Angels - Publications - Faculty & Research

September 2009 (Revised September 2012)
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United Way

After United Way CEO Brian Gallagher began shifting the organization's focus from old-school fundraising to community impact, Gallagher and local leaders like Elise Bulk, CEO of the United Way of Greater Los Angeles, faced a series of challenges regarding how to best... View Details

Keywords: Investment Funds; Business or Company Management; Problems and Challenges; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Alignment; Los Angeles

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01 Sep 2008
News

On Track

stay calm when volatility strikes.” In 1984, Hatchett, then a student at the University of Virginia, went to the Olympic trials focused on securing a berth on the team as a 400-meter hurdler or high jumper, with a dream of winning a medal at the Los View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Oct 2002
News

People Watching

newsmagazine,” made it more upscale, and built it into “a powerhouse brand,” according to the Los Angeles Times (July 20, 2002). Moore's success at People has resulted in her elevation to chairwoman and CEO of Time Inc. The world's... View Details

02 Jun 2011
News

Serious Fun

where they manage vampire customers in order to earn cash, pay off debt, and “save for their eternal retirement;” and in Refund Rush, gamers help clients decide how best to allocate their income tax refund. I sampled Groove Nation, a completely engrossing game in which... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

Harry Chandler

Chandler built the Los Angeles Times into arguably the most powerful and successful newspaper on the West Coast. Chandler so greatly expanded the reach of the Times that by 1941 the paper had a daily circulation of 320,000 with 615,000 on... View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

01 Mar 2011
News

Family of Clubs & Associations Expands

The network of HBS clubs and associations continues to grow, with recent additions bringing the total to 91 worldwide. Three new groups recently received recognition: the HBS Angels Alumni Association, the HBS Christian Fellowship Alumni... View Details

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

18 Jan 2018
News

Making a Mark in Multicultural Marketing

multimillion dollar investment to launch SUEDE, the first fashion-content-platform brand serving multicultural women. Success at HBS came in and out of the classroom. Mirror Digital got its startup funding from the HBS Angel Investors... View Details

10 Dec 2015
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Leveraging Curiosity to Broaden the Impact

family and my community.” Giving back to the community has always been important to the Los Angeles native, who used to mentor high schoolers from minority families in South LA, helping them prepare for the college application process.... View Details

31 Jan 2018
News

A Visible Example of What’s Possible

in the School’s admissions office. Her corporate career began at the Los Angeles Times, where she started as a planning analyst and later became general manager of new business development. She also worked at Walt Disney Publishing before... View Details

19 Feb 2020
News

Running a Decathlon

Bill and Sandra Patton (photo by Tony LaBruno) While serving on the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee in 1979, William Patton Jr. (PMD 21, 1971) met Orange County superintendent of schools Robert Peterson, who was unsuccessfully... View Details

Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov

29 Feb 2016
News

In the ‘Spotlight’

When Josh Singer graduated from Harvard in 2001 with a joint JD/MBA, he headed to Los Angeles with the idea of working on the business side of media and entertainment. He interned at the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon, but in a plot twist... View Details

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CB Insights | Baker Library

CB Insights Tracks global venture capital, angel investment, private equity, M&A, and IPO activity related to private companies. Read More CB Insights offers industry financing and exit (M&A/IPO) trends for over 160 industries including... View Details

Ralph Folz

Ralph is a serial entrepreneur, board director and angel investor with deep experience building software companies. In his most recent role, he spent 7 years as WordStream's CEO through its sale to Gannett in 2018. The company achieved 6... View Details

Keywords: Advertising;#20;#Ecommerce;#53;#Media & Publishing;#64;#Software/App;#60;#Services;#75;#Venture Capital

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

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Text Mining Resources

Hartford Courant 1764-1934 all years article-level Los Angeles Times 1881-1950 all years article-level Louisville Courier-Journal 1830-2000 1830-1922 article-level; 1923-2000 page-level Nashville Tennessean 1812-2002 1812-1922... View Details

10 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 10

stock price are discussed. Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/112058-PDF-ENG Gracious Eloise: What Do Angels Want? (A) Lena G. Goldberg, Janet Kraus, and Mary Beth FindlayHarvard Business School Case 312-054... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2016
News

Feedback

has one of the most dynamic K–12 education sectors in the country. The Los Angeles Unified School District has more charter schools than any other chartering agency, and [according to a 2014 report by Stanford’s Center for Research on... View Details

01 Dec 2013
News

Recognizing Potential

graduating from the University of Southern California (USC) with degrees in electrical engineering and economics, Stevens wanted to pursue a master's degree in computer engineering but didn't want to give up his job at Intel Corporation. So after work he went to a... View Details

Keywords: Internet; distance learning; online education; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

Career Coach

Cat Davidson

right. Additionally, Cat has experience conducting mock interviews and polishing resumes and cover letters. Employment Experience: Apple (internship - summer), FanDuel (internship - spring), Los Angeles Rams (American football) View Details

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