Publications
Publications
- June 2003 (Revised October 2004)
- HBS Case Collection
StorageNetworks: Restarting a Public Company (A)
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Todd H Thedinga
Abstract
Peter Bell, founder and CEO of StorageNetworks, faces the problem of "restarting" a public company by changing its business model from being a storage-services provider to being a storage software developer. The task seems challenging, but surely doable, with $200 million in available cash.
Keywords
Business Model; Diversification; Change Management; Cash; Entrepreneurship; Problems and Challenges; Corporate Finance; Information Technology Industry
Citation
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and Todd H Thedinga. "StorageNetworks: Restarting a Public Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 803-198, June 2003. (Revised October 2004.)