Linktone was formed in September 1999 to develop text messaging applications and content for the Chinese market. Starting as a division within Intrinsic...

Traces the genesis and founding of Zoots, the largest chain of dry cleaning establishments in the U.S. Founded by some of the founders of the very successful...

Reuters Greenhouse Fund had successfully invested in a portfolio of 79 companies working in areas relevant to Reuters Group's strategic interests. It...

Two-party term sheet negotiation between a venture capitalist and the founder of an aerospace start-up company in which participants are scored both on...

Marcelo Alecrim, the owner of SAT, a gas distribution company in Brazil, envisioned many growth opportunities but lacked financial resources to pursue...

The Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund (SAIF) team has just learned that the price at which its portfolio company, the Chinese gaming firm Shanda, was...

A venture capitalist must decide whether to invest in a medical technology company that licenses intellectual property from a privately held IP holding...

Brian Armstrong stepped onto the stage with quiet confidence. He turned to the audience and shared his idea with the simple slogan: "Coinbase, the easiest...

Yale University's investment office was responsible for managing its endowment, which totaled nearly $4 billion in June 1995. Yale had developed a rather...

This case examines the powerpoint presentation that Ranjith Kumaran, founder of the start-up PunchTab, Inc., is using for his investment pitches to venture...

The efforts of two recent Harvard Business School graduates to start a venture capital/consulting firm focused on opportunities related to the Internet...

Private venture capital casts a long shadow over corporate ventures, in part because they compete for the same entrepreneurial talent. Corporate venturing...

In March 2012 the founders of Qualtrics sat together in the Provo, Utah, office of advisor Duff Thompson. They stared down one of the toughest decisions...

Millennial Net created self-organizing, ultra-low-power, wireless sensor networks, a space that was getting a lot of attention in 2004. The company was...

KTM is a small motorcycle manufacturing company located in Austria. As a result of difficult economic conditions in 1999, KTM went private with the help...

How should WellSpace, a venture capital-backed purveyor of alternative health services, expand? Although it was nearing breakeven in its first location,...

The founders of Mark43, an early-stage startup that provides software for law enforcement agencies, must decide whether to bid on a request for proposals...

The competing narratives of the founders of Alantec, Inc. and the venture capitalists who funded the company are explored in the context of Kalashian...

A young company in the medical devices area, ArthroCare, has been public for six months, and its stock--after initially performing very well--is now dropping....

Lucent Technologies' New Ventures Group has created innovative ways to commercialize Bell Labs research. The success of this approach now forces the group...