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- 17 Oct 2019
- News
Venturing Away from Venture Capital
they worked so hard to bake. If the company becomes the next Facebook, says Professor Josh Lerner, that’s all well and good. If not, “you might be better off with 100 percent of the smaller pie.” In addition, says Lerner, the standard VC... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
Melody Koh
building and leading teams across Product Management, Product Design, and Data Science. Previously, Melody was a Product Manager at Fab.com and the founder/CEO of a seed-funded wine subscription e-commerce service. Prior to her operating career, Melody was a venture... View Details
- Profile
Alex Slusky
at New Enterprise Associates, then and now one of the largest VCs in the country.” After three years with NEA, Alex “got bitten by the entrepreneurial bug.” The technology industry, however, had taken a beating. And Alex recognized that... View Details
- Web
Venture Capital and Private Equity - Course Catalog
Associates How and why investors structure deals How PE firms add value How investors screen and choose investments Getting a deal through the Investment Committee Role of debt providers and where incentives overlap and diverge Different PE business models Which... View Details
- Profile
Phil Strazzulla
virtually unbounded. To give some specifics, there was one day at HBS where I worked out in the morning with two former Navy SEALS, had a negotiation exercise against two people who had each won a national debate championship, and then ended the day with a former... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Start-Ups Make Their Pitch
their start-up pitches to a panel of judges in late April. To his surprise, Mahesh, representing the HBS Club of India, took top honors and was awarded a $25,000 cash prize for his plan to manufacture low-cost medical beds for Indian health-care institutions. “I... View Details
- Web
Nathan Zhao | MBA
of Harvard Undergraduate Capital Partners (HUCP), working with partner VCs to source Harvard student companies and conduct diligence to assist in deal flow. This exposed me to the ebbs and flows of the venture industry, and in particular... View Details
- Web
Ty Geri | MBA
Digital health, AI & ML, cloud video streaming and online video in general. Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business: From serving in a combat technology unit to working at a healthcare VC and then in software... View Details
Melody Koh
was a Product Manager at Fab.com leading marketing & analytics products and the founder/CEO of a seed-funded wine subscription e-commerce service. Melody was also a venture investor at Time Warner’s strategic VC group and was one of six... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Ideas
Web Extras Watch Professor Wasserman explain key insights from his book, Founders Dilemmas Listen to a webinar recording for alumni entrepreneurs Faculty Q&A with Professor Noam Wasserman When Noam Wasserman (MBA 1999) spent his MBA summer internship working for a... View Details
- 11 Apr 2014
- Blog Post
HBS in San Francisco: Get a Recap on West Coast Recruiting
in the Bay Area. The HBS California Research Center and CPD co-hosted a start-up mixer allowing students to network with exciting companies, learn about potential opportunities and listen to a panel of entrepreneurs and VC partners... View Details
- Profile
Adil Seetal
and making the most of them." Tapping sources of potential For the summer, Adil will intern with Chesapeake Partners in Baltimore, Maryland. He plans on expanding his hedge fund experiences there with further fund work in the U.S. or UK. Long-term, "I'd like... View Details
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy
depends on the personal connections of a few people and can be scaled up to include many mechanisms and managers networking on behalf of numerous companies. This advantage is important when comparing networked incubators with venture capital firms. A huge influx of... View Details
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital
economy of the '90s brought a golden age and aura to VC firms in the United States. In 1999, venture capitalists controlled more than $46 billion, with skyrocketing returns to match the risks of their early-stage investments. Europe,... View Details
- 06 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
WHY WE STARTED THE HBS BLACK INVESTMENT CLUB
decades.* Despite increased attention in recent years, the fact remains that Black founders receive a mere 1% of VC funding. For Black women, the numbers are even worse. One reason for this is that general partners at venture capital... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 28 Oct 2021
- News
Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity
Archie Jones. Jeff Bussgang, Yasmin Cruz Ferrine, Glynn Lloyd, and Karen Mills On September 30, Bussgang and Mills presented this case to more than 80 HBS alumni in a virtual panel discussion that explored what the BNVC got right, what it exposed in terms of bias in... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 26 Aug 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Built for Global Competition from the Start
mainstream option for entrepreneurial companies, which was highlighted during a panel discussion in class that included a local venture capital investor and recent HBS entrepreneurs. Several students inquired how the VC viewed and... View Details
- 21 Jun 2022
- News
Banquet Brings Latino Alumni Back Together; Dallas Club Marks 75 Years with a Look Ahead
entrepreneurs is a priority for 40 percent of VC firms, but VC firms have fewer people of color than other types of firms. Through a series of LTI webinars, the club is featuring prominent Latino tech... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 26 Jan 2021
- News
Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response
Consultant at McKinsey & Co., served as moderator. The panel pointed out that only 2.7% of venture capital money goes to female founders. “People cannot believe the percentage is so low,” says Greub, adding that the predominantly male View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Start-Ups "R" Us
(MBA ’85), aka Leslie Gold, traces her entrepreneurial ventures in manufacturing, talk radio, and, most recently, talk-back TV. Finally, we review HBS Entrepreneur-in-Residence Jeffrey Bussgang’s (MBA ’95) book, Mastering the VC Game,... View Details