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- 01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand
and pursue my personal passions of women's economic empowerment and education. I began at Merrill Lynch, but in pursuit of independence, I eventually became an entrepreneur, founding and building a venture View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
islands.) But the delays and costs involved nearly killed the company, which survived only with support from the WPTO. Capital expenditures for sources of marine energy are another stumbling block. The equipment that is required to... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
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Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue
Associate Professor Joshua Lerner spoke about opportunities and challenges in the venture capital and community development fields; Professor James L. Heskett discussed strategy and community revitalization;... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
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Q & A: Bain & Company's Thomas J. Tierney
called eVolution with venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins and buyout specialists Texas Pacific Group. This new partnership focuses on traditional corporations that are interested in spinning off new... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
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New Economy Notables: John Doerr
John Doerr Photo courtesy of John Doerr The summer after his first year at HBS, armed with a master's in electrical engineering from Rice University, John Doerr moved to California for two reasons. "I wanted to apprentice with a venture... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
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All in Good Time
O’Kelly’s mind, as is, ironically, maintaining balance in her own life. “Amid ups and downs, I do feel like I’m achieving it,” says O’Kelly, who declined venture capital funding so that she could maintain... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Can the United States Avoid a Fractured Future?
ENRIQUEZ: People take too much for granted. PHOTO BY JEFF THIEBAUTH As CEO of Biotechonomy, a life-sciences research and venture capital firm, Juan Enriquez (MBA ’86) has examined the impact of life sciences... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
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Three Decades of Change and Counting
Now in its 31st year, the Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP) offers rising college seniors who are typically underrepresented in the business school classroom the opportunity to live the MBA experience for one week each... View Details
- 10 Nov 2020
- News
Learning to Fight
startup, that’s because he is. In addition to serving as president of the board of directors at the Sontag Foundation, Sontag is the president of The Spring Bay Companies, an investment group he helped found. The Sontag Foundation also is considering launching a View Details
Keywords: April White
- 04 Nov 2020
- News
The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
connected me because of her venture capital position to a startup role. And it was a hard left in terms of my career direction, but actually my HBS sectionmates convinced me to take the interview and I... View Details
- 06 Mar 2019
- News
Making Sabbaticals Mainstream
longer than three years, that's very costly to companies. I've seen companies that already get that. I've seen venture capital firms. I've seen law firms. I've seen tech firms. But it's really, I think,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
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School’s Entrepreneurial Spirit Runs Deep
the form of hugely successful companies like Staples and Orbital Sciences) and indirectly (for example, through the venture capital industry). “These stories are about restless academics who can’t quite stay... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Health-Care Initiative to Leverage Ongoing Efforts
Dean Kim B. Clark has announced the formation of a faculty initiative in health care, with HBS professor of management practice Richard G. Hamermesh serving as chair. Technology strategy, the design of care delivery, consumer-driven health care, team learning and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
End of Campaign Celebrated
advisers, regulators, and various transaction facilitators. Higgins presented an overview of venture capital in Asia, noting that most deals involve investments in late-stage companies and that over half of... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Devtosh Khare
a business plan to solicit venture capital and helped with strategic planning for a new Web-based product launch. To further expand his knowledge of India's thriving entrepreneurial landscape, Khare also did... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman photograph by Webb Chappell
- 19 Apr 2017
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Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action
technology, Tebbe is a chief organizer of the third annual Chicago Venture Summit this September. “We have capital returning from both coasts,” he said. Efforts are in place to ensure job growth and economic... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
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Ronald P. Mitchell
notes that HBS Ventures generated more than $80,000 for the SA this academic year. "By subsidizing items like yearbooks, as well as social events and intramurals, those funds cut students' costs dramatically." During his tenure, Mitchell... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 02 Nov 2015
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Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
Ralph Lauren Home shop in Filene’s. That forced me to engage with people on a new level and to convince them to spend $50 on a towel,” he says. He ultimately finished Duke and moved to New York City in 1987 to work at Chemical Bank, first as an investment banker, then... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Navigating Success in Volatile Times
impact on our lives," Young added. The HBSAAA's second annual preconference, Venture Capital and Private Equity Summit, was held on Friday. The program, titled "Building New Networks," drew 160 participants,... View Details
- 16 Jul 2020
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Accounting for Real Change
environmental record. Cohen, who serves as chairman of the Portland Trust and the Impact-Weighted Accounts Project at HBS, is a philanthropist, venture capitalist, private equity investor, and social innovator. He is also the author of... View Details