Business Ventures - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Feb 2022
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March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

Corp. cofounders Abrams and Hodgson crystallize their hard-won advice into a single how-to guide for small business owners. In Level Up, they share behind-the-scenes stories of building their own businesses, as well as actionable,... View Details

13 Jan 2021
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Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”

Bedford, Massachusetts in the 1800s, where we saw the roots of the venture capital industry. Then, of course, we found ourselves in Silicon Valley, where so many of the brands that shape our daily life got their start in humble garages.... View Details

16 Jan 2018
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Celebrating the Impact of Nonprofits

place during the day, between 10 a.m. and 2 or 3 p.m. and we try to mix a bit of business education with every activity.” Past activities have included a private tour of the Federal Reserve Bank with a discussion with executives, a lunch... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2001
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Q&A: Donna Dubinsky

products, but I appreciate them when they’re well done, so I’m a sounding board for him without being a back-seat driver. At the same time, I “design” businesses. Jeff has great common sense about all business matters, so he serves as a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; PalmPilot; Apple; Telecommunications; Information

16 Jul 2013
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Embracing Chaos

Ravi Venkatesan If anyone could write the recipe for business success in emerging markets, it would be Ravi Venkatesan (MBA 1992). After all, he's led not one, but two, major multinational companies—Cummins and Microsoft—in India and... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

24 Aug 2017
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Unlocking Potential

path for criminal justice. A family dinner-table conversation about the concept of recidivism eventually led Anderson to pursue a business education, jobs working on private-sector approaches to the problem, and ultimately to found her... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; Community Partners; Legal Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2015
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Faculty Q&A: The Working World

as pursuits like marketing or law. RELATED HBSP Entrepreneurship Reading: Launching Global Ventures Immigration is such a hot-button topic in politics. Do you hold out any hope that your research can provide a more balanced perspective? I... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2012
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Putting Ghosts to Rest

Illustration by Jeffrey Smith Follow the Passion & Purpose blog A new book about dynamic young Harvard Business School MBAs, Passion & Purpose: Stories from the Best and Brightest Young Business Leaders... View Details

Keywords: Chris Maloney; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 1997
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Making Real Progress in the Middle East: The Bottom-Up, Economic Solution

than 35 Israeli-Jordanian and Israeli- Egyptian joint ventures are already up and running. Why are top Middle Eastern business leaders now seeking out strategic alliances with their neighbors? What benefits... View Details

Keywords: Michael Porter, Yagil Weinberg, and Noreena Hertz

12 Jan 2017
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Personalizing Women’s Path to Success

caught the entrepreneurial bug. She realized she was passionate about solving problems with new and innovative solutions. Three years later, the newly married Skeete Tatum applied to HBS to pivot to venture capital, and convinced her... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Sep 2010
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Start-Ups Make Their Pitch

industry to the production of mechanical (“dumb”) and electronic (“smart”) beds. Eventually, he expects to develop an entire suite of compact hospital room furnishings. The Alumni New Venture Contest was created with two goals in mind: to... View Details

Keywords: awards; Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Apr 2001
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Ed Tian: Boardroom Revolutionary

myself. That sounds very simple, but it’s actually very difficult to do in China.” In addition, the top executives have a stake in the venture through stock options — another innovation. “That’s a very significant step for a Chinese state... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Telecommunications; Information

19 Apr 2017
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Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action

Silicon Valley’s name is dominant in the history of entrepreneurship. So where does that leave other cities that want to get in on the action? On April 13 in Spangler Auditorium, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a panel of area business... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Emmanuel

01 Dec 2013
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Oscar Winners

service." The three men—who have experience with tech companies such as Instagram, MakerBot, Microsoft, and Vostu, which Kushner cofounded—are backed by $40 million in venture capital. Said Nazemi, who first flashed his entrepreneurial... View Details

Keywords: Insurance Carriers and Related Activities; Finance; Health, Social Assistance

31 Jul 2016
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You Rang?

venture capital—to ask how they were doing it. Their answer? Help. So the pair hired a woman from Craigslist to assist with chores like grocery shopping and picking up the dry cleaning, splitting the expense. Intrigued neighbors asked if... View Details

05 Oct 2016
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Harvard to Open Life Sciences Lab

and outcomes, and will reinforce President Drew Faust’s vision of One Harvard. All three labs benefit from their close proximity to Harvard Business School and upcoming the Science and Engineering Complex – which will be the new home of... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Mar 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019

church history, need updating to be more creditable. The Hilco Story: Discovering a Diamond in Our Own Backyard by Art Hilsinger (MBA 1952) Independently published Hilsinger offers a candid, clear-eyed look at the process of building a successful business. The View Details

01 Jun 2022
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Sunny Side

When Miami-based venture capital firm ANIMO Ventures launched in 2018, cofounder Nico Berardi (MBA 2018) traveled weekly. “It was 80 percent San Francisco, maybe 20 percent New York,” he recalls. But the... View Details