startup - Publications - Faculty & Research

March 2018
Supplement

04 May 2022
Podcast

How Footwear Startup Allbirds is Decarbonizing Fashion

In this bonus episode, sustainable footwear brand Allbirds co-founder and co-CEO Joey Zwillinger, Prof. Michael Toffel, and Cold Call host Brian Kenny discuss the growing environmental impact of the fashion industry, and how Allbirds is balancing a critical tension... View Details

25 Jan 2022
News

How Footwear Startup Allbirds Is Decarbonizing Fashion

01 Dec 2017
News

A Safer—and Speedier—Way to Name Your Startup

image by Edmon de Haro So you have an idea for a new business, product, or service. What are you going to call it? As any cash-strapped entrepreneur, product manager, or “creative” will tell you, that decision can be critical when it comes to avoiding expensive legal... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

20 Jul 2020
Interview

Agility in the Startup and Venture Ecosystem

By: Euvin Naidoo

Citation

25 Jan 2022
Interview

How Footwear Startup Allbirds Is Decarbonizing Fashion

By: Michael W. Toffel

Citation

October 2002 (Revised December 2003)
Case

Collabrys, Inc. (A)-The Evolution of a Startup

By: Dorothy A. Leonard and Brian DeLacey

The CEO of a two-year-old start-up must now decide whether to become a technology provider or a service agency. In a time of enormous uncertainty about the viability of various business models for Internet-delivered services and products, Collabrys has survived the... View Details

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Internet and the Web; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Corporate Strategy; Technological Innovation; Cost vs Benefits; Partners and Partnerships; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Corporate Finance; United States

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11 Jun 2018
News

How science can bring about a eureka moment for Indian startups

04 Mar 2016
News

Startups Can’t Revolve Around Their Founders If They Want to Succeed

07 Apr 2021
News

Harvard Business School Professor Details 'Why Startups Fail' in New Book

Research Summary

Entrepreneurial Failure

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann

Most startups fail. Why? Are there recurring patterns that can be anticipated and avoided? If entrepreneurs fail, how can they do so in ways that leave their reputations, relationships, and integrity intact? And, how can they learn from the experience, heal, and... View Details

Keywords: Startups; Entrepreneurship; Failure

27 Jan 2016
News

Poets & Quants’ 2016 Top 100 MBA Startups

Keywords: MBA students

17 May 2016
News

How to Know If Joining a Startup Is Right for You

07 Sep 2020
Working Paper Summaries

Entrepreneurs (Co-) Working in Close Proximity: Impacts on Technology Adoption and Startup Performance Outcomes

Keywords: by Maria P. Roche, Alexander Oettl, and Christian Catalini

2022
Book

Corporate Explorer: How Corporations Beat Startups at the Innovation Game

By: Andrew Binns, Charles A. O'Reilly III and Michael Tushman

Innovation used to be seen as a game best left to entrepreneurs, but now a new breed of corporate managers is flipping this logic on its head. These Corporate Explorers have the insight, resilience, and discipline to overcome the obstacles and build new ventures from... View Details

Keywords: Organization Change And Adaptation; Disruptive Innovation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Innovation and Management; Leading Change

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31 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Setting Interns Up for Success at a Startup

Connection Fortunately, Belsito knew exactly the right person to consider for the role. Weeks earlier, Kevin Sani (MBA 2022) reached out to Belsito while researching mission-based startups making an impact on climate change. “After... View Details

12 Sep 2016
News

HBS Alumni Startups Are Raking in VC Funds

New data shows that HBS alumni are leading the b-school pack in raising venture capital to fund their startups, according to an article on the website Business Because. According to data compiled by PitchBook, 1,069 HBS MBAs have founded 961 companies and raised $22.4... View Details

Keywords: Finance