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28 May 2019
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2019

“Our mission at Social Finance is to mobilize capital to drive social progress. We are pioneering new impact investing approaches, like the Social Impact Bond, to unite uncommon partners around common... View Details

15 Jun 2021
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In My Humble Opinion: Building Blocks

five-year stint in Boston as partner and senior managing director at AEW Capital Management. In 1999, Lewis moved to London to launch AEW Europe, a real estate investment business that grew to 18 billion in... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; diversity; leadership; real estate; Real Estate

April 2000
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Francisco Partners

By: Josh Lerner and David L. Gallo

Francisco Partners (which focuses on buyouts of high-technology firms) aims to be the largest first-time fund ever raised. The rationales for the fund, fundraising strategy, and partnership terms and conditions are among the topics explored. View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Venture Capital; Financial Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Strategy; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry

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Pitcairn shepherded his small plate glass company into an industry leader with a capitalization of $25 million in 1916. Pitcairn accomplished such expansion through plant acquisition and sales growth, as well as through View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

01 Mar 2010
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How to Spur Prosperity

those happen. That’s where you’ll get clues about where to make strategic investments for economic growth. What lessons can those who manage government stimulus efforts learn from the best venture capital... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

16 Oct 2017
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Take Time to Serve Others

Rena Clark (MBA 1990) found success by following her heart. A managing partner at Laurel Oak Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in the lower-middle industrial market, Clark forged a... View Details

January 1995 (Revised June 1995)
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Note on Yield Conventions

By: Andre F. Perold and Wai Lee

Describes the principal conventions used to report yields on debt instruments. View Details

Keywords: Investment Return; Capital Markets; Asset Management; Reports; Conferences; Governing and Advisory Boards

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01 Mar 2008
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Alumni Books

pressing business challenges, such as managing creative employees, navigating the IPO process, and protecting intellectual property. Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur by Dermot Berkery (MBA ’91) (McGraw-Hill) This... View Details

Keywords: Noel Capon; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Resources for Harvard Economics Students

and private companies, investment firms, capital transactions, and people. Provides sophisticated retrieval and personalization tools to create numerous reports. An active account can be used to... View Details

01 Jan 2003
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Greylock

original limited partners was in place. (By the 1980s, six more families had been added to the group.) At a time when venture capital was little more than a cottage industry that operated on a small scale and View Details

18 Aug 2014
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Fighting income inequality with early education reform

Anne Dias Griffin (MBA 1997) believes the early years are a critical time to correct income disparity. “There is a much higher return on investment in early childhood. It’s more expensive to intervene later,” says Dias Griffin, founder... View Details

30 Mar 2015
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Leveraging the power of yes

Sasha Dichter (MBA/MPA 2002) is chief innovation officer at Acumen Fund, a nonprofit global venture fund that invests in early-stage companies to solve issues stemming from poverty. “One of the things I’ve learned is how expressive and... View Details

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Timothy C. Draper | Baker Library

Timothy C. Draper MBA 1984, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) Play Video duration: 19:13 Timothy C. Draper, HBS 1984. Interview conducted in December 2010 Timothy C. Draper, HBS 1984, started his career with a brief stint with Alex, Brown & Sons, the first View Details

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Isabella Mandis | MBA

Being selected as Harvard’s first undergraduate Investment Partner at The MBA Fund has allowed me to gain valuable experience in venture capital. My summer experiences as a Kleiner Perkins Engineering Fellow and intern at Retro, a... View Details

26 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 26

stocking decision, our model is generalizable to other types of capacity investment decisions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-105.pdf Heterogeneity and Optimal Capital Income Taxation... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Industries: financial analytical data and tools

Data on public and private companies, investment firms, capital transactions, and people. Print resources: Mergerstat Review Check Harvard availability
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01 Jan 2009
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William K. Bowes Jr., MBA 1952

Founding Partner, U.S. Venture Partners Earlier Education: B.A., Economics, Stanford University, 1950 On Leadership: “Don’t run out of money.” Bill Bowes has had three careers — each leading to the next. Twenty-five years of investment... View Details

01 Dec 2009
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Hope for Reform Dims

reforms.” In a freewheeling Q&A session with some 400 students in Burden Hall on September 30, Thain advocated action on three fronts: consolidating the six federal agencies that regulate financial institutions to eliminate overlapping and duplicative jurisdictions... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

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Terrance McGuire

then go into the venture capital business,” he said. Part of the resistance to joining a startup was the reality of trying to build a company on a shoestring with attendant salaries that were nowhere near the compensation available... View Details

16 Mar 2023
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HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy

incentivized to lean harder into the “dirty” refinery business to recoup investment value before ultimately selling the business in a typical fund cycle. A hopeful view on their capital choice is that... View Details

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