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- 01 Feb 2002
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Europe Business Conference Forecasts the Future
high-spirited address at the conference's conclusion. An entrepreneur responsible for starting fifty companies in ten countries, Twaalfhoven passed along his perspective on a number of topics, including the economic performance of Central... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
not as giving back but as ‘giving in turn.’ Volunteering keeps me balanced and rooted in the real world.” Of her immediate future, Brown says, “I am interested in providing capital and resources to entrepreneurs to build compelling... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
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Marketing Muscle
entrepreneur is seeing things that other people can't see," she stated. "I wouldn't be happy working in a traditional company." With that said, her six-year-old company could be considered something of an institution itself in the heated... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
To Market, to Market
and other tasks necessary to determine the best route for product commercialization. "By increasing the collaborative efforts between HBS and Harvard's scientific community, we will empower the next generation of life science View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
elective, The Management of New Enterprises. This in turn spawned other such course offerings throughout the 1960s and ’70s in the MBA and Executive Education programs. Many students indeed were going on to become entrepreneurs as alumni.... View Details
- 22 Jul 2021
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Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women
thoughtful and practical responses from the mentors. The matching was perfect.” The program is very popular among entrepreneurs who see it as a chance to connect with the experience and expertise of top business leaders in Singapore. And... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 15 Oct 2019
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Advancing China’s Impact Investing Ecosystem
decades, $3.4 trillion of wealth in China will pass to a new generation of high-net-worth families, many of whom want to do well by doing good. “At the conference we saw many young social entrepreneurs who, instead of taking high-paying... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
End of Campaign Celebrated
advisers, regulators, and various transaction facilitators. Higgins presented an overview of venture capital in Asia, noting that most deals involve investments in late-stage companies and that over half of the capital comes from abroad. In China, he said, the best... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards: Honorees and Victories
microfinance and empowering poor women in more than forty countries to become entrepreneurs and change agents. Louis V. Gerstner Jr. (MBA ’65) The current chairman of The Carlyle Group and the former chairman and CEO of IBM, Lou Gerstner... View Details
- 14 Nov 2012
- News
Remembering His Roots
Through our Entrepreneurs program, we’ve also helped five individuals launch their own small businesses, advised them on their business plans, and helped them land their first clients.” By day, Curiel serves as vice president of... View Details
Keywords: farmworkers
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Exchange: Lessons from the Edge
You’ve amassed 182 interviews with leaders all over the world. Where did this project come from? Geoff Jones: Actually, a Chilean shipping entrepreneur sat right here in my office and after hearing me go on about how history matters for... View Details
- 29 Apr 2021
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Equal Partner
women and people of color, Aditya says. It’s an investment in the future. “Creating the opportunity for investors and undercapitalized entrepreneurs to come together will generate wealth, job opportunities and healthy, thriving economies... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
HBS Cyberposium Brings Online Future into Focus
real-estate properties for sale at distant locations can be developed and offered by an online service for as little as $20,000. In another look at the Net's commercial capabilities, a group of online entrepreneurs were panelists for a... View Details
Keywords: Meg Gardner
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Case Study: Declawing the Competition
leadership position?” The Answers: Create an Etsy-like program for subscribers to sell and distribute their own cat products. After being vetted for quality and fit, independent producers receive distribution and a percentage of sales. This develops a network of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
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3-Minute Briefing: Reza Satchu (MBA 1996)
both my business and my teaching. Entrepreneurs are often solely focused on trying to sell as little of their company as possible to an investor. If you take that logic to the extreme, it means you're probably going to end up selling to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
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March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
she introduces readers to a compelling set of characters. Harvard Square tells the crazy, complicated love story of one quirky little marketplace and in the process, reveals the hidden love story Americans everywhere have long had with their own Main Streets and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
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The One That Got Away
percent or more. But VCs and entrepreneurs are human—and with the US startup failure rate hovering at around 60 percent (according to a 2015 Cambridge Associates study) those home runs are far from the norm. That makes it even more... View Details
- 13 Mar 2019
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The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
driving us around in golf carts to the woman making our faces camera-ready in the makeup trailer, you could tell that everyone was so excited to be there. The other entrepreneurs were incredibly fun as well, and not the typical... View Details
- 06 Oct 2022
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On the Road to Recovery
Alejandro Moreno (MBA 1988) didn’t know much about travel nursing when he met a fellow entrepreneur by chance at a child’s birthday party in 2003. The man was considering starting a new business providing staffing assistance to hospitals... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
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The Complete Package
important,” she says. Eighteen years later, Greenpac counts Fortune 500 companies among its industrial clients. The company is on the verge of international expansion, but Chong, who received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year... View Details
Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; sustainability; packaging; leadership; women; Manufacturing