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Robert Leke
them to unleash their utmost potential. How did HBS prepare you for your internship & long term career goals? There are obviously the technical skills which HBS equipped me with for my career (such as Finance or Operations). But more... View Details
- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?
urgent needs of the future. Start-ups, on the other hand, are intensely focused on innovation but are also beholden to the impatience and boom-and-bust cycles of the venture capital industry. In his new... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Alumni Books
agree on a term sheet with a venture capitalist; how to split the rewards; and how to allocate control between founders/management and investors. The Dynamic Path: Access the... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Arthur Rock (MBA '51)
microprocessors. Equally important, the idea of stock options for employees and the use of venture capital financing became a standard part of the nascent high-technology industry. As one of the founding... View Details
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Jake Flomenberg
all aspects of business. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your goals and career path? I've always been interested in technology but came to HBS knowing next to nothing about entrepreneurship and venture capital. HBS exposed me... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 04 Dec 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders
like-minded people, birds of a feather in terms of interest in supporting these entrepreneurs. >Thomas Bittar (OPM50), founder of a venture capital fund in Brazil, we’re still... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Recognizing the Value Proposition
Greylock Partners, one of the country’s first—and foremost— venture capital firms. “I don’t think the term ‘venture capital’ was in anyone’s vocabulary when we were students,”... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952
1967 Founds Asset Management Company 1980 Provides early capital for Amgen, joins board 1998 Appointed chairman, San Francisco Opera Association 1999 Funds BUILD, nonprofit promoting entrepreneurship to disadvantaged youth 2002 Receives... View Details
- 15 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner
venture capitalists want more from their clients in terms of an ownership stake or in terms of meeting tougher performance benchmarks? Gompers and Lerner: Many of the changes... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
Breyer Illustration by John Cuneo In a year when the highest percentage of HBS graduates ever went to Wall Street, Jim Breyer (MBA ’87) headed west to join an upstart venture capital firm called Accel... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
ignores life’s vicissitudes and a venture’s changing business requirements. Imposing vesting terms on themselves and their cofounders can offer some protection for founders and the venture. “Rich vs. King” is a concept that you’ve... View Details
- 21 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to Sink a Startup
continue to be as the venture grows, or they are avoiding a serious conversation about the split. Such an arrangement ignores life's vicissitudes and a venture's changing business requirements. Imposing vesting View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
coupled with an established venture capital community and a vast pool of potential customers in the form of major financial firms hungry for fresh tech. “Large financial institutions are technology companies... View Details
- 02 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Is 'Gut Feel' a Good Reason to Invest in a Startup?
overly risky.” Unlike most situations where making an important decision based on gut feel is seen as a negative, venture capitalists and angel investors often brag about the wisdom of their midsections. “They have a lot of pride in how... View Details
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Courses by Title - Course Catalog
Economy and the Complexities of a Continent General Management, Business, Government & the International Economy Hakeem I. Belo-Osagie Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 ^ back to top V Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits View Details
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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog
Turnarounds and Transformation (also listed under Organizational Behavior) Ranjay Gulati Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Venture Capital and Private Equity Jo Tango Archie L. Jones Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Finance Course... View Details
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Leo Markel
Business School prepared you for your current role & your long term career? Harvard Business School has helped in two key ways. At HBS, I learned leadership skills and have gotten the chance to flex the aforementioned decision-making... View Details
- 22 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business
Kabbage and can be referred to as online balance sheet lenders. Their loans typically are short-term, less than nine months, and fund working capital and inventory purchases. Many of these loan products... View Details
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Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog
top I Course Title Area Term Quarter Credits Ebehi Iyoha Launching Global Ventures Entrepreneurial Management Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 ^ back to top J Course Title Area Term Quarter... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 1
of capital within an economy. The theory predicts that GAAP's principal focus, as shaped by the demand for and supply of financial information, is on the use of the income statement and balance sheet for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace