Impact Portfolio Companies - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Building the Bridge from Nonprofit to VC with Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)

philanthropic consulting portfolio Mbanusi led at MDC, along with his experience founding and leading a city-wide youth organizing initiative focused on educational completion and connection to living wage work opportunities, pointed him... View Details

23 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together

had affected the outcomes of the portfolio companies in the study. (For the purposes of the paper, a successful outcome was defined as one in which a company eventually filed... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

06 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Meet the Black Investment Club

companies, a sale of a health care portfolio company, and several debt refinancings to facilitate portfolio company growth. This summer, Akapelwa expanded on his financial... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital; Investment Management / Hedge Fund

01 May 2013
News

George H. Strong, MBA 1951

In the 60 years since he earned his MBA, George Strong says that the impact that HBS has had on his life has only become more clear. “I think it is hard to gain a perspective on the HBS experience while and immediately after you are... View Details

12 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs

Conversely, I’ve heard investors say they wish the leaders of their portfolio companies would be more transparent about challenges they are facing and ask for help. As one investor said to me, “They already... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

04 Mar 2019
News

The Anti-Shark Tank

Videolicious (a platform for making high-end video) respectively. Despite their success, the pair couldn’t help wondering what it was like to be a female entrepreneur without HBS connections. In 2016 they formed Able Partners to invest in early-stage View Details

16 Sep 2019
News

Smarter Farming

Steven Carden (MBA 2003) is CEO of PAMU Farms of New Zealand (formerly Landcorp Farming). In this video, he talks about the changes the organization is going through to adjust for shifting dietary trends and the impact of large-scale... View Details

Keywords: meat; dairy; cattle; Agriculture

Profile

Evan Rachlin

New therapies, especially those in biotechnology, are very exciting to Evan Rachlin. In his first business-related internship, Evan examined the economic side of life science at Pfizer in New York City. There, he cooperated with the View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

Rock Center Dedication

discussed digital networks, Clark Gilbert presented research on corporate innovation, and Stig Leschly shared insights on education reform. Rock then answered questions about his life and career, stressing the importance of ethics, hiring good people, and intellectual... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

23 Sep 2024
Blog Post

2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

firm that invests in and supports the growth of early-stage climate tech startups. Gigascale’s portfolio companies are replacing fossil fuels, cleaning up the atmosphere, and modernizing massive sectors such... View Details

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?

infrastructure. That has a positive impact on the price of stock of companies that will benefit from this spending, such as those that specialize in materials, for example. That said, there are some opposite... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

Brandon Farwell

like Planet (NYSE: PL) and SpaceX. After DFJ, he helped build the 150-company portfolio at Rothenberg Ventures nearly from the beginning, including companies like SpaceX, Planet, Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD),... View Details

Keywords: Business Products and Services (B2B)

Career Coach

Mark Hardie

Center at Framingham State University. Prior to the Innovation Center, Mark was a consultant/COO at Kaymbu Inc., a Boston-based edTech startup. He directed Vermont-based 800Response Inc.’s product development for a SaaS speech analytics platform, was a View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Health Care; Telecommunications

28 May 2019
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2019

upset me.” Machine dream: “There were companies that displayed different rates and prices. But none of them ever considered why people would want all that information on one screen, with it placed in charts and graphs that allowed users... View Details

05 Dec 2019
Blog Post

Addressing Unmet Needs in Health Care Using an MBA

No one can convey the impact of an MBA from Harvard Business School better than our alumni. And, when it comes to a career health care, there are a multitude of paths that one can choose. From care delivery and insurance to life sciences... View Details

10 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: First Look: October 10

enhanced application opportunities have combined to drive this topic much higher on many companies' agendas. Different companies are impacted in different ways. Embedded in this chapter are two analytical... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Benjamin Ha

million. During his investment career, he has served as investor board member over ten corporate boards and has experienced over ten portfolio companies successfully going public. Before starting his... View Details

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence;#75;#Venture Capital;#64;#Software/App

01 Dec 2022
News

Built to Last

North Carolina, and founded in 1926, CTE encompasses a portfolio of companies that sell, lease, and service heavy equipment like the backhoes, excavators, and forklifts used for everything from creating... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; family business; leadershp; employee management; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Sep 2003
News

Hail to the Chief

transportation would have the greatest immediate impact on energy use. This possibility inspired her to launch AltWheels, a two-day alternative transportation festival that took place in July. The event, a first for New England, featured... View Details