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Judging | New Venture Competition
Executive Director | CoFounder, Vantage Ventures | Fintech Sandbox Sascha Mornell Co-founder and CEO, Getmyboat Sean Lanagan President & CEO, CAMP Systems International Shayne Gilbert President, Future Forward Events Stephanie Rowe...
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- 21 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow
business that is creating economic opportunity for marginalized communities in the United States. McClain, who also completed a master’s in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, will serve as chief of staff at BrightUp, a seed-stage Boston-based View Details
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Bringing a Taste of Japan to the World - Global Activities 2020
start of an unexpected educational journey. With a background in artificial intelligence and finance, Sasago thought launching a software or fintech startup might be in his future. But shortly after arriving on campus in 2018, he...
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- 01 Mar 2023
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The Latest Model
was booming: The price of bitcoin had surged to nearly $20,000; governments were beginning to recognize the cryptocurrency as legal tender; and industries from fintech to pharma were launching blockchain-related projects. (Though best...
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- 25 Apr 2024
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Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #18: Tom Ferguson (MBA 2014) Venture Capitalist and Water Evangelist
not tell the story, however. “You need to prove that you can make money at the early stage. Markets are only obvious in retrospect. Fintech was thought of as a nonsense market in 2008.” Tom explained, “Everything that’s worth doing is...
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- 23 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money
the Boston area. [Image: BalkansCat ] Related Reading How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms What do great...
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- 07 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends
be clean tech, which half a dozen years ago was red hot and is now in the doldrums. Fintech (financial technology) has come out of nowhere to be a hot area for investment. This continuous flow is part and parcel of the territory in the...
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- 04 Aug 2023
- Blog Post
Four Remarkable Stories of HBS MBA Students Tackling Climate Change
businesses to access financing for solar,” Chidalu explains. (01:11) In 2022, Chidalu founded her fintech company Earthbond, with the mission to empower Nigerians and their businesses with affordable financing for clean and reliable...
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- 23 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
have led to their trajectory of becoming the largest utility by market cap in the U.S., underscoring their influence and leadership in the energy sector. Ines's role prior to HBS was Corporate Business Strategy at Mercado Libre (E-commerce & View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Well Matched
Serena Ventures, a fund backed by Williams with an emphasis on startups that make diverse leadership and inclusivity a priority. Rapaport manages a portfolio of close to 60 early-stage investments focused on companies in the health, lifestyle, and View Details
- 19 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Building a Powerful Network of Talent at American Tower
Graham Sinars (MBA 2019). For Nyanteki-Owusu, her summer internship experience working at a fintech startup in Nigeria reinforced her interest in building her career on the continent in the short to long term. In addition, Nyantekyi-Owusu...
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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
Illustrations by Dan Bejar Illustrations by Dan Bejar When she began investigating Airbnb’s smart-pricing algorithm several years ago, Assistant Professor Shunyuan Zhang wasn’t looking for evidence that it generated discriminatory outcomes, a problem known as...
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- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Making It Count
impact revolution will sweep through all industries from clean energy and telemedicine to fintech and edtech, he predicts. And with $7 trillion in venture capital and private equity available globally—far more than existed at the start of...
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- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817051-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 617-060 Ant Financial Headquartered in Hangzhou (China), Ant Financial has grown into a fintech “Unicorn.” The View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
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Betsy Edwards
Betsy (HGSE, '12) is a Corporate Relations Director in HBS Career & Professional Development with over ten years of coaching experience. Her focus is on supporting students and alumni seeking an impact-oriented career primarily in the health care, energy and...
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- 11 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Supporting Independent Workers During COVID-19: One Phone Call at a Time
balancing act is perhaps too eloquent; it was more like juggling a few bowling balls while climbing up 10 flights of stairs. I would focus 100% on my internship with an LA-based fintech startup during the day, and then 100% on FinGig in...
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- 25 Aug 2022
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Labs Enable Large-scale Research
content, crypto and fintech are likely to play an even bigger role. Shai Bernstein and Marco Di Maggio (both HBS), working with Scott Duke Kominers (HBS) and David Parkes (SEAS), will focus on a range of topics related to blockchain,...
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- 23 Jun 2021
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How I Sourced My Internship Outside of the US: Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu
She was active in the Africa Business Club and spoke openly with her classmates about her goals. “A classmate put me in touch with her sister who was working at OPay (a fintech company in Lagos, Nigeria) who was very generous connecting...
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- 07 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase
hours reduce electricity bills? Perhaps for the first time, small-business owners accustomed to monthly accounting might need to track day-to-day spending so they can react quickly to changing economic conditions. Free and low-cost tools from banks and View Details
- 30 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
questions about the future of dispersed ownership and the separation between management and ownership,” says Viceira. “The way we answer these questions may literally determine the future of capitalism.” Related Reading: Why Millennials Flock to View Details