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Luc Sirois
and growth to build new organizations.” Equally life-changing were the guest lectures taught by the likes of Jeff Bezos, who, at the time, was merely the founder of an online used bookstore. “To have those encounters right there, in... View Details
- 27 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
Joining a Start-up: 10 Lessons Along the Way
for advice to budding founders and joiners. He said it's simple: "Don't do it." He was joking, but this is actually the perfect test: are you so passionate and eager to run your own race that you can ignore everyone that says... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Thinking About an MBA? Think About Your Purpose
over 2,000 locations in Latin America and the Caribbean. Even as sales were plummeting as the company closed most of its dining rooms, it promised not to lay off its workers. “We had a duty to these people working for us,” Woods Staton, the View Details
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
become an aruaba, ‘a woman who goes to work in a business suit,’ in the West African language Twi,” says Crane, founder of Edify, a nonprofit that provides micro-enterprise loans to faith-based schools in Africa and Latin America. “I’m... View Details
- 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
disconnect between the shippers (demand) and truck owners (supply), had created a layer of intermediaries (brokers) for transporting goods. The founders saw an opportunity in creating an online marketplace for freight—and uniting the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2016
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September 6, 2016
grants. Explores the detailed history and business models of both organizations. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/716468-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 416-022 Linda Rabbitt at rand* construction Linda Rabbitt, View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
http://sloanreview.mit.edu/the-magazine/articles/2010/fall/52118/how-to-do-well-and-do-good/ Corporate Governance When Founders Are Directors Authors:Feng Li and Suraj Srinivasan Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul
saw—that's a ton of fun," he said. There was general agreement on this point, but land and buildings aren't always part of the equation when it comes to calculating the industry's appeal, added Vincent J. Constantini, founder and... View Details
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Enterprising Women
is developing stem cell products to treat cancer, genetic disorders, and immune deficiencies. Keep Business Model Fluid "Know your timing," advised Susan Willet Bird, founder and president of Women.future, an organization that... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
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Henry McCance
recent advances in gene sequencing and data mining, he believed he could identify many more genes in a short time with a relatively modest investment. That could lead to the major breakthrough the founders were after, because more genes... View Details
- 24 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Is the MBA Worth It? Hear What Recent HBS Grads Have to Say (Part 2)
thought to knock on. I have ended up working in some of the most exciting, cutting-edge life sciences companies in the world, and I never would have even considered the industry before coming to HBS. Mollie Breen (MBA 2020) is the Founder... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Ink: The Three-Step Startup
not hesitant to use the words discriminated against. When only 2.3 percent of venture-backed founders are women, when only 1.5 percent are LatinX, when only 1 percent are Black founders—clearly there’s neglect, ignoring, and... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
A For-Profit Business That Makes Education Accessible
learned at HBS was delivered before he even arrived on campus. Feerick was accepted to the School under a deferred admissions program and encouraged to spend 18 months in the business world before joining his cohort. During that time, Feerick went to work as an... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change
(MBA 1997) and the panel On the panel, Sarah Wright (MBA 1997), founder and managing partner of Hull Street Energy, made a strong business case for national environmental laws to address climate change, including in the electricity... View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
A Measured Approach
its skills and capabilities. Dan Levy, a senior lecturer in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School—who taught many of the IDinsight founders in his courses about quantitative methods, policy analysis, and program evaluation—has... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 04 Dec 2014
- News
Hacking Health Care
and growth to build new organizations.” Equally life-changing were the guest lectures taught by the likes of Jeff Bezos, who, at the time, was merely the founder of an online used bookstore. “To have those encounters right there, in... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 18 Aug 2014
- News
Closing the Education Gap
who is founder and managing partner at Aragon Global Management (AGM), a Chicago-based hedge fund that focuses on global equities. “There is a much higher return on investment in early childhood. It’s more expensive to intervene later and... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 08 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Koppert Cress: Macro Greenhouses, Microgreens
garlic, and Borage Cresses like oysters. Sechuan buttons set your mouth tingling, and Tahoon Cress undoes the effect. It’s easy to imagine how they might be used in fine dining to dazzle and delight the palate. Rob Baan, Founder and CEO... View Details
- 07 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India
of entrepreneurship lies not just in creating solutions but in meticulously tailoring them to the needs of the market. Our visit to Log 9, was a deep dive into this philosophy. The company's founder highlighted the importance of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
A Call to Innovation
the United States will never again dominate the world stage as it did in the latter half of the 20th century. But it can yet again be the “indispensable nation” by “using our mastery of innovation as a force for good in the world.” Kao, the View Details