This case describes the turbulent experiences that Eduardo Ruiz had as CEO of Retail Services & Technologies. Ruiz had acquired Arizona-based RST at the end of his search process, but soon ran into trouble with the seller and former CEO. These difficulties strained Ruiz’s relationships with his board of directors, his employees and key clients. …
On Wednesday, July 6, 2011, the director of communications for the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) in Toronto, Ontario, faced a difficult situation. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) had just published an article online that focused on the 2011 CCS budget, more specifically on how the CCS allocates millions of dollars each year. In addition, the …
Crowdfunding is seen as an alternative to traditional venture capital and angel financing, which has helped launch many commercial ventures. The basic idea of crowdfunding is to present a business idea to a large group of people and seek financial support. Although crowdfunding has been around for hundreds of years, it has recently moved to …
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At the end of 2011, Fernando Lelo de Larrea (MBA 2004) and Federico Antoni (MBA 2004) decided to leave their CEO positions in their respective medium-sized companies and start raising funds for their first early-stage investment fund: Seed Innovation. Trust 1. Obligation Given their lack of experience in venture capital, they decided to create a …
The case describes how FAVAC was born and how it was consolidated. In the first 15 years of the foundation, care for the elderly, many of them with physical and mental disabilities, some of whom lived on the streets, were displaced by violence or were abandoned by their families, was possible with the financial support …
The case, which was scheduled for mid-2017, tracks the development of a regional gender equity multi-stakeholder platform called GREAT Women ASEAN, which is dedicated to the economic empowerment of micro-producers. In 2008, Jeannie Javelosa (Jeannie) and her friends Regina Francisco and Pacita Juan founded ECHOstore under a private institution called Earth Life Store Supply Inc. …
The three founding partners of Gobi Partners, a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage IT and digital media companies in China, plan to raise a second fund. The first fund of $ 51.75 million is close to total investment and portfolio companies are doing well, with two follow-up finances registering significantly higher valuations. The …
The case describes how Proinvest Group, a boutique investment firm specializing in private equity real estate and real estate asset management, built its business and launched a private equity fund for the first time. Proinvest’s founders had founded the company since its founding in 2013, but by mid-2014 internal funds were running low and they …
Stephen Pratt and Raj Joshi, two Infosys Consulting veterans, decided to launch Noodle Analytics (Noodle.ai) in 2016 to provide artificial intelligence capabilities to Fortune 1000 companies as part of a SaaStype business model. The case follows Noodle Analytics from conception to funding, pursuit of product market fit, and Series B replenishment in 2018 and addresses …