Publications

01 Dec 2019
News

Making Eco Easy

Competition (photo by Susan Young) That realization later led Paiji Yoo (who left HBS after her first year to pursue a mobile shopping startup she created) and her sectionmate John Mascari (MBA 2012) to cofound Blueland, which makes... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Apr 1998
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

capital markets and how entrepreneurial companies can access startup capital and growth financing; Professor Malcolm S. Salter will discuss the "modern industrial revolution" and the tools larger companies... View Details

05 Dec 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?

Managers think of businesses in their portfolios as question marks (too early to tell), stars, cash cows, and dogs. Entrepreneurs "harvest" the spoils of startups once the rapid growth period is nearing its end. This work has... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

01 Jun 2024
News

Decoding the Promise and Perils of Generative AI

ChatGPT burst into the public consciousness on November 30, 2022. Within two months, the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) software, which leverages a large language model (LLM) to produce human-like, text-based conversations, had reached an estimated 100... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?

offers funders more than just the intangible reward of supporting a company or cause they believe in; it also gives them a direct share in the company that can produce returns over time. Think of it as E*TRADE, but for private companies instead of public ones. But... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

09 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018

forthcoming Strategic Management Journal When Does Advice Impact Startup Performance? By: Chatterji, Aaron, Solene Delecourt, Sharique Hasan, and Rembrand Koning Abstract—Why do some entrepreneurs thrive while others fail? We explore... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

22 Feb 2022
News

Case Study: Welcome Aboard

can make or break it all. “Plus, in a world where people want to work from home and other companies offer that option, it’s difficult for us to ignore the market and what people want,” Lerner says. On the other hand, the founders have a... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

August 1998 (Revised October 1998)
Case

Lark International Entertainment Ltd. (A)

By: Linda A. Hill and Jennifer Suesse

Two HBS MBA's leave McKinsey and Morgan Stanley to become entrepreneurs in Hong Kong. Together they start up a cinema chain throughout Asia. This case describes the experiences of managing a team in their Wuhan, China cinema. Looks at the challenges of managing growth... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Problems and Challenges; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Emerging Markets; Leadership Style; Leadership; Groups and Teams; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Hong Kong; China; Asia

28 May 2019
News

Case Study: Building the Base

Illustration by Edmon de Haro Illustration by Edmon de Haro The idea for the Portland, Oregon–based digital media startup News Bling was born out of the late-night hours of November 8, 2016, when Nupur Patel (MBA 2017) rubbed the fog of... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

13 Jul 2020
News

The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)

friends and family while hanging out in a VR living room, to attending a concert with hundreds of people from around the world, to just playing games together.” Can you tell us about your role as head of product marketing for AR/VR... View Details

04 Nov 2014
News

Fundación México en Harvard Celebrates 25 Years

Fundación with a first-of-its-kind transaction, allowing to purchase Mexican bonds in the market below face value and then redeem the bonds immediately at face value. The transaction almost doubled the $2.6 million endowment the Fundación... View Details

Keywords: April White

02 Mar 2023
News

Carbon's Second Act

Photo credits: Brenae Bowers Brix and Russ Campbell Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: This story starts the way all classic stories of tech entrepreneurship do: In Todd Brix's garage. Brix (MBA 1997) started his career in the... View Details

February 2013
Case

18 Months in a Startup: Zaggora.com

By: Tom Nicholas

The founders of Zaggora reflected back on a tumultuous year-and-a-half in which they had generated, from just $40,000 in personal savings, a multi-million dollar sportswear enterprise selling Hotpants to women. These were hotpants not of the 1960s hipster variety, but... View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Growth Management; Problems and Challenges; Business Startups; Brands and Branding; Innovation and Invention; Corporate Finance; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Sports Industry

November 2000
Case

beenz.com: Building "The Web's Currency" Into a Global Business

Beenz.com, an incentive-based Web currency and customer management tool, is reassessing its business in August 2000, one year after launch. The original vision was to make the currency globally available and recognized. However, the company's rapid internationalization... View Details

Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Growth Management; Internet and the Web; Marketing; Business Startups

October 2012
Case

Sirtris Pharmaceuticals: Living Healthier, Longer (Abridged)

By: Toby Stuart and James Weber

Describes a set of key strategic decisions facing the scientific founder and CEO of a promising, early stage bio-pharmaceuticals company. Should the company establish a proposed alliance with a pharmaceutical firm? Should it create a nutraceuticals business in parallel... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Risk Management; Brands and Branding; Pharmaceutical Industry

January 2011
Teaching Note

Online Pet Supply Retailing (TN)

By: Tom Nicholas

Teaching Note for 809-117. View Details

Keywords: Economic Growth; Internet and the Web; Business Startups; Failure; Information Technology; Market Entry and Exit; Decisions; Retail Industry; United States