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the bat, the exit velocity when you hit the ball. That didn't exist 10 years ago. And what you're seeing is that hitters are now optimizing their swing to hit home runs and pitchers are optimizing their delivery to throw as hard as they... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Venturing Forth

“Right now the industry is going through a massive hangover after a complete rager,” says Jo Tango (MBA 1995), a senior lecturer at HBS and a venture capitalist who has exited from three unicorns. Like any financial industry, venture... View Details

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

01 Sep 2023
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Wheel Change

values.” The NCL Cup’s concluding race took place on August 20 at the Porsche Experience Center Atlanta. “I didn’t think I’d be working 80- to 100-hour weeks so soon after exiting my last company,” Wallace says. “But the time was ripe to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; cycling; entrepreneurship; leadership; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Jun 2023
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Pet Project

optimized for DTC? Even if retail is where most consumer packaged goods are sold, it will mean lower margins and lower LTV. “So why should we launch a less profitable channel? Is retail critical for an exit or to become a household brand?... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2023
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Research Brief: Staying in the Game

Illustration by Peter Hoey In Monopoly, declaring bankruptcy has a very permanent consequence. Game over; you lose. In the paper “Life After Death: A Field Experiment with Small Businesses on Information Frictions, Stigma, and Bankruptcy,” HBS professor Shai Bernstein... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Feb 1999
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Too Much of a Good Thing?

layoffs and lost revenues, for example - weak companies are artificially supported," he explains. "Other firms won't or can't restructure themselves or exit unprofitable businesses because they are too set in their ways, lack sound... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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