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09 May 2013
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Clusters of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Keywords: by Aaron Chatterji, Edward Glaeser & William Kerr

August 2021
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Andreessen Horowitz’s Cultural Leadership Fund (A)

By: Anita Elberse, Briana Richardson and Cydni Williams

In May 2020, Chris Lyons, a partner at leading venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz receives the news that his company has reached a verbal agreement with one of Silicon Valley’s hottest social-media startups to lead its ‘Series A’ funding round, in a deal that... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment; Talent Management; General Management; Inclusion; Talent and Talent Management; Diversity; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Networks; Nonprofit Organizations

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07 Mar 2011
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Why Companies Fail—and How Their Founders Can Bounce Back

venture to be all about the technology or all about the sales, without taking time to form a balanced plan. “In Silicon Valley, the fact that your enterprise has failed is actually a badge of honor.” And all too often, they do not give... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

28 Sep 2023
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What Ray Dalio Can Teach Us About Global Venture and Startups

Lazarow. “Founders should find an approach that works for them, aligns incentives, allows people’s voices to be heard and helps everyone be the best they can be every day.” READ MORE LISTEN: Lazarow discuss how entrepreneurs and ecosystems across the globe are... View Details

07 Feb 2022
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Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success

learning as key to success in the digital era. To help employees see the possibilities of a digital future, participants orchestrated visits to innovation hubs (like Silicon Valley) and opportunities to interact with people in other... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards

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United States California – Silicon Valley Established in 1997, the California Research Center (CRC) enriches the intellectual activities of HBS faculty and fortifies the connection between the Boston campus and the West Coast. The... View Details

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Healthy Outcomes - Managing the Future of Work

Caregiving Crisis Hurting Firm Profitability, Employee Productivity HBS 16 Jan 2019 | HBS Newsroom Why Silicon Valley needs more visas Henrique Dubugras 13 Jan 2019 | TechCrunch Red tape, rhetoric and the race for global talent Lisa... View Details

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

Case Andreessen Horowitz By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Liz Kind Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), a venture capital firm launched in 2009, has quickly broken into the VC industry's top ranks, in terms of its ability to invest in Silicon Valley's... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Preparing Global Leaders

to offer need-based scholarships that encourage a diversity of thought in the classroom. The support that alumni and friends provide plays an essential role in HBS’s efforts to deepen the worldview of all members of its community. Global Outposts Expand HBS’s... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Action Plan: In Context

Sara Jane Ho (MBA 2012) knows that many people think of etiquette as outdated, nothing more than “stuffy, stuffy old manners.” She has made a career—and now a Netflix series, Mind Your Manners—out of updating this old-fashioned perspective. “I see etiquette as the... View Details

Keywords: April White; communication; manners; business; entrepreneurship; China; human behavior

01 Sep 2023
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Made in Italy

Lecturer Jeffrey Rayport) Silicon Valley: Decoding “Growth” in Silicon Valley (led by Senior Lecturer Mark Roberge) Before entering his second year at HBS in the fall of 2022, Paul Styslinger (MBA 2023) gave... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2023
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In My Humble Opinion: Plugged In

In a career spent investing in innovative startups at Intel, leading National Grid’s innovation and investment operations, and founding a nonpro t dedicated to advancing women and minorities to positions of top corporate leadership, Lisa Lambert (MBA 1997) always has... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

04 Jan 2024
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Great Heights

In 2019, after more than a decade scaling the heights of product management in Silicon Valley, Lisa Kostova (MBA 2009) decided to take on a different kind of climb. Over a sabbatical year, Kostova trained for and summited Denali, which,... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford

02 Nov 2023
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Seeding Startups

Shirish Nadkarni (MBA 1987) was the director of product planning for Microsoft’s MSN when he decided he was ready to become an entrepreneur. He had recently led the growing internet portal’s 1997 acquisition of Hotmail, the first free, web-based email solution, and the... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Entrepreneurial Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

Net Zero (also listed under General Management) Vikram Gandhi January 2025 J 3.0 IFC: Silicon Valley; Disrupting Silicon Valley with AI Mark Roberge January 2025 J 3.0 Launching Tech Ventures Christina... View Details

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Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship | About

heart of Silicon Valley. His landmark 2003 gift to establish the Rock Center funded not only a home base for entrepreneurship faculty, but also a lasting foundation for innovative course development, MBA and doctoral fellowships,... View Details

30 Mar 2021
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Commuting Hurts Productivity and Your Best Talent Suffers Most

offered $10,000 bonuses to employees who moved closer to the company’s main campus in Menlo Park, California. Google went even further in 2017, providing affordable, modular housing for hundreds of workers in Silicon Valley. The research... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

(2012) California Solar Energy (2011) Silicon Valley (California) Internet-Based Services (2011) Minnesota Medical Devices (2011) Massachusetts Higher Education and Knowledge Cluster (2010) The North Carolina Furniture Cluster (2009)... View Details

04 Apr 2023
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How Does Remote Work Affect Innovation?

affect innovation? What do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments below. References: Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Alan Eagle, Trillion Dollar Coach: Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley’s Bill Campbell (HarperCollins,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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