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PayJoy cofounders Doug Ricket and Gib Lopez, both members of the Stanford GSB MBA class of 2014, launched PayJoy in 2014 to provide access to credit to those living in emerging markets. In the early days of the company’s history, PayJoy financed a…
This case examines the founding of Greentech Capital Advisors in 2009, presenting the critical dilemma faced by investment banking veteran Jeff McDermott: how aggressively should he pursue a promising but undeveloped market opportunity in sustainable…
This case explores Rachel Carlan’s challenge as the newly appointed Chief Investment Officer of EcoPlanet Asset Management (EPAM), a multi-billion dollar portfolio within Luke Walter’s family office. Walter wants his largest pool of assets to directly…
This case examines the founding of Greentech Capital Advisors in 2009, presenting the critical dilemma faced by investment banking veteran Jeff McDermott: how aggressively should he pursue a promising but undeveloped market opportunity in sustainable…
This case examines the challenges faced by Box, a cloud content management company, as it navigated an activist investor campaign by Starboard Value. In September 2019, Starboard took a significant stake in Box, pressuring its leadership to improve…
This case examines the challenges faced by Box, a cloud content management company, as it navigated an activist investor campaign by Starboard Value. In September 2019, Starboard took a significant stake in Box, pressuring its leadership to improve…
This case examines the challenges faced by Box, a cloud content management company, as it navigated an activist investor campaign by Starboard Value. In September 2019, Starboard took a significant stake in Box, pressuring its leadership to improve…
This case examines the challenges faced by Box, a cloud content management company, as it navigated an activist investor campaign by Starboard Value. In September 2019, Starboard took a significant stake in Box, pressuring its leadership to improve…
This case examines the challenges faced by Box, a cloud content management company, as it navigated an activist investor campaign by Starboard Value. In September 2019, Starboard took a significant stake in Box, pressuring its leadership to improve…
This case study chronicles the entrepreneurial journey of Dr. Sarah Buchner, founder and CEO of Trunk Tools, as she navigates the strategic and operational inflection points of building a venture-backed technology start-up in the construction sector…
Fresh off of a second consecutive year of winning Environmental Finance’s award for Impact Investment Team of the Year, the global fixed income team at Nuveen was riding high. Led by Stephen Liberatore, CFA, lead portfolio manager for and head of Nuveen’s…
This case study follows Ritu Narayan, founder and CEO of Zum, as she redefines student transportation by applying a technology-driven approach to an industry that had seen little modernization. Zum evolved from a consumer-facing rideshare marketplace…
HubSpot is a Tech company that provides software applications in Marketing, Sales and Support in addition to a CRM platform to small and mediums size (SMB) companies. The case describes the early days of HubSpot and provides a view into the strategies…
In December 2021, Ed Fenster, Founder and Executive Chairman of Sunrun, the nation’s largest residential solar provider, faced a critical strategic challenge as California’s Public Utilities Commission prepared to release its proposed decision for Net…
This brief supplement to the original Squirrel AI case study provides the reader with an update on the AI-enabled learning company, which was forced to transform its business model and go-to-market approach as a result of abrupt regulatory changes by the…
Lisa Yao, a newly minted Partner at Venerable Ventures, is poised to lead her first major investment in Generative Solutions, an AI-driven healthcare technology company. As the deal approaches closing, Yao learns from the founder, Matt Larkin, that he…
As CEO of Nextdoor, Sarah Friar (GSB MBA ’00) was charged with leading the company’s strategic direction and financial performance. She led the company through the IPO process in late 2021, and now oversaw a company with $212 million in annual revenue and…
Through the controversial decisions of Coinbase and Basecamp to ban political discussions in the workplace, this case explores the tension between maintaining focus on business objectives versus engaging with broader social issues, and whether political…
Bahwan CyberTek was a privately held digital transformation solutions company based in Chennai, India, with operations in the United States, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. It had IT Services, Outsourcing and Digital Platform business lines and…
Bahwan CyberTek was a privately held digital transformation solutions company based in Chennai, India, with operations in the United States, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. It had IT Services, Outsourcing and Digital Platform business lines and…
