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- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
offense, but I think the best situation is not to need venture capital money! For Calyx & Corolla, the top VCs were courting me, but I realized I didn't need them. So I started the company with View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 01 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Reflecting on the Value of an MBA
You get a lot of good advice at HBS. I’ve kept pretty much every single sheet of paper I’ve received while I’ve been here, trying to retain it for later. One sticks with me now as I head back into the world of work. On the last day of my View Details
- Blog
When Generations Learn Together
What happens when a father and son team up to attend executive education programs together? Bracken Seaberg (BS) and Jim Seaberg (JS) discuss their shared experiences in Private Equity and View Details
- 20 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 20, 2007
problem for the consortium is how much to raise its previous bid. A reasonable bid must be based upon how much value the private equity consortium can create through improvements in Hertz's global operations... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Drug Imports a Hot Topic at Alumni Health-Care Conference
slowdown of wireless technology, and the increasingly bright outlook for venture capital and private equity. Global private View Details
- 05 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
4 Things You Should Know about Entrepreneurship at HBS
the product or putting together a team. I’ll never forget the advice from my Venture Capital and Private Equity professor our final day in class.... View Details
- 25 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Climate Leaders Program
global agribusiness company where I had the opportunity to work with farmers in Europe, the United States, and Southeast Asia. Later, I transitioned into venture capital investing, specifically focusing on... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
billion in venture capital money, an all-time record and 35% more than the previous year. The opportunities to bring new technological breakthroughs to the sector are massive, whether it be in robotics,... View Details
Keywords: Energy / Cleantech
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
it was all debt finance) or by accepting larger chunks of capital from a major global bank and a private equity firm, getting them much closer to the threshold but at the cost... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
A Casual Approach to Success
to Hellman & Friedman, LLC, the well-respected private equity investment firm he cofounded (with Tully Friedman) in 1984. Hellman is one of the Bay Area’s most successful investment bankers, generous... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes
runs his own venture capital firm, Bear Ventures LLC. “With his multiple investments in various early- and mid-stage companies, his point of view is invaluable to me,” she... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 14 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2007
The degree to which equity values impound the estimated fair values of R&D depends upon the extent to which the private information implicit in the R&D estimates is reflected in investor... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors - Course Catalog
a board of directors as you create and grow your company. Others will join private equity or venture capital firms where you will serve on the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
“punishment posting” or perhaps a move that signaled her desire for a slower-paced lifestyle after a fifteen-year career in various areas of ICICI Bank. “There were no visible indicators that signaled the potential for private View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
venture capital and private equity by announcing the Vision Fund, the largest tech investment fund in the world at close to $100 billion. The... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
Chu, Joe Lassiter, and Mike Roberts. Initially, Sahlman recalls, there was some resistance to the idea, which was first proposed by Alison Berkley Wagonfeld and Bill Nussey (both MBA '96) as a project for Professor Josh Lerner's Venture... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
resistance to the idea, which was first proposed by Alison Berkley Wagonfeld and Bill Nussey (both MBA 1996) as a project for Professor Josh Lerner’s Venture Capital and View Details
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
performed strongly in the late 1980s, the mid-1990s, and the 2000s. Large RLBOs that are backed by private equity firms with more capital under management perform better. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jul 2018
- Blog Post
Embracing Entrepreneurship & the Asian American Community
of course, classes such as The Entrepreneurial Manager, Founder’s Journey, and Venture Capital & Private Equity helped me understand not only... View Details