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- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
When Hayley Barna (MBA 2010) launched the beauty startup Birchbox in 2010, she expected fundraising would be a challenge. Every entrepreneur knows the long odds: By some estimates, less than 1 percent of new companies receive that coveted... View Details
- 09 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
For Better Ideas, Bring the Right People to the Brainstorm
neutral, or even harmful to minting winning ideas. Testing for personality Koning and Hasan detail their findings in the paper Conversations and Idea Generation: Evidence from a Field Experiment, to be published in Research Policy this November. They conducted their... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Unlocking Innovation: A Leader's Guide to Turning Bold Ideas Into Tangible Results By Robyn Bolton (MBA 2005) Page Two Press Only 1 in every 50,000 incubated ideas reaches $1 million in sales. If you ask most corporate executives why their... View Details
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
comprehensive micro-data allow us to study how the entry rate, the distribution of entry sizes, and survival rates for firms responded to changes in banking competition. We also distinguish the relative effect of the policy reforms on the entry of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Oct 2020
- News
Clearing the Path to Citizenship
cofounded Boundless Immigration, a Seattle-based startup that streamlines the processes for applying for a marriage green card—permission for a US citizen’s non-citizen spouse to live and work permanently in the United States—and US... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
startup scene. In addition to moving home, she'd had open heart surgery and changed jobs several times. Meanwhile, Egypt had become a hotbed of startup activity. Last fall, Enan stepped into the role of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- Web
Meet the Team | Information Technology
Group, where he worked closely with faculty to research and write case studies. Over his nine years in that role, he wrote dozens of case studies on companies ranging in size and scale from startups to Fortune 500 corporations, including... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Good as Our Word
And finally, how would the firm acquire status as a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization, an SEC designation that is considered a key “must-have” by many credit ratings customers? In the classroom, Becker says, students... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Everything Old Is a New Opportunity
Stephen Johnston (photo by Gary Laufman) For a mobile-focused business entrepreneur, Stephen Johnston (MBA 2002) is more than a bit of a contrarian. Unlike many of his peers, Johnston, 41, has his sights set not on emerging nations but on... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Bright Future for Green Business
gathered in Cumnock Hall. The world population is exploding, and resource use is skyrocketing, particularly in rapidly developing nations like China and India, said Nordan, president of the analyst group Lux Research. “If you do that math... View Details
- 21 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 21
largely emphasizes the collective benefits of market creation and overlooks the costs borne by individual evangelists. Through an inductive multiple-case study of five startup competitors, we traced firms’ efforts to stake out a new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Making Eco Easy
Competition (photo by Susan Young) That realization later led Paiji Yoo (who left HBS after her first year to pursue a mobile shopping startup she created) and her sectionmate John Mascari (MBA 2012) to cofound Blueland, which makes... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
September 2021 Alumni Books
entrepreneurs is Mary Kay Ash, a legend as a glass-ceiling breaker and a woman who built a very successful business with a go-to-market strategy of direct selling. Unlike Mary Kay Ash, however, not all aspiring business owners are willing or able to invest their... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 22 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change
electrified transportation, waste/recycling and food/ag, we’re thrilled with the IRA. We’ve already seen the economics shift for a number of startups in battery development, battery recycling, carbon capture, solar development, and clean... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
you. Paul Conforti (MBA 1997) was a 1997 quarterfinalist with classmates Kim Moore and Kristen Krzyzewski for Finale, an upscale restaurant with a focus on desserts. “I envisioned the path to be a little different,” Conforti confesses. “The plan all along was to turn... View Details
- 22 Nov 2016
- Blog Post
Memoirs of an International First Year Student
As an Indian national who was working in the Middle East in the petroleum industry, my decision to apply for an MBA was fueled (pun intended) by two reasons. One was the obvious need to get a business perspective after staying in the... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
acquisition by WorldCom, Keen joined Level 3, a startup competitor—but was fired when his strategic recommendations for expansion didn't align with upper management's. At that point, Keen made good on his HBS application essay and joined... View Details
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
differences between putting for par and birdie and performance under pressure. Read the paper: http://www.bepress.com/jqas/vol7/iss1/5/ Scanning the Commons? Evidence on the Benefits to Startups Participating in Open Standards Development... View Details
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
a lower price. In late 2012, Quincy's cofounders are debating how to approach a crucial board meeting. Their seed-stage startup is running low on cash; to survive, they will need more capital, probably in the form of a bridge loan from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Beyond the Plastisphere
reusable insulated water bottles. Kauss works with designers and artists to introduce new looks every season, often in partnership with major brands such as Disney and National Geographic. Her goal, however, is not to help people look... View Details