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- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Attn: Alumni Entrepreneurs
$50,000 grand prize, a $25,000 second prize, and $25,000 to the 2012 Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship winner. For entry details, visit www.alumni.hbs.edu/nvc/. View Details
Keywords: contests
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Case Study: Paper Chase
6, 2000) + ONLINE web-only content It’s all about social media! This business will grow from robust word-of-mouth recommendations, and based on my experience, these tactics should work well: (1) Send samples to View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Teaching entrepreneurs to tackle society's toughest challenges
Professor William A. Sahlman (MBA 1975, PhDBE 1982) reflects on the impact of entrepreneurial management on today's social challenges and business opportunities. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Work of Art
Jason Price (MBA 2003) in the main gallery space at NXTHVN, the art community he cofounded in New Haven’s Dixwell neighborhood Trying to capture the scope of what’s going on at NXTHVN, the nonprofit arts and community organization Jason Price (MBA 2003) cofounded with... View Details
- 27 Aug 2019
- News
A Shot at Success
of role model.” Trey Athletes was recently accepted into the United Way Social Innovation Accelerator, which, along with philanthropic investment and corporate partnerships, will help the fledgling social... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
Laura S. Scher (MBA '85) is something of a modern-day Robin Hood, an entrepreneurial activist who redistributes the wealth of the marketplace to those in need. Through her company, San Francisco based Working Assets Funding Service, this CEO and crusader for View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Connecting past to present
Tim Sullivan (MBA 1991) helps millions of people reconstruct their families’ past and connect it to their present. As president and CEO of Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online family-history resource, Sullivan leads a company that has transformed a traditionally... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, MBA 1995
Receives YPO’s Sustainability Award on Economic Justice/Community Impact 2014 Receives National Entrepreneurship Award from President of Mexico Cofounder and Managing Partner, IGNIA As a husband, father, friend, and business partner,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Improving the quality of food in Nigeria
Capital. The goal is to source, process, and distribute fruits, vegetables, herbs, and grains within West Africa, thereby improving nutrition levels, aiding farmers, and creating jobs. Social View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Venture: Time Heals All
Assembling a nursing schedule for a hospital ward can be surprisingly difficult—a little like playing three-dimensional Tetris, says Ilana Springer Borkenstein (MBA 2022). “It is a really challenging, tedious task.” Nurse managers must take into consideration a host of... View Details
- 22 Jun 2012
- News
At the i-lab, a New Use for Silk
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Chasing the Silver Tsunami
investor), was interested in investing in entrepreneurship in the aging sector as his “third act.” The duo combined forces and launched Primetime Partners last summer. Primetime’s $50 million venture fund currently has 10 companies in its... View Details
- 05 Oct 2016
- News
Harvard to Open Life Sciences Lab
science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workshops for local residents, and participating in a speaker series at the i-lab on topics relevant to the intersection of entrepreneurship and life sciences. Together with the i-lab and... View Details
- 09 Feb 2015
- News
Remembering John Whitehead (MBA 1947)
Leadership Making A Difference – HBS Alumni A Social Enterprise Visionary Making A Difference – HBS Alumni The Future of Social Enterprise and the Role of Individual Philanthropy HBS Global Business Summit... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Student Snapshot
Second-year student Carlin (“Carly”) Janson divides her time between studying at HBS and managing the Catalyst Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship (Catalyst Alliance), the Cambridgebased View Details
- 05 Nov 2013
- News
Start-Ups Get a Start in New Orleans
game in town," he says. "People thought they were nuts, but now we have this plethora of organizations." He then rattles a few off: Propeller, which helps startups with social missions; the New Orleans BioInnovation Center; The New... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Spring Renewal
Spring 2004 Reunion photo galleries Dean's Welcome Dean's Reception Faculty Presentations African American Alumni Association Class of 1954 Children's Activities Class of 1999 Pub Social Tea with Myra Hart General Campus Shots Photography... View Details
- 17 Jul 2020
- News
Support System
the brand has landed in retailers like Anthropologie, Credo Beauty, and the Detox Market, with recent launches on Macys.com and in Target. But more important, she says, is the win-win of a for-profit company with social impact: building a... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 25 Sep 2017
- News
Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge
Rewane, a native of Lagos, Nigeria. In its first three years, WAVE has helped more than 1,000 students. Rewane, who was recently named a Social Impact Fellow by Gerson Lehrman Group Inc., expects to train 25,000 people by 2019. Her... View Details
- 02 Jan 2014
- News
The Power to Change
think back to when I was as an MBA 20 years ago, that's something that has distinctly changed. There are more people who link social causes with their businesses now." Wilcox gets to see those young, View Details