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Sarah Vickers-Willis: Career Decisions (A)
Case
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Reference no. 9-802-111
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Myra M Hart (Harvard Business School); Lynda M Applegate (Harvard Business School); Susan Saltrick (Harvard Business School); Sarah Harden (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 12 December 2001
Length: 15 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Organizational behavior; Buy or lease decisions; Social responsibility; Career planning; Internet; Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurship; Western leadership styles; Leadership; Women; Community development; Women in business; Incubators
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Abstract

Sarah Vickers-Willis, HBS MBA 1999, faces a critical career decision: Does she redirect the Internet start-up she helped found or join in shaping a for-profit firm with a social mission? Sarah, a young Australian business executive, has always strived to 'find space' for what's important to her in her career. Her career decisions began when she decided to interrupt a successful consulting career in Australia to attend Harvard Business School and continued through her founding (with three other HBS classmates) a fast-track Internet start-up. This case traces Sarah's increasing involvement with a small for-profit firm dedicated to improving the financial education of young women and ends with a decision point: Should she stay with the company she helped found, or should she move to the entrepreneurial firm with a social mission?
Location:
California
Other setting(s):
1998-2001
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Sarah Vickers-Willis: Career Decisions (B)
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-802-112
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Myra M Hart (Harvard Business School); Lynda M Applegate (Harvard Business School); Susan Saltrick (Harvard Business School); Sarah Harden (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 12 December 2001
Length: 3 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Organizational behavior; Buy or lease decisions; Social responsibility; Career planning; Internet; Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurship; Western leadership styles; Leadership; Women; Community development; Women in business; Incubators
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Sarah Vickers-Willis, HBS MBA 1999, faces a critical career decision: Does she redirect the Internet start-up she helped found or join in shaping a for-profit firm with a social mission? Sarah, a young Australian business executive, has always strived to 'find space' for what's important to her in her career. Her career decisions began when she decided to interrupt a successful consulting career in Australia to attend Harvard Business School and continued through her founding (with three other HBS classmates) a fast-track Internet start-up. This case traces Sarah's increasing involvement with a small for-profit firm dedicated to improving the financial education of young women and ends with a decision point: Should she stay with the company she helped found, or should she move to the entrepreneurial firm with a social mission?

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Location:
California
Other setting(s):
1998-2001

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Thumbnail image for product with reference number 9-802-112
Compact case
Sarah Vickers-Willis: Career Decisions (B)
Supplement
-
Reference no. 9-802-112
Subject category: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Myra M Hart (Harvard Business School); Lynda M Applegate (Harvard Business School); Susan Saltrick (Harvard Business School); Sarah Harden (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2001
Version: 12 December 2001
Length: 3 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Organizational behavior; Buy or lease decisions; Social responsibility; Career planning; Internet; Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurship; Western leadership styles; Leadership; Women; Community development; Women in business; Incubators
View full details