In 2011 Katrina Lake launched a new type of online retailing, Stitch Fix, a personal styling service based on a mix of human creativity and artificial intelligence, and grew it into a $3.6B company. Like many other successful retail businesses, it rapidly caught Jeff Bezos’s eye. And nothing good comes when Jeff Bezos notices you and decides to compete.

This fictional case introduces an M&A deal structuring exercise. Two strategy consulting companies, East Coast Strategy Consultants Inc. (EAST) and West Coast Strategic Management Advisory Corp. (WEST), are contemplating acquiring a company in the accounting and advisory services sector, either Ocean & Whistle Accounting (OW) or LeDosh (LD).

SweetGreen case follows the early funding and growth of a healthy food restaurant chain. It highlights three critical decision points for the start-up: moving from idea to implementation, the business model, and how to grow. The case explores the strategic options the founders considered and the process of experimentation they used.

SweetGreen case follows the early funding and growth of a healthy food restaurant chain. It highlights three critical decision points for the start-up: moving from idea to implementation, the business model, and how to grow. The case explores the strategic options the founders considered and the process of experimentation they used.

SweetGreen case follows the early funding and growth of a healthy food restaurant chain. It highlights three critical decision points for the start-up: moving from idea to implementation, the business model, and how to grow. The case explores the strategic options the founders considered and the process of experimentation they used.