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- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Task Force
eyeglasses. They took a selfie. But it wasn’t until the second-year MBA course Entrepreneurial Finance that they discovered another similarity: Each was passionate about starting a business. “We got coffee in Spangler Grille one day after...
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- 16 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be
entrepreneurial ventures. It's a field in constant change, which often creates significant opportunity." The Evergreen Challenge Heritage and prestige are the hallmarks of many luxury brands, some of which are hundreds of years old....
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- 20 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?
As entrepreneurial rocket companies come closer to shooting the first space tourist into the void, perhaps even this year, another reality is dawning: The business of space is no different than new industries everywhere else. It’s tough...
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- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
creating an inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem can be seen through the stories of four women—two of them Black, one Latinx, and one white—who launched new enterprises in Miami with an eye to diversifying tech jobs in the future....
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by Carolyn DiPaolo
- Web
2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
this semester, and here will reprise those 7-minute talks. Join to learn from and engage with the next generation of HBS faculty, including Samuel Antill, Jill Jordan, Himabindu Lakkaraju, James Riley, Jonathan Wallen, Yuan Zou, and Shunyuan Zhang. Slides View Details
- 23 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform
traditional resellers. Also, MSPs can be less capital intensive for start-ups. No wonder, then, that an increasing number of entrepreneurial ventures such as thredUP have been attracted to the MSP model. But in 2012 thredUP's management...
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by Julia Hanna
- 16 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense
teams, customer bases, and platforms. "There is a ton of money out there looking for great companies to invest in." One of my portfolio companies has executed three acquisitions in the last six months at prices that are 2-3 times lower than what the View Details
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by Jeffrey Bussgang
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
a series of significant acquisitions, purchasing a small cable television station. During the next few decades, Landmark's TeleCable division bought dozens of cable stations around the country before selling them to Tele-Communications...
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- 04 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors
have enough career experience? (About 5 percent of students at HBS decide to leap into entrepreneurship immediately upon completing the MBA program, but up to 50 percent will have founded a company within a decade of graduation, according to Wasserman, who teaches in...
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by Noam Wasserman
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
The New Global Business Manager
environment to drive innovation." Out of that commitment came SK-II, a skin care product that sells for about $120 a bottle and has moved them into a whole new range. Now this prestige line is being rolled out globally. So the...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 27 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Working to Change the Food System
sugars or vegetable oils, using a lot less land and resources. It’s no secret that these are powerful organisms, but past attempts to scale production have faced challenging unit economics (high up-front capital costs for facilities, View Details
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?
combines insight into where the Internet is going with innovation and with "the entrepreneurial experience that we can bring on how to build a venture, how to go essentially from zero to mach 10 overnight." Lycos, too, sees the...
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by Kenneth Liss
- Web
Harvard Business School
Benaree Wiley served as president and CEO of the Partnership, increasing the representation of professionals of color and opportunities for their leadership in Boston area businesses and institutions. Wiley's management consultant and View Details
- Web
2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
Cespedes 10:00–11:15 a.m. EDT + More Info – Less Info Selling and sales management requirements are changing quickly and are having an impact on other activities in companies. But key facts about sales in the 21st century, and the...
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- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Field Course Helps Nascent Entrepreneurs Connect with Customers
Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing (ESM), a field course that debuted in spring 2016. “To a greater degree than in established firms, marketing and selling in entrepreneurial...
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Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog
and Investment Business, Government & the International Economy Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 Mark Roberge Entrepreneurial Sales 101: Founder Selling Entrepreneurial Management Fall 2024...
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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
EnTRIPreneurs
their insights about grassroots entrepreneurship to America's larger entrepreneurial community. Two stops on the itinerary: 1. Red Ants Pants (White Sulphur Springs, MT) RAP sells USA-made work clothes...
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- 01 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Judgment Calls
bear. Written by Harvard Business School Visiting Professor Thomas H. Davenport and independent consultant Brook Manville, the book shares the tales of organizations that made successful choices through team-led decisions. This excerpt explores the View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Booting Up
SELLING SHOES on the Internet was pretty far from Barbara Thornton's mind when she enrolled at HBS at the age of 45. The city planner and international consultant figured that opening power plants in Southeast Asia would best challenge...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- Career Coach
Michele Biamonte
to best sell their experience/skills. She enjoys helping students and alumni think strategically about their job choice + life fit and how to intentionally incorporate personal interests (family, volunteer work, Board membership, View Details