December 2020 (Revised March 2022)
Teaching Note
HBS Case Collection

Forecasting ClimaCell

By: Joshua Lev Krieger, Christopher Stanton and James Barnett

Format:Print
| Language:English
| Pages:15

Abstract

A weather technology startup, ClimaCell considers the R&D trade-offs and financing implications of pursuing a proposed contract with a major automobile maker, rather than continuing its focus on building a scalable, all-purpose weather prediction engine.

Keywords

Weather; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Startups; Research and Development; Finance; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Making; Strategy; United States; Israel; Massachusetts; Colorado

Citation

Krieger, Joshua Lev, Christopher Stanton, and James Barnett. "Forecasting ClimaCell." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 821-008, December 2020. (Revised March 2022.)