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- September 1998 (Revised August 1999)
- Case
Walnut Venture Associates (B): RBS Due Diligence--Customers
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Business Plan; Research; Entrepreneurship; Applications and Software; Business Startups; Information Technology Industry
Roberts, Michael J. "Walnut Venture Associates (B): RBS Due Diligence--Customers." Harvard Business School Case 899-063, September 1998. (Revised August 1999.)
- May 1997 (Revised July 1997)
- Case
Vermeer Technologies (F): FrontPage 97
By: Ashish Nanda
Vermeer engineers work at the breakneck pace of "Internet time" to develop the next version of their software product, winning accolades from Microsoft management. Even before this version ships, however, they are faced with another punishing development schedule for... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Applications and Software; Business Startups; Product Development; Information Technology Industry
Nanda, Ashish, and Georgia Levenson. "Vermeer Technologies (F): FrontPage 97." Harvard Business School Case 397-110, May 1997. (Revised July 1997.)
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Elevator Pitch: First Byte
Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Concept: “Alfred,” a food industry collaborative robot, or “cobot,” trained to assist in the assembly of items such as salads and food bowls at commercial kitchens and fast-casual restaurants. Through AI, Alfred... View Details
- 30 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men
If you're in search of startup funding, it pays to be a good-looking guy. A series of three studies reveals that investors prefer pitches from male entrepreneurs over those from female entrepreneurs, even when the content of the pitches... View Details
- 27 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
Learning the Language of Product at Duolingo
quality language education freely available for anyone, anywhere. They’ve recently gone through a huge growth spurt: head count is on track to grow 50% year on year to almost 200 employees. Revenue is growing rapidly as well, and the company was just named to Forbes... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 09 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Reflections on Student Conferences in 2020
for informal discussions as well as explore the Exhibition Hall, where organizations set up virtual information booths. In addition, the Startup competition showcased cutting edge energy entrepreneurs and their innovative solutions,... View Details
- Profile
Cynthia Samanian
there were a variety of attractive career options presented during the recruiting season. Throughout my two years at HBS, participation in student clubs and programs has helped me stay true to my career desires. During my first year, I was an active member of the View Details
- 05 Jun 2014
- Blog Post
Learning to fail at HBS
and shutdown two startups - a culinary curation service (you can see the remnants of it at www.zesters.co) and a date idea recommendation engine (the origins of this are as nebulous as its fate). I think I knew this somewhere in the back... View Details
- 11 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Love My Job: Andrew Grochal on His Path to CarGurus
just hired our 450th employee. The growth has been pretty wild, and it’s been really exciting watching us take the US market by storm, launch additional products, and gain a real foothold in a couple of international markets. At the same time, we’ve done a pretty solid... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- Profile
Frances Dixon
independent research project on water technologies. “I’m interested in private sector solutions. There are a couple of Boston startups that are investigating new technologies for filtering water or desalinating water with less energy. I... View Details
- Profile
Bei Guo
R&D, and venture capital." With her colleagues, Bei visited businesses that ranged in size from a startup "that began in a hotel room with a couple of laptops" to a large manufacturer that was developing a new, much... View Details
- Web
Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Startup Connects Filipino students to Colleges and Careers Henry Motte-Muñoz 09 Mar 2017 Every year, 1.4 million high school students in the Philippines graduate high school, with little... SECON 2017: What is the bottom line in social... View Details
- Web
Launch Lab/Capstone 1 - Course Catalog
process has been widely adopted by startups and large corporations and is a key technique for aspiring product managers. In the second week, teams develop an “Investor Pitch” for a business model that surrounds the new product/service... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Collaborative Cures
diagnostics, consumer, and devices, collectively raising more than $150 million in funding. To further catalyze these new science-based businesses, the program provides fellows professional development in areas such as startup strategy,... View Details
- Career Coach
Annette Rodriguez-Ferrer
Annette Rodriguez brings over 20 years of seasoned expertise in private equity, across business services, consumer services, and healthcare. She has dedicated her career to building teams and investing in and developing best-in-class businesses and management, across a... View Details
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- Web
Monica Chang | MBA
Fellow, I am excited to take classes at HBS, participate in the Startup bootcamp, and learn from the other incredible peers in my cohort. Tech areas of interest: Tech for social good, civic technology, product management, human-centered... View Details
- March 2021
- Supplement
CashDrop (B2)
By: Rembrand Koning, Paul A. Gompers and Sarah Gulick
After the events in CashDrop A, Jarrid Tingle and Henri Pierre-Jacques, the founders of Harlem Capital partners, worried that Ruben Flores-Martinez, CashDrop’s founder, would take another offer while he waited for them to officially make an offer. HCP traditionally... View Details
Keywords: Small Business; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Online Technology; Technology Industry; Financial Services Industry; New York (city, NY)
Koning, Rembrand, Paul A. Gompers, and Sarah Gulick. "CashDrop (B2)." Harvard Business School Supplement 221-053, March 2021.
- September–October 2015
- Article
Crash and Burn: Why Silicon Valley's Notion That Failure Leads to Success Won't Work for the Rest of the World
By: Debora L. Spar
In the frenzied hills of Silicon Valley, going bust is common. Research attests that close to half of start-ups supported by venture capital chew through most or all of their backers' money and that the majority never achieve their projected returns on investment. But... View Details
Spar, Debora L. "Crash and Burn: Why Silicon Valley's Notion That Failure Leads to Success Won't Work for the Rest of the World." Foreign Policy 214 (September–October 2015).