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- 09 Jan 2019
- News
Why New England Needs New Ideas
have to be the end of economic opportunity in a community,” they write. “History has shown us, time and again, that real opportunity doesn’t require billions of dollars of investment or the backing of Silicon View Details
Keywords: New England
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Innovative Thinking Fuels Nascent Startup Scene
acknowledges. Some countries lack the necessary institutional structures. And even the startup hubs—Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Dubai, and Istanbul—lack one element that has made Silicon Valley such a success: a... View Details
- Career Coach
Wendi Zhang
designing the evolution of their career and life. Wendi works full-time in Silicon Valley at Egon Zehnder, which she joined in January 2024. Immediately before her current role, she served as the VP of... View Details
- 25 Apr 2016
- News
Trail Blazer
spoken publicly before business school, I learned how to articulate a point of view in front of peers—and convince them of the case I was making,” he recalls. After graduating from HBS, McMinn landed in Silicon View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
WILCOX: “At the height of the boom, all venture-capital funds had LPs begging to get in. Today, the really good funds are back competing for the very best deals.” With roughly half of the nation’s venture-capital firms and scores of venture-backed companies among its... View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
be non-American. Andy Grove, a survivor of the Holocaust, would not have wanted to come to a country that didn’t welcome immigrants. Moreover, it is no wonder that Silicon Valley is up in arms over this... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 08 Nov 2023
- Blog Post
Zone Defense: These self-driving, AI-powered drones do recon so soldiers don’t have to
investors. Two weeks before Brandon joined his HBS cohort on campus in the fall of 2015, he went to Silicon Valley to raise funds for Shield AI. The Tsengs and a third cofounder, Andrew Reiter, pitched to 30... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
were also important themes of a popular March 20 breakout session titled "The Silicon Valley Miracle." This panel discussion was led off by Gordon Moore, cofounder and chairman of Intel and one of the... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why dot.coms Will Rise Again
McFarlan said, "There is no application gap at all. What is going on in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong is at the same rate of speed as what has been going on in Silicon Valley and Boston." In all... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Profile
Ravi Belani
Ravi Belani grew up in Cupertino, California where he witnessed the town’s transformation from “what used to be orchards into what is now Silicon Valley.” His birthplace proved prophetic. After completing Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees... View Details
- 07 May 2019
- News
How Sonja Hoel Perkins Saved John McAfee from an Especially Bad Deal
analyst, didn’t have the authority to offer $20, much less $20 million. She quickly called Jeff Chambers, a managing director who had been with TA Associates for almost two decades and had opened the firm’s Silicon View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Have Ideas, Will Travel
exchange of ideas,” said Gustavo Herrero (MBA ’76), executive director of the Latin America Research Center in Buenos Aires and a symposium co-organizer. HBS also has research centers in China, India, Europe, and Silicon View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
How Green Is the Valley: HBS Students Explore Booming California Industries
equally interested and perhaps equally inexperienced in high technology, are carrying such enthusiasm even further. Rather than wait for Silicon Valley to come to the School, two student organizations - the... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Jan 2010
- News
Susan L. Decker, MBA 1986
Decker has put her analytical skills to work as a director of three major companies — Berkshire Hathaway, Intel, and Costco — and as a trustee of Save the Children. Her interest in entrepreneurship led her back to HBS, where she served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence... View Details
- Portrait Project
Sarah Assayag
robotic startup with two classmates and working with thought-provoking futurists in the Silicon Valley convinced me that I can indeed help humanity transcend its limitations. Yet at the same time,... View Details
- 12 May 2020
- Blog Post
The Importance of Coordination: Apoorva Pasricha Reflects on Crisis Leadership
with its authority.” As of April 27, the Chatbot is now live and available to 1.9 million people as part of the new Silicon Valley Strong website, the centralized clearing house of coronavirus resources.... View Details
- 28 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
The Importance of Coordination: Apoorva Pasricha Reflects on Crisis Leadership
with its authority.” As of April 27, the Chatbot is now live and available to 1.9 million people as part of the new Silicon Valley Strong website, the centralized clearing house of coronavirus resources.... View Details
- 30 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?
of the OR” vs. the “genius of the AND” Only four of the 18 companies in their sample were based on the West Coast. But their point of view would be adopted by many startups in Silicon Valley and the venture... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
New Paths to Success in Asia
pair had been studying Silicon Valley mentor-capitalists (successful entrepreneurs who have cashed out of their own companies but serve as business coaches to fledgling enterprises) and wondered if a similar... View Details
Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg
- Profile
Colt Stander
curriculums, there’s an end. But in design, there’s never a perfect solution. And in a way, conducting business is an ongoing design challenge that’s never finished.” Analytical yet creative future During the winter break, Colt participated in the Westrek to San... View Details