E770
Russell Siegelman, Gelila Bekele
2021
Abbey Wemimo and Samir Goel founded Esusu in 2018 to help low-to-moderate-income renters build credit history. Esusu, a for-profit impact focused venture, collected rental payments from property managers and reported this data to major credit bureaus…
E769
Federico Antoni, Jeffrey Conn
2021
This case explores the founding story and growth trajectory of Singapore-based venture capital firm Golden Gate Ventures as it grows its operations and asset base alongside the rapidly growing venture ecosystem in Southeast Asia. It also analyzes the core…
E762
Jim Ellis, Imogen Mansfield
2021
This case follows the decision of two Stanford Graduate School of Business classmates, Heather Fernandez and Daniele Farnedi, to start a company together. It explores the criteria they used to assess ideas, how the pair identified an opportunity in…
SI154
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, Sheila Melvin
2021
This case profiles Ford Foundation president Darren Walker and his goal of reimagining philanthropy in order to build a more just and fair world. Specifically, it looks at how the Ford Foundation has reorganized so as to catalyze leaders and organizations…
E765
Graham Weaver, Jack Strabo
2021
This case follows the formation and early growth of ExecOnline, a provider of leadership development solutions through partnerships with top business schools. Founder Stephen Bailey navigates initial sales and partnerships, key personnel decisions, and…
E757
Graham Weaver, Jack Strabo
2021
This case details the challenges Kiana Nelson faced at Central Valley Towing, a fictional towing company Nelson acquired. In the case, Nelson must decide whether to overrule a direct report’s decision regarding firing an employee, determine what to do…
SPM62
George Foster, Sheila Melvin, Kristina Rose Garrido
2021
On November 1, 2018, the Women’s National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) informed the league that it had decided to opt out of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that had been signed in 2014 and was scheduled to run through 2021. The opt…
E761
Peter Ziebelman, Imogen Mansfield, Dominic Mirabile
2021
The case explores Google’s accelerator programs and its efforts to support underrepresented start-ups that are ready to scale. Students will understand Google’s approach to (1) building accelerator programs, (2) selecting which startups to participate…
A237
Kevin Schulman, Summer Hu, Jiayin Xue, Susan Qi
2021
Cataracts robbed an estimated 65 million people around the world of their vision. In the Himalayas, where hundreds of thousands of people went needlessly blind from cataracts, doctors Sanduk Ruit and Fred Hollows began to tackle this health crisis in 1995…
SM353
Robert Siegel, Lucy Montgomery
2021
George Kurtz founded CrowdStrike in 2011 to bring next-generation cybersecurity products to the marketplace. CrowdStrike used artificial intelligence to train its detection agent on evolving threats. This approach was revolutionary in an industry that had…
E768A
Russell Siegelman, Dominic Mirabile
2021
Byteboard aims to replace the pre-on-site technical interview for software engineers with a more effective, efficient, and equitable web-based assessment. The case follows the founding team’s journey from problem definition and customer development…
SI153
Paul Brest, David Hoyt, Katherine Giordano
2021
Homelessness poses many challenges for young people, including risk of victimization, physical abuse, criminal justice involvement, illness, suicide, dropping out of school, mental health problems, and substance abuse, with long-term consequences for the…
E768B
Russell Siegelman, Dominic Mirabile
2021
Byteboard aims to replace the pre-on-site technical interview for software engineers with a more effective, efficient, and equitable web-based assessment. The case follows the founding team’s journey from problem definition and customer development…
SM350
Robert Siegel, Jack Strabo
2021
This case details the journey of Sandeep Mathrani as he took over as CEO of WeWork, a flexible space provider, in the aftermath of the company’s attempted IPO. To execute his turnaround plan, Mathrani must navigate a global pandemic, execute layoffs…
SM352
Mooweon Rhee, Jae-Gu Kim, William P. Barnett
2021
South Korean steelmaking giant POSCO in 2021 had become a global company with businesses in 52 countries. In 2018, POSCO’s new chairman and CEO had inaugurated a broader business philosophy, espousing “Corporate Citizenship” practices as a way for the…
E764
Kathryn Shaw, Francois Chaubard, James Jedras
2021
Focal Systems, with fresh new Series B funding and more new orders than it could handle, believed its novel out-of-stock detection system would prove the sweet spot in the automation of traditional brick and mortar retail stores. Small cameras on store…
SI152
Maureen McNichols, Jaclyn Foroughi
2021
In May 2020, as the global pandemic intensified, school doors remained closed, and protests around the world ignited in response to the killing of George Floyd, the team at Reach Capital (“Reach”) found itself at a critical juncture. On the one hand, the…
E763
Kathryn Shaw , Ian Cinnamon, James Jedras
2021
Could AI-based X-ray scanning platform make flying safer? Airport security officers had just seconds to decide if someone’s luggage contained a knife, gun, explosive, or other potential safety threat, and the human eye was not designed to focus for hours…
E756
Anne Beyer, Robert Siegel
2021
Cantaloupe Systems expected to celebrate its first quarterly profit, and the company’s proprietary machine-to-machine communication technology was a hit with owners of vending machines—and investors. Cantaloupe’s systems provided real-time sales data…
E750
Peter Kelly, Jack Strabo
2021
This case details the challenges Alex Lofton faced at Landed, a mission-driven platform offering financial solutions to help teachers and other essential professionals afford homes. The case details the journey of Lofton and co-founder Jonathan Asmis as…
ETH33
Ken Shotts, Sheila Melvin
2021
The effort to develop a vaccine for COVID-19 was underway in January 2020, months before the world would experience the full impact of the virus. By the end of April 2020, worldwide cases had passed 3 million, including 1 million cases in the United…
SM351
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, Christy Johnson
2021
This case highlights how corporate philanthropies are distinct from other philanthropic institutions in terms of motivations, incentives and giving models. The case focuses on how Google.org leverages their assets to support the missions and initiatives…
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…
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…
