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- 01 Mar 2015
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Faculty Q&A: Less Risk, More Reward
more likely to have an entrepreneur in the family. There are a couple of reasons why that might be, but most of the evidence seems to point to the fact that it’s not about people having the View Details
- 05 Aug 2016
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Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier
“Billions of dollars in research funding is pouring into the space. We have tools that are unprecedented in their power, their ease of use, their accessibility, and their cost....
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Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Oct 2002
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Class Notes Extra
travels to Russia three times a year in conjunction with her work for the Russian Medical Fund (www.russmed.com), a nonprofit foundation she launched to finance the purchase of medical equipment and supplies...
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- 01 Dec 1997
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Growing Together
institution to donate funds and expertise to build a half-way house for homeless teenagers in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where the bank has a major presence, and to link up schoolchildren in New England and Latin America over the Internet. "What...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 05 Mar 2020
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Green Light
a few years ago, thanks to a marquee investment: In July 2017, Softbank’s Vision Fund led a $200 million funding round into Plenty, a San Francisco–based vertical farming startup. “That really moved the...
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- 01 Sep 2024
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Far-Reaching Impact
Above: Teachers in India's daycare system draw on Rocket Learning's digital platform to enhance learning. Photo courtesy Rocket Learning When the news reached Namya Mahajan (MBA 2022) as her HBS graduation was approaching that she would receive financial assistance to...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2024
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Case Study: Ready for an Upgrade
Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez The Los Angeles–based startup Stell was borne of a pain point almost as old as recorded history itself: paperwork. One of Stell’s cofounders, Malory McLemore (MBA 2022), had landed a job as an engineer at Airbus after earning a...
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- 06 Dec 2021
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Case Study: Let’s Dance
content being added to an ever-expanding list of platforms that it could be dizzying for a viewer to try to pick something to watch. As director of product, Liang spent her days building tools to help...
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- 01 Dec 2017
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Removing Barriers
facilitated learning from my peers—the most I have ever learned in my life,” Anita says. “If, in 15 or 20 years, my fund could impact the lives of 15 or 20 students, I would consider that a huge success.”
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- 01 Feb 1999
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NYC Conference Brings Entrepreneurs and Angels Together
investment vehicles used by angel investors to find and fund entrepreneurs: groups of angels who evaluate deals together, organizations that match entrepreneurs with interested angels, and individual angels...
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- 01 May 2012
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Best in Show
306-year-old St. John’s Episcopal Church in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Parrish recalls being inspired by a similar style of show he had seen at Harvard Medical School (a trained biochemist, Parrish taught there briefly). He easily sold the...
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- 01 Dec 2015
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Encouraging Women Leaders
Veronica Serra (MBA 1997) In describing the impact of the HBS experience on her life, Veronica Allende Serra (MBA 1997) says, “Ask me how it hasn’t had an impact.” Serra, the founder of Pacific Investments,...
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- 01 Jun 2011
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The Best-Laid Plans
of a start-up wasn’t for them, but one key person stayed,” Machiels recalls. “The Internet bubble had just burst, but we were still able to secure a funding commitment. Unfortunately at the same time I...
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- 20 Nov 2019
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Lifting Fallen Families
Scott Roth (MBA 1994) in the Black Hills of South Dakota as the pair discussed ways to help. What Kim wanted to do was build a foundation that would aid in funding the college educations View Details
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Maureen Harmon
- 18 Jun 2014
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Robert (MBA 1964) and Lynn Burt
Robert (MBA 1964) and Lynn Burt In honor of his 50th Reunion, Robert Burt established a charitable gift annuity that will provide his wife, Lynn, with an income stream from Harvard during her lifetime and then View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
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Acquiring Business Skills To Advance A Career Trajectory
As a boy in Asheboro, North Carolina, George Sondecker (MBA 2016) developed a fondness for launching rockets that evolved into a passion for working in the aerospace industry. A fellowship provided by gifts to the HBS Fund is helping him...
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- 21 Jan 2014
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Climbing to New Heights
Kilimanjaro, in 2004, Petzel's climbing party included Lisa Lee, MBA 2000.) The third goal was to use the Everest climb to raise money that would help fund the construction of a permanent shelter and medical...
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Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Dec 2015
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Giving Advice
But if you’re looking for a simple, anonymous, flexible giving vehicle with little administrative burden, you’re likely to end up with a donor-advised fund (DAF). Setting up a foundation is a larger and more permanent undertaking—in terms...
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- 01 Dec 2018
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Preparing Global Leaders
and long-term value creation. In addition to this, he is cofounder and chairman of Voxtra, a social impact investment firm that focuses on improving the livelihoods of those in the agriculture sector in East...
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- 12 Jan 2021
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Keeping the Coast Clear
Save the Bay to identify a problem, engage the [municipality] and share how the project will benefit the community,” says Stone. “Then comes the work of cobbling together the funding for everything from...
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