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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
of mentor capitalism brought HBS professor Dorothy A. Leonard and Professor Walter Swap of Tufts University to Singapore and Hong Kong last fall. The pair had been studying Silicon Valley mentor-capitalists (successful entrepreneurs who... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
and professional fulfillment. The book includes thought-provoking questions for reflection to help readers make a similar transformation. Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change by Ellen Pao (MBA 1998) (Spiegel & Grau) In 2015 Ellen Pao sued a powerhouse View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
opinion on their side, and they had friends in high places. In October, Go-Jek’s Makarim accompanied Indonesian President Joko Widodo on his first state visit to the United States. One of the stops was in Silicon Valley, where the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Point, Click, Give: Internet Fuels Philanthropic Fundraising Revolution
“As a nonprofit, I think we’d be in fifty schools in Silicon Valley versus fifty thousand schools across the country,” he said. WEBSE efforts are paying off. Austin reports that they are connecting donors and nonprofits more effectively,... View Details
- 05 May 2022
- News
Lesson Plans
in the middle of Silicon Valley, I believe it was the first case of community spread in the United States. It was that weekend of the first week of March, California Public Schools were going to shut down. And so, we started stress... View Details
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
name is worth remembering." Roosevelt said that in 1902, but it's a message that feels increasingly relevant, I think especially of Silicon Valley and its cultural acceptance of failure, which is so prevalent that there's even been... View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Honoring a Legend
Inventions at Georgia Tech’s ATDC incubator, with a mission to commercialize a set of scientific breakthroughs for improving silicon photovoltaics. Through his Freeing Energy Project, Nussey is writing a book to help people outside the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Campaign Ends, Exceeds Expectations
business. HBS now supports re-search offices in Silicon Valley, Buenos Aires, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Paris, and Mumbai, and the School produces about seventy international cases and research projects each year. Working in international... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
John Doerr, MBA 1976
crisis is the most urgent problem facing our planet. It is critical that we accelerate the flow of investment into green technology.” As one of Silicon Valley’s most successful venture capitalists, John Doerr thinks big. Working side by... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Five Honored for Missions Accomplished
capacity she helped lead the MBA Silicon Valley Immersion Experience Program. As a newspaper industry analyst at DLJ early in your career, did you anticipate the industry’s decline? I put a “sell” on newspapers in 1988 when I saw threats... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Democratizing Data to Favor Farmers
contributing their data to the network. Funded by $193 million in venture capital funds—$110 million of that coming in a Series D round in December—the company has 225 employees, split between a Silicon Valley analytics team and a Sioux... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
A Message from Dean Clark
in our classrooms. We are excited by the possibilities generated by our research offices in California and Hong Kong and our planned center in Latin America. The California Research Center (CRC) has far exceeded expectations in terms of the number of faculty who have... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
A Message from Dean Clark
either in Boston or on the West Coast (in conjunction with our California Research Center in Silicon Valley). Our faculty will teach a distance learning course with some classes originating in California and some at Soldiers Field, while... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ink
wanted to make our time in Africa an adventure. We wanted to explore. We wanted to experience the idiosyncrasies of the local environment and culture. So we did.” —Rick Walleigh (MBA 1974) on his late career change, as recounted in his new book, coauthored with his... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
By Ken Wilcox (MBA 1983) Wiley The former CEO of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Ken Wilcox shares the firsthand challenges encountered in his four years of trying to establish a joint venture between SVB and the Chinese government to fund... View Details
- 08 Mar 2013
- News
The Accidental Innovator
the ability to have a longer-term vision. One concern is finding a way financially to compete with the rest of Silicon Valley for talent, so we can retain top people for the long haul with attractive compensation. Our total invested... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
that sees something that others don’t see. You have to be convinced that three other people with the same idea in Silicon Valley or Bangalore, India, would not be able to out-execute this team. Passion, tenacity, and a magnet-like ability... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
goodwill and signals to people that we are genuine about what we’re trying to do. We are contemplating a capital campaign that will give the academy the staying power and the ability to have a longer-term vision. One concern is finding a way financially to compete with... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
is reaching lots of people a primary motivation? I want to build products that people love. I’m a capitalist at heart: I believe entrepreneurs who create useful products or services are contributing something of benefit to society. Working in View Details
- 28 Oct 2021
- News
Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity
and Elevest, a digital investment platform for women, Applegate pointed to Girls With Impact’s goal to “bend the curve” by training a million young women. Openshaw, a one-time motel maid turned Silicon Valley entrepreneur, explained the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley