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- 01 Mar 2007
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The Winning Season
Zimbalist in a Post-Dispatch opinion piece. Some of the funding was contributed in land and a long-term loan from St. Louis County; the State of Missouri threw in $48 million...
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- 01 Mar 2009
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HBS Posts Strong Results in 2008
will make important incremental investments to offset the effects of the downturn (for example, increasing our support to students in their job searches). Finally, we will seek out opportunities to strengthen our long-term position.” To...
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- 01 Sep 2005
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Taking Flight
childhood. Thirty years later, however, the bird (a palm warbler) rejuvenated Thayer’s interest — and would eventually lead to a career shift. When that palm warbler flew into his life, Thayer was president of Gateway Investment Advisers....
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- 01 Sep 2017
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Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?
the question of where to apply it to a team of experts—tech gurus as well as specialists in asset management, regulation jurisdiction, and operations. The team eventually landed on private equity. O’Grady...
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Dan Morrell
- 01 Dec 2019
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Capitalizing the Corner Shop
simplified the application process, asking business owners for only a bank statement as part of their mobile-based loan application, and delivering funds to successful applicants within 48 hours. “The joke...
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Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2018
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Case Study: A Good Fit
attention and resources. Are the potential of the disability market and the proven success in wellness sufficient to enable the company to raise funds and apply separate leadership to the additional market...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2020
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Road Work
Sean (left) and Kenny Salas Photo courtesy of Camino Financial Sean (left) and Kenny Salas Photo courtesy of Camino Financial Twin brothers Kenny and Sean Salas (both MBA 2015) grew up with firsthand...
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- 01 Dec 2016
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Case Study: Sweat the Technique
Above: Meridith Unger (left) and Nix’s business development director Sara Weber (MBA 2016) inspect a prototype (photo by Susan Young) Boston-based Nix is developing a disposable biosensor that gives users a real-time gauge of hydration...
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Dan Morrell
- 01 Mar 2008
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Innovation, Inc.
R&D lab, increased its mergers and acquisitions of companies that had synergies with the company’s businesses, and formed a small venture capital fund for exploratory investments. Komori also initiated a...
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- 01 Sep 2004
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Hollywood Story
capabilities. Together, they wrote a business plan to do four independent features and set up a venture capital fund — Front Street Films — to raise the money to finance those productions. “It was the perfect intersection View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
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The Right Connections
an especially promising area for studying the effects of top executives' social capital on their ability to secure resources. "In biotech, it can take eight to ten years to developa product and cost hundreds View Details
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Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2003
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Center Court
plays regularly, is the founder of Tennis Corporation of America, which owns and operates forty indoor clubs in North America. Last January, he was named president of the...
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- 01 Oct 1998
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A Marketable Skill
mix of vendors, smoothed neighborhood relations, and hired logistical help on weekends. Greenflea will contribute nearly $500,000 this year to fund educational enrichment programs, and Gehrke says she could...
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2015
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Support for a Common Theme
support its success. We are, after all, One Harvard." Patty and Lincoln Benet (both MBA 1989), members of HBS’s Global Leaders Circle and supporters of the HBS Fund for...
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- 01 Dec 2018
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Case Study: Your Data, Your Health
Ridhi Tariyal (MBA 2009) was in her early 30s when she grew curious about her chances of having children one day. “I didn’t want to wake up and learn that my opportunity had passed,” says Tariyal, then a genomics researcher with a...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 28 May 2019
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Case Study: Building the Base
increased (and ditto in revenue), the founders felt hamstrung by having just one flavor. In 2015 Philp turned to Bulletin readers for advice on funding the launch of a second flavor and the resulting growth...
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- 01 Dec 2013
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HBX: Expanding Our Reach
team is developing a virtual classroom that provides opportunities for alumni to reconnect with each other and the School; signature courses featuring outstanding faculty members; and an online ecosystem for entrepreneurs. With support from the HBS View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
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We Rise
Calder-Wang found that adding a woman to a team of senior investment professionals improved the firm’s fund return by approximately 10 percent and increased the percentage of...
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- 01 Sep 2012
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Doriot Papers Arrive at HBS
pioneering work in the field of venture capital through records from the American Research and Development Corporation, the world’s first publicly funded VC firm that he led for a number View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
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Good Investments
critical moment,” says Chu. “We had to decide to either fish or cut bait.” After a weekend hashing out the details, they decided to fish. The IGNIA Fund launched in July 2007, and in August 2008 they made their first investment—a housing...
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