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- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Like-Minded
Yumiko Murakami (MBA 1994), Miwa Seki (MBA 1993), and Kathy Matsui share the same month and year of birth, so the friends started an annual birthday get-together to reflect on the year ahead. Work was always a hot topic of discussion. Each woman had built a strong... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
entrepreneurs to high-level executives, in the business sector, government, or nonprofits—a unique blend of expert insights and concrete examples. Grounded in interviews with 50 esteemed innovators and informed by the authors’ own deep... View Details
- 11 Apr 2024
- News
Mission Control
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. By the time Peter Platzer (MBA 2002) was a teenager, he knew he wanted to be a physicist—and he was fascinated by space, eagerly engrossed in space-time diagrams... View Details
- 09 Feb 2021
- News
Investing in Entrepreneurship
the rest of the world saw their value. At the same time, he avoided the spotlight, doing deals behind the scenes and helping entrepreneurs achieve their goals. While he is proud of Venrock’s success stories—including a $300,000 investment... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Ipsita Dasgupta - Global Perspective, Local Results
helps bridge the education gap by giving entrepreneurs access to capital regardless of the level of their formal schooling. While her interests are clearly international in scope, Dasgupta has also devoted much of her time to activities... View Details
- 09 Jun 2023
- News
9 Alumnae Named to Inc's Female Founders 200
including financial success, novel campaigns, and "programs offering to aid fellow entrepreneurs and women in a major way." The full list is below: Geeta Aiyer (MBA 1985) Boston Common Asset Management Meridith Cass (MBA 2010) Company:... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
learned by Chinese companies going global, and leading through uncertainty. In addition, Professor Benjamin Esty, faculty chair of the Asia-Pacific Research Center, provided a School update to regional alumni that was followed by keynote speeches and panels by local... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Thai Lee, MBA 1985
& Young's New Jersey Entrepreneur Of The Year, Technology 2013 SHI International reaches $5 billion in revenue Thai Lee has an extraordinary ability to take the long view. After earning a degree in economics and biology from Amherst... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
An Engine of Innovation
Startup life can often feel like a solo sport, says Matt Segneri (MBA 2010), the Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Executive Director of the Harvard Innovation Labs: “What the three labs in our ecosystem do is to make building a venture something that happens within a truly... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Simmons Family Endows Professorship
entrepreneur who founded a major ranching enterprise, a sugar factory, a flour mill, a bank, and a general store. Tibby's father, Laurence, headed one of E.P.'s many successful endeavors, the First National Bank of Layton. Roy and Tibby... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Kumar Mahadeva
“What’s different about our business model is that we’ve leveraged the global talent pool, kept our costs low, and stayed on top of new technologies that can benefit our clients.” Mahadeva enjoys being an entrepreneur and is excited about... View Details
- 29 Jan 2024
- News
On the Road to Recovery
Alejandro Moreno (MBA 1988) didn’t know much about travel nursing when he met a fellow entrepreneur by chance at a child’s birthday party in 2003. The man was considering starting a new business providing short-term staffing assistance to hospitals around the country.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley The Happiness Handbook By Landon Carter (MBA 1967) Marshall and McClintic Publishing Have you ever wished you had the instruction manual for being a happy human on planet Earth? This book will answer some of life’s fundamental questions: Who am... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
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Redefining How Businesses Operate
innovators driving AI initiatives or entrepreneurs who hope to find opportunities in the ever-evolving AI market. The course provides students a methodology and hands-on engagement with the technology to develop and execute real-world... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
to remove a cancerous tumor in his throat. Stripped of his voice box and vocal cords, he had to learn to speak using his esophagus. Batten, an entrepreneur who thrives on difficult challenges, says that coping with cancer was one of the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Giving All Stakeholders a Voice
For John Wu (MBA 2000), “Web3” means more than technological innovation. “It’s a mindset,” he says of the movement toward a decentralized internet that accelerates innovation and gives end users greater collaboration with businesses. “It’s a transformative shift in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 07 Oct 2021
- News
Planning Ahead
his philanthropy. “I wanted to support the people and the institutions that had made a difference in my life,” he says. “Obviously, HBS was one of them.” Admitting with a laugh that like most entrepreneurs he has some tendencies toward... View Details
- 16 Aug 2018
- News
Working with a Giver’s Spirit
“The mission statement of Endeavor is to create an economic multiplier effect in markets where it’s difficult for small entrepreneurs to become really large and successful,” says Ayala. “And the way they create this multiplier effect is... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
different in this sprawling city of 20 million than it is in Silicon Valley or any other entrepreneurial hot spot. Yet, 10 or 11 years ago, incubators and accelerators were only emerging concepts in Egypt. An Arabic word for entrepreneur... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
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End Game
Illustration by James Steinberg In the 1960s and 1970s, as the environmental movement dawned in the United States, a new generation of activist-minded entrepreneurs appeared. Among them were companies like Body Shop, Aveda, Tom’s of... View Details