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Crawford, Richard D.
Virginia Investment Capital Group (B)
Sihler, William W. Crawford, Richard D.
F-1694 | Published March 02, 2013 | 20 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The owner of Virginia Investment Capital Group, which needs ___ to survive, is considering turning this "dinner" club investment group into a vehicle for raising funds for small businesses like the "c... Read More
Exiting a Successful Business
Sihler, William W. Crawford, Richard D. Kelner, Jordan
F-1692 | Published March 01, 2013 | 18 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note reviews the ways an entrepreneur can exit a successful business, noting the pros and cons as well as the pitfalls of the various alternatives. The exit strategy is an issue that faces all sm... Read More
Virginia Investment Capital Group, Inc.
Sihler, William W. Crawford, Richard D.
F-1627 | Published November 17, 2010 | 26 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The partners in an angel-investment management group is facing the question of how to get to a scale sufficient to support that company. One option is to stay as is. Another is to shut down. A third i... Read More
MicroStrategy, Incorporated: PIPE (JAPANESE)
Chaplinsky, Susan Crawford, Richard D.
F-1914 | Published August 20, 2008 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This is a Japanese translation of the June 10, 2003, version of UVA-F-1368. In mid-June 2000, MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor is considering an investment of $125 million of convertible preferred sto... Read More
MicroStrategy Incorporated: PIPE
Crawford, Richard D. Chaplinsky, Susan
F-1368 | Published January 07, 2003 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In mid-June 2000, MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor is considering an investment of $125 million of convertible preferred stock in his firm by a group of private investors including Citadel Investment ... Read More
MinderSoft, Inc.
Chaplinsky, Susan Crawford, Richard D.
F-1346 | Published October 02, 2001 | 21 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The MinderSoft case explores the entrepreneur's attempt to raise a first round of venture capital. The founder and venture fund's valuation differ by a large amount. The founder must decide whether to... Read More
First Internet Bank of Indiana
Eades, Kenneth M. Crawford, Richard D. Clyman, Dana R.
F-1286 | Published March 29, 2000 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The purpose of this case is to evaluate the opportunities and challenges the Internet presents for financial service forms of competition and to channel cannibalism. Read More
Introduction To The Private Capital Market
Sihler, William W. Crawford, Richard D.
F-1280 | Published February 22, 2000 | 19 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
U.S. security laws define and separate the private capital markets from public capital markets in the United States. Because of the comparative lack of data about the private capital markets, compared... Read More
Legal Aspects Of Financing the Startup and Early-Stage Business
F-1275 | Published January 19, 2000 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The note provides a non-lawyer's perspective to the issues of corporate, contract, and securities laws that are released to the entrepreneur when the enterprise is in the start-up and early-stage of i... Read More
Island Imprints Incorporated (B)
Crawford, Richard D. Sihler, William W.
F-1266 | Published November 10, 1999 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A few hours before he is to sign the paper repurchasing the company he founded but now manages, the general manager gets word that he is losing a major customer. Should he go ahead with the deal? Read More
Island Imprints Incorporated (A)
Crawford, Richard D. Sihler, William W.
F-1265 | Published November 10, 1999 | 17 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The general manager of Island Imprints must decide whether to go ahead with a deal to repurchase the company he founded but had to sell several years earlier when it encountered financial difficulty. ... Read More
Island Imprints Incorporated (B)
Crawford, Richard D. Sihler, William W.
F-1266-Sihler | Published November 10, 1999 | 1 pages
Collection: Darden School of Business
A few hours before he is to sign the paper repurchasing the company he founded but now manages, the general manager gets word that he is losing a major customer. Should he go ahead with the deal? Read More
Investment Management Industry
F-1061 | Published October 20, 1993 | 12 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note reviews post-World War II development in the investment-management industry, particularly its structure and prospects as of 1993. Read More
Rockhard Insurance
F-0857 | Published March 29, 1991 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case presents the problem of whether a major mutual life insurance company should alter its historic strategy of concentrating on the sale of life insurance as its principal activity and diversif... Read More
Strategies for Financial Institutions
Crawford, Richard D. Meiburg, Charles O. Wilkinson, J. Harvie Beckstead, Jed W.
F-0855 | Published March 29, 1989 | 12 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note explains how a financial institution should develop its corporate strategy and the factors it should take into account in developing that strategy. Read More
Island Imprints Incorporated (A)
Crawford, Richard D. Sihler, William W.
F-1265-Sihler | Published | 17 pages
Collection: Darden School of Business
The general manager of Island Imprints must decide whether to go ahead with a deal to repurchase the company he founded but had to sell several years earlier when it encountered financial difficulty. ... Read More