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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
financial institutions in his native land. He then risked all his fortune to launch his own bank. “Entrepreneurship really means taking risks,” says Özyeğin, whose start-up eventually became one of Turkey’s largest private banks. Today,... View Details
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- 14 May 2014
- News
(Re)moving the Needle
in January 2013. The company has conducted proof-of-concept pre-clinical studies, and Anquetil expects human clinical studies to begin in the next two years. The risks with medical start-ups are the same as those for any entrepreneurial... View Details
- 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
- 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
- 05 Oct 2016
- News
Harvard to Open Life Sciences Lab
The Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab is the newest addition to the growing portfolio of innovation facilities on Western Avenue in Allston, joining the Harvard Innovation Lab (i-lab), which opened in 2011, and the Harvard Launch Lab, a start-up... View Details
- 24 Mar 2021
- News
Clubs Reaffirm Equity in Community Partners Work; Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education
primer course repeated often throughout the year for new members. “Our goal is to introduce alumni to angel investing,” he says. “Many are familiar with evaluating companies, but not at the early, start-up phase. There are so many nuances... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Steve Schwarzman
business, politics, media, and the arts. With a personal fortune estimated by Forbes to surpass $3.5 billion, Schwarzman has come a long way since leaving Lehman Brothers in 1985 to cofound Blackstone with start-up capital of $400,000.... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
K.O. Chia: The Voice of Experience
“With my corporate start-up experience, I know what it takes to build a company up from zero,” Chia explains. “A lot of young entrepreneurs, particularly in Asia, are quite inexperienced, and you literally have to draw the whole game plan... View Details
- 23 Dec 2009
- News
In the Zone
replicate that success, the Obama Administration has made an early commitment of $10 million to fund the strategic start-up effort involved in translating HCZ’s approach to 20 “Promise Neighborhoods” in cities across the country. Lauren... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Latin Flair
undergraduates at Harvard College. Together, the trio has turned Vostu from a tiny 12-person start-up to an operation with close to 400 employees in three locations: São Paulo, Buenos Aires, and New York. “More than 40 million Brazilians... View Details
- 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
- 31 Jan 2023
- News
Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups
Clubs News Clubs News The HBS Association of Boston (HBSAB) recently presented a virtual panel discussion exploring the unique challenges that women entrepreneurs encounter when founding their companies. The conversation, titled “The Realities Facing Female Founders,”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Money and Markets Dominate New Course Offerings
and rational process but through a subjective process. Launching Technology Ventures is for students who plan to work at start-ups and at established companies launching information technology products. Sustainable Cities: Urbanization,... View Details
Keywords: curriculum
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
To The Rescue
can be done,” says Palepu, who explains that the service is unique in India. “EMRI is actually helping everyone — rich and poor. It’s offering a solution. It really resonates with everybody.” Raju’s initial investment in launching EMRI in 2005 came to some $12 million... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Offshore Learning
the New England power industry, where he played a key role in building a start-up company into a $300 million energy marketing enterprise. Seeds of Success When he rejoined Outward Bound full time at Thompson Island in 2005, Pearson... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Books
industry leaders. From an inside analysis of today's hottest deals to what VCs look for in a business proposal, the collective wisdom of this elite group becomes an invaluable primer on what it takes to succeed in the high-stakes start-up... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Donna L. Dubinsky, MBA 1981
When Donna Dubinsky joined Palm Computing in 1992, the eight-person start-up was one of several companies developing a personal digital assistant. Under her leadership, Palm introduced the first successful PDA, creating a multi-billion... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
How to Close the Health Gap
where innovation is winning the day. An increasing number of biotech start-ups are setting up shop in developing countries, and VC firms are chasing them. In Hyderabad, India, for example, Shantha Biotechnics created clever... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
partner. In what proved to be a fortuitous stroke, Cohen then recruited Alan Patricof, a pioneering venture capitalist based in New York, to join the partnership. Under Patricof’s influence, the firm shifted focus from advising to investing in View Details