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11 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

Is A/B Testing Effective? Evidence from 35,000 Startups

including design thinking and lean startup approaches, that have given rise to some of the world’s biggest technology companies. But does the Silicon Valley mantra “fail fast, fail often,” which encourages early testing of new ideas and... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Founder - Entrepreneurship

support Lawyers-in-Residence Pitch to Harvard Transaction Law Clinic JANUARY TERM Sign up for Immersion Field Courses (IFC) to Israel, London, or Silicon Valley. SPRING Pitch your startup for feedback and the opportunity to win prize... View Details

09 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Location, Location, Location: The Strategy of Place

feed growth, even if their competitors are also on the same block. Detroit and Silicon Valley, likewise, provided valuable clusters of talent and suppliers where, Alcácer realized, "whenever you saw one firm, you saw the other... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

20 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

The 5 Strategy Rules of Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs

integrated computer industry, and was able to specialize in creating the core component of computing—the microprocessor. And then he championed that silicon part with the famous "Intel Inside" marketing campaign. "The... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Computer

01 Sep 2023
News

Hands-on Learning About Global Markets

critical,” he observes. “Even with my global experience, there was still that level of learning that I needed to have about Argentina before I could add value because individual countries have nuances that necessitate an understanding of local context before one can do... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

28 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India

lumping them all together. That said, the success of the Silicon Valley community and the massive wealth that some people have accumulated have caught the eye of India. And as in most things in life, timing is everything: In some sense... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

14 Oct 2015
HBS Seminar

Scott Stern, Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management

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For Organizations - Business & Environment

opportunity to engage with students who might be a fit for your organization. In past BEI Independent Projects, student teams have helped develop a commercial plant site selection plan for silicon wafer manufacturer 1366 Technologies, a... View Details

15 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

IT Job Wages Are No Longer 'Exceptional'

areas are Silicon Valley, Seattle, New York City, and Washington DC. Indianapolis ranked 81 in 2012, 58 in 2006, and 95 in 2000. Among the lowest ranked in 2018, Little Rock, Arkansas was number 128 in 2012, 122 in 2006, and 129 in 2000.... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology

04 Jun 2020
Book

It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward

for teams to thrive, even in the leader’s absence. Frei, the UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management at Harvard Business School, served as senior vice president for leadership and strategy at Uber and has consulted with WeWork and other companies in View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

01 Dec 2023
News

Venturing Forth

partner of an early stage fund investing in women-led businesses. Rupp’s approach is more moderate than that used by some of her Silicon Valley brethren, so in some ways she’s not feeling the hangover effects as much as the bigger firms.... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

experience. Sound Micro Wallace Pai Joe Ngai Albert Lee Wen H. Hseieh Business Track Runner-Up To commercialize MEMS(Micro Elctro-Mechnical Systems) technology for developing a self-biasing silicon microphone. Business Track,1999 Local... View Details

31 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Japan Disaster Shakes Up Supply-Chain Strategies

product at the lowest price" About 22 percent of the world's 300 mm silicon wafer supply came from the Shin-Etsu Handotai's Shirakawa plant in Fukushima prefecture, and 60 percent of critical auto parts were in the same area, says... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Auto; Technology; Computer; Electronics

09 Jun 2015
News

Yat-Pang (MBA 2000) and Helina Au

investor and CEO of Veritas Investments to his HBS experience. “I saw opportunities for growing the business but wasn’t sure how to capitalize on them,” says Au who purchased his first building in Silicon Valley in 1996 and later founded... View Details

12 May 2020
Blog Post

Leaving a Career in Tech for Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship

entrepreneur and I knew I needed something more fulfilling and challenging like that again. Being in Silicon Valley, I was fortunate to find mentors who helped me do some soul searching on the path ahead. After a period of... View Details

11 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Branding Sells Cereal, Handbags, and Vacations. Can It Sell a Country?

Santa Clara County into Silicon Valley. “Countries are beginning to realize—Israel being one of them—that they need to engage in public diplomacy, not just a foreign diplomacy, and in place branding, not just political advocacy, ” says... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Tourism

01 Feb 2022
Book

Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed

silicon chip, Analog would sell an answer." “Becoming a corporate explorer is not a route to a safe or easy career,” they write. However, Tushman and Binns explain in the following Q&A, explorers are the ones who lead established... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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Becoming an Entrepreneur - Alumni

Venrock, as he shares lessons from his more than 25 years of experience in the venture capital business in Silicon Valley. The Shiny Penny: How to Maximize the M&A Value of Your Company For years, you've worked nonstop and sweated bullets... View Details

19 Jan 2024
News

The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Speed has gotten a pretty bad rap, says Anne Morriss (MBA 2004). The Silicon Valley mantra of moving fast and breaking things has led... View Details

30 Nov 2007
What Do You Think?

What Is Management’s Role in Innovation?

practitioners of innovation and creativity. Given their importance for global economic health and progress, the questions are worth pondering. One highly successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur will ask whether management is a net positive... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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