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      HBS Course Catalog Entrepreneurial Finance Course Number 1624 Associate Professor of Finance, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University,...
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      • March–April 2021
      • Article

      How Venture Capitalists Make Decisions

      By: Paul A. Gompers, Will Gornall, Steven Kaplan and Ilya Strebulaev
      For decades now, venture capitalists have played a crucial role in the economy by financing high-growth start-ups. While the companies they’ve backed—Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and more—are constantly in the headlines, very little is known about what VCs actually...  View Details
      Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment; Decision Making
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      Gompers, Paul A., Will Gornall, Steven Kaplan, and Ilya Strebulaev. "How Venture Capitalists Make Decisions." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 2 (March–April 2021).
      • December 2020
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      Entrepreneurial Finance Vignettes - 2021

      By: Paul A. Gompers
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      Gompers, Paul A. "Entrepreneurial Finance Vignettes - 2021." Harvard Business School Case 221-055, December 2020.
      • September 2020
      • Case

      Disrupting Justice at RightNow: Persevere, Pivot or Perish

      By: Shikhar Ghosh and Amir Reza Rezvani
      The case examines the focus of an early stage company, and how an unexpected external incidence can threaten or void the business model. It encompasses issues such as defining and pivoting a business model, organizational requirements for a pivot, investor relations,...  View Details
      Keywords: Legal Aspects Of Business; Startup; Teams; Pivot; Financing; Entrepreneurship; Law; Venture Capital; Business Startups; financing And Loans; Business Model; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Legal Services Industry; Germany
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      Ghosh, Shikhar, and Amir Reza Rezvani. "Disrupting Justice at RightNow: Persevere, Pivot or Perish." Harvard Business School Case 821-027, September 2020.
      • July 2020
      • Case

      Amanda and Kristen: Mented Cosmetics

      By: Steven Rogers, Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Alterrell Mills
      The co-founders (Black HBS alumnae) of an e-commerce beauty startup explore the unmet needs within the beauty industry. This case study examines the entrepreneurial opportunities that come from identifying an underserved market, specifically within the Black community...  View Details
      Keywords: Brands And Branding; Competition; Customers; Disruption; Disruptive Innovation; Distribution Channels; Entrepreneurship; finance; Macroeconomics; Marketing; Marketing Channels; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Mission And Purpose; Organizational Culture; Product Design; Product Development; Product Positioning; Sales; Social Issues; Social Marketing; Business Startups; Strategic Planning; Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Venture Capital; Advertising Industry; Public Relations Industry; Chemical Industry; Beauty And Cosmetics Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry; North And Central America; United States; New York (city, Ny); New York (state, Us)
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      Rogers, Steven, Jeffrey J. Bussgang, and Alterrell Mills. "Amanda and Kristen: Mented Cosmetics." Harvard Business School Case 321-002, July 2020.
      • 2020
      • Working Paper

      Open Source Software and Global Entrepreneurship

      By: Nataliya Langburd Wright, Frank Nagle and Shane Greenstein
      Does more activity in open source lead to more entrepreneurial activity and, if so, how much, and in what direction? This study measures how participation on the GitHub open source platform affects the founding of new ventures globally. We estimate these effects using...  View Details
      Keywords: Open Source Software; Github; Software; Entrepreneurship; Global Range; Development Economics
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      Wright, Nataliya Langburd, Frank Nagle, and Shane Greenstein. "Open Source Software and Global Entrepreneurship." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-139, June 2020. (Revised July 2020.)
      • May 2020 (Revised July 2020)
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      Justice-as-a-Service at RightNow

      By: Shikhar Ghosh and Amir Reza Rezvani
      The case examines the focus of an early stage company, and how an unexpected external incidence can threaten or void the business model. It encompasses issues such as minimal viable product, defining and pivoting a business model, organizational requirements for a...  View Details
      Keywords: Legacy Business; Teams; Startup; Business Models; Pivot; Entrepreneurship; Law; Venture Capital; Business Startups; Business Model; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Strategy; Legal Services Industry; Germany
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      Ghosh, Shikhar, and Amir Reza Rezvani. "Justice-as-a-Service at RightNow." Harvard Business School Case 820-117, May 2020. (Revised July 2020.)
      • 2020
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      Immigrant Networking and Collaboration: Survey Evidence from CIC

      By: William R. Kerr and Sari Pekkala Kerr
      Networking and the giving and receiving of advice outside of one's own firm are important features of entrepreneurship and innovation. We study how immigrants and natives utilize the potential networking opportunities provided by CIC, formerly known as the Cambridge...  View Details
      Keywords: Immigrants; Networking; Advice; Entrepreneurs; Inventors; Start-up Employees; Venturing; Co-working; Agglomeration; Immigration; Entrepreneurship; Networks; Innovation And Invention; Social And Collaborative Networks
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      Kerr, William R., and Sari Pekkala Kerr. "Immigrant Networking and Collaboration: Survey Evidence from CIC." In The Roles of Immigrants and Foreign Students in U.S. Science, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, edited by Ina Ganguli, Shulamit Kahn, and Megan MacGarvie. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2020.
      • December 2019
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      Introduction to Entrepreneurial Finance - 2020

      By: Paul A. Gompers
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      Gompers, Paul A. "Introduction to Entrepreneurial Finance - 2020." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 220-050, December 2019.
      • December 2019
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      Entrepreneurial Finance Vignettes - 2020

      By: Paul A. Gompers
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      Gompers, Paul A. "Entrepreneurial Finance Vignettes - 2020." Harvard Business School Case 220-049, December 2019.
      • 2019
      • Working Paper

      Who Creates New Firms When Local Opportunities Arise?

      By: Shai Benjamin Bernstein, Emanuele Colonnelli and Timothy McQuade
      We examine the characteristics of the individuals who become entrepreneurs when local opportunities arise. We identify local demand shocks by linking fluctuations in global commodity prices to municipality level agricultural endowments in Brazil. We find that the firm...  View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneur; Entrepreneurship; finance; Opportunities
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      Bernstein, Shai Benjamin, Emanuele Colonnelli, and Timothy McQuade. "Who Creates New Firms When Local Opportunities Arise?" Working Paper, February 2019.
      • 2019
      • Working Paper

      Immigrant Networking and Collaboration: Survey Evidence from CIC

      By: Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
      Networking and the giving and receiving of advice outside of one’s own firm are important features of entrepreneurship and innovation. We study how immigrants and natives utilize the potential networking opportunities provided by CIC, formerly known as the Cambridge...  View Details
      Keywords: Immigrants; Networking; Advice; Entrepreneurs; Inventors; Start-up Employees; Venturing; Co-working; Agglomeration; Immigration; Entrepreneurship; Networks; Innovation And Invention; Social And Collaborative Networks
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      Kerr, Sari Pekkala, and William R. Kerr. "Immigrant Networking and Collaboration: Survey Evidence from CIC." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-078, January 2019.
      • March 2016
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      The Role of Investor Gut Feel in Managing Complexity and Extreme Risk

      By: Laura Huang
      Securing financial resources from investors is a key challenge for many early stage entrepreneurial ventures. Given the inherent uncertainty surrounding a decision to invest in these ventures, prior research has found that experienced investors rely heavily on their...  View Details
      Keywords: Angel Investors; Gut Feel; Intuition; Entrepreneurship; finance; Risk And Uncertainty; Complexity; Decision Making
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      Huang, Laura. "The Role of Investor Gut Feel in Managing Complexity and Extreme Risk." Academy of Management Journal 61, no. 5 (October 2018): 1821–1847.
      • 2017
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      Profits and Sustainability: A History of Green Entrepreneurship

      By: G. Jones
      This book explores whether profits and environmental sustainability are compatible through the lens of a global history of green entrepreneurship between the nineteenth century and today. It tells the story of the extraordinary and often eccentric men and women who...  View Details
      Keywords: Environmental Entrepreneurship; Green Business; Sustainability; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Business History; Religion; Environmental Sustainability; Agriculture And Agribusiness Industry; Banking Industry; Beauty And Cosmetics Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Alternative Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Food And Beverage Industry; Green Technology Industry; Tourism Industry; Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; North And Central America; Oceania
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      Jones, G. Profits and Sustainability: A History of Green Entrepreneurship. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017.
      • February 2017 (Revised January 2019)
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      The Entrepreneurial Manager, Module 2 Part 1: Resourcing the Business Model – Financing

      By: Paul Gompers
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Financing; Venture Capital; Debt Lending
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      Gompers, Paul. "The Entrepreneurial Manager, Module 2 Part 1: Resourcing the Business Model – Financing." Harvard Business School Module Note 817-109, February 2017. (Revised January 2019.)
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      Lessons From Hollywood: A New Approach To Funding R&D

      By: Gary P. Pisano and Andrew W. Lo
      Companies find it increasingly difficult to justify long-term, risky R&D investments—particularly in science-based fields such as biotechnology, advanced materials, and energy. We argue in this article that the traditional venture model has limits for such investments...  View Details
      Keywords: Financial Innovation; Financial Strategy; Project Management; R&d; Start-up; Innovation Strategy; Business Model; Research And Development; Financial Management; Risk Management; Strategy
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      Pisano, Gary P., and Andrew W. Lo. "Lessons From Hollywood: A New Approach To Funding R&D." MIT Sloan Management Review 57, no. 2 (Winter 2016): 47–54.
      • November 2016 (Revised April 2018)
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      Darby's Investment in Sirma: Professionalizing an Entrepreneurial Firm

      By: Suraj Srinivasan and Eren Kuzucu
      In March 2010, Burak Dalgın (HBS MBA 2004) led private equity firm Darby's investment in Sırma, a local Turkish water and beverage company. Sırma was owned and managed by members of two Turkish business families. The existing management, while being highly...  View Details
      Keywords: Financial Reporting; Control Systems; Variance Analysis; Emerging Markets; Private Equity; Debt; Family Ownership; Food And Beverage Industry; Turkey; Valuation; Business Or Company Management; Private Equity; Financial Reporting; Investment; Budgets And Budgeting; Food And Beverage Industry; Turkey
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      Srinivasan, Suraj, and Eren Kuzucu. "Darby's Investment in Sirma: Professionalizing an Entrepreneurial Firm." Harvard Business School Case 117-033, November 2016. (Revised April 2018.)
      • August 2016 (Revised August 2020)
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      Entrepreneurial Finance Problem Set

      By: Ramana Nanda, William A. Sahlman and Robert White
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      Nanda, Ramana, William A. Sahlman, and Robert White. "Entrepreneurial Finance Problem Set." Harvard Business School Exercise 817-037, August 2016. (Revised August 2020.)
      • 2016
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      Organizational Decision-Making and Information: Angel Investments by Venture Capital Partners

      By: Andy Wu
      We study information aggregation in organizational decision-making for the financing of entrepreneurial ventures. We introduce a formal model of voting where agents face costly tacit information to improve their decision quality. Equilibrium outcomes suggest a...  View Details
      Keywords: Information; Strategy; Organizations; Entrepreneurship; Decision Making; financing And Loans
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      Wu, Andy. "Organizational Decision-Making and Information: Angel Investments by Venture Capital Partners." Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings (2016): 189–194.
      • 2016
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      Financing Entrepreneurial Experimentation

      By: Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
      Keywords: Innovation; Venture Capital; Investing; Abandonment Option; Failure Tolerance; Risk And Uncertainty; Technological Innovation; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship
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      Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf. "Financing Entrepreneurial Experimentation." Chap. 1 in Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 16, edited by William R. Kerr, Josh Lerner, and Scott Stern, 1–23. National Bureau of Economic Research, and University of Chicago Press, 2016.
      • 2015
      • Chapter

      Agglomeration and Innovation

      By: Gerald Carlino and William R. Kerr
      This chapter reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. We first describe the conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation. We then describe how these factors are frequently measured in the data and some resulting...  View Details
      Keywords: Industry Clusters; Innovation And Invention; Industry Clusters; City; Innovation And Invention
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      Carlino, Gerald, and William R. Kerr. "Agglomeration and Innovation." Chap. 6 in Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics. Volume 5, edited by Gilles Duranton, J. Vernon Henderson, and William C. Strange, 349–404. Elsevier, 2015.
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