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- 02 Nov 2023
- News
Seeding Startups
1990s. Instead, it’s a cautionary tale. “I emphasize the importance of finding a clear pain point and making sure that there’s a real need in the marketplace,” he says. “I talk about the importance of achieving product-market fit before you start View Details
Keywords: April White
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Seeding a Better Future for Colombia
Part architectural spectacle, part tourist attraction, and part government-sponsored stage for forums and meetings that seed progress on key economic and diplomatic fronts, World Expos have been taking place since the 1850s. Colombia... View Details
- 24 Mar 2021
- News
Clubs Reaffirm Equity in Community Partners Work; Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education
funnel our impact through them.” For more information on Community Partners, contact HBS Alumni Clubs and Associations. HBS Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education with Webinars The HBS Alumni Angels Association recentlypresented a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Wide Horizon
There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
- 06 Jul 2023
- News
Home Economics
In a remote village in the Mexican state of Chiapas, 13 women gather in an open-air community space. Each has arrived at their weekly meeting with a small deposit for El Banco—“the bank”—as the women have named the savings club they’ve formed with the assistance of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Venturing Forth
period stretching from the late 2010s to 2021 saw a rash of seed funds, incubators, angel investors, and crowdfunding platforms all arrive on the scene, plying early stage companies with cash. Meanwhile, the massive VC firms were raising... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock
society, but that alterations to the regulation and taxation of ESOPs had made them less beneficial. When he became head of industrials for the global investment firm KKR in 2010, Stavros began experimenting with new approaches to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
An Engine of Innovation
community.” HARVARD INNOVATION LABS: WHERE PASSION AND PURPOSE MEET The Harvard Innovation Labs ecosystem has been called a place of “structured serendipity” where innovation is fueled by connection and collaboration. The labs enable students and alumni from across... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
pressures. It can be a brutal situation." Indeed, as the Wall Street Journal's front page proclaimed last fall in the wake of the downturn in Asia, overcapacity has become "a dire and obvious problem for countries around the world." Typically, the View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
aspect you have missed or overlooked or misjudged. The best way around that is to have a roomful of colleagues smarter than you, to help figure out the best solution. —Lawrence Honig (MBA 1975) Back to top “Hambrecht & Quist” The San Francisco View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Future Vision
created by Professor Mitch Weiss for students in The Entrepreneurial Manager. In class, students negotiate terms for a pool of VC money. The simulation draws on PitchBook data from real pitches, and it uses AI and machine learning to make View Details
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
Pepper invested $50 million in the company, part of a $75 million round announced in 2022, and the company has racked up industry awards in competition against beers with and without alcohol—the larger effect of which has been to carve... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
VC Luminary John Doerr: Education Reform Critical to Success of New Economy
with a few of my friends," Doerr told an audience of nearly one thousand HBS students who had gathered for his presentation, offered as part of the Social Enterprise Speaker Series. Since joining Kleiner Perkins in 1980, Doerr has played a major role in planting the... View Details
- 17 Oct 2019
- News
Venturing Away from Venture Capital
requires a significant initial capital investment, and she raised just over $10 million in seed and series A funding to get it up and running in 2011. Since then, Lin’s had plenty of opportunities to raise more capital. But the company’s... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
California, Boston, sometimes London,” recalls Gotsch. “Nobody was looking locally.” Gotsch is president and CEO of the Partnership Fund for New York City, which invests in local ventures to create jobs and grow the Big Apple’s economy.... View Details
- 04 Dec 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders
investment opportunity that traditional VCs are simply overlooking. In this special episode of Skydeck, recorded live at Fall Reunions, Dodi speaks with Associate Editor Jen Flint about the challenges that female founders still face—and... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
In Dot-Calm Era, Conference Examines Options for Entrepreneurs
to Lead" and sponsored by the student-run Entrepreneurship Club, offered a fresh look at today's changing entrepreneurial environment. Guy Kawasaki, founder and CEO of the venture-capital investment bank Garage.com, kicked off the October... View Details
Keywords: Information
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Farming for Fuel
protagonist Ryland Utlaut (the group’s president) and ten other farmers, who put together seed money of $25,000 in 2002 to launch the project. A feasibility study shows that an ethanol plant capable of producing 40 million gallons a year... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Entrepreneur’s Rwandan Start-Up Gets HBS Support
Last year, Echoing Green, which invests in social entrepreneurs, chose SHE as one of the most innovative social change organizations worldwide, providing it with seed money and technical support. It has been... View Details