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- 08 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Get to Know Past New Venture Competition Winners: Everly Health
for hundreds and hundreds of dollars—totaling over $2,000 in out-of-pocket in costs. After all the appointments and lab tests, I learned that I had multiple hormone and vitamin deficiencies. How has HBS helped with your entrepreneurial journey? I got my first exposure...
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- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Bert W.M. Twaalfhoven (MBA '54)
economics in 1952, he was eager to study business at HBS, where he was inspired by Professors Georges F. Doriot and John G. McLean, who were pioneers in the study of entrepreneurship and corporate competitiveness, respectively....
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- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
faced her whole career: How can the United States drive innovation and turn it into jobs? She believes the answer to that question is key to the country's long-term economic growth, and will help create an ecosystem that fosters View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Launch Codes
the market isn’t ready or willing to accept it. These are the day-to-day questions constantly being evaluated, but sometimes it takes sitting down, forcing yourself to unplug, or sinking additional capital that is already so precious. But that’s the reality of View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Stevenson Named Director of External Relations
study at the School when he redefined entrepreneurship as a process, not a personal attribute. "I am fascinated by how all companies, big and small, are recognizing the need to initiate entrepreneurial action," he comments. "In this big,...
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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Stevenson’s Own
Issue Focus: Entrepreneurship Related Links The House that Howard Built The four key ingredients, for individuals and organizations A careful definition of available opportunities Is there a demand out there that’s not being recognized or...
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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
Art by Craig Frazier Related Links Alumni New Venture Contest Opens Webinar series (ongoing) Entrepreneurship at HBS (video) Harvard Launches Innovation Incubator Why is it that even when smart, educated, well-networked people launch new...
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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Business Plan Contest Has Many Winners
entrepreneur-owned, for-profit centers throughout rural India would offer one-stop shopping locations for customers needing government-required permits and deeds, microfinancing, agricultural information, and other essential services. A recently conducted survey by the...
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- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
commonalities these icons could find over a few pints. The result is Schultz’s new book, Innovation on Tap: Stories of Entrepreneurship from the Cotton Gin to Broadway's Hamilton, and on this episode of Skydeck, he and I discuss what two...
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- 11 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Usher in the Next Generation
entrepreneurs discussing women's often uneasy relationship with money and power. Their panel session, titled "Women and Entrepreneurship in Contemporary America," held on October 25 as part of the two-day conference, was...
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by Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Are Company Founders Underpaid?
the founders of Zipcar, a case we teach in our first-year entrepreneurship course. The Zipcar founders, who barely knew each other before founding the company, split the equity simply, shaking hands over a 50-50 split. One founder joined...
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- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
But change cannot wait, says Barna, just one of many alumni and academics in the entrepreneurship and investing sectors who advocate steps toward inclusivity like the ideas offered here. “Innovation through startups is shaping the future...
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- 02 May 2016
- News
Building Startup Skills for Business and Life
Island school district the skills to develop and run their own startups and to begin to think more broadly about careers. E360 is a year-long entrepreneurship curriculum at the Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center, a...
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- 13 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
What is the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program? A Q&A with Professor Tom Eisenmann
learn more. Professor Eisenmann chairs the HBS Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and leads a January Term Startup Bootcamp for first-year MBAs. In recent years, Eisenmann has served as Chair of Harvard's MBA Elective Curriculum—the...
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- 26 Aug 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Built for Global Competition from the Start
students just those skills. When Kerr started drafting a syllabus for the course, he knew fresh business cases were needed—much of the academic research and course materials on global entrepreneurship he reviewed were dated. For example,...
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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
At age 26, Ronald Cohen (MBA ’69) planted the seed of a great idea in inhospitable British soil. With three HBS classmates, he cofounded a consulting firm to advise entrepreneurial businesses. Admittedly, it was a risk. Entrepreneurship...
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- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
It has been said that because of the case method, entrepreneurship has always been at the core of a Harvard Business School education. The case method, after all, teaches students to analyze problems, think creatively, and be alert for...
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- 19 Apr 2017
- News
Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action
a clone of Silicon Valley, but as a unique, networked support system with its own identity. Positioning Chicago as a city conducive to entrepreneurship required ongoing, deliberate efforts on the part of Emanuel (who was sworn in as mayor...
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Nneka Ezeigwe
yourself? I’m taking advantage of HBS’ focus on entrepreneurship to test myself and see if this is a path I’d want to take in the future. With one of my classmates, I entered the New Venture Competition this year. Our idea: a fast-fashion...
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- 04 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Finding My Passion in the Startup Space
many possibilities unfold in front of you. I considered startups in the US or in Europe's tech hubs, but ultimately from following Greece's entrepreneurship scene, I found Blueground, a rare exception from the lot. The company is in hyper...
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