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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online

serial entrepreneur John Osher, Rent the Runway CEO Jennifer Hyman, and Intuit founder Scott Cook. Description of silent animated video above: Learner scrolls through video interviews from prominent business leaders About the Professors... View Details

01 Sep 2008
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Entrepreneurship Program in Fourth Year

change through the development of new materials and a different approach to teaching; it’s also transformed many institutions through the integration of entrepreneurship into... View Details

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

26 Aug 2016
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Improving Wellness Through Better Nutrition

With a background in consumer health care at Johnson & Johnson, when Beth Burrough (MBA 1991) joined Mom’s Meals Nourishcare as a partner and chief marketing officer in 2006, she already understood the company’s potential to improve the lives of seniors and medical... View Details

October 2001 (Revised November 2001)
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Provident Life and Accident Insurance: The Acquisition of Paul Revere

By: Mihir A. Desai, Frank Williamson, Mark Veblen and Yuming Zou

Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co. has made an initial bid to acquire a primary competitor, Paul Revere, from conglomerate, Textron. The due diligence process uncovers a significant block of problematic disability insurance policies. Provident is forced to assess... View Details

Keywords: Insurance; Financial Management; Mergers and Acquisitions; Policy; Investment; Business Strategy; Cash Flow; Price; Bids and Bidding; Financial Reporting; Business Conglomerates; Insurance Industry; Service Industry

01 Sep 2017
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Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity

achieved through both the private and public sectors,” says Kyarisiima. “Enabling African businesses to access global markets and think strategically is where I want to play a role.” The path she took to pursue this goal has been... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

04 May 2015
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‘Lean Startup’ Revolution Sweeps Through Business Schools

24 Apr 2014
News

Empowering Japan through e-commerce

The 1995 earthquake that devastated his native Kobe, Japan, was a turning point for Hiroshi Mikitani (MBA 1993). “It made me realize that I wanted to revitalize Japan’s economy,” says Mikitani, who also sponsored relief efforts during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.... View Details

05 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Intensive Bootcamp Kicked my Entrepreneurship Goals Into Gear

trip, so I knew that HBS was a place where entrepreneurship thrived. With this in mind, I decided to jump at the opportunity to join Startup Bootcamp, a two-week Short Intensive Program (SIP) or class that takes place between the first... View Details

01 Dec 2014
News

Opportunities Realized Through Fellowships

number of mothers have thanked me personally for Pushpins. We created a successful enterprise, bringing value to society and to our investors, and that’s a model I want to repeat again.” Michailidis has designated his own gifts to HBS to fund fellowships. “I’d like to... View Details

Keywords: fellowships

23 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn

tempered with great caution," says Chakravorti. "The entrepreneurs who can capture the limited resources have the potential to do well. Shortage and adversity are powerful stimuli for focusing the mind." At HBS, Chakravorti teaches and writes on View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

March 2021 (Revised August 2024)
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Hotwire.com: Navigating Through Turbulence

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Manny de Zarraga and Eric Levine

On September 10, 2001, after speaking at an industry conference at New York’s World Trade Center, Hotwire co-founder Spencer Rascoff boarded a flight from Newark to San Francisco. After returning home, Rascoff awoke the next morning to a phone call informing him that... View Details

Keywords: September 11; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business Growth and Maturation; Disruption; Decisions; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Growth Management; Digital Platforms; Problems and Challenges; Risk and Uncertainty; Expansion; Internet and the Web; Leading Change; Leadership Style; Air Transportation Industry; Tourism Industry; San Francisco

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Public Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Public Entrepreneurship Course Number 1623 Professor of Management Practice Mitchell Weiss Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 Sessions Exam Career Focus This course is designed for students who may found, join, or fund private... View Details

2015
Other Teaching and Training Material

Entrepreneurship Reading: Partnering with Venture Capitalists

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Michael J. Roberts

This reading takes a deep look at the venture capital (VC) industry in the United States. VCs have a unique perspective on opportunity evaluation, deal structure, new venture support, and exit strategy. Their work at all stages of the entrepreneurial life cycle offers... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship

24 Apr 2014
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Educating children through inquiry-based learning

Kim Frock (MBA 1987) cofounded the Alternative School for Math and Science (ASMS) in Corning, New York, to provide an academically challenging, inquiry-based learning environment for children in grades 6 through 8. The independent school... View Details

October 2017 (Revised April 2019)
Case

Eastern Bank: Innovating Through Eastern Labs

By: Karen Mills, Dennis Campbell and Aaron Mukerjee

Eastern Bank is a 200-year-old New England mutual bank with a community focus. Eastern specializes in small business lending, having made strategic investments to become the top SBA lender in New England in the midst of the Great Recession, when other banks were... View Details

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Technological Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Management

28 Feb 2024
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Entrepreneurship

The HBS African American Student Union (AASU) aims to create a close-knit community for its members from the time they choose to join HBS, through their transition to the second year, and extending beyond graduation. In this feature, we... View Details

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Rock 100: The Network - Entrepreneurship

and insights through faculty led peer-group roundtables and case discussions. The Roundtables/Topical Dinners The Roundtables/Topical Dinners The Roundtables/Topical Dinners The Roundtables/Topical Dinners Regional events where Rock 100... View Details

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Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship

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American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year... View Details

2021
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Generating Social Entrepreneurship Knowledge: International Research Collaboration on a Hemispheric Level

By: James E. Austin, Gabriel Berger, Rosa Amelia González, Roberto Gutiérrez, Iván D. Lobo and Alfred Vernis

Provide insights on how social entrepreneurship (SE) knowledge can be more effectively generated by universities through the entrepreneurial creation and effective management of a knowledge network centered on international collaborative research; illuminate how one... View Details

Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Knowledge; Networks; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Global Range