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- 04 Dec 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders
investors—and that’s what it’s all about for venture capitalists. You know, you could be an entrepreneur without getting outside funding, so just talking about companies that need outside capital and they... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Ink: Home Cooking, Secure Retirements, and Restoring Humanity to Finance
largest senior population in the history of the United States. And millions of boomer households are financially unprepared, one extended health crisis, job loss, or traumatic event from insolvency. As individuals facing this situation,... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Conversation with John Doerr (MBA '76)
recently spoke with the Bulletin from his San Francisco office. HBSB: How would you compare the work of the entrepreneur with that of the venture capitalist? Doerr: To win in this era, when industry-transforming discoveries seem to occur on a weekly basis, you View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Right Connections
From genome research to e-commerce, new ventures are popping up everywhere, competing for the cash needed to turn them into successful enterprises. When trying to secure backing for a high-risk start-up, whom you know can be just as... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
New Releases
capital that is in Muslim hands and the inescapable requirements of dealing in our modern, integrated financial and business world, there is a pressing need to develop... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Breyer Elected to Harvard Board
Jim Breyer (MBA 1987), a leading venture capitalist known for his expertise in innovative technology and media, has been elected to join the President and the Harvard Corporation as of July 1. Breyer is a partner at Accel Partners, a venture View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Hardymon Receives VC Award
Felda Hardymon, the MBA Class of 1975 Professor of Management Practice, has received a Lifetime Achievement in Venture Capital Award from the National Venture Capital Association. A member of the HBS faculty... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2019
financial guts of the business world when I was a teenager.” Big fail: Missing the cut for the high school volleyball team. “I asked the coach what I needed to do to make the team the next year. She told me,... View Details
- 12 Sep 2016
- News
HBS Alumni Startups Are Raking in VC Funds
New data shows that HBS alumni are leading the b-school pack in raising venture capital to fund their startups, according to an article on the website Business Because. According to data compiled by PitchBook, 1,069 HBS MBAs have founded... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Women and VC
director of the Women’s Venture Capital Fund (WVCF). The fund focuses on early-stage female entrepreneurs in digital media and eco-friendly businesses, two areas that the WVCF believes are “poised for exponential growth” because they are... View Details
- 28 Feb 2022
- News
Equal Partner
Courtesy Pialy Aditya A couple of years ago, Pialy Aditya (MBA 2005) got an unexpected inquiry from a venture capital firm: Would she be interested in being a partner? Though she wasn’t looking for a new job, she was intrigued by the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Alumni Books
A Vision for Venture Capital: Realizing the Promise of Global Venture Capital & Private Equity by Peter A. Brooke (MBA ’54) with Daniel Penrice (New Ventures) This book chronicles the career of Peter Brooke, who has been called “the... View Details
- 09 Jan 2017
- News
Role Model, Coach, Life Guide, and Cheerleader
Austin Scee (MBA 2001) is the founder and CEO of Razorhorse Capital in Atlanta, Georgia. Starting in college and through his time at HBS, he volunteered as a mentor with Big Brothers, Big Sisters of America. In this interview, he talks... View Details
- 29 Apr 2021
- News
Equal Partner
Photo courtesy Pialy Aditya Photo courtesy Pialy Aditya A couple of years ago, Pialy Aditya (MBA 2005) got an unexpected inquiry from a venture capital firm: Would she be interested in being a partner? Though she wasn’t looking for a new... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Springboard Boosts Funding Prospects for Women Entrepreneurs
those of you who are here making presentations today and trying to build companies," he said. "We need people with that kind of courage and vision." HBS senior lecturer Robert F. Higgins, who is also founder and managing general partner... View Details
- 30 Sep 2015
- News
Looking to Rwanda’s Future
When Jonathan Goldstein (MBA 1990) first traveled to Rwanda in 2002 to talk about venture capital with President Paul Kagame’s cabinet, he was surprised to find the cabinet members “weren’t requesting immediate investments or handouts.”... View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
- News
A Diversified Portfolio
having a hard time getting funded. In fact, only 1 percent of venture capital money was invested in companies run by female CEOs in 2010, the most recent year available according to Dow Jones VentureOne. Not only did Dorsen and Dodi see... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 23 May 2019
- News
Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, MBA 1995
to be the best version of themselves. Indeed, Rodríguez’s colleagues at Gentera—a financial services firm focused on underserved communities—can’t imagine running the firm without his involvement. Working in various capacities over the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Thomas A. James, MBA 1966
Baker Scholar, James accepted a position as controller at his father's firm, by then a 75-person financial planning company that was called, as a result of a merger, Raymond James Financial (RJF). At the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Euro Vision
2010 to $9.2 billion in 2014, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. In the second quarter of this year, European venture capital firms raised a combined $2.25 billion, 63 percent more than over the same period last year. But that doesn't... View Details
Keywords: Jason Feifer