Cold Call Challenge

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Across
  1. 2. Startup investment agreement
  2. 5. RC pastime tracking predictable comments
  3. 6. Parallel project component
  4. 7. Luxury NYC street
  5. 10. Bank debt with a set maturity
  6. 11. Annual Labor Day weekend trip destination
  7. 12. Result of SPF neglect
  8. 14. Asset value reduction on the books
  9. 18. Baywatch role
  10. 22. Asian TikTok DJ
  11. 23. Schedule for equity ownership rights
  12. 30. Burj café dessert
  13. 31. Fictional West Egg millionaire
  14. 32. Feeling when skipping a trek
  15. 33. Competitive scramble among tech giants
  16. 34. Early entrant advantage
  17. 35. Island off the coast of Tanzania
  18. 37. Hybrid debt/equity financing layer
  19. 39. Student talks sometimes dubbed “Trauma Olympics”
  20. 40. First FIN1 case
  21. 42. Popular HBS communication platform
  22. 44. Popular dating competition show
  23. 48. Main HBS teaching method
  24. 51. Body-swap comedy sequel
  25. 53. Top academic honor at HBS graduation
  26. 54. Green tea espresso alternative
  27. 55. Monthly cash outflow for a startup
  28. 56. Tech-heavy index
  29. 58. JPMorgan Chase CEO
  30. 59. Host city for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony
Down
  1. 1. Hottest 2025 FIELD location (temperature-wise)
  2. 3. Standard Oil founder
  3. 4. Energy firm whose collapse spurred Sarbanes-Oxley
  4. 5. Market with little competition
  5. 8. Continuous improvement in Japanese manufacturing
  6. 9. Ability to raise rates without losing customers
  7. 13. Hibachi chain taken public by Rocky Aoki in 1983
  8. 14. Recurring case protagonist
  9. 15. Ending contact without explanation
  10. 16. Bubbly probiotic brew
  11. 17. Combined value creation
  12. 19. Startup valued at $1B+
  13. 20. Federal Reserve vice chair
  14. 21. Infamous TOM case, familiarly
  15. 24. Influencer who visited HBS in spring 2025
  16. 25. Spiky-haired collectible
  17. 26. Period before IPO insiders can sell shares
  18. 27. Value of a public company
  19. 28. Group of 90 students during RC year
  20. 29. Longest day of the year
  21. 36. Brain cell that transmits signals
  22. 38. Entrepreneurship's biggest fan
  23. 41. Taylor Swift's new album
  24. 43. Surname behind a “Five Forces” framework
  25. 45. LEAD workshop simulation
  26. 46. Earnings metric used in valuation multiples
  27. 47. Funding model pioneered at Stanford in 1984
  28. 49. TOM factory location
  29. 50. Worst thing to get when you haven't read a case
  30. 51. Framework explaining why white-collar crimes occur
  31. 52. RC classroom building
  32. 57. Evening beach gathering