Fund Of Funds - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2011
News

Local Hero

him!” During the new group’s first ownership season in 1993, well before they put together the financing for what would be the first privately funded MLB park since 1962, Baer and his colleagues took the pulse View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

28 Oct 2021
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Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity

300 applicants and became the largest student-led business plan competition for Black entrepreneurs in the U.S. But as the competition progressed, Foster and Simpson began to identify some biases and frictions in the evaluation and View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

06 Dec 2021
News

Vision: Sound Science

biotech firm, an HBS Blavatnik Fellowship provided a year of funding and transitional time to spend in the lab and assemble a team of scientists, clinicians, and managers.... View Details

Keywords: Deb Blagg

01 Mar 2003
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A Casual Approach to Success

group champion for this unusual competition. Although he shies away from social events, Hellman and his wife of 47 years, Chris, are involved in numerous philanthropic endeavors. He is chairman of the board... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

17 Jul 2020
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Support System

work with Mother’s Shea and Eu’Genia are paid a 20 percent premium for their nuts, and 15 percent of company profits are channeled back to the families of the shea-nut pickers to help cover educational... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Feb 1997
News

Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management

of the most important things Bill taught is that the source of your funding is often more important than the terms and conditions of the... View Details

01 Jun 2022
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'Rooted' In Innovation

in 2019 that is already creating jobs and expanding economic opportunities in his home country of Cameroon. In May, CassVita was honored with a Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge Award funded by the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Feb 1998
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Making a Case for Women

business school cases feature male executives. In the fall, a new initiative was launched to support the development of case studies featuring women business leaders in key roles. The effort, the Marjorie Alfus/Committee View Details

01 Dec 1997
News

Arthur Rock (MBA '51)

Diasonics, to name a few. Rock was eager to help when HBS began to consider setting up its first off-site research center in northern California. Rock had long been a supporter of the School: in 1982 he and classmate Fayez Sarofim View Details

01 Dec 1999
News

Business Ethics Fellow Honored

maintained an interest in ethics and its teaching. The Henry B. Arthur Fund for Business Ethics was established in 1987 by Arthur's daughter, Janice A. McCoy Miller (HRPBA '61), and his then son-in-law Bowen H. ("Buzz") McCoy (MBA '62).... View Details

01 Dec 2007
News

Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?

No sector of our economy is more in need of innovation than health care, yet its many regulations handcuff entrepreneurs. A consumer-driven health-care system will unlock these shackles to bring about a... View Details

Keywords: Regina E. Herzlinger; Health, Social Assistance; Management

01 Sep 2017
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A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry

private equity fund invests in distressed businesses across sub-Saharan Africa, and Dozie soon found himself responsible for a coffee cherry washing station in the volcanic hills of western Rwanda. Up until... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg; cafe; Cafe Neo; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

24 May 2017
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John H. McArthur, MBA 1959, DBA 1963

Natty. The pair grew up in Burnaby, British Columbia, where the proprietor of a local forest products company spotted McArthur’s potential and helped fund his college education. Upon earning his MBA,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

27 Oct 2016
News

Paying It Forward

Philippines, and West Africa, and the One Fund in Boston, following the Boston Marathon bombing—as well as funding organizations that help the poor in Kolkata. Most notably, since 2006 the Kundu Foundation... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2019
News

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... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Sep 2018
News

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... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Sep 2020
News

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... View Details

Keywords: banking; LatinX; small businesses; COVID-19; Finance

01 Dec 2016
News

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... View Details