Venturing - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Venture Capital

Director and Career Coach Katja Frey – Recruiting Relations Manager Together, Jonathan and Katja make up the Career & Professional Development team that manages relationships with venture capital firms and works closely with students... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity

11 May 2021
Blog Post

IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future

Entrepreneurs rarely consider who will ultimately own their startups—and what that means for founders—when they court venture capitalists. New research suggests they should. A startup funded by VCs who tend to work with the same group of... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity

24 Mar 2017
News

Alumni New Venture Competition Finalists Named

Four alumni ventures from distinctly different industries and geographies have been chosen to pitch at the 2017 alumni New Venture Competition on April 25 on the HBS campus. This year's finalists were... View Details

11 Dec 2018

Summer Venture in Management Program Webinar

Join representatives from MBA Admissions for a webinar about the Summer Venture in Management Program. SVMP is a one-week residential educational program for rising college seniors designed to increase diversity and opportunity in... View Details

24 Feb 2016

Summer Venture in Management Program Webinar

This webinar will give students the opportunity to learn more about the HBS Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP), a one week management training program for rising college seniors. The webinar will begin at 7 PM EST. View Details

1 Dec 2010
Panel Discussion

Venture Capital Investments in Clean Energy

By: Ramana Nanda

Keywords: Energy; Green Technology Industry; Energy Industry

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Case

Ventures in Salt: Compass Minerals International

By: Rebecca Henderson, J. Sternman and R. Nanda

Keywords: Metals and Minerals

Citation

30 Apr 2014
News

Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men

Video

2023 New Venture Competition Alumni Track

23 Apr 2019
Video

AlmaPact Final Pitch New Venture Competition 2019 Business Track

14 May 2015
Blog Post

Venture Capitalist Returns to HBS to Mentor MBA Students

For Rudina Seseri, coming to HBS as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence was a kind of homecoming. A 2005 graduate of HBS, Rudina has spent much of the last decade working as a venture capitalist - investing in startups and working closely with... View Details

23 Sep 2016
Working Paper Summaries

How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions?

Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers, William Gornall, Steven N. Kaplan, and Ilya A. Strebulaev; Financial Services

March 1985 (Revised November 1985)
Background Note

Note on the Venture Capital Industry--1981

By: William A. Sahlman

Keywords: Venture Capital

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24 Apr 2014
News

From venture capitalist to 'compassionate capitalist'

First he pioneered the British venture capitalist industry, cofounding Apax Partners in 1972. Then Sir Ronald M. Cohen (MBA 1969) led the way in social investment, prompting The Economist to call him “the compassionate capitalist.” Now he... View Details

30 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men

of all, the studies show. The findings are detailed in the paper Investors Prefer Entrepreneurial Ventures Pitched by Attractive Men, published in the March 2014 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "Our paper provides... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

Article

The Syndication of Venture Capital Investments

By: Josh Lerner

Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment

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Business Track | New Venture Competition

Business Track Presented by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, this track is for new ventures whose economic returns drive substantial market impact. How to Register & Key Dates Eligibility $ 75,000 Grand Prize $ 25,000 Runner-Up Prize... View Details

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Launching Global Ventures - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Launching Global Ventures Course Number 1645 Senior Lecturer DJ DiDonna Assistant Professor Ebehi Iyoha Spring; Q4; 1.5 credits 13 sessions Paper Overview Launching Global Ventures... View Details

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Summer Venture in Management | MBA

Summer Venture in Management The Summer Venture in Management Program is an educational program designed to increase opportunity in business education for high-potential college students making an impact in... View Details