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businesses. Most graduates wait until they have a high potential idea they are truly passionate about. Often, such ideas come through in-depth experience in a market and exposure to unsatisfied customer needs – View Details

25 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures

solar-powered phone charger,” he recalled with a smile. Having spent the last few years as a venture investor, Hilton continues to use his education, experiences and passions to build clean technologies. “I was drawn to venture because I... View Details

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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

in the development of new technologies and industries during the war, the US government had assumed significant risk," HBS Professor Tom Nicholas asserts. "The fact that several of these risks paid off–in ways that Doriot had seen firsthand–primed View Details

17 Aug 2021
Op-Ed

Dispensing Justice: The Case for Legalizing Cannabis Nationally

services. Institutional investors, such as endowments and pension funds, often have “vice clauses” prohibiting investments in Schedule I industries. Even private investors are dissuaded by the industry’s lack of access to bankruptcy... View Details

Keywords: by Ashish Nanda and Tabatha Robinson

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

experiences are enhanced for everyone involved. There are three barriers that can prevent us from productively engaging: 1) not being able to help, 2) not knowing how to help, and, 3) not believing our help is important. Organizations... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

04 Feb 2022
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Learning from the Entrepreneurs-in-Residence as a Harvard MS/MBA Student

individuals outside of your immediate network and reach out to subject matter experts and investors to identify what set of conditions could strengthen your idea or undermine your vision. The conversation with Matt was additionally... View Details

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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

to execute a high-quality, profitable business model Discover how to conduct experiments to determine your venture’s value proposition, go-to-market strategy, and profit formula Understand and learn how to navigate the startup ecosystem... View Details

06 May 2021
HBS Case

How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups

Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, their experiences permit an inside look at pushing past barriers. “I had studied Miami’s evolving entrepreneurial ecosystem for an earlier set of cases. But I saw... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

11 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 11

protagonist is a real estate investor doing due diligence on the magnitude of the crisis, the impact on the firm's operations, and the likelihood of resolution. Due diligence includes interviews with city water officials and global-scale... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jul 2017
Blog Post

Transitioning to Product Management at HBS

‘Cambridge Trek’ for students to meet the founders of the hottest startups around Boston. How did I learn more about InsightSquared once it piqued my interest? My section-mate Cole Shelton just happened to be a PM there before HBS. Lest you think my internship View Details

22 May 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

A Luxury Industry Veteran Teaches the Importance of Aesthetics to Budding Business Leaders

angel investor in fashion tech; Vanessa Kay, senior vice president at Moët Hennessy USA, who heads up the Veuve Clicquot, Krug, and Ruinart champagne brands; Edda Gudmundsdottir, a fashion designer and style consultant whose clients... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Beauty & Cosmetics; Apparel & Accessories; Auto; Tourism

29 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

Review of Economics and Statistics The Asymmetric Experience of Positive and Negative Economic Growth: Global Evidence Using Subjective Well-being Data By: De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel, George Ward, Femke De Keulenaer, Bert Van Landeghem,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

02 Dec 2019
News

Championing the HBS Fund

Fund Investors Society, which recognizes leadership annual giving, for the past five years. “I see the HBS Fund as an investment in R&D,” says Stavropoulos, a member of the Alumni Board and a vice chair of the HBS Fund Council—a group of... View Details

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

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Online Business in Society Courses | HBS Online

right thing. Mayank Dubey Manager, Marketing Communications Sustainable Business Strategy The course content is well designed and helps investors get a basic understanding of what sustainable finance is, its challenges, the path forward,... View Details

13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016

rather than burying them in fine print, makes them less likely to be broken; 4) Should we make our algorithms discrimination aware? To ensure fairness, designers need to track how race or gender affects the user experience and set... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2023
News

Step Change

me, ‘Success has many mothers.’ ” Working in the ministry and understanding the bureaucratic hurdles facing entrepreneurs primed Enan for a career in venture capital. So did her experience at the EAEF, which invested in early ventures... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Abdelrahman Gabr – Koree; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

04 Feb 2010
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What’s the Best Way to Make Careful Decisions?

the Complete Solution ought to be the key." Most argued for a process involving intuition based on analysis and experience. Rowland Freeman commented, "A great deal depends on the magnitude of the decision . The lesser the impact, go with View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense

For the past six months, there has been a lot of handwringing about the market downturn. Most everyone has been advising entrepreneurs to marshal their capital, cut costs, and extend their runway. In essence, play defense. Many investors... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang

19 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 19

We label these two alternative modes Leviathan as a majority investor and Leviathan as a minority investor, respectively. Next we differentiate between these two modes by describing their key fundamental traits and the conditions that... View Details