Business Model Exercise: Purpose and Overview
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Ghosh, Shikhar, and Christopher Payton. "Business Model Exercise: Purpose and Overview." Harvard Business School Exercise 820-708, October 2019. View Details
Background Note | HBS Case Collection | May 2019 Founders' Agreementsby Shikhar Ghosh, Shweta Bagai and Sanchali Pal |
Crafting a Founders’ Agreement is an important component of startup infrastructure as it documents a complex set of decisions that build a company’s roots. Its four key elements are: roles and responsibilities, rights (decision rights, rewards, position on board), commitments (time invested, IP, capital contributions) and contingencies (vesting, stock restrictions etc.). The note indicates how to initiate a conversation with a co-founder, and provides a checklist of questions that can serve as a conversation guide to draft the Founders’ Agreement together. An Agreement is a framework, not a rigid set of rules set in stone, and should be created with flexibility and conditionality. The process of creating and revising the Agreement can bring clarity and commitment to the founding team and enable them to anticipate conflicts before they hurt the business. A Sample Agreement is included.
Keywords: Founders' agreements; equity; team management; contingency planning; Business Startups; Equity; Entrepreneurship;
Ghosh, Shikhar, Shweta Bagai, and Sanchali Pal. "Founders' Agreements." Harvard Business School Background Note 819-143, May 2019.
Exercise | October 2019
Business Model Exercise: Purpose and Overview
Shikhar Ghosh and Christopher Payton
Citation:
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Christopher Payton. "Business Model Exercise: Purpose and Overview." Harvard Business School Exercise 820-708, October 2019. View DetailsSupplement | HBS Case Collection | October 2019
Dulcie Madden (A)—Growth or Exit? Exercise on Cash Flows
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Ghosh, Shikhar. "Dulcie Madden (A)—Growth or Exit? Exercise on Cash Flows." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 820-707, October 2019. View DetailsTeaching Note | HBS Case Collection | October 2019
Shikhar Ghosh, Shweta Bagai, Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
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Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "Collective Academy." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 820-058, October 2019. View Details