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Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship
Filling the Gap: Underserved Markets in the Black Community Use these resources to validate the need underlying your business idea. Please contact infoservices@hbs.edu to schedule a consultation with a Baker librarian. ... View Details
- 07 Dec 2016
- HBS Case
Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing
into an underserved market by allowing clients to invest as little as $5,000. Wealthfront doesn’t even charge a fee for assets of less than $10,000—and even after that charges a 0.25 percent fee, as opposed to fees of 2 to 3 percent by... View Details
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
small-dollar loans, which are important to startups and businesses in underserved communities. These businesses often need $150,000 or less to get started and keep running, but in today's market they continue to have trouble securing... View Details
- 12 Nov 2014
- Op-Ed
A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform
collection of actuarially sound premiums, and triggered only after private capital in the "first-loss" position has been exhausted. Starting in 1993, the federal government set explicit goals for Fannie and Freddie, to ensure that mortgages reached... View Details
- 18 Apr 2007
- HBS Case
How Magazine Luiza Courts the Poor
potential offered by underserved consumers at the bottom of the pyramid. "We used to think we could figure things out in the developed world and dumb it down for emerging markets," she says. "In fact, it needs to happen the... View Details
- Web
Harvard Business School
administration, members of AASU in its early years succeeded in dramatically raising the number of African American students (27 African Americans graduated in 1970 and 58 in the following year). They also created the impetus for increased fellowship funding, courses... View Details
- 22 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)
mission-driven investment firm focused on underserved markets, her work has spanned industries, geographies, and functions, bringing her challenge and fulfillment while opening doors to new opportunities. Seeking out a challenge Born in... View Details
- 31 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 31, 2007
small cell therapy start-up in Cambridge, Mass. If proven successful, Pervasis' product, Vascugel, could change the way vascular disease is treated and have a major impact in a large and underserved population. However, Vascugel had not... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
50 years of marriage, together the Krafts left a lasting legacy through their philanthropic endeavors, particularly in their work to help underserved children and to further cancer research. Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977 Administrator, US... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 11 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy
particularly women and people of color, that have been excluded from the traditional working paradigm to thrive,” Leahy shares. The company also prioritizes using its platform to support underserved communities and elevate Black-owned... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 18 Apr 2022
- News
Book Smart
States, because we’ve brought all of the tools we’ve built to connect with underserved communities around the globe to populations right here, in our own backyard,” notes Risher. Thus far, Worldreader has reached 19 million readers in 48... 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
- 13 Dec 2022
- News
The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
drive capital to businesses that are creating jobs and economic opportunities in West Virginia and other underserved areas of the country." What is the best part of this work? What do you find most challenging? Christine: "The best part... View Details
- 06 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018
feel that the products are not made for their unique skin tones. In response to this unhappy and underserved market, two African American HBS alumnae created a beauty company with products specifically for Black and other women of color.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
One-on-One with Edwin Reed
character of underserved urban communities where houses of worship are stable, deeply rooted institutions. We are adept at leveraging both human and financial resources and are committed, in particular, to nurturing entrepreneurship. Our... View Details
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Women, Work, and the “M” Word - Blog: Health Supplement
underserved communities that was incubated within Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs. She has held roles at Google and in the Obama Administration. Jannine earned her BA from the University of Pennsylvania, an MBA from HBS, a Fulbright Scholar, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students
inclusion, and belonging are key priorities at HBS. How are these issues reflected in the School’s entrepreneurship ecosystem in terms of women and underserved groups? Bill Kerr: In our first-year course, The Entrepreneurial Manager, just... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 23 May 2019
- News
Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, MBA 1995
to be the best version of themselves. Indeed, Rodríguez’s colleagues at Gentera—a financial services firm focused on underserved communities—can’t imagine running the firm without his involvement. Working in various capacities over the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 13 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative
must have independent governance and be subject to the same regulations as private plans. Public plan design should focus on plans targeting underserved subscriber groups, such as Special Needs Plans under the Medicare Advantage program.... View Details
- 02 Nov 2015
- News
Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
regulatory dynamics were complicated and, after three years of trying to make it happen, it never got off the ground,” he says. Undeterred, Royster, who has three daughters, remained passionate about higher ed, especially for those View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken