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28 Jun 2022
Cold Call Podcast

Scaling a Fintech Startup for the Greater Good

Keywords: Re: Emily Williams; Financial Services

June 30, 2023
Article

How to Save a Stumbling Startup

Keywords: Business Startups; Small Business; Outcome or Result; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Exit or Shutdown

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07 Mar 2012
News

Fashion Tech Startups Emerge from HBS

Keywords: online retail; online shopping; fashion; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

06 Nov 2014
News

Building a Startup Community Beyond Commencement

became a “pain point” for her. “That’s when they need us the most,” says Goldstein, a 20-year vet of the Boston startup scene. Click here for a behind-the-scenes look at the Launch Lab. (Video) In early 2013, Goldstein took the idea for... View Details

27 Sep 2019
News

How Startup Founders Are Psychologically Different From Everyone Else

31 Jan 2023
News

Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups

Saigal (MBA 2014), founder and CEO of Kudos, a sustainable diaper company, and Sarina Siddhanti Garg (MBA 2015), founder of the South Asian formal clothing retailer Riya Collective. The women shared their startup journeys with guest... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

24 Jun 2015
HBS Case

Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality

It used to be that you risked detention for disrupting an elementary school classroom. Nowadays, disrupting the entire school system can earn you millions of dollars in startup funding. Consider AltSchool, the idea of entrepreneur Max... View Details

Keywords: Re: John Jong-Hyun Kim; Education

11 May 2018
News

Nigerian Tech Startup has Local—and Global—Impact

Photo via CBS News Photo via CBS News A recent CBS news story on Nigerian tech startup Andela—a software development firm—includes an interview with Seni Sulyman (MBA 2014), Andela’s president of global operations. Reflecting on his... View Details

31 May 2012
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Three Pitfalls Startup Founders Must Avoid

13 Aug 2014
News

Startup Gives Local Businesses a Lift

12 Dec 2022
News

Why Some Startups Fail to Scale

28 Jun 2022
News

Are Former Startup Founders Less Hireable?

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Avoiding Startup Failure - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Avoiding Startup Failure Course Number 1740 Senior Lecturer Lindsay Hyde Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 27 Sessions Exam Formerly Entrepreneurial Failure Career Focus Avoiding Startup Failure... View Details

15 Oct 2019
News

Innovative Thinking Fuels Nascent Startup Scene

Amira Rashad (MBA 1998) Amira Rashad (MBA 1998) When Amira Rashad (MBA 1998) cofounded the grocery delivery platform BulkWhiz in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in spring 2017, she joined a nascent startup scene in the Middle East and... View Details

31 Jan 2015
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The Boston Startup Scene's Superbowl Vet

01 Mar 2018
News

Making Sense of the Modern Startup

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)

25 Sep 2015
Blog Post

4 Challenges All Early-Stage Startups Face

diversity of skill-sets on the team. Through the process, we tackled four challenges that every early stage startup will face. Here's how we approached each of them. 1. Choosing a team Choosing a team can be difficult because there are... View Details