Entrepreneurs - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Jan 2013
News

Persistence, Possibility, And Whether You Can Cut It As An Entrepreneur

Teaching Interest

Launching New Ventures—Jump-Starting Innovation for Entrepreneurs and Business Owners (Executive Education)

Starting up a new venture amid rapid change is fraught with challenges. Whether you are starting a new business, launching a new business line, or building an entrepreneurial culture within a small-to-midsize company, this program provides a new perspective and core... View Details

05 Aug 2015
News

What A Fashion Entrepreneur Learned When Her Startup Flamed Out Early

Keywords: failure; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

23 Apr 2014
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Timing plus smart ideas are the keys to being an entrepreneur

Victoria Ransom (MBA 2008) launched Wildfire Interactive, now a Google company, to connect companies and customers through social media. (Published April 2014) View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Teaching and studying the role of entrepreneurs in business and society

HBS Professor, Emeritus Howard Stevenson (MBA 1965, DBA 1969) talks about his role in launching the study and teaching of entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School. (Published April 2014) View Details

25 Apr 2014
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MBAs go down the road less traveled to work with entrepreneurs

entrepreneurs with humility and curiosity, and lending our skills, experience, and energy to the task of improving our communities and our economy," says Singer. The team provided advice on everything from operational improvements to... View Details

25 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People

School Professor Rembrand M. Koning. Like party guests who refuse to mingle, entrepreneurs tend to gravitate toward people they already know at these programs, especially if they participate as a team, diminishing the learning potential.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

2005
Dissertation

The Role of Immigrant Scientists and Entrepreneurs in International Technology Transfer

By: William R. Kerr

Keywords: Information Technology; Immigration; Entrepreneurship; Science; Trade

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17 Apr 2020
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HBS New Venture Competition: Entrepreneurs Innovate in a Time of Crisis

17 Feb 2016
Cold Call Podcast

The Amazing Life of One of America’s Earliest Black, Female Entrepreneurs

Keywords: Re: Nancy F. Koehn

2001
Book

Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers' Trust From Wedgwood to Dell

By: Nancy F. Koehn

Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships

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19 Aug 2020
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A Low-Risk Way You Can Invest In Minority And Women Entrepreneurs

14 May 2020
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Three Powerful Habits That Help Successful Entrepreneurs Succeed In Uncertain Times

13 Jul 2017
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Quiz: Can you find the artists among these entrepreneurs and bankers?

01 Apr 2021
Blog Post

An Aerospace Engineer Provides a Lift for Underrepresented Innovators and Entrepreneurs

Try as she might, Toyin Shodiya (MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences 2022) was just not interested in biology. As a high school student living in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., her lack of interest in the subject did not go unnoticed by her AP biology teacher. “One day... View Details

25 Apr 2017
News

HBS’s Annual Contest for Entrepreneurs is a Case Study unto Itself

Keywords: Alumni New Venture Contest

Research Summary

The Early Evolution of Business Groups: A Study of Diversification and Spinoffs by Vietnam's First Generation of Entrepreneurs

This study, done in collaboration with the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Central Institute for Economic Management, examines the experience of 95 successful Vietnamese entrepreneurs first surveyed in 1999. The project aims to build and analyze... View Details