Startup - Publications - Faculty & Research

2024
Working Paper

Catalysts for Climate Solutions: Corporate Responses to Venture Capital Financing of Climate-tech Startups

By: Shirley Lu, George Serafeim and Simon Xu

We study whether incumbent firms increase their product focus on climate solutions in response to venture capital (VC) financing of climate-tech startups. Using large language models to measure a firm's focus on climate solutions, we find that incumbents in similar... View Details

Keywords: Climate Finance; Climate Change; Technological Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Environmental Sustainability; Business Startups

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07 Jul 2022
HBS Case

How a Multimillion-Dollar Ice Cream Startup Melted Down (and Bounced Back)

Might Also Like: Why Digital Is a State of Mind, Not Just a Skill Set Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities Is A/B Testing Effective? Evidence from 35,000 Startups Related reading from the Working Knowledge... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

25 Apr 2023
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Class of 2022 Startups Sweep Alumni New Venture Competition

and Sylvan Guo, for Hue, an e-commerce technology platform that helps brands and retailers to showcase short-form, customer-generated video reviews on their websites. The virtual audience then awarded the Crowd Favorite prize of $5,000 to Tilden, a nonalcoholic... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

March 2022
Case

Exchanging Salary for Stock Options at a Startup

By: Erik Stafford

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25 Aug 2014
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How an Entrepreneur's Passion Can Destroy a Startup

16 Jun 2025
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Does Your Startup Set Employees Up to Fail?

11 Apr 2024
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Startup for Transgender Health Care Wins Venture Award

29 Sep 2023
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Research: In Recessions, Employees Avoid Jobs with Startups

12 Mar 2014
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10 Harvard Business School Startups You Should Know

Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade; Personal Services

19 Oct 2022
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Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup

20 Jul 2017
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Life Lab Nurtures Early Stage Startup Day Zero Diagnostics

Melis Anahtar in the Life Lab If you’ve ever been hospitalized with an infection and had to wait days for test results and a treatment plan, you understand the problems that Day Zero Diagnostics (DZD) is addressing. The company is one of the 14 inaugural View Details

Keywords: Scientific Research and Development Services

28 Sep 2023
News

What Ray Dalio Can Teach Us About Global Venture and Startups

Ray Dalio (photo via Bridgewater Associates) and Alex Lazarow (photo by Lindsay Upson) In a recent conversation with Bridgewater Associates Founder Ray Dalio (MBA 1973), Alex Lazarow (MBA 2010) gleaned three insights (and one bonus) from the global hedge fund leader on... View Details

13 Dec 2018
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HBX Launches Course to Help Startup Leaders Navigate Rapid Growth and Change

21 Sep 2018
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HBS Association of Southern California Boosts Support for Startups

Clubs News Clubs News In an effort to bolster entrepreneurial activity and increase participation in the HBS New Venture Competition (NVC) among alumni in the region, the HBS Association of Southern California has launched a series of workshops to help new View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

The Servicification of the U.S. Economy: The Role of Startups versus Incumbent Firms

Over the last few decades, the U.S. economy has exhibited a significant shift from manufacturing towards services. This transition has been particularly prominent in an important subcategory of services industries that drives innovation and employs many high-wage... View Details