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- 06 Dec 2021
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New Wave
“You need shipyards to bend and weld steel, and that takes time.” Add it all up and you have an early-stage funding problem, with marine-energy projects proving too capital-intensive for venture capitalists... View Details
- 23 Jan 2019
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The Promise of Personalized Medicine
structure, to do this yet. Pioneering this customized therapeutic is where we’re at now. But the vision is to have a system in place, a funding mechanism—either a venture View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
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Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
focus from advising to investing in start-ups just as the UK and Europe embarked on major economic reforms. In addition, the U.S. venture capital industry got a huge boost when a 1978 clarification in the Employee Retirement Income... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
A Creator in the Era of Disruption
those days. There were very few VC-backed startups and not much of an entrepreneurial ecosystem. It was what author and venture capitalist Alex Lazarow would define as a “frontier market”—a place where entrepreneurs face significant... View Details
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
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Case Study: Sound Check
Venture Incubation Program. Fast forward several months and much web development later, and now LS offers a B2B SaaS product that can transform any website from a static display of content into an interactive experience, fully... View Details
- 29 Apr 2025
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Challenge Accepted
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Nietzsche said it first: What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger. There’s a reason that saying has legs, nearly 140 years later. We all, at some point... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
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A Matter of Opinion
After sixteen years at the editorial helm, Navasky became the magazine’s owner in 1994 thanks to a $1 million transaction largely funded by supporters including Paul Newman and E.L. Doctorow. As The Nation’s publisher, he then turned to a... View Details
- 01 Feb 2013
- News
Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line
philanthropy or government funding," Hourdequin explains. "What the public is getting back is the assurance that the property won't be converted to some other use, the assurance that the forest will be managed sustainably in perpetuity,... View Details
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
outside the US. “When we started selling data to government agencies, most of them didn’t know what to do with it, so now we sell analytics that help them make decisions,” says Mistele. “Most governments are struggling with not having enough View Details
- 15 May 2020
- News
New Menu
A couple of years ago, as his 50th birthday approached, Andrew D. Ive (MBA 1997) took a moment to consider his career. It had been a successful one, he thought. He had spent the previous 20 years building businesses, most recently at the global View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
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A Focus on Latinx Entrepreneurs
THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY READ MORE STORIES Perez and Zaldivar continue to invest in Latinx business ventures as they did at Palladium, understanding this community’s strength and influence in spite of the COVID-19-related health issues and... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS
Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. Professor Mike Toffel lays out the scenario: JUUL is the e-cigarette market leader—its revenue grew from $200 million to $1 billion between 2017 and 2018. But... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
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Vital Signs
Halle Tecco (MBA 2011) Halle Tecco (MBA 2011) Halle Tecco (MBA 2011) has been a health care investor since she graduated from HBS. Her fascination with the massive disruptions underway in the industry led her to found the Rock Health View Details
- 23 Apr 2018
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Sowing the Seeds of Leadership
the university’s undergraduate curriculum requires students to work in teams to create and operate an agribusiness venture during their first three years in the program. “Our students learn the science of raising pigs and growing papayas;... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Private Equity under Investigation
representatives of two or more venture funds serving on boards. Frequently, these individuals have complementary skills, such as knowledge of the underlying technology and the market. Finally, deal sharing... View Details
- 17 Aug 2022
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Doubles Partner
Ventures General Partner Alison Rapaport Stillman (MBA 2018), who joined forces with Williams in 2018. The firm, which announced an $111 million fund in March, already included a portfolio of 60 firms from... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
teamed up with Priyank Lathwal, a Ph.D. candidate at Carnegie Mellon University, to mobilize South Asian student organizations across Harvard and other universities to pool resources for Indian health and aid organizations. The student-focused initiative is working... View Details
- 12 Mar 2015
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Recognizing women as the new entrepreneurs
Edith Dorsen (MBA 1984, MPA 1985), managing director and cofounder of the Women’s Venture Capital Fund, provides funding to early stage capital-efficient companies with gender diversity. (Published March... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
a lot of strife,” Kordestani says. “We decided to make the most of this crisis and change everything that needed to be changed, all in one go.” Susan Morris watches her son enjoy a lollipop from her shop in Gbarnga, Liberia, which she opened with View Details