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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Maintaining a Resilient Democracy
revise rules that make it possible today for rogue legislators to hold up bills that an overwhelming majority of citizens want. Term limits are Braun’s number one recommendation for constructive systemic change. Leading by example, he set a two-term View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
David, Goliath, and Disruption
Sony and Sega and Nintendo have a combined market cap that's 10X of SGI's. "To me, that's a classic example of drinking your own bath water and not realizing it. SGI had the technology; they were 10 years ahead of everybody. But that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Two sides, same coin: How I left the Bay Area as an operator and returned as an investor
enough for me to rely on my experience as an operator; I needed to understand the other side: the world of venture capital. With this aspiration, I left startup mecca for HBS to learn about term sheets and cap table mechanics. While at... View Details
- 07 Apr 2011
- What Do You Think?
When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?
What do you think? References Jason Clenfield, "Japan's nuclear disaster caps decades of accidents and fake reports," TheBostonGlobe.com, March 18, 2011 Interview with William Scranton, National Public Radio, March 18, 2011 View Details
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Field Course: Venture Capital Journey - Course Catalog
described above. The course will be capped at 30 students and will be application-based. Grading will be as follows: 30% class participation 30% projects/independent research (based on bi-weekly summaries of activities, learnings, and... View Details
- 11 May 2020
- Op-Ed
Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness
percent. For much of the past decade, H-1B visas have run out within a single week (see Figure 4). Despite even the COVID-19 pandemic, the government received 275,000 applications in March of this year for the 85,000 slots in fiscal year 2021. Figure 4: Months to reach... View Details
Keywords: by William R. Kerr
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
you look at FreeMarkets, we have over 400 people now. We've got 50 people in Europe, 325 people in Pittsburgh, and about 25 people strewn across America and the rest of the world. And today's market cap is over $6 billion. We finished the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2020
- What Do You Think?
Why Not Open America's Doors to All the World’s Talent?
(as of 2017) is capped at 85,000 per year, although this does not include renewals or transfers. This triggers a lottery for determining who gets the visa, creating uncertainty for both the immigrant and the sponsor. The US system, like... View Details
- 29 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?
would lessen the incentive for buying a home. Bottom line, the deduction remained, but with one change. Instead of being unlimited, it was capped at a million dollars. As we look back at what happened with the housing market implosion, I... View Details
- 21 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Renewable Energy - CleanMax
outside of the facility highlighting the company’s vision, mission, values, safety standards & key personnel. Students learned that India’s power distribution companies (DISCOMs) cap the solar capacity of sites like the one we visited... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill
building until we had a school," says O'Neill, "but how do you launch a school without a site?"). But last January, Shackleton Schools, Inc. - named for the intrepid Anglo-Irish explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, who brought his crew to safety after being stranded on the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 17 Sep 2018
- Blog Post
My Summer as a Venture Capitalist
I’d get to experience all of that. In my first week, I participated in a meeting with an entrepreneur pitching their startup. By the end of the week, the Underscore team decided to invest, and I was charged with quarterbacking the investment process: writing the... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
- 07 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Market Investors Pay More for Resilient Companies
The steep market drop in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis is being used as a laboratory to study the importance of companies investing in stakeholder relations with their employees, suppliers, and customers, and how those investments could be strategic resources... View Details
- 24 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit
of 2,414 of those were randomly offered surprise expansions, while another 755 firms were not, serving as a control group. Companies that were offered increases were notified via phone or text. The increases did not affect borrowing costs, due to an interest rate View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders
company was not yet a year old. It had launched just as key provisions from the 2012 Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act took effect, opening opportunities for companies to raise a total of just over $1 million from non-accredited investors, with View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 15 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Are the Most Talented Employees the Highest Paid? Yes—If They’re Bankers
income varies according to how well they perform. In finance, performance is measured in money. Make more money, get more money. The findings indicate that if Europe wants its most talented bankers to stay and make money, it may be economically unwise to regulate their... View Details
- 17 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 17, 2008
the 1990s. In order to attract investors, the founders of companies organized before 1910 often included in the statutes stronger protections for small shareholders than what was mandated by law. The most important of these protections were maximum vote provisions that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Challenging the Belief that Liability Laws Kill Medical Device Innovation
minimize risk of stress and loss of time dealing with claims and costs to their reputation and future employment. On the other side of the equation, a cap on damages through tort reform can influence whether or not a doctor is sued in the... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Case Study: Building the Base
the better version. Yes, you will hit a bigger number, but you are still capped by an inherently limited product-market fit that you have yet to solve. Patel needs to focus on growing the newsletter. Only when he has found the right mix... View Details
- Portrait Project
Mohit Bathija
bedridden)—dodging cars, rickshaws, and cows through the crowded streets. I looked ahead to the woman handing out the food and saw a foreign boy of my age wearing white basketball shoes and a red baseball cap witha "C" on... View Details