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28 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Football Stars Debate ‘The Social Capital of the Savvy Athlete’

Nobody understands the power of Twitter better than Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman. In a now-infamous television interview in January after a National Football League playoff game, Sherman briefly ranted against rival Michael Crabtree, referring to the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports

01 Jan 2003
News

Greylock

prefer a first-class manager with a second-class idea, rather than the other way around." Although Greylock's sights were first set on the eastern half of the country, Waite went west in 1968 and began establishing the firm's presence in View Details

05 Apr 2018
News

A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art

artist’s personal creative journey. Much of it contains little reference to or inspiration from themes of race, social struggle, or migration; rather, some of the artists chose to comment on events of their time or a sense of identity. Joyner is a founding partner of... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Jun 1998
News

Diversity and Community

effort, Project Change, was honored for its work in four medium-sized U.S. cities where the San Francisco-based apparel company operates. The company has a long tradition of humanitarian outreach. After the 1906 View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

March 2022
Case

Tensions at SearchLight Cures

By: Laura Huang and Sarah Mehta

This general experience case tells the story of SearchLight Cures, a fictional biotechnology startup. Having discovered a new therapy for a rare disease, the company’s co-founders find themselves at an impasse over a pricing disagreement. View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Values and Beliefs; Management; Negotiation; Relationships; Partners and Partnerships; Science; Biotechnology Industry; United States; California; San Francisco

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01 Jun 2025
News

For the Records

Kelleher in Gold Rush Vinyl’s listening room In the first days of 2025, when Caren Kelleher (MBA 2010) went from owning one small business to two, she entered an alternating reality. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, she’s still the founder and CEO of Gold Rush Vinyl;... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photos by Jeff Wilson; Arts, Entertainment

01 Sep 2012
News

High Honors

companies, primarily in the computer and health-care realm. In the four decades since, Johnson has helped build the biotech industry and earned a reputation as a thoughtful investor, trusted adviser, and generous philanthropist. Among his many passions are opera—for a... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Finance; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management; Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2009
News

Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award

Partner U.S. Venture Partners Bowes Jr. After founding U.S. Venture Partners in San Francisco in 1981, Bill Bowes helped shape companies such as Sun Microsystems, Callaway Golf, Applied Biosystems, and Ross... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; awards; fishing; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; General Merchandise Stores; Retail Trade

25 Apr 2014
News

Investing in Innovation

campus for all alumni in the Greater Boston region on April 26, followed by events in San Francisco and Los Angeles in June. "This campaign gives us new opportunities to connect with our alumni," Hess noted.... View Details

Keywords: HBS Fund; Educational Services

June 2023
Case

Block: Creating an Ecosystem of Ecosystems

By: Lauren Cohen, Richard Ryffel, Grace Headinger and Ruoshi Qi

At Investor Day 2022, Block announced a new vision for its businesses: creating an ecosystem of ecosystems. Outside the norm for many public growth companies, Block had recently acquired a variety of new business streams in the creator economy and Bitcoin despite a... View Details

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22 Nov 2024
News

Healthcare Club Hosts its 25th Annual Conference; Alumni Step Out for Global Networking Night; Meet the Club Leader: Andrea Fantacone

Healthcare Alumni Conference Marks 25 Years The HBS Healthcare Alumni Association (HBSHAA) hosted its 25th Annual Conference at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge on November 7, and once again offered an exclusive agenda that was jam-packed with industry thought leaders... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

January 2017 (Revised October 2021)
Case

Delivering the Goods at Shippo

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Jeffrey F. Rayport and Olivia Hull

Laura Behrens Wu, CEO of software start-up Shippo, prepares her pitch for a Series A funding round following a successful seed round. Customer adoption of Shippo’s e-commerce dashboard application, which allows small and medium retailers to compare delivery rates... View Details

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June 2013
Teaching Note

Rock Health

By: Robert Higgins and Ian McKown Cornell

This is the teaching note associated with HBS Case #813035. The case should enable students to identify emerging challenges, evaluate Rock Health's funding model, debate the effectiveness of its incubation service and assess its long-term viability. View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Incubation; Healthcare Technology; Startups; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Management; Health Care and Treatment; Business Startups; Health Industry; San Francisco; California; United States

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13 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Paid Search Ads Pay Off for Lesser-Known Restaurants

these paid search ads, which appear on top of a Yelp user’s online search results for, say, “Chinese Food” or “Cheap Dinner,” spotlight restaurants that might otherwise blend inconspicuously into a list of many competitors. “There are thousands of restaurants in cities... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Gurus in the Garage

and growth. That triumph can be attributed to the Valley's distinctive geography, history, and culture. Why The Triumph Viewing the valley from the flight approach to San Francisco International, one is... View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

01 Sep 2009
News

Rich Wilson

some close calls yourself during past sailing adventures. In 1990, on our first classroom-linked adventure, Steve Pettengill and I set out from San Francisco on the 60-foot trimaran Great American to try to... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services

04 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

to develop Alfred’s routes and respond to customer requests in conjunction with other service providers, for example grocery delivery services, in what the founders describe as their "B2B2C" business model. Alfred won the coveted TechCrunch View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

July 2011
Teaching Note

a-connect: In Search of Talent Partners (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Robert G. Eccles and Penelope Rossano

Teaching Note for 409036 and 411085. View Details

Keywords: Revenue; Business Offices; Attorney and Client Relationships; Customer Focus and Relationships; Initial Public Offering; Organizations; Change; Consulting Industry; Boston; Hong Kong; Singapore; San Francisco

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01 Sep 2011
News

Extraordinary People

At HBS, he gained an appreciation for teamwork. “I learned how to bounce off other people’s ideas, how the sum of the parts is always much bigger than what you can do alone,” adds Harf, who after graduation worked for BCG in San View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

August 2023
Case

Quotient

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Matt Higgins

The founders of Quotient, a web-based service for onboarding new engineers, face decisions about how to bring their nascent product to market amidst a tech sector contraction. View Details