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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Alumni Books
how to convert a brilliant idea into something that actually pays, get necessary funding to expand, build a great team of staff and advisers, keep the cash flowing, and go global. View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Addresses Racial Equity
include the following: Jim Cash (Cash Catalyst), an emeritus faculty member who serves as board chair Ken Chenault (General Catalyst) Ken Frazier (Merck) Doug McMillon (Walmart) Brian Moynihan (Bank of America) Lisa Skeete Tatum (MBA... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, endorsed Edwards and criticized Taylor for not offering specifics on key issues. The News described Taylor as a “rookie who’s long on cash and slash-and-burn campaigning but short on answers.” In a speech... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
tempered by substantial risks for businesses and investors looking to cash in on China’s economic renaissance. Over the course of the three-day Global Leadership Forum, twenty HBS faculty members and thirty U.S. and Chinese business... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
The Exchange: Venture Forth
courses, I’ve spent so much time teaching the tools that are based on theory. What is really interesting is that professionals in lots of industries, in particular the VC industry, totally disregard them. Using derived cost of capital and discounted View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Case Study: Something New
the largest player in this industry is still pretty small,” says Malkina. “The biggest thing to figure out is how we can grow at or below our optimal customer acquisition cost at a much greater scale. We have the cash to invest in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
Runway, Good Start Genetics, EGG-energy, Urban Water Partners, RelayRides, and Birchbox, among others — the Business Plan Contest has grown and evolved from its first iteration in 1997. Back then, 37 teams submitted plans. Last year, a record-breaking 110 teams vied... View Details
- 13 Feb 2019
- News
We’re All Going to Get Hacked
point-of-sale systems at the retail stores. They had some policies that were interesting. One of the policies is, they cleared the POS systems every night. They’d wipe the hard drives, just in case someone steals one of these cash... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
scrape together the cash to start what would eventually become a multibillion-dollar company. Recalls Nomikos, "My good friend George, who was an MIT student, had invented a compact and effective device for converting heat directly into... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
of mentor capitalism brought HBS professor Dorothy A. Leonard and Professor Walter Swap of Tufts University to Singapore and Hong Kong last fall. The pair had been studying Silicon Valley mentor-capitalists (successful entrepreneurs who have View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Old Meets New: A Dinosaur Named Sue
fifteen-minute presentation. "About a minute into my story," recalls McCarter, "Fred said, 'You want to buy Sue?' and I said, 'Yes,' and he said, 'McDonald's is in.'" While it took several months to sort out the details, ultimately McDonald's made a substantial View Details
- 21 Jul 2011
- News
Social Investing’s Time Has Come
founder and CEO of Social Finance, a Boston-based nonprofit established in January to introduce SIBs to the United States. A companion organization with the same name is based in London. With governments here and abroad strapped for cash... View Details
- 21 Nov 2013
- News
Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins
and capabilities, providing resources, skills and cash to help the firm get back on its feet (and at a time when the firm was worth more to a buyer). Last year, my money was on Microsoft. Windows phone has never lived up to expectations,... View Details
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
the US, has already collected 70 million bottles. Ramase Lajan currently provides jobs and income for more than 1,500 people daily and has generated more than $460,000 in the local communities. “One of the first days, I saw a guy bring 40 pounds of plastic, and he got... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
American Dream
turn this business into a real cash cow.” “By going to HBS, I developed the skills, confidence, and knowledge to be a good steward of this family business. I don’t know if my sons will want to work here, but I do want to provide them with... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Lessons from the Tsunami Disaster
society actually works.” A more effective response, he contends, is a “strategy of emergence.” By this he means that relief agencies should first provide resources for survivors to manage their own recovery. For example, Curran helped direct a program that distributed... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Charlie Williams (MBA 1939, DCS 1952)
and its $300,000 in cash — that proved of little interest to the bridge, given the situation. Then came the order to abandon ship. A destroyer had maneuvered alongside to evacuate our wounded first, and then our pilots. One of the senior... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Alumni Books
building group cohesion. Leaders can no longer just “rally the troops.” Instead, they must employ more positive means to span boundaries, affirm identity, cultivate trust, and collaborate productively. Bootstrapping 101: Tips to Build Your Business with Limited View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
cash if you wanted to buy a house,” he says. “Today, there is a huge market for ten- or fifteen-year mortgages. These markets are being created as we speak. It’s phenomenal.” If money isn’t an obstacle, management talent and experience... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 19 May 2022
- News
Leading to Salvation
Home underway, Bob Ryan realized a shiny new building would not solve the business’s other challenges. He tracked cash flow, collaborated with an employment law firm to iron out personnel issues, and helped Estes secure financing for... View Details