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- 09 Jul 2019
- News
The Road to Impact
opportunity for the citizens of 80 countries. Originally, Offensend thought he’d propel himself into that nonprofit career through law school. But then, he jokes, he realized what lawyers actually do on a day-to-day basis, and so instead... View Details
- 28 Mar 2016
- News
Drawing Connections Between Business and Art
life,” Shibayama recalls. “Even though it’s a lot of money to save or borrow, I’d recommend studying at HBS. The two years of hard study and job hunting can help expand opportunities for your career.” From HBS, he went to work for... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
entrepreneurship itself. At HBS we define entrepreneurship as the pursuit of opportunity beyond the resources you currently control — so, obviously, creativity is a big factor.” In her new elective course, Leading Innovative Ventures, HBS... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Launch Codes
I’ve had to really think hard about what it means to balance. Not only the most common interpretations, like work-life balance, but also the short view of being first to market to make sure you capture an opportunity versus the long view... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Check In
1997; since that time, it has overseen six funds totaling more than $1.1 billion. With the coronavirus pandemic and travel restrictions continuing to batter the industry, Depatie takes a clear-eyed look at what the future might hold for a... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
A Janus-Faced Reflection
that have funded the whole process. And the ways that MBA-types participate in this continuing evolution —not only as operating executives, but as investors, directors, and advisors as well —seem many, varied, and not just a young or even... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
performance, and innovation. Peterson and three colleagues from Emory were among the program’s 68 participants from the United States and fifteen foreign countries. “We’ve always felt there was an opportunity to apply the leadership and... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Dream Job: Higher Ed’s New Hire
Penn at age 20. Today, as president and CEO of Columbia Investment Management Company, Lew has come full circle, overseeing a university endowment of approximately $11 billion that helps fund students for whom college is far from a given.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
the last half of 2008 was hard on Linear Air. In August, Herp’s jets were grounded for a period of time until parts became available. Now, with Eclipse Aviation in a period of restructuring, Herp sees an opportunity to adapt Linear’s... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Case Study: The Speed of Light
states across the country and in some cases abroad (Canada, the Caribbean, Europe). Expansion to markets like California—which has five times the solar capacity of New Jersey—is potentially very lucrative. But we’ve been hesitant to take on View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
A Binary Formula
strategic thinking in terms of how you manage these types of projects, how you manage investors’ expectations, and how you manage partners. “I see a lot of great research going on within HBS,” Shih continues. “I’m struck by the View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
$1,500 he and two MIT friends scraped together from personal funds and a $10,000 prize for winning MIT’s business plan contest. In 1996, the youthful trio sold the company to Artisoft for $13 million. Prior to HBS, Cassidy had earned two... View Details
- 15 Sep 2020
- News
How To Make Diversity a Reality
their Competition and Strategy professor Michael Porter. The group thought it would be a good opportunity to take some of Porter’s ideas about what makes a nation competitive and apply those on a city level. Two organizations spun out of... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
fundraise, honestly. So we raised a bit of money in 2015, just a friends-and-family round. We raised from an angel in 2016, and we closed a seed round in 2020, after a pretty long slog of raising money. Morrell: Without an influx of VC money, Energicity grew... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
year to take a job on Wall Street, but he became, arguably, the most influential and popular professor at the School. HBS ARCHIVES PHOTOGRAPHS COLLECTION ARD’s beginnings were modest — its first venture fund was a mere $3.4 million. A few... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
A Summit Higher Than Everest
don’t think I had anyone else down to see me off,” Moore begged. He wrote her frequently, filling page after page with his sprawling script, though the opportunity to send and receive mail was rare. He shared gossip about the expedition... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
help. Founded in 2012 in Washington, DC, by Dan Mindus (MBA 2008), the group of more than 90 has become one of the most active tech investors in that city, providing financing and networking opportunities to young companies, such as... View Details
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
doubt eased the fundraising that followed. Almost a dozen major movie studios participated in the initial round of funding in the summer of 2018, including Disney, Entertainment One, Fox, ITV, Lionsgate, MGM, NBCUniversal, Sony, Viacom,... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
professional and personal opportunities it has given me. I also adore my kids, who are now ten and six; guiding them and watching them grow is important. I'm still committed to making it all work!" Part of Middlebrooks's strategy has... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
in boxer shorts is just plain fun. It’s part of who Tim Draper is, the same part that sees opportunities others might miss and finds nothing unusual or scary about taking on established norms. For the moment, however, Draper is tethered... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna