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- February 1997 (Revised July 1997)
- HBS Case Collection
Vermeer Technologies (A): A Company Is Born
By: Ashish Nanda
Abstract
Charles Ferguson has just heard from a venture capital (VC) consortium that it is willing to finance Vermeer Technologies, a company he has cofounded for developing Internet software. The funds are sorely needed, but the VCs have imposed some onerous conditions, including a request that Vermeer's first CEO be an outsider.
Keywords
Venture Capital; Selection and Staffing; Applications and Software; Entrepreneurship; Information Technology Industry
Citation
Nanda, Ashish, and Takia Mahmood. "Vermeer Technologies (A): A Company Is Born." Harvard Business School Case 397-078, February 1997. (Revised July 1997.)