William Sahlman - Publications - Faculty & Research

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HBS Alumni for Social Impact - Where Does Higher Education Go From Here?

06 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan

Sean Silverthorne: "How to Write a Great Business Plan" has been one of the most downloaded articles on Harvard Business Publishing since you wrote it in 1997. Why do you think you hit a nerve? Bill Sahlman: Writing a business plan is a seminal moment in the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

16 Sep 2014
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Harvard Business School’s Rock Center for Entrepreneurship to Host Peter Thiel

19 Sep 2014
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Billionaire, Peter Theil, Shares His Wisdom at Harvard Business School

02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016

forthcoming Journal of Accounting Research Causal Inference in Accounting Research By: Gow, Ian D., David F. Larcker, and Peter C. Reiss Abstract—This paper examines the approaches accounting researchers use to draw causal inferences using observational (or... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 17

the global economy. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-037.pdf Management and the Financial Crisis (We have Met the Enemy and He Is Us ) Author:William A. Sahlman Abstract The financial crisis of 2008-2009 has revealed... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2015
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Three Predictions for Boston’s Innovation Scene in 2035

02 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 2

temporary moratorium that followed the spill, the case ends with discussion of possible regulatory responses. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711021-PDF-ENG The Changing Face of Angel Investing William A. View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Jan 2022
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The Elizabeth Holmes Verdict: Silicon Valley’s Reckoning or a Single Bad Apple?

08 Aug 2017
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Great News For Everyone! Elon Musk Is Building A Hyperloop

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Strategy - Doctoral

Raffaella Sadun William A. Sahlman George Serafeim Willy C. Shih Christopher T. Stanton Jorge Tamayo Jo Tango Sara McKinley Torti Isamar Troncoso Eric J. Van den Steen Andy Wu Jeremy Yang Dennis A. Yao David... View Details

November 2009 (Revised August 2010)
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NovoCure Ltd.

By: William A. Sahlman and Sarah Flaherty

Venture capitalist William Doyle must raise $35 million for a portfolio company with a promising, novel cancer therapy, just as global capital markets are imploding in the fall of 2008. NovoCure, Ltd., has developed an electrical-field-based therapy, called Tumor... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Investment; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Technological Innovation; Financial Services Industry

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Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

Peter Tufano (MBA 1984, PHDBE 1989) Baker Foundation Professor Entrepreneurship Summit—November 4-5, 2022 Video Recording Entrepreneurial Solutions to World Problems Moderator: Professor Emeritus William A. View Details

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Entrepreneurial Management Faculty - Faculty & Research

Administration William R. Kerr Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research Asim I. Khwaja Visiting Professor of Business Administration Olivia... View Details

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Faculty & Research - Entrepreneurship

William A. Sahlman Baker Foundation Professor Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus Jesse M. Shapiro George Gund Professor of Economics and Business... View Details

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Courses - Entrepreneurship

Fall 2023 Q2 1.5 Entrepreneurial Sales 101: Founder Selling Mark Roberge Lou Shipley Spring 2024 Q3 1.5 Entrepreneurial Sales 102: Building, Managing, and Scaling the First Sales Team as a Founder, Investor, or Advisor Lou Shipley Spring 2024 Q4 1.5 Entrepreneurial... View Details

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Faculty & Research - Business & Environment

85 results William A. Sahlman Entrepreneurial Management 12 results Arthur I Segel Finance , Entrepreneurial Management 5 results Ishita Sen Finance 4 results George Serafeim Accounting and Management 168... View Details

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Faculty & Research | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Rigol Buchanan Associate Professor of Business Administration Benjamin N. Roth Purnima Puri and Richard Barrera Associate Professor of Business Administration Ethan C. Rouen Terrie F. and Bradley M. Bloom Associate Professor of Business Administration View Details

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

Conditioning." Harvard Business School Case 325-088, January 2025. (Revised April 2025.) More Publications Faculty William R. Kerr Lynda M. Applegate William A. Sahlman Thomas... View Details

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Alumni Engagement | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Eyoel, leader of New Profi... HBS Alumni for Social Impact: Education Where Does Higher Education Go From Here? In a recent virtual program from the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative, HBS Professor Emeritus William A. View Details

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