Entrepreneurs - Publications - Faculty & Research

Teaching Interest

Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs

Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs (GCE) is designed for students who are interested in entrepreneurial approaches to the biggest challenges of our time. Grand Challenges are near-intractable, global problems that offer the tantalizing... View Details

03 Oct 2016
News

Immigrant Entrepreneurs

Keywords: entrepreneurship; immigration; economic growth; jobs creation; government policy

10 May 2015
Blog Post

Brand Strategist Turns Entrepreneur

Becoming an entrepreneur wasn’t part of Desiree Stolar’s plan. A brand strategy and market research consultant, Desiree (MBA 2015) expected to hone her skills at HBS and then return to the field she loved. That all changed when her... View Details

02 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs

When it comes to entrepreneurship, nothing says success like a track record of previous wins. Entrepreneurs with a history of success are much more likely to succeed in new ventures than first-timers or those who failed previously, new... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

07 Jan 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs

Professor Mukti Khaire's challenge to management students is lofty, even by Harvard MBA standards. Don't just change the way people live, change the way they think. Change culture. In her new elective course, Creative High-Impact Ventures: View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics; Food & Beverage; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

December 2011 (Revised October 2014)
Background Note

Business Model Analysis for Entrepreneurs

By: Thomas Eisenmann

This note defines a business model and its major elements: a customer value proposition, a technology and operations management plan, a go-to-market plan, and a profit formula. For each element, the note lists questions that an entrepreneur must address when evaluating... View Details

Keywords: Business Model

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December 2022
Article

Social Skills Improve Business Performance: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial with Entrepreneurs in Togo

By: Stefan Dimitriadis and Rembrand Koning

Recent field experiments demonstrate that advice, mentorship, and feedback from randomly assigned peers improve entrepreneurial performance. These results raise a natural question: what is preventing entrepreneurs and managers from forming these peer connections... View Details

Keywords: Social Skills; Business Performance; Entrepreneurs; Peer Relationships; Field Experiment; Entrepreneurship; Performance; Relationships; Interpersonal Communication; Togo

09 Dec 2019
News

Why Immigrants Make Great Entrepreneurs

07 Jan 2013
News

Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs

02 May 2008
News

Billions of Entrepreneurs

Artist as Entrepreneur

The Harvard University i-lab hosted a conversation entitled "Artist as Entrepreneur" with internationally acclaimed musician, composer, bandleader, educator and leading advocate of American culture, Wynton Marsalis, and HBS professors Nancy Koehn, Rohit Deshpande,... View Details

2016
Working Paper

Food Stamp Entrepreneurs

By: Gareth Olds

This paper explores how eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamps Program) affects firm formation. Using a variety of identification strategies, I show that expanded SNAP eligibility in the mid-2000s... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Welfare or Wellbeing

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08 Jun 2011
News

A Lifestyle Entrepreneur

Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2011
News

Attn: Alumni Entrepreneurs

In February, for the third annual Alumni New Venture Contest, HBS clubs worldwide will judge business plans from teams led by HBS alumni. Regional winners will participate in educational, mentoring, networking, and media sessions at the campus finals April 23–24, when... View Details

Keywords: contests

01 Dec 2006
News

Entrepreneur in Residence

Todd Krasnow (MBA ’83) has been named HBS entrepreneur in residence for 2006–07. A member of Staples’ original management team, Krasnow left the company in 1998 to cofound ZOOTS, an innovative dry-cleaning business where he now serves as... View Details

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

12 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs

into electricity. The Jacobs Wind Energy Company would soon be a major player in creating machines that would electrify rural areas across America, and eventually be sold on all five continents. “We've lost the plot of these entrepreneurs... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Research Summary

Immigrant Policymakers and Entrepreneurs

Since completing his prize-winning biography of Joseph Schumpeter in 2007 and his book, American Business since 1920 in 2009, Professor McCraw has been working on two new books about immigrants who came to the United States and became important policymakers... View Details

02 Sep 2021
News

Elevating Ethiopian Entrepreneurs

who was raised in Ethiopia and understands the market quite well. And so through her, we're able to access women entrepreneurs and women CEOs that we want to work with. “Our prime minister recently achieved gender parity of close to 50%... View Details

Awards

Jefferson Award for Outstanding Service by an Entrepreneur

By: Gerald C. Chertavian

Received the 2013 Jefferson Award for Outstanding Service by an Entrepreneur. View Details

October 2020 (Revised April 2021)
Case

Women Entrepreneurs and Tech Ecosystems: One City, Two Realities, and Four Diverse Women

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joyce J. Kim

Four diverse women entrepreneurs launched their ventures in a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem that was part of a shift to a creative technology-driven economy for Miami. Although Miami was rated the #1 U.S. city for startups in 2017, the region contained structural... View Details