Energy Entrepreneurship - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Finding My Passion in the Startup Space

crazy pace of tech developments and feel the intense energy around you. Unfortunately, the company I worked for eventually shut down. I decided to take a few weeks off and head to Greece on vacation. I felt the uncertainty that comes in... View Details

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Nikki Skovran

Africa. “I was impressed by the entrepreneurial energy there,” she says. “It was great to see that on the ground.” Her team worked with the Awethu Project, a startup incubator that exchanges business skills training for equity stakes in... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship

10 May 2015
Blog Post

Brand Strategist Turns Entrepreneur

likely do great brand work at a wide range of companies, regardless of their stage or history. Can you tell us about how you were exposed to entrepreneurship at HBS? Did you imagine you’d be working on a startup? The Harvard i-Lab has... View Details

April 2021
Teaching Note

Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd.

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock

Within 20 years of launch, entrepreneur Wang Yanquing had built Wuxi Lead into the world’s largest manufacturer of equipment for manufacturing capacitors, lithium-ion batteries, and fuel cells.
The first big choice an entrepreneur faces is what sector to... View Details

Keywords: Lithium-ion Batteries; Industry Dynamics; Entrepreneurial Journey; Entrepreneurship; Markets; Strategy; Decision Making; Manufacturing Industry; China

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21 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Are Crummy Products Your Next Growth Opportunity?

Business School professor Clayton M. Christensen. At the Harvard Business School Entrepreneurship Conference 2003, Christensen provided an advance peek at his new book, which follows on his influential The Innovator's Dilemma: When New... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 2021
News

Locally Grown

Inspired by the natural beauty he found when he moved to Boulder, Colorado, Robert Fenwick-Smith (MBA 1988) created Aravaipa Ventures, an unusual venture capital fund to support environmentally sustainable technology businesses in the state. “When I set up Aravaipa... View Details

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Alejandro Gracia-Zhang | MBA

Alejandro Gracia-Zhang Mechanical Engineering (SB) Quincy 2020 Cohort 1 I am really excited about being part of this amazing team and I'm looking forward to learning about how entrepreneurship can help us make a greater impact! Tech areas... View Details

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Ben Schlatka

(electronic materials company)- Co-Founder & Vice President of Business Development; Nantero (venture funded nanotechnology startup)- Director of Business Development; IBM Microelectronics (semiconductor company)- Strategic Marketing Manager; Volunteer Solutions... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship

February 2011
Supplement

The Fox Islands Wind Project (B)

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Evan Richardson

Fox Island Wind Cooperative faces criticism from local residents. View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Renewable Energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Cooperative Ownership; Business and Community Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology Industry; Maine

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01 Sep 2013
News

The New Tech Meccas

When author and start-up vet Chris Schroeder (MBA 1992) attended a regional entrepreneurship conference in Dubai in 2010, the energy of the crowd was a revelation. "I could not get my head around the idea... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

19 Jun 2014
News

Turning "Black Gold" to Green

Capturing industrial carbon dioxide and pumping it back underground to help extract energy from old, unproductive oil fields seems like a plan that might be good in theory but is probably too complicated to pull off in the real world.... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

19 Apr 2017
News

Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action

a clone of Silicon Valley, but as a unique, networked support system with its own identity. Positioning Chicago as a city conducive to entrepreneurship required ongoing, deliberate efforts on the part of Emanuel (who was sworn in as mayor... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Emmanuel

24 Apr 2014
News

Tackling the data dilemma

centers. HP’s answer is the Moonshot server system, introduced in 2013, which uses 89 percent less energy and 80 percent less space, and costs 77 percent less than a traditional server environment. “No other company is taking on the... View Details

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Rye Barcott

Building cross-sector partnerships After a tour of duty in Iraq, Rye decided to pursue the joint MBA/MPA; the Harvard Kennedy School portion of tuition is covered by Rye's Reynolds Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship. "I've seen... View Details

September 2012
Case

Castronics, LLC

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff

Patrick Dickinson (HBS '09) and Michael Weiner (MIT's Sloan '07) acquired Castronics, a firm that specialized in threading pipe used in the oil and natural gas industry, at the end of 2009. The partners overcame significant hurdles during the first two years of... View Details

Keywords: Small Business; Search Funds; Corporate Finance; Entrepreneurship; Financial Management; Energy Industry; Western United States

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07 Apr 2023
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Career Advice: Pursuing a Dual Degree

that's joining a small firm or entrepreneurship through acquisition. What impact do you hope to have when you leave HBS? How do plan to use your career, degrees, and experience at HBS to help create a more sustainable world? Being... View Details

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IFC India 2025: Illuminating India’s Solar Future: Reflections on Tata Solar Manufacturing Plant Visit - Blog - Business & Environment

Careers Climate Rising Climate Stories Clubs Courses & Curriculum Creating Emerging Markets Entrepreneurship Event Faculty Faculty Research IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production 2023 IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production... View Details

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Club Conferences | MBA

19, 2024 Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition Retail & Luxury Goods Club Conference October 20, 2024 Retail & Luxury Goods Climate Symposium November 2, 2024 Energy & Environment Club Food & Agriculture Club... View Details

October 2009 (Revised June 2010)
Case

1366 Technologies

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III, Ramana Nanda and David Kiron

Just months after declaring their intent to become a solar cell equipment supplier, van Mierlo and Sachs were again revisiting the issue of what the company should be. Becoming a successful solar cell manufacturer would potentially be much more lucrative than becoming... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Commercialization; Corporate Strategy; Green Technology Industry

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