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- 26 Feb 2021
- News
Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation
Science and Drones to Replant Our Planet,” Aymeric Maudous and Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) shared the science behind their startup, Lord of the Trees, a precision drone tree-planting company focused on global high-speed reforestation. Maudous is the View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Harvard’s Next Frontier
John A. Paulson (MBA 1980), founder and president of the investment management firm Paulson & Co., has made the largest gift in the University’s history—a $400 million endowment to support the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences... View Details
Keywords: Drew Faust
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Noted & Quoted
“If I had been leaving Harvard in 2010, this would be the area I would want to be going into.” — Sir Ronald Cohen (MBA ’69), a founder of the European venture capital industry, referring to his latest venture, Social Finance, a social... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
venture capitalists and the amount invested in founders has its origins in the same historical forces that shaped most industries: When the VC model emerged in the 1940s, white men dominated the workforce. The persistence of the gender... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Streamlining the Supermarket
A new alumni-backed venture hopes robots will change how we buy our milk, bread, and eggs. In early 2016, José Vicente Aguerrevere (MBA 2002) attended a talk at HBS by Mick Mountz (MBA 1996), founder of Kiva Systems. Kiva’s small, mobile... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
HBS Cyberposium Brings Online Future into Focus
depend to a large extent on the availability of increased bandwidth and compression technologies, which speed access to information and facilitate navigation within a site. At a session titled "Far Future," panelist Bill Taylor, founder... View Details
Keywords: Meg Gardner
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Zest to Invest
A young currency trader knocks politely on a conference room door at Kingdon Capital Management Corp. (KCMC), a Manhattan-based hedge fund. Her boss, KCMC's founder and president Mark Kingdon, invites her in with a friendly nod. "The... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Entrepreneurs Speak at HBS
Richard Branson, the British entrepreneur, corporate titan, and death-defying balloonist, touched down at HBS last fall to share his wit and wisdom with a large Burden Hall audience. Branson, founder and chairman of the Virgin Group, a... View Details
- 23 Feb 2011
- News
A Capitalist in China
last century: energy and infrastructure; agricultural commodities and food products; and natural resources, to name a few.” Kuhns is particularly bullish on China’s hydroelectric power potential. It’s a business he knows well. In 1984, as the View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Entrepreneurship Program in Fourth Year
of the relationships formed between HBS faculty and participants from abroad. “This program has had a tremen-dous impact in Europe,” says Bert Twaalfhoven (MBA ’54), founder and president of the European Foundation for Entrepreneurship... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Surviving Success
surrounding the key moment at which a founder hands off his or her “baby” to a new CEO. “In my initial research on founders, I focused on the question of compensation and issues around building a board,” says Wasserman. “After... View Details
- 21 May 2021
- News
See Us Unite for Change
Lirio Marcelo (MBA 1998), the founder of Care.com and TAAF board member, is an executive producer of the event. “Not only are business leaders, activists and talent coming together to support this cause, but we have networks and media... View Details
- 07 Nov 2016
- News
The Business of Saving Old Buildings
Roger Webb (MBA 1961) is the founder and chairman emeritus of the Architectural Heritage Foundation in Boston and was instrumental in launching Preservation Massachusetts, a statewide nonprofit historic preservation organization. In this... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
Ashish Dhawan (MBA ’97), founder and senior managing director of ChrysCapital, a private-equity firm based in Mumbai. Even so, Dhawan believes that a growing awareness of the outside world and a sense of competitiveness in the Indian... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 30 Mar 2022
- News
Giving Hope and Comfort
Jeff Feingold (MBA 1997) aims to put himself out of business. “That’s the real goal,” says the founder of Hope and Comfort, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit that distributes basic hygiene products. Feingold estimates that, in Massachusetts... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Complete Package
Chong, the founder and CEO of Greenpac, a Singapore-based sustainable packaging company, explains the less expensive choice is also the more environmentally friendly choice, as pine is grown on sustainable tree farms. But she has learned... View Details
Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; sustainability; packaging; leadership; women; Manufacturing
- 27 Aug 2019
- News
Sweating It Out in Philly; Whiskey Flights in Portland
part of the club’s June networking event, which included a fireside chat with Freeman, founder and CEO of boutique fitness studio SLT (Strengthen, Lengthen & Tone). SLT combines cardio, Pilates, and strength training on individual... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 20 Feb 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
prosperity,” says Elumelu. “That is at the heart of Africapitalism.” The retired chief executive officer, now chairman of the United Bank of Africa (UBA) and the founder of Heirs Holdings, Elumelu has put the tenet of this... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 18 Mar 2015
- News
9 Alumni Named Young Global Leaders
members are: Ruzwana Bashir (MBA 2011), founder and CEO, Peek.com, United Kingdom Tracy Britt Cool (MBA 2009), CEO, Pampered Chef, United States Sadiq Gillani (MBA 2006), senior vice president and chief strategy officer, Lufthansa,... View Details
Keywords: World Economic Forum
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Start Me Up
5 Keys to Startup Success From the Nigam playbook Selling "A crucial skill, because startup founders are always selling, to potential investors, customers, employees, you name it. Get your pitch down pat!" Execution "Lots of people have... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons