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商品編號: 9-820-005 出版日期: 2019/07/30 作者姓名: Ghosh, Shikhar;Tempest Keller, Nicole;Thapar, Alpana 商品類別: Entrepreneurship 商品規格: 23p 再版日期: 地域: Lebanon;United States 產業: Retail hardware 個案年度: 2016 - 2018
商品敘述:
This case follows Lebanese entrepreneur, Hind Hobeika, an engineer and competitive swimmer who spends seven years trying to launch a wearable heartrate monitor and motion sensor to help swimmers track their performance while swimming. While the Beirut-based entrepreneur gained initial traction soon after founding her company Instabeat in September 2011, winning $150,000 in prize money from business plan competitions and raising $100,000 from a local venture capital firm, Hobeika soon faced a series of set-backs in trying to manufacture the product. Given the complexity of the hardware product she was trying to build, Hobeika had invested a significant amount of capital in the manufacturing design and had faced continuous delays. In addition, the product was not proving to be economically viable. By early 2016, Hobeika was out of money and had to let her team go. The business issues had also taken a toll on her personal life. However, Hobeika saw a potential path forward. The VC who had originally backed her was closing a new round of funding and was willing to discuss another potential round. More importantly, while in London, she had recently met Alex Asseily, a prominent Lebanese-British entrepreneur who encouraged her to stay the course. He suggested that she relocate to San Francisco, where he would soon be based, and offered to help her. Would it be worthwhile to leave everything behind, relocate, and rebuild the business? Hobeika had to decide: should she continue or not? If so, under what circumstances? If not, what would she do next?
涵蓋領域:
Decision making;Product development;Gender;Manufacturing processes;Organizational culture;Marketing;Start-ups;Technology and analytics
相關資料:
Case Teaching Note, (5-820-067), 12p, by Shikhar Ghosh, Shweta Bagai
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