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- 20 Aug 2021
- News
Why Startups Fail
- 21 Dec 2017
- News
A Decent Place to Live
Tjada D’Oyen McKenna (MBA 2002) is chief operating officer of Habitat for Humanity International. In this interview she talks about the critical importance of providing decent housing for people around the world. “I have the privilege and honor of being the chief...
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- 26 Oct 2015
- News
Sal Khan Goes Back to School
The revolution started several years ago with Khan Academy, an innovative online portal of educational videos and tutorials that has attracted millions of followers and showed educators a thing or two about the way today’s children learn. Founder Sal Khan (MBA 2003) is...
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- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Helping the Unemployed Find Work and Self-Esteem
In the late 1990s, when the UK recruitment firm started in 1960 by his father, Sir Alec Reed, won a government contract to provide welfare-to-work employment services, James Reed (MBA 1990) knew success would require some innovative thinking. “Our strength was placing...
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- 19 Nov 2014
- News
Helping family businesses succeed and thrive
For more than 25 years, Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien (MBA 1954) and his family foundation have been enabling others learn how to manage successful family-run businesses. (Published November 2014)
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- 22 Oct 2014
- News
Closing the opportunity divide for low-income young adults
Gerald Chertavian (MBA 1992) founded Year Up to offer technical and professional skills training to arm economically disadvantaged young people with the professional skills they need to contribute to society. In this video he describes the original concept for the...
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- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Case Study: Declawing the Competition
Illustration by Peter Arkle KitNipBox is a monthly subscription service for cat owners. Each box contains products designed to keep cats happy, healthy, and fit: toys, treats, health and hygiene products, must-have accessories, innovative new gadgets, and other unique...
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- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Pooling resources to tackle India's social challenges
Ravi Venkatesan (MBA 1992), former chairman of Microsoft India, left the corporate world to launch Social Venture Partners (SVP) India, which brings together concerned citizens to solve economic and social problems through venture philanthropy. He hopes this also...
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leading by example at a global company
Hiroshi Mikitani (MBA 1993), CEO of Rakuten, talks about leading a global company and the competitive advantages of speaking English. (Published April 2014)
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Providing education and opportunities to children in Pakistan
Seema Aziz (OPM 39, 2010), cofounder of Bareeze, a global luxury textile and clothing brand based in Pakistan, started the CARE Foundation to provide education and opportunities for children in rural Pakistan. In this video conducted prior to the W50 celebration of...
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- Portrait Project
Wilson Kyi
However, as I embark on my personal journey, I cannot always make my parents proud. As I pursue my passion for entrepreneurship and building newer companies, I can sense their disappointment when they cannot brag to their friends with...
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Elaine MacDonald Archives | Social Enterprise
Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 3 Results Leadership In Challenging Times: Elaine MacDonald (MBA 1998) Elaine MacDonald 22 Apr...
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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
@Soldiers Field
In June, 90 young leaders from nine US cities convened for three days of case discussions focused on cross-sector collaborative efforts to improve workforce skills, education, infrastructure, and entrepreneurship in their home region....
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Sara Marcus Archives | Social Enterprise
Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 2 Results HBS Student Club Spotlight: Social Enterprise Club Andrea Frederick Lily Fu Sara Marcus...
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- 06 Aug 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Buy Local? The Geography of Successful and Unsuccessful Venture Capital Expansion
- 22 May 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
The Speed of New Ideas: Trust, Institutions and the Diffusion of New Products
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by Felix Oberholzer-Gee & Joel Waldfogel
- March 2022 (Revised January 2023)
- Case
Bored Ape Yacht Club: Navigating the NFT World
By: Scott Duke Kominers, Das Narayandas and Kerry Herman
The case explores the rise and popularity of the Bored Ape Yacht Club non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
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Kominers, Scott Duke, Das Narayandas, and Kerry Herman. "Bored Ape Yacht Club: Navigating the NFT World." Harvard Business School Case 822-065, March 2022. (Revised January 2023.)
- November 2016 (Revised October 2018)
- Case
IguanaFix
By: Frank V. Cespedes, Thomas R. Eisenmann, Maria Fernanda Miguel and Laura Urdapilleta
IguanaFix is a rapidly scaling Latin American startup that provides an online platform connecting consumers with home improvement contractors. The founders have acquired customers through both B2C and B2B methods. But in seeking to grow and scale the business, they now...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Marketing;
Home Improvement Services;
Marketing Management;
Scaling;
Entrepreneurship;
Marketing;
Sales;
Online Advertising;
Latin America
Cespedes, Frank V., Thomas R. Eisenmann, Maria Fernanda Miguel, and Laura Urdapilleta. "IguanaFix." Harvard Business School Case 817-056, November 2016. (Revised October 2018.)
- January 2013
- Teaching Note
INNOVA-MEX's Bid for ENKONTROL (TN)
By: William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
In their second year, two Mexican HBS MBAs joined forces to start a search fund based in Mexico City. They had raised money to acquire an existing private company in Mexico with an initial enterprise value between $5 million and $15 million. Just seven months after...
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- 24 May 2008
- Conference Presentation
The Deinstitutionalization of Social Practices and the Emergence of Entrepreneurial Opportunities
By: Shon R. Hiatt, Wesley Sine and Pamela Tolbert