Publications

September 1985
Background Note

Pre-Start Analysis: A Framework for Thinking About Business Ventures

By: Howard H. Stevenson and John R. Van Slyke

Describes the thought process an entrepreneur should undergo before committing to a course of action. Covers understanding the opportunity--assessing the critical skills, resources, relationships, and approvals--developing an action plan; forming a business entity;... View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Entrepreneurship; Framework; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Skills; Resource Allocation

2009
Chapter

Offshoring: Why Venture Capital-Backed Businesses Stay at Home

By: Amar Bhidé

Find at Harvard

19 Apr 2018
News

Harvard Business School Names Winners of 21st New Venture Competition at Finale

24 Apr 2015
Video

RapidSOS Grand Prize winner of 2015 New Venture Competition business track

28 Sep 2017
News

Why Venture Capitalists Aren’t Funding The Businesses We Need

August 2020 (Revised November 2024)
Case

NextView Ventures

By: Jo Tango and Nori Gerardo Lietz

David Beisel, Rob Go, and Lee Hower are non-partners at different-and-established venture capital (VC) firms. They decide to leave their positions to start a new seed-stage VC firm. The case covers the genesis of the firm, the formulation of its strategy and... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Business Startups; Strategy

February 2008 (Revised August 2014)
Case

MedVal Ventures

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Is medical travel a viable business opportunity? A group of MBA students consider the pros and cons of starting a business that would send people from the U.S. to India for elective non-emergency surgeries. View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Cost Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Travel Industry; India; United States

01 Dec 2023
News

Joint Venture

The human knee is a marvel. It’s the hinge at the center of our gait, the evolutionary adaptation that makes humans the only fully bipedal mammals on the planet. But the knee also is a complicated and vulnerable knot of bone, muscle, and sinew. Nearly everyone knows... View Details

Keywords: Shoshi Parks

28 Jan 2016
News

Inside Harvard Business School’s Startup Machine

Keywords: New Venture Competition

Web

New Venture Competition | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

for eligible graduate students across Harvard University to explore social entrepreneurship and test ideas for social innovation in a rigorous and supportive environment. Social Enterprise Track entries may include nonprofit, for-profit, and hybrid model View Details

26 Jan 2018
News

Harvard Business School Announces RISE Program to Help Alumni Entrepreneurs Scale Ventures

26 Apr 2017
News

Harvard Business School Names Winners and Celebrates 20th New Venture Competition at Finale

19 Apr 2018
Video

Alpha Vantage Final Pitch New Venture Competition 2018 Business Track

February 1985 (Revised January 1989)
Teaching Note

Introduction: Instructor's Manual: New Business Ventures and the Entrepreneur

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Startups

April 2022
Case

Pear Venture Capital

By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo

Keith Bender, Principal at Pear Venture Capital, is working over the weekend to prepare for a Monday morning investment meeting. He has three startup pitch decks in front of him, and he must choose one to recommend at the meeting. He finds that each company has its... View Details

Keywords: Seed Investing; Seed Financing; Startup; Decision Choices and Conditions; Presentations; Business Startups; Investment; Venture Capital; United States