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Joseph Blair
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Earning my MBA was important to me because I wanted to gain business skills that complemented my engineering background. As an engineer, I was accustomed to analyzing technical problems... View Details
Business and Society
Professor Geoff Jones’s Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism (EGC) course hugely shaped the way that I understand history, politics, and the role of business in society. This class covered a wide range of topics: It taught me about the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
earliest stages over a long period of time. The United States will continue to be the epicenter, but the ripples will reach out to different parts of the world. Congress has passed a measure that would treat VC profits not as capital... View Details
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Rocio Parra
careers at CPG companies where they gained great experience and a strong reputation for building brands. I decided that beginning with a career in CPG marketing would be a great foundation to many different career paths in the future.... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 21 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Bridges Fund Management
Foundation and the ESG Initiative at the Wharton School and attracts graduate student teams from around the world, including students from Harvard University. Teams compete to pitch their selected ventures with a chance to secure up to $100K in investments. In addition... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
- 26 Aug 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Built for Global Competition from the Start
venture had gained by operating in multiple countries and spreading its talent across the locations. He then asked when does a global startup become more than the sum of its parts. As an example, the company's operations in contiguous... View Details
- 01 Aug 2018
- What Do You Think?
Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?
backlash ” Harti commented that, “The problem arises when the capital moves off-shore and the work force can’t follow.” Michael put it more bluntly: “I think many Americans have woken up in a state of shocked disbelief to find out free... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Breaking Through a Growth Stall
where a company seems weighted down by the bounds of its original start-up business model, a lack of experience by its founder(s), and an accelerating, expense-fueled burn rate through working capital and investor patience. "Once a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2008
- News
Soak the Rich?
pay-as-you-go legislation. At issue was whether venture capital, private equity, and hedge fund partners should continue to pay the 15 percent capital gains tax rate on their earnings. Lawmakers had proposed... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Piece of the Action
manufactured, or improve the way doctors perform surgery. HBS Takes Root in Silicon Valley While the Il Fornaio staff serve up French toast and fresh fruit, the patrons volley the big ideas that have turned Silicon Valley into a global View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 02 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Explaining China's Crash
MBA 1988) is a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School. For two decades, he ran equity capital markets for Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, and Morgan Stanley. His casework focuses on international investment, sovereign... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Letters to the Editor
risk? Just because you would gladly pay a higher capital gains rate doesn’t mean others would. Brian W. Keane (MBA 1986) Potomac, MD Both Sides Now LaMagna has fallen into the trap set by those who believe... View Details
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Real Estate - Alumni
Giving Real Estate Giving Real Estate You can use a personal residence, vacation home, commercial property, or undeveloped land to make a gift to HBS. How It Works There are three ways to make a gift with real estate: Outright Gift: By giving real estate directly to... View Details
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Entrepreneurial Finance - Course Catalog
employee, advisor or investor. However, the course is also appropriate for students interested in gaining a broader view of the financing landscape for young firms, going beyond the basics of venture capital... View Details
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Entrepreneurial Finance (Q3) - Course Catalog
founder, early employee, advisor or investor. However, the course is also appropriate for students interested in gaining a broader view of the financing landscape for young firms, going beyond the basics of venture View Details
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Kareem Stanley
Kareem enjoys helping students with making career transitions from the following industries: oil/gas/energy, industrials, construction/project management. Having been an oil & gas engineer before coming back to complete JD/MBA, Kareem has View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
intent on what Gotsch and her colleague, a senior capital markets consultant at Accenture, had to say—or more precisely, what they had come to ask: Where, exactly, do you look for new and innovative financial technology? The response was... View Details
- Career Coach
Adam Bronfin
Adam spent five years in real estate private equity prior to HBS. In his previous role, he gained experience across many different verticals within the industry, including development / construction, private equity, structured finance /... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Corporate venture funds invested wisely can propel a company forward
venture funds can hold their own with independent VC firms, and even outperform them,” he says. Among the most valuable gains can be strategic learning about technology and the marketplace. Nevertheless, corporate ventures can fail due to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Money and Markets Dominate New Course Offerings
business or investing in emerging markets. New half-courses The Art of Marketing Science is intended for students interested in gaining a deeper understanding of consumer behavior and, most importantly, View Details
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