E745
George Foster, Jocelyn H. Hornblower
2021
This case details the story of two of Wild Earth’s cofounders on their three year journey since starting the plant-based dog food company in Berkeley, CA. It highlights several ups and downs relating to product creation, fundraising, and pricing and…
SM348
Kevin Schulman, Justus Kilonzi, John Muthee
2021
In February 2020, companies around the world contemplated their next moves as the pandemic news grew more grim each day. For Savannah Informatics, one of the first information services firms in Africa’s health care sector, the uncertainties and immediate…
SM349
Kevin Schulman, Adesh Surendra Jain, Pieter Naude Bremer Du Plessis
2021
Teladoc and Livongo had ridden the tailwinds of the COVID-19 pandemic—and a merger between the two would offer a “one-stop-shop” for technology-driven care for patients with acute, chronic, and specialty care needs. The case study describes the regulatory…
E752
Robert Siegel, Imogen Mansfield
2021
The Tender case follows the journey of Miles Parker from his early days of joining an equipment financing company as a partner to the company’s founder, through pivoting the company’s product, and working with several different investors including high…
E749
Leo Linbeck III, Imogen Mansfield
2021
This case details the challenges Jenell Ross faced at Bob Ross Auto Group, the car dealership in Dayton, Ohio, started by her father, Bob Ross. The case explores critical activities that she had to undertake after her father’s unexpected passing…
SM333
Robert Burgelman, Ziv Shafir
2021
Dr. Robert Pearl, newly elected as CEO in 1999, faced a massive new challenge: saving Kaiser Permanente from imminent bankruptcy. From 1999 to 2017, Dr. Pearl transformed Kaiser Permanente from a dysfunctional organization to one of the largest and most…
SM345
Kevin Schulman, Abishek Thiagaraj
2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic shut down businesses and schools in 2020, global health authorities and governments kick-started the quest for a vaccine for the novel coronavirus. This case study details Operation Warp Speed, the $18 billion public-private…
E748
Stephen Ciesinski, Lucy Montgomery
2021
Tayo Oviosu founded Paga in 2009 to make life possible for the millions of Nigerians who operated in a cash-first environment. Paga helped users send money through peer-to-peer transactions, pay utility bills, and store money in a digital wallet. Paga…
P104
Steven Callander, Joseph Golden, Blake Kavanaugh
2021
In March 2006, Iftekhar Enayetullah and Abu Hasnat Md. Maqsood Sinha, the cofounders of Waste Concern, a social enterprise based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and focused on developing innovative waste management solutions for cities in emerging Asia, faced their…
SM342
Kim Starkey, Sheila Melvin
2021
CAMFED, or Campaign for Female Education, began in 1993 by supporting 32 children in two schools; as of 2021, it had helped more than a million girls in sub-Saharan Africa “to access school, succeed, and become leaders of change in their communities.”…
SM343
Kim Starkey, Sheila Melvin
2021
Friends of the Children was founded by Duncan Campbell in 1991. Campbell grew up in extremely challenging circumstances and wanted to use his good fortune to make an impact on the lives of children who faced the same sort of circumstances he once had….
SM346
Robert Siegel
2021
Foodics aimed to develop a point-of-sale system that offered food and beverage establishments an all-in-one workflow solution, providing a digital menu system to replace outdated analog systems and paper stickers to update menu prices. The case study…
E546B
Jim Ellis, Patricia Nakache, Lucy Montgomery
2021
After graduating from Stanford Graduate School of Business, Nicholas Heinrichsen and Christopher Coleman launched Carlypso, a peer-to-peer marketplace for selling used cars. Carlypso hoped to disrupt the $400 billion used car market by making it easier…
E743
Jim Ellis, Jack Strabo
2021
This case details the challenges Collin Wallace faced at FanGo, a mobile ordering technology company that he founded based on technology that he developed as a college student. The case explores critical decisions that Wallace had to make, including in…
L38
George Foster, Cor van der Wal, Gerzain Gutierrez, Zach Naidu
2021
Rick Welts has been one of the most successful and lauded business executives in professional sports. He made remarkable contributions to the NBA league office, and was president of three NBA teams which won seven championships during his tenure. He was…
SM344
Robert Siegel
2021
A family health crisis, difficulties making urgent medical appointments, and inefficient doctor-patient communications had convinced two tech entrepreneurs that Saudi Arabia’s health care system was ripe for a digital intervention. Digital health…
M391
Imogen Mansfield, Jennifer Aaker, Connor Diemand-Yauman, Naomi Bagdonas
2021
The case describes Entertainment Studios CEO and founder Byron Allen’s journey from stand up comedian to start up founder, as he inserts humor and levity into typically serious business situations.
E746
Harikesh Nair , Anuj Agarwal, Jack Strabo
2021
This case discusses the rise of e-commerce companies in the United States and China and discusses the impact they have had on the market position of brands, using consumer packaged goods as an example.
E667
Amy Wilkinson
2021
The OpenGov: Bringing the Cloud to Government case presents the example of OpenGov founder and CEO Zachary Bookman, who creates and scales a high growth venture to serve government. Bookman demonstrates the mindset and skill set required of…
M390
Oriekose Idah, Connor Diemand-Yauman, Jennifer Aaker, Naomi Bagdonas
2021
Terry Crews is a well known comedic actor and effectively uses humor to uplift others. His comedic ethos centers on risk taking - being willing to try different jokes or character styles without the fear of failure. Crews was not always unembarrassable…
