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and the firm's long-term strategy. In an increasingly competitive VC landscape, where peers had continued to make strides, would Kleiner be able to reclaim its status as a leading tech investor and successfully navigate its next chapter?... View Details

June 2017 (Revised December 2017)
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CJ E&M: KCON Goes Global

By: Elie Ofek and Michael Norris

In January of 2017, CJ Entertainment & Media (E&M) proudly announced that it will be holding its first ever KCON in Mexico City just two months later. CJ Group Chairman Jay Lee and Vice Chairwoman Miky Lee are pleased at the progress that KCON, a Korean-oriented music... View Details

Keywords: Music Entertainment; Cultural Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Food; Music Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

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By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang

Launching Technology Ventures
Launching Technology Ventures (LTV) is designed for students who are actively working on their own startups or who will work at early-stage startups. The course material is, in particular, focused on new businesses in the... View Details

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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

relaxing the ownership role of physicians in such sites. Some health insurers added technology as a major asset, and VCs and PEs invested heavily in these innovative businesses. Many of these innovations spread to other continents, such... View Details

11 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

Is A/B Testing Effective? Evidence from 35,000 Startups

to itself before and after the testing software was implemented, the researchers mitigated the potential for selection bias in their sample—the possibility that companies opting to A/B test are inherently better, for example. To determine whether A/B testing led to... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

27 Apr 2021
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IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future

Entrepreneurs rarely consider who will ultimately own their startups—and what that means for founders—when they court venture capitalists. New research suggests they should. A startup funded by VCs who tend to work with the same group of... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

08 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 8

firms receiving their initial investment in hot markets are less likely to IPO but, conditional on going public, are valued higher on the day of their IPO, have more patents, and have more citations to their patents. Our results suggest that View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2023
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In My Humble Opinion: Plugged In

In a career spent investing in innovative startups at Intel, leading National Grid’s innovation and investment operations, and founding a nonpro t dedicated to advancing women and minorities to positions of top corporate leadership, Lisa Lambert (MBA 1997) always has... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

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Company databases: which database to choose?

sophisticated screening, PE and VC companies and funded firms, who knows whom. Earnings call transcripts, key developments. Also, screen for HBS alumni status. For a multimedia learning module on Capital IQ check out our Learn... View Details

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Alumni - Business & Environment

PHDIT PHDOB PHDSTM PHSM SEPME SEPSA SM VC VIS HBS Class* Work with Current MBA Students Student-Alumni Mentorship Program Help guide HBS students toward a career that addresses environmental risks and opportunities. Our Mentorship Program... View Details

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Events - Business & Environment

Program; Feb 12 Climate and Energy VC Professional Panel Organizers: Career & Professional Development; Energy & Environment Club 12 FEB 2025 | HBS Campus Open to HBS Students Join the Energy & Environment Club and CPD for a panel of... View Details

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HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni

Programs & Events HBS Entrepreneurship Summit NOV 4-5 4-5 NOVEMBER 2022 HBS ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT: LEADING HIGH-GROWTH VENTURES IN AN UNPREDICTABLE WORLD Brought to you by the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Alumni Relations A select group of alumni... View Details

19 Apr 2023
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A Kick Start for Latin American Startups

When Monica Saggioro Leal (MBA 2018) and her business partner, Lara Lemann, started MAYA Capital, a tech-focused, Brazilian VC firm launched in 2018, they wanted to take a hands-on approach with their startup investments in their first 12... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

06 Feb 2020
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What We Learned from Reading Jeff Bezos’ Patents

Services Changed the Way VCs Fund Startups Research Paper: Some Facts of High-Tech Patenting Are there Amazon leadership, people, or culture practices that you find interesting? Share your insights below. View Details

Keywords: by Tricia Gregg and Boris Groysberg; Retail

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Bobby Tuohy

the VC side of the startup world. “I’m surprised by how much I’ve learned here,” Bobby says of HBS. “There’s a large volume of challenging work. But the MS/MBA cohort is like my second family; they are the single most impressive, genuine,... View Details

12 May 2020
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Leaving a Career in Tech for Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship

HBS journey. However, my fellow classmates in the VCPE club were very gracious in helping me hone my early-stage investment thesis, practice investment memos, and connect me with their friends in the top VC funds in the US. After many... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Quantum Leap

“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

21 Jun 2023
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Building a Better World: The Harvard Builders Club

rounds from tier-1 VCs (some already exited!) or work at leading startups and tech companies. This powerful group of people found their community within The Harvard Builders Club. We were thrilled to have our inaugural Builders retreat in... View Details

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Investor - Entrepreneurship

learn about VC treks Get additional investor experience. Apply for one of the campus Scout programs led by prominent VC firms (Dorm Room Fund, Rough Draft Ventures, Pear VC, Lightspeed, NFX, etc.) JANUARY... View Details

22 Feb 2023
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Meet the Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG)

Rock, a Twin Cities based nonprofit focused on empowering young people through music education. Teresa Danso-Danquah (MBA 2024) - VP of Admissions and Administration I am a disability advocate, HR professional, and aspiring VC investor... View Details

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