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11 Oct 2023
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Soldier On

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes In November of 2022, 33-year-old Phillip Jones (MPA/MBA 2021) was elected mayor of Newport News, Virginia, where he had spent part View Details

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Philanthropy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

definition of capitalism. Strategy for Philanthropic Organizations Foundations have traditionally focused on doing good by providing funding to worthy social enterprises. Instead, foundations should set the... View Details

01 Jun 1999
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Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

years, the mutual fund would shake up established norms of wealth creation and distribution in the United States. Indeed, it would help reshape America by uniting Wall Street and Main Street, two disparate... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

09 Jun 2015
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Yat-Pang (MBA 2000) and Helina Au

10th Reunion, and Howard Stevenson responded.” Stevenson, the Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, introduced Au to principals of a major hedge fund who... View Details

24 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti

change the way a charitable organization solicits donations. “Donors don’t just want to buy medical equipment and supplies. They want to buy outcomes” Rather than asking for funds toward a new building or a supply View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

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HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni

2000), Blitzscaling Network Effects & the Next Big Thing James Currier (MBA 1999), NFX Fundraising in a Post-Bubble Era Jeffrey J. Bussgang (MBA 1995), Hack Diversity; Flybridge Capital Partners; and Senior Lecturer of Business... View Details

23 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit

through 20,000 WhatsApp groups at a cost of approximately 10 cents per child, per year. The company has raised $1 million from institutions, including Harvard, MIT, and the World Economic Forum; venture View Details

01 Jun 1999
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Allison Hughes

summer, Hughes will join Lone Pine Capital, a billion-dollar hedge fund based in Greenwich, Connecticut, as a managing director. "I think my penchant for numbers and my love of competition truly go back to... View Details

Keywords: Charlie Hogg

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Research - Private Capital Project

Research Research November 2024 Case Moonfare and the Democratization of Private Equity By: Victoria Ivashina and Srimayi Mylavarapu Founded in 2016, Moonfare headquartered in Europe, was a pioneer in the “democratization” View Details

01 Jun 2022
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Is Stakeholder Management Facing New Headwinds?

(iStockphoto/Krle) Advocates for stakeholders—including employees, customers, suppliers, the “community,” and investors—have dominated the discussion of leadership and management over the past two decades. They believe that enlightened... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jun 2023
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Bridging the ESG Data Gap

Megan Murday The idea for a digital platform to help venture capitalists calculate, benchmark, and improve portfolio ESG performance crystallized while Megan Murday (MBA 2021) was studying at HBS. Now the CEO of the software startup... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

09 Apr 2024
Research & Ideas

When Climate Goals, Housing Policy, and Corporate R&D Collide, Social Good Can Emerge

For almost four years, Omar Asensio and his colleagues have been studying the impact of federal energy programs on low-income neighborhoods. The intersection of technology—artificial intelligence, in particular—and public policy has long been an area of focus for... View Details

Keywords: by Glen Justice

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Industry Information - Alumni

Updated annually. Crunchbase News An online publication funded and supported by Crunchbase, a public database of private companies with funding information. Topics covered... View Details

02 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

protection, and a trust fund to enhance whooping crane habitats elsewhere. Working solo or jointly at the drawing board, negotiators sometimes can discover hidden sources of value and then craft agreements... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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In The Classroom - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Business School. Many of our faculty members have also been involved in writing cases. Are you looking for something specific? Please email us and we will direct you... View Details

15 Dec 2023
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Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

Norwegian investment fund for developing countries which has committed 60 percent of its portfolio to sub-Saharan Africa. Fynn asked the panelists why they’re investing and building businesses in Africa; why... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

management to what you originally wanted." At the same time, the fixed-performance contract fosters the fear in managers that if they don't spend what's left over in their budgets at the end of the year, their View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gary

08 Nov 2013
HBS Seminar

Laura Diaz Anadon, Harvard Kennedy School

29 May 2023
News

Nurturing Breakthrough Ideas

the lab spaces and the virtual world, to spark and nurture breakthrough concepts that solve problems and improve lives. Gifts to the HBS Fund provide the flexible funding needed to launch and sustain... View Details

03 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Recent Grad Reflections: From Being Cold Called to Becoming a Case Protagonist

Janelle Teng is from the Harvard Business School Class of 2020 and a proud member of Section C. While at HBS, Janelle was on the leadership team for the Venture Capital and Private Equity Club and the Women... View Details

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