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Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs
By: Tarun Khanna
Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs (GCE) is designed for students who are interested in entrepreneurial approaches to the biggest challenges of our time. Grand Challenges are near-intractable, global problems that offer the tantalizing... View Details
- 07 Jan 2013
- News
Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
In Dot-Calm Era, Conference Examines Options for Entrepreneurs
presentations. Kawasaki's wry observations of the current business scene were relayed with self-deprecating humor and great panache. His list of the "Top Ten Lies of Entrepreneurs" included: In year three, we're going to do $75 million... View Details
Keywords: Information
- 02 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs
When it comes to entrepreneurship, nothing says success like a track record of previous wins. Entrepreneurs with a history of success are much more likely to succeed in new ventures than first-timers or... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 09 Dec 2019
- News
Why Immigrants Make Great Entrepreneurs
- 2016
- Working Paper
Food Stamp Entrepreneurs
By: Gareth Olds
This paper explores how eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamps Program) affects firm formation. Using a variety of identification strategies, I show that expanded SNAP eligibility in the mid-2000s... View Details
Olds, Gareth. "Food Stamp Entrepreneurs." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-143, June 2016.
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Immigrant Policymakers and Entrepreneurs
Since completing his prize-winning biography of Joseph Schumpeter in 2007 and his book, American Business since 1920 in 2009, Professor McCraw has been working on two new books about immigrants who came to the United States and became important policymakers... View Details
- 12 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs
In the 1920s, on pitch black nights in rural eastern Montana, the farmhouse owned by the parents of brothers Marcellus and Joe Jacobs stood out for one reason: it had light, although located far from power lines and gasoline supplies. It was a beacon in the dark that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- June 2009 (Revised July 2009)
- Case
Mrs. Ebtissam Algosaibi: An Entrepreneur in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mrs. Ebtissam Algosaibi has created the leading high end jewelry company in the Middle East, Erum Jewelry, based in her home town of Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia. She believes Erum has the potential to be a world player similar to Cartier and Chopard. How should she expand... View Details
Keywords: Gender Characteristics; Entrepreneurship; Global Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Opportunities; Expansion; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Al-Khubar; Middle East
Isenberg, Daniel J. "Mrs. Ebtissam Algosaibi: An Entrepreneur in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia." Harvard Business School Case 809-166, June 2009. (Revised July 2009.)
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
LeBron James Helps Young Entrepreneurs In 'Cleveland Hustles'
- October 2020 (Revised April 2021)
- Case
Women Entrepreneurs and Tech Ecosystems: One City, Two Realities, and Four Diverse Women
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joyce J. Kim
Four diverse women entrepreneurs launched their ventures in a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem that was part of a shift to a creative technology-driven economy for Miami. Although Miami was rated the #1 U.S. city for startups in 2017, the region contained structural... View Details
Keywords: Female Entrepreneur; Entrepreneurial Ecosystems; Inclusion; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Racism; Sexism; Start-up; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Diversity; Gender; Race; Prejudice and Bias; Innovation and Invention; City; Culture; Miami
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Joyce J. Kim. "Women Entrepreneurs and Tech Ecosystems: One City, Two Realities, and Four Diverse Women." Harvard Business School Case 321-083, October 2020. (Revised April 2021.)
- 03 May 2022
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Can a Social Entrepreneur End Homelessness in the US?
Keywords: Re: Brian L. Trelstad
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Attn: Alumni Entrepreneurs
In February, for the third annual Alumni New Venture Contest, HBS clubs worldwide will judge business plans from teams led by HBS alumni. Regional winners will participate in educational, mentoring,... View Details
Keywords: contests
- 02 Sep 2021
- News
Elevating Ethiopian Entrepreneurs
who was raised in Ethiopia and understands the market quite well. And so through her, we're able to access women entrepreneurs and women CEOs that we want to work with. “Our prime minister recently achieved... View Details
- 31 Dec 2010
- News
Entrepreneur for the World Award
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding
What do a health food manufacturer, an infectious-diseases specialist and a content-management expert have in common? Answer: All are women, all are entrepreneurs. And by virtue of being women and View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Dec 2017
- News
What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets
- 12 Apr 2022
- News
HBS Case Studies: Untold Stories of Entrepreneurs in the Middle East
- 12 Sep 2011
- News
The Untold Story of 'Green' Entrepreneurs
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Wynton Marsalis, Entrepreneur
erudition and humor in discussing famous entrepreneurs in music, from Richard Wagner to Duke Ellington, and his own entrepreneurial experiences as an aspiring musician and... View Details