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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Academic Cross-Pollination
launch a start-up based on the technology. Did all of the projects lead to viable business concepts? No, and that’s an essential lesson. A lot of the ideas don’t work, and the students hate that. But it’s reality when you’re dealing with... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Andrea Silbert
who took a start-up course at CWE after being laid off from her job as a pet groomer. She now owns Animal Spirits, a successful pet-grooming store in Cambridge. Next to her is Carrie, who came to CWE looking for advice on how to expand... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Home Sweet (Modular) Home
Starting a business is never easy. But staking your future — and your bank account — on a concept that’s never been tried before makes it especially difficult. Just ask Stephen Stuntz (MBA ’69), the founder and president of Greentech Housing Company, a View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Case Study: A Souped-Up Strategy
start-up with limited resources. Your product is intently geographical. Concentrate on markets large enough to become profitable where you have no competition so you can spend your energy running the business rather than fighting wars. If... View Details
- 20 Sep 2013
- News
Connections Add Up
the online investing firm Kapitall. "I was really focusing on start-ups and early-stage businesses. I love to come in and find ways to start and grow businesses and create opportunities," she says. It's a passion Wood says was fomented by... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
joined a start-up in Seattle, the Rocket Research Corporation, where I was VP in charge of all business activities for 6 years. Then I became self-employed for 38 years as an expert witness in finance and economics in Washington and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Alumni News | Book Briefs
(Mirandola Press) This book offers a historical and geographical tour of New York's start-up tech community while addressing the hot themes for entrepreneurs and investors. It is also a guide to help navigate the NYC community: how to... View Details
- 09 May 2013
- News
Road Trip
festival (Emmy Lou Harris, Taj Mahal, et al) to support its charitable foundation. "Unlike a start-up in a larger city, RAP, based in a community of 900 people, makes everything work without the advantage of incubators, or a large local... View Details
- 06 Sep 2012
- News
Fashion-Forward
disrupted by digital media, for the most part, and they had already figured out how to bring in professional management. In fashion, it wasn’t so simple.” Amed began meeting with young British designers and networking. For nine months, he worked on a View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
counsel in guiding this then-young MBA student in both these directions—six entrepreneurial start-ups and then a seventh one that is green to boot! The seventh, GreenEarth Cleaning, owns 140 patents in 42 countries and after 12 years is... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Books
The Venture Capital Cycle by Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner (MIT Press) U.S. venture capital firms have grown dramatically over the last two decades, nurturing a host of start-ups -- including Apple Computer, Genentech, Intel, Lotus,... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Japanese Connection
skills. After working as a consultant at PA Consulting Services, Ltd., and APM, he joined Genentech in 1992, where he worked for nine years before leaving to launch his own marketing consulting firm, helping biotech start-ups get... View Details
- 27 Aug 2019
- News
Sweating It Out in Philly; Whiskey Flights in Portland
workout. Amanda Freeman (MBA 2003) at SLT Amanda Freeman (MBA 2003) at SLT A self-described “serial fitness entrepreneur,” Freeman has taken the New York-based SLT from a start-up to a private equity–funded fitness brand with 24 locations... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 16 Oct 2014
- News
Innovating for International Aid
private and non-profit sectors. “HBS is very good at training leaders, and teaching problem-solving skills and building up the foundation of confidence, motivation, and outlook to attack a challenge,” he says. “For much of my life I applied the skills I learned toward... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Sheila Lirio Marcelo, MBA 1998/JD 1999
way to class each day, discussing coursework and cases in their spare moments. After working as a teaching fellow at HBS for a year and delivering her second son, Marcelo joined Upromise, a start-up that helps families save money for... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 14 Jan 2014
- News
Spreading the Seeds of Entrepreneurship
business ideas up and running. Start-ups include a business converting pickup trucks to run on propane and a "Man Closet," now being manufactured and distributed, where hunters can store their outdoor clothing and gear. One student who... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Do Good: Eat Chocolate
scrappy,” she recalls. “I learned a lot about the community-building aspects of consumer marketing. That experience has been totally relevant to what we’re doing at sweetriot.” When the start-up siren call got too strong, Endline began... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; candy; chocolate; Crop Production; Agriculture; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences
opportunities, and business models were discussed. The next series of panels considered topics that included start-ups in Asia and the Internet and entrepreneurship in Japan. Saturday's lunchtime keynote speaker was Guangshao Tu, CEO of... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
BioMine Strikes Gold
international regions, presented business plans for their start-ups to judges on Monday, April 25, during the final round of competition. On Tuesday, Rakhi Mehra (MBA '09), founder of micro Home Solutions, a social housing initiative for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Alumni Books
Odds by Peter D. Johnston (MBA ’90) (Negotiation Press) How do you negotiate with Wal-Mart or with an intimidating boss about an ethical issue? How do you negotiate a capital infusion for a struggling start-up or better health care for... View Details