female founders - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Apr 2020
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Reading Together, Apart

director of Teach for America Miami-Dade before becoming CEO of Caribu, landed among the Inc Female Founders 100 list in 2019; Caribu made it to TIME Magazine’s best inventions of that year. Then, in March... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Mar 2017
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@Soldiers Field

Courtesy American Writer’s Museum; Baker Library, HBS Baker Library, HBS “Industry at its best is the intersection of science and art,” Polaroid founder Edwin Land wrote more than 50 years ago. On display through July, Baker Library’s “At... View Details

01 Sep 2018
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In My Humble Opinion: In the Deal

to invest outside the core market, because there is less noise, great founders are sometimes overlooked when not in the Valley, and they often solve problems more applicable to a broader population base.” Also: Denver-based Guild... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

17 Aug 2022
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Doubles Partner

also an early backer of Noom and Impossible Foods, among others. Upon learning that just two percent of funding goes to female founders, William’s made a strategic commitment to diversity and inclusion; today, 78 percent of View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Improving the quality of food in Nigeria

Capital. The goal is to source, process, and distribute fruits, vegetables, herbs, and grains within West Africa, thereby improving nutrition levels, aiding farmers, and creating jobs. Social entrepreneurship comes easily to Nwuneli, View Details

01 Dec 2018
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Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders

companies from having to navigate an often-noxious power dynamic between male investors and female entrepreneurs seeking their funding. Looking to the crowd liberates companies from having to navigate an often-noxious power dynamic... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

01 Jun 2016
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Making It Possible to Explore and Grow

to our office,” she explains. As a student at HBS, Khan decided to figure out a way to help female entrepreneurs access venture capital. In the summer of 2015, with support from the Rock Summer Fellows program, she started an accelerator,... View Details

01 Sep 2016
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Ask the Expert: How to Build a More Diverse Board

issue as the founder and CEO of the executive search firm Trewstar, which places experienced and accomplished women on corporate boards. She offers her advice here. What tips do you have for senior female... View Details

01 Apr 1998
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Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue

America; Anna Lloyd, president of C200; and Andrea C. Silbert (MBA '92), founder and executive director of the Center for Women & Enterprise. A number of sessions focused on entrepreneurship. Susan Willet Bird, View Details

01 Jun 2022
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Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students

create at least one venture within 10 to 20 years of graduating 1,300+ cases on entrepreneurship 150 first-year students participate in Startup Bootcamp #1 PitchBook Rankings (2021) + Female founders + View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

26 Jan 2021
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Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response

says Greub. “We see outsized returns in female founders and women’s health companies, but the two are being ignored, or overlooked, or misunderstood.” For the HBSANC panel, Greub was joined by Stasia... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

28 May 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019

History of the Christian Church: Two Thousand Years of Female Leadership by Elizabeth Muir (HRPBA 1958) University of Toronto Press Muir uncovers the rich and often tumultuous relationship between women and Christianity, as she traces... View Details

01 Sep 2015
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The Business of Love

the inverse of Tinder. “Catering to women tends to enhance the experience for both parties,” says Kang. In other words, attract women and the men will follow. That’s also the thinking behind Jess, Meet Ken, which—like the website that brought its View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Sep 2020
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020

victim of foul play. Digital Goddess: The Unfiltered Lessons of a Female Entrepreneur by Victoria R. Montgomery-Brown (MBA 2003) HarperCollins Leadership With women leading only 24 Fortune 500 companies, View Details

01 Sep 2020
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We Rise

and not just with our hearts—we start investing our money wisely.” —Leslie Feinzaig (MBA 2007), founder and CEO, Female Founders Alliance Research has begun to identify the... View Details

Keywords: April White; Finance

05 Aug 2014
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A Diversified Portfolio

and out of the tech sector. She was cofounder of MTV Europe; CEO in charge of launching AOL's Entertainment Asylum; and entrepreneur-in-residence for Softbank Technology Ventures. Being a female entrepreneur herself, she figured there... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

01 Sep 2020
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In My Humble Opinion: Screen Tested

A seasoned media executive, Sarah Harden (MBA 1999) was serving as interim CEO of the media company Hello Sunshine when she was brought up short by an early conversation with company founder Reese Witherspoon. “Reese told me that before... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; women in business; COVID-19; film; media; television; Arts, Entertainment

01 Mar 2018
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‘We were just doing what needed to be done’

Edited by Jennifer Gillespie FOUR FOUNDERS From left: Clifford Darden, Lillian Lincoln Lambert, Theodore Lewis, and Leroy Willis (photos courtesy of HBS Archives) Just over 50 years ago, at the end of a summer that saw race riots across... View Details

28 Oct 2021
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Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity

to change. The discussion also featured guest panelists: Yasmin Cruz Ferrine, General Partner of Visible Hands VC, and Glynn Lloyd, Executive Director at The Foundation for Business Equity. Through their respective organizations, these entrepreneurs are redefining the... View Details