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Eligibility | New Venture Competition

Eligibility Social Enterprise Track Course Listing Business at the Base of the Pyramid (HBS) Data for Impact (HBS) Education Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship in Comparative Perspective (HGSE) Entrepreneurial Solutions (HBS)... View Details

01 Jun 2011
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Students Start-Ups Tap New HBS Fund

women to keep track of health data. Rewardly (Aleem Mawani, MBA ’11, and Jasen Kimis): A rewards program that works with customers’ existing credit cards wherever they make purchases. UpStart (Sarah Dillard, Jevan Soo, and Shiyan Koh, all... View Details

Keywords: awards

10 Jun 2022
Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures

entrants, underscoring the growing level of interest and opportunities to address this critical issue. The winners of both the Tough Tech Prize and Alumni Track had innovative approaches to confronting the climate challenge: Aaron Sabin... View Details

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Tools | New Venture Competition

Tools Social Enterprise Track Across Harvard Business School and beyond, resources are available for you as you consider and bring to life an idea for the New Venture Competition (NVC). 2024 Winners Play Video duration: 2:05 2024 New... View Details

11 May 2020
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Better Than Cash

to an account in her name, her savings are less susceptible to theft and she can maintain control of the funds to ensure they are spent on school fees. When she then pays the school via digital transfer, the mother begins to build a financial history. “She is building... View Details

22 Sep 2015
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Getting New Ideas off the Ground

targeted advertising, and now advises startups and early-stage companies as they get their own ideas off the ground. In this video, Grouf reflects on his track record as a tech entrepreneur and innovator. “The whole idea of making a... View Details

03 Jun 2014
Blog Post

Springing Forward on Social Enterprise Career Paths

the opportunity for feedback from panels of expert judges, to test their ideas in a rigorous and supportive environment. Within the Social Enterprise Track specifically, teams focused on ventures that generate significant social value,... View Details

20 Jul 2015
Blog Post

My Journey to Working with At Night Management / PRMD Music

world: names like Avicii, Calvin Harris, Skrillex, and Tiesto. After a trip with friends to Stockholm, Sweden last summer, the company that stood out to me was the one supporting Avicii, owner of one of the most-streamed tracks on Spotify... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

01 Sep 2007
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Giving New Ventures a Boost

Some $80,000 in cash and in-kind legal and accounting services were awarded to winners and runners-up in the 11th annual HBS Business Plan Contest last April. Traditional track winner Sandra Nudelman (MBA ’07) and her sister Michele, a... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Judging | New Venture Competition

Judging Business Track Super Saturday Super Saturday is the first round of live judging of Student Business Track. The judges for this round of the Business track are venture capitalists, past winners,... View Details

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact HBS Names Winners and Celebrates 20th New Venture Competition at Finale 04 May 2017 The Social Enterprise Initiative manages the... View Details

06 Mar 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Comparing Apples to Apples Online Leads To More Fruitful Sales

increases” Grouping products into a category shows people the way to make clear judgments about how to spend their money, Karmarkar says. Seeing similar options seems to reinforce the idea that the consumer is on the right track by... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Advertising

29 Jun 2021
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DIVERSIFYING OUR CASE PROTAGONISTS: HOW IS HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL DOING A YEAR LATER?

important question: How do we categorize and portray the protagonists in each case so that faculty members can quickly identify them in our database, hopefully leading to more usage? The CRG developed new systems and processes to collect identity information directly... View Details

24 May 2022
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Get to Know 2022 Class Day Student Speaker Peter James Kiernan

director of state operations, he was charged with keeping priority projects on track and handling any related crises. A year and a half into his job, the pandemic hit, and he became the point person for the state’s COVID response efforts.... View Details

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Turnarounds and Transformation

text-decoration:underline">Peloton to report lower cash burn on bumpy road to turnaround, Reuters, 31 January 2023 Peloton Interactive: Turnaround Largely on Track Despite Many Moving Pieces, Deutsche Bank report in LSEG Workspace, 2... View Details

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Motivation and Incentives - Course Catalog

defined, that motivate employees and others associated with an organization to engage in behaviors that further the organization’s value-creating purpose. The course is useful for students in all career tracks and with any industry focus.... View Details

01 Dec 1997
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New Releases

Technology Integration by Marco Iansiti (Harvard Business School Press) In the old days, coping with technological change was simple: you kept track of developments, tried to decide if they had legs, and implemented them when the market... View Details

Keywords: Robert Binstock

01 Dec 2015
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Ink

check the box! They’ll have you run the bake sale! Don’t check the box! They’ll have you run the fair! Don’t check the box! They’ll have you run the lice check! Check the box, my friend, and you had better take care. —Excerpt from “Don’t Check the Box!”, by Laurie... View Details

01 Jan 2008
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John Doerr, MBA 1976

family has grown. When his wife, Ann, was diagnosed with cancer eight years ago, he reshuffled his priorities, cut down on travel, and pledged to be home for dinner at least twenty nights a month. Asked about his biggest personal accomplishment, the affable Doerr says... View Details

18 Jul 2018
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Amira Rashad: An Ambidextrous Mind Meets Consumer Needs in the Middle East

After serving significant stints with Booz Allen, Yahoo! and Facebook, Amira Rashad (MBA 1998) can justifiably claim expertise in strategy, consulting, and social media. Although she regards her track record with pride, she sees herself... View Details

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