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06 Jan 2020
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Brandon Lovell (MBA 2020) Talks Growing Up in the South Bronx, Year Up, and the Value of a Supportive Community

Brandon Lovell (MBA 2020) grew up in the South Bronx with no clear path set before him. After graduating from High School, Brandon spent a few years searching for his next step when one day, he was introduced to Year Up and his path started coming into focus. Year Up,... View Details

14 Aug 2024
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Entrepreneurial Insights: Lindsey Chrismon, Co-Founder of MyHome

02 May 2014
Video

Booya Fitness: 2014 New Venture Competition Business Track Runner-Up

November 2021 (Revised March 2022)
Teaching Note

Husk Power: Scaling the Venture

By: Benjamin N. Roth and Natalia Rigol

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 819-069. View Details

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January 2020
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Just Like Mom's Contemplates Plant-based Meat

By: Lena G. Goldberg, Michael S. Kaufman and Joseph A. Paul

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26 Mar 2018
News

Yoshi: The Story Behind The Startup That Brings Car Maintenance To You

Keywords: Personal Services

01 Feb 1999
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Entrepreneurs Speak at HBS

Richard Branson, the British entrepreneur, corporate titan, and death-defying balloonist, touched down at HBS last fall to share his wit and wisdom with a large Burden Hall audience. Branson, founder and chairman of the Virgin Group, a London-based global empire of... View Details

30 Apr 2015
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A Warehouse Dash with Rent the Runway

Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

14 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Our Top 5 Blog Posts of 2020

individuals and as employers, to improve diversity, inclusion and understanding at one’s organization. Discover resources and recommendations compiled from experts at the Harvard Business School, along with actions you can take now to make a lasting difference. 3.... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

05 Jan 2015
News

Ajay Piramal: Making A Difference

17 Oct 2014
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A passion for alleviating poverty and inequality

Patricio (“Pato”) Bichara (MBA 2015) is passionate about the need to alleviate poverty and inequality in his native Mexico and the role he expects to play in this challenge. (Published October 2014) View Details

01 Jun 2007
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Mission Possible

change,” says Childress. Why the shift in attitude? “Some people point to 9/11 as creating a heightened awareness of the world as an interconnected system and spurring a search for meaning,” observes Childress. “It may also be generational. Social View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Margie Kelley; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

25 Aug 2014
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Alumni Achievement Awards Video

29 Nov 2017
Blog Post

HBS, A Dream and Trey: How HBS Helped Me Launch My Social Enterprise

to build skills required to succeed as an early stage entrepreneur. Next, we advanced to the semifinal round of the New Venture Competition (NVC), an annual entrepreneurship competition that awards $300,000 in cash prizes to HBS startup... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Case Study: Your Data, Your Health

during a Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship at HBS. The startup employs a system for collecting reproductive cell samples from a tampon, which the customer sends to the lab for genomic analysis. The lab then provides... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Jun 2014
News

Innovation: An Orchestra of One

practicing musician in real time. Raphael told Chao that he was already working with a Boston-based music producer and entrepreneur, and put the two in touch. At Chao's urging, the group entered Music+1 (the product's name at the time) in the University-wide Deans'... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment

01 Mar 2004
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Drug Imports a Hot Topic at Alumni Health-Care Conference

Conference Coverage on the Working Knowledge website. MBA Program’s Entrepreneurship Activities Cited as National Model The scope and excellence of Harvard Business School’s MBA activities in View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2009
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Crisis and Creativity

creates an opening for entrepreneurs who can meet the profitability challenge by reexamining the whole business model — a process that might involve customer acquisition or retention, or pricing innovations. It is only fitting for the downturn to precipitate a fresh... View Details

Keywords: Bhaskar Chakravorti

26 Apr 2011
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BioMine Strikes Gold

Entrepreneurship Fellowship, and Student Business Plan Contest have been announced. Representing the HBS Association of Northern California and the HBS Tech Alumni Club, BioMine, led by co-founder and CEO Privahini Bradoo (MBA '08), took... View Details

Keywords: Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

30 Oct 2017
News

Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success

members, civic leaders, philanthropists, role models, and connectors for young people who are economically vulnerable.” Yet when Rice looked around the classroom and saw few people who looked like him, “I asked, ‘why is that?’” As a result, during his second year, he... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

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