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Conducting the Symphony (A): The Broker’s Role in Orchestrating Complex Multiparty Negotiations
Francis Henry, a seasoned entrepreneur and negotiator, was engaged by Rob Dale, the second-largest partner of Serenibis, a Colorado cannabis retailer, to facilitate the buyout of Serenibis and help launch a new company. Yet, in August 2020, only four…
Conducting the Symphony (B): Post Negotiation Execution Challenges
Francis Henry, a seasoned entrepreneur and negotiator, was engaged by Rob Dale, the second-largest partner of Serenibis, a Colorado cannabis retailer, to facilitate the buyout of Serenibis and help launch a new company. Yet, in August 2020, only four…
Ulu Ventures: The Moneyball of Venture Capital
PayJoy: Finance for the Next Billion
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…
Greentech Capital Advisors: Banking on a Green Future (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…
EcoPlanet Family Office: Constructing an Impact Investment Portfolio
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…
Greentech Capital Advisors: Banking on a Green Future (B)
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…
Box (B) Shared Vision or Mission Impossible?
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…
Box (A) Starboard Value Takes a Stake
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…
Box (D) Votes of Confidence
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…
Box (C) KKR Invests
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…
Box (E) Proxy Battle
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…
Trunk Tools
Nuveen and the Amazon Reforestation Bond: An Outcome Bond for Scaling Impact
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…
Zum: Reinventing Student Transportation
HubSpot in 2025: Inspiring SMBs from the Internet Age to the AI Era
Vanta: The Evolution of a Sales Organization
Blue Shield of California
Lisa Yao
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…
Nextdoor: Leading a KIND Company
Politics and the Workplace: Aligning or Alienating?
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 in 2024 (A): Globalization from the Other Direction
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 in 2024 (B): Strategic Business Unit and Geography Dynamics
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…
Impact Experience: Force Multiplier for Good
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