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Noam T. Wasserman

Associate Professor
Tukman Faculty Fellow

Contact (617) 495-6215
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Published Papers

Wasserman, Noam. "Planning a Start-Up? Seize the Day...Then Expect to Work All Night." Harvard Business Review 87, no. 1 (January 2009).

Wasserman, Noam. "Revisiting the Strategy, Structure, and Performance Paradigm: The Case of Venture Capital." Organization Science 19, no. 2 (March - April 2008).

Wasserman, Noam. "The Founder's Dilemma." Harvard Business Review 86, no. 2 (February 2008): 102-109. Abstract

Most entrepreneurs want to make a lot of money and to run the show.  New research shows that it’s tough to do both.  If you don’t figure out which matters more to you, you could end up being neither rich nor king.


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Wasserman, Noam. "Stewards, Agents, and the Founder Discount: Executive Compensation in New Ventures." Academy of Management Journal 49, no. 5 (October 2006): 960-976.

Wasserman, Noam. "Rich versus King: The Entrepreneur's Dilemma." Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management (August 2006).

Wasserman, Noam. "Executive Compensation In Entrepreneurial Teams: The Founder Gap, Board Membership, & Pay For Milestones." Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management (2004).

Wasserman, Noam. "Founder-CEO Succession and the Paradox of Entrepreneurial Success." Organization Science 14, no. 2 (March - April 2003): 149-172. (Winner of the 2003 Aage Sorensen Memorial Award for sociological research.)

Book Chapters

Wasserman, Noam. "Upside-down Venture Capitalists and the Transition Toward Pyramidal Firms." In Entrepreneurship. Vol. 15, edited by Lisa Keister. Research in the Sociology of Work. JAI Press, 2005.

Other Papers

Marx, Matt, and Noam Wasserman. "Split Decisions: How Social and Economic Choices Affect the Stability of Founding Teams."

Wasserman, Noam, and Warren Boeker. "Founding and Building a Board." 2003.

Wasserman, Noam. "Founder Power and Pay for Outcomes: Cash Compensation and the Entrepreneur." Best Paper Proceedings of the Babson-Kauffman Entrepreneurial Research Conference Series, 2003.

Wasserman, Noam. "The Venture Capitalist as Entrepreneur: Characteristics and Dynamics within VC Firms." Ph.D. diss., Harvard University--GSAS and HBS, 2002. (Winner of the 2002 George S. Dively award for dissertation research.)

Wasserman, Noam, Bharat Anand, and Nitin Nohria. "When Does Leadership Matter? The Contingent Opportunities View of CEO Leadership." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 01-063, 2001.

HBS Course Materials

Wasserman, Noam T. "Apple's Core." Harvard Business School Case 809-063.

Wasserman, Noam T., and Lisa Brem. "Apple's Core (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 809-132.

Wasserman, Noam T., and Rachel Galper. "Big to Small: The Two Lives of Barry Nalls." Harvard Business School Case 808-167.

Wasserman, Noam T., and Vishesh Kumar. "Building to a Crescendo." Harvard Business School Case 804-009.

Wasserman, Noam T. "Building to a Crescendo (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 804-202.

Wasserman, Noam T., and LP Maurice. "Evan Williams: From Blogger to Odeo (A)." Harvard Business School Case 809-088.

Wasserman, Noam T., and LP Maurice. "Evan Williams: From Blogger to Odeo (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 809-093.

Wasserman, Noam T. "Evan Williams: From Blogger to Odeo (TN) (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 809-137.

Wasserman, Noam T. "Excerpts from Interview with Jim Triandiflou, Founder of Ockham Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 808-088.

Wasserman, Noam T., and Henry McCance. "Founder-CEO Succession at Wily Technology." Harvard Business School Case 805-150.

Wasserman, Noam T. "Founder-CEO Succession at Wily Technology (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 806-161.

Wasserman, Noam T., and Antony Uy. "Frank Addante, Serial Entrepreneur." Harvard Business School Case 809-046.

Wasserman, Noam T., and Lisa Brem. "Frank Addante, Serial Entrepreneur (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 810-019.

Wasserman, Noam T., and Ashraf Haque. "ghSMART & Co., 2006: Pioneering in Professional Services." Harvard Business School Case 809-024.

Wasserman, Noam T., and Ashraf Haque. "ghSMART(-er) & Co., 2008: Pioneering in Professional Services." Harvard Business School Supplement 809-025.

Wasserman, Noam T., and Eric Olson. ""Lather, Rinse, Repeat": FeedBurner's Serial Founding Team." Harvard Business School Case 809-089.

Wasserman, Noam T. ""Lather, Rinse, Repeat": FeedBurner's Serial Founding Team (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 810-020.

Wasserman, Noam T., and Rosy Fynn. "Les is More, Times Four." Harvard Business School Case 807-173.

Wasserman, Noam T. "Les is More, Times Four (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 809-138.

Lassiter, Joseph B., III, William A. Sahlman, and Noam T. Wasserman. "Nantucket Nectars: The Exit." Harvard Business School Case 810-041.

Wasserman, Noam T., and Deepak Malhotra. "Negotiating Equity Splits at UpDown." Harvard Business School Case 809-020.

Wasserman, Noam T., and Deepak Malhotra. "Negotiating Equity Splits at UpDown (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 809-133.

Wasserman, Noam T., and Lauren Barley. "A Note on the Legal and Tax Implications of Founders' Equity Splits." Harvard Business School Note 809-110.

Wasserman, Noam T. "Ockham Technologies Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplements 807-707.

Wasserman, Noam T. "Ockham Technologies: Living on the Razor's Edge." Harvard Business School Case 804-129.

Wasserman, Noam T. "Ockham Technologies: Living on the Razor's Edge (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 808-089.

Wasserman, Noam T. "Ockham Technologies: Living on the Razor's Edge (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 804-148.

Wasserman, Noam T. "Orientation for Viewing "Startup.com"." Harvard Business School Case 807-136.

Wasserman, Noam T., and Rachel Gordon. "Playing With Fire at Sittercity (A)." Harvard Business School Case 809-009.

Wasserman, Noam T., and Rachel Gordon. "Playing with Fire at Sittercity (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 809-010.

Wasserman, Noam, and Rachel Galper. "Rubbish Boys." Harvard Business School Case 808-101.

Wasserman, Noam T. "Rubbish Boys (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 810-021.

Wasserman, Noam T., and Louis-Philippe Maurice. "Savage Beast (A)." Harvard Business School Case 809-069.

Wasserman, Noam T., and Louis-Philippe Maurice. "Savage Beast (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 809-096.

Wasserman, Noam T. "Savage Beast (TN) (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 810-014.

Wasserman, Noam. "Smartix: Swinging for the Fences." Harvard Business School Case 808-116.

Wasserman, Noam T. "Smartix: Swinging for the Fences (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 809-134.

Hall, Brian J., Noam T. Wasserman, and Carleen Madigan. "Stock Options at Virtua.Net." Harvard Business School Case 801-324.

Wasserman, Noam T. "The Tale of the Lynx (A and B)." Harvard Business School Case 807-112.

Wasserman, Noam T. "The Tale of the Lynx (A)." Harvard Business School Case 807-151.

Wasserman, Noam T. "Tale of the Lynx (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 810-029.

Wasserman, Noam T. "The Tale of the Lynx (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 807-153.

Wasserman, Noam T. "The Tale of the Lynx Case Series (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 808-090.

Wasserman, Noam T., and Deepak Malhotra. "UpDown: Confidential Instructions for GEORG." Harvard Business School Supplement 809-022.

Wasserman, Noam T., and Deepak Malhotra. "UpDown: Confidential Instructions for MICHAEL." Harvard Business School Supplement 809-021.

Wasserman, Noam T., and Deepak Malhotra. "UpDown: Confidential Instructions for PHUC." Harvard Business School Supplement 809-023.

Robinson, Robert J., and Noam T. Wasserman. "Venture Capital Negotiations: VC versus Entrepreneur." Harvard Business School Note 800-170.

Robinson, Robert J., and Noam T. Wasserman. "Venture Capitalist as Entrepreneur, The." Harvard Business School Note 800-237.

Wasserman, Noam T., G. Felda Hardymon, Christopher Rogers, and Ann Leamon. "Village Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 806-080.

Wasserman, Noam T. "Wily Technology: Interview with Lewis Cirne & Henry McCance - Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplements 807-710.