Case | HBS Case Collection | 1998 (Revised from original 1997 version)

Palm Computing, Inc. 1995: Financing Challenges

by Myra M. Hart and Stephanie Dodson

Abstract

The president, Donna Dubinsky, and the chairman and founder, Jeff Hawkins, discuss an opportunity to sell their company to U.S. Robotics. They must weigh this option versus accepting venture capital funding, partnering with a large company that could provide distribution channels and capital, or continuing a search for capital from other sources.

Citation:

Hart, Myra M., and Stephanie Dodson. "Palm Computing, Inc. 1995: Financing Challenges." Harvard Business School Case 898-090, August 1998. (Revised from original November 1997 version.)