Sara Rosenthal

Lecturer

Sara Rosenthal

Lecturer in Management

Bio

Sara is a Partner at TTCER Partners, an investment partnership formed to support entrepreneurs who are buying and building enduring businesses. In her work with entrepreneurs, Sara prioritizes collaboration, alignment, and helping her partners reach their full potential at all stages of their journey. Prior to her current role, Sara spent seven years at Stanford Graduate School of Business where she partnered with Stanford business school faculty to develop entrepreneurship case studies and oversaw all search fund-related activities, including curriculum development, search fund research, and the first-ever search fund CEO conference. Sara is the co-founder of the Women’s Search Network and serves on the Search Fund Advisory board for IESE Business School. She is a board member for OI Infusion, Kantola Training Solutions, TaskRay, Un Solo Proveedor, Revive Med Spa, and MiraDx.

Sara started her career in consulting, followed by operational roles in the technology and real estate development sectors. Sara received her BA in Human Biology with Honors and MBA from Stanford, and she lives in Menlo Park with her husband and three rowdy children.

Academic Degrees

  • MBA, Stanford GSB, 2004
  • BA in Human Biology, Stanford University, 1997

Stanford Case Studies

H. Irving Grousbeck, Sara Rosenthal
2022
H. Irving Grousbeck, Sara Rosenthal
2022
H. Irving Grousbeck, Sara Rosenthal
2022
E624
Robert Siegel, Sara Rosenthal
2017
E612A
Mark Leslie, Sara Rosenthal
2017
E612B
Mark Leslie, Sara Rosenthal
2017
David Dodson, Sara Rosenthal
2017
E623
George Foster, Sara Rosenthal
2017
Peter Kelly, David Dodson, H. Irving Grousbeck, Susan Pohlmeyer, Sara Rosenthal
2016
Robert Siegel, Sara Rosenthal
2016
H. Irving Grousbeck, Jim Ellis, Graham Weaver, Sara Rosenthal
2016
E604
Robert E Siegel, Sara Rosenthal
2016
E584
Thomas Layton, Sara Rosenthal
2016
George Foster, Sara Rosenthal
2016
E576A
Mark Leslie, Sara Rosenthal
2015
David Dodson, Sara Rosenthal
2015
Sharique Hasan, Sara Rosenthal
2015
Sharique Hasan, Sara Rosenthal
2015
E409
Mark Leslie, Sara Rosenthal
2015
E577
David Dodson, Sara Rosenthal
2015
E571A
Robert Siegel, Sara Rosenthal
2015
E571B
Robert Siegel, Sara Rosenthal
2015
Robert Burgelman, Robert Siegel, Sara Rosenthal
2014
Andrew Rachleff, Peter Reiss, Sara Rosenthal
2014
E470
Andrew Rachleff, Sara Rosenthal
2013
Stefan Reichelstein, Sara Rosenthal, Anshuman Sahoo
2013
E491
H. Irving Grousbeck, Sara Rosenthal
2013
Robert Chess, Sara Rosenthal
2013
Ilya Strebulaev, Sara Rosenthal
2013
George Foster, Sara Rosenthal
2013
H. Grousbeck, Sara Rosenthal
2012
George Foster, Sara Rosenthal
2012
George Foster, Sara Rosenthal
2012
Mark Leslie, Kirk Bowman, Sara Rosenthal
2012
Mark Leslie, Sara Rosenthal
2012
H. Irving Grousbeck, Arar Han, Sara Rosenthal
2012
H. Irving Grousbeck, Sara Rosenthal
2012
Charles Holloway, John Morgridge, Sara Rosenthal
2012
Russell Siegelman, Sara Rosenthal
2012
Sara Rosenthal, Michael Child
2012
E393
Robert Chess, Sara Rosenthal
2011
E418
Andrew Rachleff, Sara Rosenthal
2011
Mike Child, Sara Rosenthal
2011
Andrea Larson, Raymond Levitt, Erica Plambeck, Sara Rosenthal
2011
Andrea Larson, Raymond Levitt, Erica Plambeck, Sara Rosenthal
2011

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