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- 26 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
(PPE)ople First: Bringing Critical Personal Protective Equipment to Boston Hospitals
procure the needed supplies. Once the orders are placed, Natalie and Jess work with The Boston Foundation and Flywire (a local fintech start-up) to submit the payments, often across borders and across currencies. Over the next few weeks,... View Details
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Bringing a Taste of Japan to the World - Global Activities 2020
start of an unexpected educational journey. With a background in artificial intelligence and finance, Sasago thought launching a software or fintech startup might be in his future. But shortly after arriving on campus in 2018, he... View Details
- 16 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
How HBS Supported My Career Transitions During and After Graduation
Verticals team in October of 2020. How have you used career services since graduating? One of the benefits of being an alum is that you have access to continued career coaching. About a year after graduating I went back to Martha and let her know that I wanted to pivot... View Details
- 23 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money
As the US Congress prepares to replenish its Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses, questions still linger: Do guaranteed loans for small businesses work in the long term? Who wins? Employees? Businesses? Taxpayers? The answer appears to be yes for all... View Details
- 23 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
How I Sourced My Internship Outside of the US: Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu
She was active in the Africa Business Club and spoke openly with her classmates about her goals. “A classmate put me in touch with her sister who was working at OPay (a fintech company in Lagos, Nigeria) who was very generous connecting... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Latest Model
was booming: The price of bitcoin had surged to nearly $20,000; governments were beginning to recognize the cryptocurrency as legal tender; and industries from fintech to pharma were launching blockchain-related projects. (Though best... View Details
- 25 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #18: Tom Ferguson (MBA 2014) Venture Capitalist and Water Evangelist
not tell the story, however. “You need to prove that you can make money at the early stage. Markets are only obvious in retrospect. Fintech was thought of as a nonsense market in 2008.” Tom explained, “Everything that’s worth doing is... View Details
- 07 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends
be clean tech, which half a dozen years ago was red hot and is now in the doldrums. Fintech (financial technology) has come out of nowhere to be a hot area for investment. This continuous flow is part and parcel of the territory in the... View Details
- 04 Aug 2023
- Blog Post
Four Remarkable Stories of HBS MBA Students Tackling Climate Change
businesses to access financing for solar,” Chidalu explains. (01:11) In 2022, Chidalu founded her fintech company Earthbond, with the mission to empower Nigerians and their businesses with affordable financing for clean and reliable... View Details
- 19 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Celebrating our Student Fathers
family, but if you don’t prioritize it and set aside the time, you’ll quickly fill the gaps with other things. Chris Ricks Graduation Year: 2022 Dad of: Benjamin, 4, and Ella, 3 Post-HBS Industry or Current Internship: Fintech What is the... View Details
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Navigating Your Worth: AI, Negotiations, and the Nature of Expertise - Course Catalog
horizon? We will study the case of Klarna, a successful FinTech company that cut employment by half as AI technologies have been instituted across functions. We will place the adoption patterns we observe in historical context by... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Making It Count
impact revolution will sweep through all industries from clean energy and telemedicine to fintech and edtech, he predicts. And with $7 trillion in venture capital and private equity available globally—far more than existed at the start of... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 19 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Building a Powerful Network of Talent at American Tower
Graham Sinars (MBA 2019). For Nyanteki-Owusu, her summer internship experience working at a fintech startup in Nigeria reinforced her interest in building her career on the continent in the short to long term. In addition, Nyantekyi-Owusu... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
pymetrics to help them meet their diversity goals. And the firm’s impact is likely to spread, thanks to its recent acquisition by Harver, an automated recruiting platform with global reach. Seke Ballard (MBA 2010), founder of the fintech... View Details
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817051-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 617-060 Ant Financial Headquartered in Hangzhou (China), Ant Financial has grown into a fintech “Unicorn.” The View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Betsy Edwards
Betsy (HGSE, '12) is a Corporate Relations Director in HBS Career & Professional Development with over ten years of coaching experience. Her focus is on supporting students and alumni seeking an impact-oriented career primarily in the health care, energy and... View Details
- 23 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
have led to their trajectory of becoming the largest utility by market cap in the U.S., underscoring their influence and leadership in the energy sector. Ines's role prior to HBS was Corporate Business Strategy at Mercado Libre (E-commerce & View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Well Matched
Serena Ventures, a fund backed by Williams with an emphasis on startups that make diverse leadership and inclusivity a priority. Rapaport manages a portfolio of close to 60 early-stage investments focused on companies in the health, lifestyle, and View Details
- 07 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase
hours reduce electricity bills? Perhaps for the first time, small-business owners accustomed to monthly accounting might need to track day-to-day spending so they can react quickly to changing economic conditions. Free and low-cost tools from banks and View Details
- 11 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Supporting Independent Workers During COVID-19: One Phone Call at a Time
balancing act is perhaps too eloquent; it was more like juggling a few bowling balls while climbing up 10 flights of stairs. I would focus 100% on my internship with an LA-based fintech startup during the day, and then 100% on FinGig in... View Details