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Steve Cagnetta
pharmaceutical and medical device companies. From time to time, he has represented and advised venture and angel groups on various matters. Prior to founding Company Counsel, Steve practiced at Hutchins, Wheeler & Dittmar, in Boston and... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
The Simplest Taste
in the morning is wrong for eight o'clock at night. If you visit airports, particularly, you see the antithesis of elegance.I think a sense of appropriateness is probably the best qualification for elegance" (Los Angeles Times, January... View Details
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Judging | New Venture Competition
Judging Business Track Super Saturday Super Saturday is the first round of live judging of Student Business Track. The judges for this round of the Business track are venture capitalists, past winners, serial founders and angel investors.... View Details
- 19 Dec 2019
- News
A Ranch of One’s Own
An established movie producer with numerous hits under his belt, Dan Lin (MBA 1999) understands the long, hard road from idea to script to silver screen. To smooth that journey, Lin founded Rideback Ranch two years ago in the Los Angeles... View Details
Keywords: LEGO
- 06 Jun 2017
- News
Is the Real Estate Market Going to Collapse?
In a wide-ranging Los Angeles Times interview Robert Sulentic (MBA 1984), president and CEO of CBRE Group Inc. (long known as Coldwell Banker & Co.), is bullish about the real estate market, the future of brick-and-mortar retail, and the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Poverty and Security
world (Los Angeles Times, October 4, 2004). Wolfensohn noted that, in his ten years at the Bank’s helm, he has met with poor people in more than 100 countries and found that “they want security, but they define it differently than we do.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Seeing the Light
Living in Los Angeles and working as a marketer for a global biotechnology firm, Jana Kirlin Brownell (MBA '83) saw her career path take an unexpected turn. More than once, her father had asked her to come home and take over the Kirlin... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Origin Story: Tasila Banda (MBA/MPP 2025)
“In Finance 1 we did a case on the musical Hamilton and the decisions the producers had to make: Did they stage it Off Broadway? Go straight to Broadway? That was a pivotal moment because, I thought, ‘Oh, this is something I might want to do.’ ” Making it happen: “Last... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- Profile
Maren Quezada
a job – but then, in a corporate environment, my mind was blown by all the new opportunities available to me.” Eager to be with her family, including her fiancé (now husband), Maren moved to Los Angeles where she joined Twentieth Century... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
African-American Alumni Conference Considers Success and the Bottom Line
package, angel investment opportunities, the creation of wealth in the digital age, the building of successful urban enterprises, and transferring wealth to future generations. A provocative discussion on the relationships among success,... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
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Okan Okutgen
students. Okan has personal interest in environmental sustainability and angel investing as well and is happy to share his experiences with students and alumni discovering these paths. Finally as a parent in a dual career household with a... View Details
- March 2023
- Case
FinTunes, Inc., Board of Directors
By: Lynn S. Paine and Jennifer Fonstad
The board of FinTunes, Inc., a start-up aimed at helping musicians distribute their work and manage their finances, must decide among three candidates to serve as the company’s first independent director. The terms of FinTunes’ last round of financing provided that the... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Music Industry; Los Angeles; California
Paine, Lynn S., and Jennifer Fonstad. "FinTunes, Inc., Board of Directors." Harvard Business School Case 323-071, March 2023.
- 08 Jun 2023
- News
Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner
Alumni Angels of Greater New York, the largest angel group in NY state; the regional alumni New Venture Competition; and programs featuring world-class speakers and HBS professors. Annual Banquet Brings... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 08 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?
same time, the Los Angeles Rams “morphed from a plodding exemplar of mediocrity” to an explosive conference winner, also with the help of a modern, creative offensive system, helmed by the youngest coach in NFL history, Sean McVay. The... View Details
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
Globalization of Angel Investments: Evidence Across Countries By: Lerner, Josh, Antoinette Schoar, Stanislav Sokolinski, and Karen Wilson Abstract—This paper examines investments made by 13 angel groups... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2012
- News
Finally Finding the Right Fit
York, where in September 2009 he enrolled in a fashion-marketing program at the Parsons School of Fashion. Since completing the program in December 2010, Heffernan has divided his time between angel investing and consulting with small... View Details
- 29 Feb 2016
- News
In the ‘Spotlight’
When Josh Singer graduated from Harvard in 2001 with a joint JD/MBA, he headed to Los Angeles with the idea of working on the business side of media and entertainment. He interned at the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon, but in a plot twist... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Celebrations in LA, Florida, London
pursue the School’s mission with a high degree of excellence.” Thanks to film executive Alan F. Horn (MBA ’71), who opened the Warner Bros. Studio lot to HBS, the Los Angeles event was a memorable evening for the several hundred West... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Rewriting the Script: Social Enterprise Start-ups Expand Business Plan Contest's Parameters
York whose full potential never emerged in the classroom. Angel excelled as an intern in Montage’s Diversity in Production program, where he trained to be a gaffer. “He had so much desire to learn,” Stone remembers. “It was wonderful to... View Details
- 10 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 10
stock price are discussed. Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/112058-PDF-ENG Gracious Eloise: What Do Angels Want? (A) Lena G. Goldberg, Janet Kraus, and Mary Beth FindlayHarvard Business School Case 312-054... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne