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Jean Luo
companies.” Jean is joining Snap as a Product Manager in Los Angeles for her first post-graduation position, where she will be working on Snapchat's creative tools including filters and lenses, AR aspects, and monetization. "I love... View Details
- October 2016
- Case
The Quiet Ascension of LA Fitness
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In 2016, LA Fitness was the largest chain of non-franchised fitness clubs in North America, operating 676 clubs, serving 4.9 million members, and generating revenues of over $1.9 billion. Founded by Chinyol Yi, Louis Welch, and Paul Norris in 1984, the privately held... View Details
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Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "The Quiet Ascension of LA Fitness." Harvard Business School Case 717-424, October 2016.
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Elevator Pitch: Standard of Care
investment from Ambit Health Ventures, a medical venture capital fund, and is supported by HBS Angels of Boston. Following on earlier donations to Ukraine, in March Teodorescu and a contingent of volunteers and doctors delivered 50... View Details
- Web
Curriculum - Business & Environment
young firms, going beyond the basics of venture capital and angel financing to look at venture debt, bank finance, corporate venture capital and receivables financing. For the full listing, click here . Market Perspectives (previously... View Details
- Web
Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online
in Pharmaceuticals, pursuing an MBA in the fall of 2016 BS, Electrical Engineering, University of California, San Diego MS, Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles Read more learner stories * Source: 2022 surveys and... View Details
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Women’s Leadership Summit - Alumni
start-up investments through the Angels network. HBS Clubs & SIGs Access Tailored Support for Your Success Leverage a range of HBS resources designed to support your ongoing success. From career development to learning opportunities,... View Details
- 22 Nov 2023
- News
So You Want to Join a Startup
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: At age 29, Gus Bessalel (MBA 1988) decided to leave consulting for a decidedly less glamorous life as an entrepreneur, working out of a storage room in the bowels of an underground hotel... View Details
- 14 Aug 2006
- HBS Case
On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”
Angeles Lakers basketball team. Supporting material shows film clips of some of the more notorious Knight moments as well as Coach K's press conference after turning down the Lakers job. Students come away with a deep sense of each... View Details
- 19 Oct 2022
- Op-Ed
Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup
Rock Center for Entrepreneurship. She's also a startup adviser and angel investor. This article originally appeared on her blog, Being FA and Other Ponderings. You Might Also Like: Who Will Give You the Best Professional Guidance? How... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 23 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Lessons on Life, Graffiti, and Value: 'It's in That Darkness That You Can Actually Develop and Evolve'
Midwesterner raised on a dairy farm, and Roy Whitcomb Riley, a Black Southerner, settled in Los Angeles shortly before their son’s birth, in 1981, after traveling the world for 18 years. They lived in Mid City, whose economic and racial... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 10 Jan 2023
- Op-Ed
Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage
the next thing. Take the time if you can and I am almost certain you will find it helpful. Julia Austin is a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School's Rock Center for Entrepreneurship. She's also a startup adviser and angel investor.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Turning Point: Listen to the Music
Marnie Tattersall: (MBA 1972) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Marnie Tattersall: (MBA 1972) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) I was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and came to the United States in 1958 with my parents and my brother because my parents thought it was... View Details
- 16 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Understanding the ‘Want’ vs. ’Should’ Decision
Like having both an angel and a devil whispering advice in our ears, consumers often wrestle with the "want" versus "should" decision. Yes, I want to purchase that chocolate bar, but I should snack on granola instead.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Venturing Forth
Illustration by Adam McCauley Venture capital is a heady industry: Big bets mean big checks when the deals hit right. And for most of the last decade, those taking part in the funds were riding high: Capital was abundant, valuations were soaring, and the stock market... View Details
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Resources - Alumni
available to you HBS Angels Alumni Association : Connect with alumni members who are interested in researching and investing in early stage companies. Harvard Launch Lab (iLab) : Alumni incubator space in the Allston, MA area HBS Baker... View Details
- 27 Nov 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Secrets for Creating a Long-Lasting Brand
Longchamp Luxury Brand?Does an affordable luxury product work against the top-tier brand? L.A. Philharmonic Shows the American Symphony Orchestra Isn’t Dead YetLike many symphony orchestras, the Los Angeles Philharmonic lost touch with... View Details
- 15 Feb 2024
- News
Startup Shepherds
By their count, Catalina Daniels and Jim Sherman (both MBA 1991) listened to approximately 300 startup pitches in 2016, the first year the HBS classmates worked side by side as angel investors in New York. “You meet a lot of very smart people, with what sound like good... View Details
Keywords: April White
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Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Emerson Collective - Recruiting
their own professional development in the venture space. Whether that is involvement in the VCPE or Entrepreneurship Clubs, fellowships, angel investing, or helping classmates figure out go-to-market strategies, they have sought out... View Details
- 19 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
The History of Beauty
on the outside but beautiful and respectable on the inside, too. That was a big change for people until recently regarded as barely above prostitutes. Max Factor's store in Los Angeles also began to make wider sales. In 1916 he introduced... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Buy Big, Sell Small
kirana-store experience. “I always wondered why so many kiranas fail, and I decided to dig deeper into that,” she explains. An angel investor in her travel venture introduced Shruti to Manish Kumar, an expert in consumer-goods retailing,... View Details