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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Where Innovation Rules
incubators of innovation. Issue Focus: Innovation Innovating in Your Business Will This Alum Change Education? HBS Simulations Go High-Tech A Lesson in Israeli Entrepreneurship In the modern era, beginning after World War II, business’s... View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- News
A man on a mission
gives high school juniors and seniors interested in STEM subjects an early immersion in the college environment, and helped an organization win a $5 million grant to promote entrepreneurship to high school students. “It’s an opportunity... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Closing the 'Network Gap'
began working together as “accountability partners” to help each other along the entrepreneurship path. They later turned their attention to a shared goal: addressing the unmet need revealed by Hu’s LinkedIn post. The pair decided to... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 13 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
What is the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program? A Q&A with Professor Tom Eisenmann
learn more. Professor Eisenmann chairs the HBS Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and leads a January Term Startup Bootcamp for first-year MBAs. In recent years, Eisenmann has served as Chair of Harvard's MBA Elective Curriculum—the... View Details
- Profile
Nathan Lasche
Why was earning an MBA at HBS important to you? I was excited about the chance to be exposed to world-class faculty and peers in a place that would nurture my interest in tech and entrepreneurship. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your goals and career path?... View Details
- 04 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM
Jesse Lou (MBA 2022) reflects on his decision to come to HBS, what motivates him to make a difference in the world by using technology to build a more sustainable food system, and how he has utilized resources at HBS to make this happen. Tell me about what you were... View Details
- 18 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
"There's No Substitute For Finding The Right Role": James Correa, MBA 2015
When James Correa was coming to the conclusion of his military service as a logistics officer (Captain) in the US Army, "There was only one desire for a professional career that I was sure of -- to continue a career in leadership." With no particular industry... View Details
- 22 Jul 2014
- Blog Post
From FIELD to Field, Putting What I’ve Learned at HBS into Practice
If you asked me two months ago whether I learned anything during my first year at Harvard Business School, my response would have been a resounding “Yes!” But, if you followed up by asking me for an example of how I applied the lessons I learned into practice, my... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Entrepreneurial Unit Travels to China
changes in the Chinese economic and social system, and to see how entrepreneurship is being facilitated to play a role in this,” said Senior Lecturer Dan Isenberg, who helped organize the visits to Beijing, Hangzhou, and Shanghai. The... View Details
- 11 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
Guts and Bliss: The Entrepreneur’s Journey
layoffs, though, only one person among the six panelists had retreated to a traditional consultancy in 2001. The rest—who started everything from a women-centric financial services group to a natural products company that grew from a candle business—said that they had... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
HBS Alums Help Jailhouse Entrepreneurs Go Straight
Whether it’s an upfront enterprise on Main Street or illegal dealings on Mean Street, competition, risk management, and profitability are primary concerns in both business venues. That’s the theory behind the nonprofit Prison View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- News
Clearing the Path to Citizenship
current state of affairs. But that’s not the only reason technology had not yet tackled this pain point, Wang notes. Entrepreneurship often grows out of a founder’s own experiences. “For people who have not personally experienced this... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Reawakening rural America
entrepreneurs to stimulate rural job growth and set up a class in entrepreneurship for students from rural high schools. Dubbed “CEO” for “Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities,” it requires students to start a business. Fourteen classes... View Details
- 10 May 2015
- Blog Post
Brand Strategist Turns Entrepreneur
likely do great brand work at a wide range of companies, regardless of their stage or history. Can you tell us about how you were exposed to entrepreneurship at HBS? Did you imagine you’d be working on a startup? The Harvard i-Lab has... View Details
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Ann S. Moore
Ann S. Moore (MBA 1978), the first female chair and CEO of Time Inc., oversaw nearly 150 magazines and their brand extensions. During her tenure, she launched more magazines than Time founder Henry R. Luce and, as publisher of People, turned that magazine into a... View Details
- 26 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
SEI25 Series: Misan Rewane, MBA 2013, CEO, WAVE
This post is part of our Social Enterprise Initiative 25th anniversary blog series, which highlights some of the faculty, staff, students, and alumni who have been a part of SEI throughout the years. In this post, Misan Rewane (MBA 2013, NVC 2013 Winner) shares her... View Details
- 25 Feb 2017
- Blog Post
3 Reasons I Chose to Attend HBS
to think more like a CEO – broadly and long term. I truly believed the case method would help me to hone this skill. Support of entrepreneurship – I have always wanted to follow my family’s example and become an entrepreneur. However, as... View Details
- 19 Jul 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
made significant investments in Nigeria’s energy infrastructure. “It is helping hospitals; it’s helping homes; it’s helping enterprise,” he says. Elumelu is passing this philosophy on to the next generation through the Tony Elumelu Foundation’s TEF View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Touting Green Energy’s Potential
Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. It brought together dozens of academics, practitioners, investors, and policymakers to discuss the current status and future direction... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Success for the Underserved
"Our goal is to change the conversation about success in entrepreneurship in underserved communities," Gray explained to the Chicago Sun-Times (October 12, 2012). "We are taught that success is to go to school, make money, get a job, and... View Details