Do Harvard MBAs make great startup founders? The school has recently come under fire for a lack of apparent entrepreneurial activity. NextView looked at capital raised, companies launched, and more.
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So what works in seed funding and how to improve it fast?
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A preview of Pitching Hacks (How to pitch investors).
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-What is the close process?
-What are some useful resources?
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We’ve founded companies like Epinions; helped start companies that are backed by Sequoia, Benchmark, and Kleiner Perkins; raised $100M or so for startups; and invested another $20M in about 12 companies. This book summarizes the lessons we've learned along the way.
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-How do I prepare?
-What is the close process?
-What are some useful resources?
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Personal Case Study
Abdullah Al Saud
Northeastern University
LDR 6140 Strat. Dev. and Implementation
Professor James Lux
November 08, 2019
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1. Overview of company
In 2018, I invested as a 10 percent shareholder in what I believe to be a new and exciting startup
in Boston that produces a unique power bar. The power bar is called I-Bar, and it is a healthy,
non-artificial protein bar that offers different flavors. Even though the protein bar industry is
very competitive and tough to do well in, I believed in the concept and was passionate about its
vision. What makes the bar unique is that it has developed ingredients and recipes that
correspond to famous healthy foods in certain major cities. As of today, we have developed bars
corresponding to three cities and popular healthy flavors in those cities: the Avocado and Macha
Bar representing Tokyo, the Raspberry Bar representing Naples, and the Maple Bar representing
Canada.
2. Competitors with similar product and why they are competitors
The protein nutrition market is heavily saturated, so we have many competitors. One of the most
popular protein bar companies is Quest. Another one is the Macro Bar. These have been in the
market for a long time and because of that have an advantage in many ways over I-Bar.
3. Members of the company
The startup was founded by a young college international student who has a passion for the I-Bar
concept and has devoted all his energy and time to it. He is currently the I-Bar CEO and he has
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surrounded himself with four other individuals including a CFO, Director of Marketing, and
Director of Product Development. I know the Founder personally. I saw in him great leadership
skills and the potential to be a successful CEO who can build this product into something special.
I have observed in him the qualities of a transformational leader. Aside from being very
intelligent and knowledgeable about how to grow the I-Bar, he is someone who listens from
others and is willing to set aside his ego in order to advance what’s best for the company. He
applies a lot of democratic values in the sense that he really appreciates input from anyone and is
willing to apply it. In fact, even though he is the Founder and CEO, he does not like to make a
final decision until he has consulted with all the stakeholders. There have been several times
where he wanted to make sure that I was comfortable with what he was doing, and whether I had
other ideas than the ones he had. I can best describe all this as qualities of a transformational
leader.
4. A short description of a particular situation facing the organization that requires
strategic action or decision (we should clearly understand what the team will be helping the
company solve).
Investing in a product that his h ...
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2. In February 2014, HBS grad and EverTrue founder/CEO
Brent Grinna wrote a great post about HBS founders.
3. In February 2014, HBS grad and EverTrue founder/CEO
Brent Grinna wrote a great post about HBS founders.
4. In February 2014, HBS grad and EverTrue founder/CEO
Brent Grinna wrote a great post about HBS founders.
5. In February 2014, HBS grad and EverTrue founder/CEO
Brent Grinna wrote a great post about HBS founders.
(You can find the article here.)
6. In the post, Brent offers a few very valid points.
7. In the post, Brent offers a few very valid points.
Lots of people are saying Harvard
MBAs aren’t good startup founders.
8. In the post, Brent offers a few very valid points.
Lots of people are saying Harvard
MBAs aren’t good startup founders.
Many claim these grads start “only” a
small percent of Unicorn startups.
9. In the post, Brent offers a few very valid points.
Lots of people are saying Harvard
MBAs aren’t good startup founders.
Many claim these grads start “only” a
small percent of Unicorn startups.
But, um, the DATA says otherwise,
so please sit back and enjoy while I
lay the smack down on all the haters
out there who’d claim such things.
10. In the post, Brent offers a few very valid points.
Lots of people are saying Harvard
MBAs aren’t good startup founders.
Many claim these grads start “only” a
small percent of Unicorn startups.
But, um, the DATA says otherwise,
so please sit back and enjoy while I
lay the smack down on all the haters
out there who’d claim such things.
Okay, so we may have editorialized a little bit.
11. In the post, Brent offers a few very valid points.
Lots of people are saying Harvard
MBAs aren’t good startup founders.
Many claim these grads start “only” a
small percent of Unicorn startups.
But, um, the DATA says otherwise,
so please sit back and enjoy while I
lay the smack down on all the haters
out there who’d claim such things.
Okay, so we may have editorialized a little bit. (Sorry Brent!)
13. Do Harvard MBAs make
PROLIFIC startup founders?
But still, we wondered:
14. In our experience at NextView, we’d say yes.
But still, we wondered:
Do Harvard MBAs make
PROLIFIC startup founders?
15. In our experience at NextView, we’d say yes.
But we decided to look at the data and expand Brent’s
study of the 2009 and 2010 classes to include more years.
But still, we wondered:
Do Harvard MBAs make
PROLIFIC startup founders?
18. INSIDE THE DATA
Startups
Founded by
Harvard MBAs
ClassES 2008-14
Researched by Dimitri Dadiomov (@dadiomov)
HBS ’15 | MBA Associate, NextView Ventures
19. First, a look at entrepreneurial
“activity” (total companies
launched and capital raised).
20. In total, HBS classes 2008-14
exhibit the following activity:
21. In total, HBS classes 2008-14
exhibit the following activity:
• 260+ Founders
• 90+ STARTUPS
• S2.5B+ RaisedI
22. Some of the startups they
founded include the following:
23. (U.S.)
Some of the startups they
founded include the following:
acq. by
acq. by
24. (U.S.)
(INT’L)
Some of the startups they
founded include the following:
acq. by
acq. by
25. (U.S.)
(INT’L)
( )
Some of the startups they
founded include the following:
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acq. by
45. Third: Harvard is a talent
magnet both domestically and
globally. So where did these
MBAs launch their startups?
46. • 39% East Coast U.s.
(Boston & NYC)
• 26% California
• 22% Outside N.A.
Third: Harvard is a talent
magnet both domestically and
globally. So where did these
MBAs launch their startups?
49. Boston
12%
New York
27%
California
26%
Other US &
Canada
13%
Asia
5%
Europe
6%
Africa
3%
Latin &
South
America
8%
Startups Founded by HBS '08-’14:
Geography
Heated discussion currently permeates
Boston Tech regarding the city’s need to
improve retention of its top students, and
rightfully so according to this data.
50.
51. If they follow earlier classes,
the more recent grads of 2012
to 2014 represent a hefty sum
of investments:
52. S1BillionI
If they follow earlier classes,
the more recent grads of 2012
to 2014 represent a hefty sum
of investments:
53. S1BillionI
If they follow earlier classes,
the more recent grads of 2012
to 2014 represent a hefty sum
of investments:
54. S1BillionI
If they follow earlier classes,
the more recent grads of 2012
to 2014 represent a hefty sum
of investments:
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