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Why Startups Benefit When Big Investments Come Later
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How Middle-Market Companies Can Find the Best Leadership Talent
Talent management Digital ArticleThree steps to address the issue of frequent CEO turnover. -
4 Research-Backed Ways to Strengthen Your Pitch and Get Funding
Sales Digital ArticleFounders can dramatically improve their odds simply by matching their choice of words to the strength of their evidence. -
How Private Equity Firms Are Creating Value with AI
AI and machine learning Digital ArticleGiven their mandate to create value in a relatively short time frame, PE firms offer a unique perspective on how to drive innovation in this area. -
How to Unlock Value in Founder-Investor Partnerships
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How VCs Can Create a Winning Investment Thesis
Venture capital Digital ArticleVenture capital isn’t about playing the odds—it’s about rewriting them. -
To Increase Your Shareholders’ Loyalty, Understand What Matters to Them
Corporate governance Digital ArticleCreating profiles of your shareholders’ individual interests can help you speak directly to their concerns. -
Successful Private Equity Firms Manage Talent Differently
Talent management Digital ArticleThese seven principles help PE firms turn talk into action. -
How Venture Capitalists Can Become Effective Board Members
Boards Digital ArticleSucceeding in this role will help you build your brand, increase deal flow, and improve the performance of the companies you invest in. -
Why VCs Should Use Net Promoter Scores with Founders
Venture capital Digital ArticleFour steps to help investors solicit clear feedback and build better relationships with entrepreneurs. -
Make Decisions with a VC Mindset
Organizational decision making Magazine ArticleThe key is to embrace risk, disagreement, and agility. -
Research: How to Close the Gender Gap in Startup Financing
Business and society Digital ArticleThree ways policymakers, financiers, and other stakeholders can mitigate gender bias in entrepreneurial funding. -
Customers Prefer to Crowdfund Products They Can Improve
Fundraising Digital ArticleInvolving people in the evolution of your idea makes them invested in its success. -
What Sets Successful Startup Accelerators Apart
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleResearch reveals three ways they help early-stage companies achieve higher funding and survival rates. -
Building a Startup in a Tough Funding Environment
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleVenture funding is scarce, valuations are down, and exit options are dwindling. What should founders do? -
Private Equity Needs a New Talent Strategy
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleHigher interest rates and competition have changed the nature of the business. Now the industry must find a new approach to developing leaders. -
What You Need to Know as a Young, Black Startup Founder
Start-ups POVThe obstacles you can expect to confront, and how to overcome them. -
How to Attract the Right Shareholders
Fundraising Digital ArticleInstead of casting a wide net, try a more strategic approach. -
What African Fintech Startups Can Teach Silicon Valley About Longevity
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleThree lessons, based on a study of more than 200 senior-level executives. -
How Midsize Companies Can Access Capital in Turbulent Times
Organizational change Digital ArticleLending to mid-market companies has fallen nearly 60% over the last year.
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Better Ventures: Backing Entrepreneurs Building a Better World (B)
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Cristina Ventura at White Star Capital (Multimedia Case)
25.00View Details This multimedia case study focuses on General Partner and Chief Catalyst Officer Cristina Ventura at White Star Capital, as she builds an ecosystem for... -
Wetility: Renewable Energy Venture's Funding Choice to Keep the Lights On
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Structuring Private Asset-Backed Debt
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Mydoh: Strategizing a Growth Path
Finance and investing Case Study11.95View Details In March 2024, the CEO of Mydoh, a Toronto-based fintech, was asked by her board of directors to submit a new growth plan. The fintech had been offering... -
A Bumpy Road to Innovation: CFAO/Toyota Tsusho's Journey with Mobility 54 in Africa
Business models Case Study11.95View Details In August 2024, at CFAO's headquarters in Paris, Marc Hirschfeld (CEO of CFAO Mobility), Come Vercken (Strategic Planning Director, CFAO), and Takeshi... -
Sodexo (A): Assembling the Ingredients for Innovation
Change management Case Study11.95View Details Sodexo, a global food services and hospitality company, faces challenges in scaling and adopting innovations across its diverse business units. Neta Meir,... -
Sodexo (B): The Sodexo Live! Accelerator
Change management Case Study5.00View Details Sodexo, a global food services and hospitality company, faces challenges in scaling and adopting innovations across its diverse business units. Neta Meir,... -
Odessey Design and Research Labs: Growth Versus Autonomy
Innovation Case Study11.95View Details Founded by four friends in 2021, Odessey Design and Research Labs started as an education training platform for software developers before pivoting to... -
Bessemer Venture Partners (2025)
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RWDC Industries: How an Octogenarian Helped Produce Sustainable Plastics
Entrepreneurial financing Case Study11.95View Details In June 2024, Roland Wee was raising funds for his company in Singapore. RWDC Industries was a sustainable deep technology startup that he had co-founded... -
Developing Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Emerging Economies: Lessons from Regional Plan9 Incubators
Entrepreneurial business strategy Case Study11.95View Details Launched in 2021 by the Punjab Information Technology Board Pakistan, Regional Plan9 (RP9) aimed to foster entrepreneurship in secondary cities by establishing... -
TfL Pension Fund and the 2022 Gilt Market Crisis
Accounting Case Study11.95View Details On September 27, 2022, Padmesh Shukla, CIO of the Transport for London (TfL) Pension Fund, was keeping a careful eye on the turmoil in the U.K. sovereign... -
The Venetian Resort: Frontline Engagement as Value Driver
Compensation and benefits Case Study11.95View Details In the aftermath of the COVID pandemic, private equity firm Apollo Global Management completed the acquisition of The Venetian Resort, one of the most... -
Goodwell Investments: Due diligence for impact investment in Southern Africa
Covid Case Study11.95View Details This case finds investment associates Anand Jacobs and Rudo Ncube from the impact investment firm Goodwell in Cape Town, South Africa, moments before... -
Private Debt: An Introduction
Private equity Case Study8.95View Details Since the global financial crisis (GFC), institutional investors have increasingly included private debt in their broader portfolios. Private debt refers... -
Private Debt and a University's Endowment Portfolio Decision
Private equity Case Study11.95View Details This fictional case is written from the perspective of Benjamin Owens, an investment director at Blue Ridge Mountain University (BRMU). Owens is a member... -
Hurry Hard: The Entrepreneurial Business of Sport and Curling
Entrepreneurial financing Case Study11.95View Details David Granite is a young curler coming off his greatest success and is trying to figure out if and how he can leverage it. He reaches out to, and solicits... -
Supera Capital: How to Make the Most of a Portfolio Company's Growth Potential: Balancing the Investment Period Against the Life Cycle of a Private Equity Fund
Private equity Case Study11.95View Details Phillipe Cera, Managing Partner, had been with SUPERA CAPITAL, a leading private equity firm in Southern European countries, since 2000. In early February... -
LUSTER: Acquiring an IPO in the STAR Market
IPOs Case Study11.95View Details This case outlined the journey of LUSTER LightTech Company Limited (LUSTER), a leading innovator in the machine vision industry, as it prepared to issue...
