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- 24 Apr 2014
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Crowdfunding capital for small business
like the idea of the crowd vetting ideas, and determining winners and losers by voting with their capital.” Although the partners had been friends for four decades, they had never worked together before iCrowd. McGee, a US Navy veteran,... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- News
A Capital Idea for Small Business
careers. Now the two have joined together as founding partners in the launch of iCrowd LLC, an online crowd-funding website. "iCrowd will assist small businesses by allowing them to capitalize on the securities reforms found in the JOBS... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?
threats to the global economic system. It survived two world wars and the Great Depression. It won the Cold War. Doesn’t capitalism reign supreme in the 21st century? Looking forward, we certainly can see challenges that will have to be... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
Edited by Julia Hanna and Dan Morrell Above: Josh Escher, hard at work as father Peter supervises. (photo by Michael Hanson) The phrase “work-life balance”—that mythical equilibrium between career and family responsibilities—has been... View Details
- 05 May 2020
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Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism
Capitalism in a World on Fire, a deeply personal exploration of capitalism’s role in addressing climate change. [Read the complete interview in Working Knowledge.] View Details
- 22 Dec 2015
- News
After ‘The Big Short,’ Hedge Funders Lose Cultural Capital
- 17 May 2021
- News
IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future
- 25 Apr 2024
- News
How Can Namibia Capitalize on Digital Nomad Visas?
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Faculty Research Online From HBS Working Knowledge
How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance After decades of liberalization, controls on cross-border capital movements are again being examined by financial institutions, governments, and policymakers around the globe. Associate... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
civic engagement. Black and brown social entrepreneurs who work on these issues “usually aren’t well known to funders with big pockets,” explains Shell, “and big funders don’t often give large sums to people they don’t know. In addition... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World
For years, money given to nonprofits has been thought of as charity, says Jed Emerson, the School's Bloomberg Senior Research Fellow in Philanthropy. But a new perspective is emerging: These dollars, while charitable, are still capital... View Details
Keywords: Anne Kavanagh
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A founding father of Silicon Valley venture capital guides entrepreneurs
Throughout his long career as a venture capitalist, Franklin “Pitch” Johnson (MBA 1952) has worked primarily in the biotech industry, earning a reputation as a thoughtful investor, trusted adviser, and generous philanthropist. In 1962,... View Details
- 28 Oct 2021
- News
Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity
(HBSWANY), presented the discussion in partnership with the nonprofit Girls With Impact to explore how Pivotal Ventures, an investment and incubation company, is using philanthropic and investment capital to fund innovative startups and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 14 Jul 2021
- News
Capitalizing On Remote Work, U.S. Cities Draw in Tech Workers
- 24 Feb 2014
- News
The "40-Year-Old Intern" Goes to Wall Street
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Well Matched
working on an independent project with NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony, an investor in Andreessen Horowitz’s Cultural Leadership Fund. “Chris Lyons, who oversees the fund, told me, ‘The number of people who understand how to View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
working as an economist in the Egyptian Ministry of Finance when the Arab Spring swept through Cairo in 2011. When we met, she was executive director of the Egyptian American Enterprise Fund, a $300 million investment initiative between... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
had long been part of the cultural mindset. Today’s startup scene in Egypt is hopping. Venture capital funding reached $491 million in 2021, with a compounded annual growth rate of 117 percent between 2017 and 2021, according to Magnitt.... View Details
- 21 Jan 2013
- News