Angels - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings

college roommates who worked in South Central Los Angeles as a community organizer. He was bemoaning the lack of financial services to people who lived there. As a result, I became very interested in what we might call "consumer" or... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

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Harvard Business School

College of Business at San Francisco State University, Linda Oubre brings more than two decades of corporate, entrepreneurial, and teaching experience to the role. She co-founded and was president of BriteSmile, was president of Tri Com Ventures, oversaw business... View Details

01 Feb 2002
News

It's academic. (Not!)

black-box entity linked to a start-up with a dollar sign. A Los Angeles native, Wasserman, 32, met his wife (now a practicing obstetrician) as an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received joint degrees in... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

07 Nov 2008
News

Obama's foreign policy picks

27 Oct 2008
News

Economic crisis hits as Brazil builds

29 Sep 2008
News

BOOK REVIEW 'The Execution Premium'

04 Oct 2008
News

Brazil's Lula takes center stage in Latin America

July 2011
Case

Barrick Gold: Implementing a Transition to IFRS

By: David F. Hawkins and Angel R. Solis

Barrick Gold must change from Canadian – GAAP to IFRS. Case covers the transition. View Details

Keywords: International Accounting; Transition; Mining Industry; Canada

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Educators

Purchase

Otis purchased the Los Angeles Times in 1886 just as the city was experiencing a population boom. Otis contributed to the population boom by actively promoting the city’s business opportunities in the Times. In addition, Otis was... View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

Alex Jiang

Alex Jiang cofounded Alpha Startup Fund in 2015 and builds Alpha Startups into one of the leading early stage venture funds in China. Alpha Startups invests in AI, IoT, enterprise solutions and consumer internet. It was voted by leading Chinese tech media 36kr as 2017... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products & Packaged Goods;#20;#Ecommerce;#75;#Venture Capital;#47;#International Development

01 Jun 2010
News

Sail Away

ROBB: A luxury home in every glamorous port. Glenn Koenig/Los Angeles Times Set to launch in 2013, the $1.1 billion Utopia will be a cruise ship with a difference: About half its cabins will be sold as private residences, ranging in price... View Details

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Accommodation; Hospitality; Real Estate

21 Oct 2014

HBS 2+2 Information Session at Brown University

Join us to learn more about the 2+2 application process to the MBA program at HBS. The event will include a presentation and an opportunity to ask questions to an Admissions Officer. Registration is not required but encouraged. The session will begin at 4:00 PM EST at... View Details

01 Sep 2014
News

The Harvard Business School Campaign: California Regional Events

Holland (MBA 1987) and Prem Abraham (MBA 1974) caught up during the evening event at Fort Mason Center. The HBS Campaign Los Angeles Regional Event, June 11, 2014 Dean Nitin Nohria with Ty Kim and Mike Hohmann (both MBA 2000) during the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Nov 2016
News

Paving the Way to College

Children’s Defense Fund; and helped to select the first secretary of education while a senior White House aide in the Carter Administration. Now semi-retired, Frankel is executive director of College Match, a nonprofit he founded in Los View Details

Edward W. Carter

Carter developed the first suburban shopping center in 1947 in Los Angeles and popularized regional chain stores. Carter started with three regional stores in Los Angeles in 1946, and by 1980, had grown that... View Details

Keywords: Retail

08 Jan 2019
News

Raising Prospects for Female Funders

Maria Eugenia Giron (MBA 1992) is an entrepreneur and investor in the luxury goods industry, based in Madrid. She’s a cofounder of Rising Tide Europe, a women’s angel investing group that is part of an international movement to provide... View Details

21 Sep 2016
News

Ideas with Economic and Social Impact

Corporation (IFC) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Her report, Financing High-Growth Firms, the Role of Angel Investors, written for and published by the OECD in 2011, has attracted interest from... View Details

13 Jun 2013
News

Learning Curve

Marshall Tuck with kids Photo courtesy of Marshall Tuck Marshall Tuck's exciting new job had a rough start. Selected in late 2006 to head a turnaround of the Los Angeles Unified School District, Tuck (MBA 2000) saw his position evaporate... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

Christina Melas-Kyriazi

active angel investor and an advisor to early-stage companies. She has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from Stanford University. Christina grew up in Los Angeles, CA and now lives in San Francisco with her... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital

01 Mar 2010
News

Star Turn

helping to set up HBS’s intranet service. At the urging of former Dean Kim Clark , he enrolled in the MBA Program. On his switch from academia to the private sector, Royo explained to the Los Angeles Times (December 6, 2009), “Back in... View Details

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