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- 01 Sep 2023
- News
History Matters
The stunning collapse of three high-profile banks in recent months—Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic Bank—churned up a host of headlines and fears: Are these signs of major instability? The first dominos to fall? In the second edition of their... View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
food. “We’re raising the profile of our food because we believe it is excellent, and the world needs to embrace and celebrate it,” says Nwuneli. Runa Alam, from DPI, says many pension funds, sovereign funds, endowments and other... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 30 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Recover Gracefully After Shutting Down Your Startup
more than 230 creditors, including a bakery owner who held a special bake sale to express her outrage. Did a company that had raised more than $120 million in venture capital need to stiff so many people? Tom Eisenmann, the Howard H.... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 23 May 2018
- News
Abigail P. Johnson, MBA 1988
the intellectual challenge, and I liked interacting with the fund managers.” Johnson joined the research department of the equity group and spent five years as an analyst before moving into diversified fund... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 11 Oct 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Respond to the “Dependency Ratio” Dilemma?
growing dependency ratios at the level of the firm tell us, regardless of where we are in the world. But several deplored what has been done about them. According to Francine McKenna, "There's no pension crisis in the executive suite . The average worker is View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 07 Jun 2021
- Book
9 Tips from an Expert Fundraiser: Help Donors 'Invest in Their Passion'
Few people enjoy asking for money. Whether you’re selling cookies or seeking a gift to fund medical research, it's rarely easy. “Many people see it as akin to begging,” writes Harvard Business School Professor F. Warren McFarlan in his... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 26 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 26
BabbaCo Bussgang, Jeffrey J., and Gaurav JainHarvard Business School Case 813-107 Having just raised a Series B financing, the case protagonist is faced with a tough decision: should she "step on the gas" and scale the customer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Financing the Climate Transition in India
faces in its journey towards a net-zero target by 2070: 1) Funding Gap – Where is the Money Coming From? A study by the CEEW (Singh & Sidhu, 2021) reveals that India needs USD 10.1 trillion between 2020 and 2070 to achieve its... View Details
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
revenue distributions rightward while between-firm selection and market reallocation raise the left truncation of the distributions and shift revenue leftward. Using a rich cross-country firm-level panel dataset, we find significant... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
From Big Pharma to Startup
founders to access its workshops, funding opportunities, advisors, and student entrepreneur community. Goble also took advantage of the resources of the Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab, part of the Harvard Innovation Labs ecosystem, which... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 25 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy
European Central Bank suddenly (and unexpectedly) raises its key short-term interest rate tomorrow, you're probably going to see the euro appreciate, almost immediately. If the central bank of the United States—the Fed—unexpectedly lowers... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Americans Voted for an Income Tax
that the taxes they endorsed started out small in scope and size but have multiplied by a factor of eight as a share of our economy, have we gone off course? After all, when an income tax was introduced in 1862 to fund the Civil War, it... View Details
Keywords: by Matthew C. Weinzierl
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Zone Defense
cohort on campus in the fall of 2015, he went to Silicon Valley to raise funds for Shield AI. The Tsengs and a third cofounder, Andrew Reiter, pitched to 30 investors. All 30 said no, with one suggesting... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
Manhattan. "I am very proud of what she has accomplished," he says. "After working when I was in business school and then raising the kids, she pursued a goal that most people would have thought unattainable. She loves practicing... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
Fortunately, they had already signed a lease on a larger property—but funds were running short. “Chatri pulled Kathleen and me aside and told us we had about two weeks of cash left,” recalls Loo. “That fired us up. Two weeks later—in... View Details
- 02 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
When Ideas Become Reality: Entrepreneurship at HBS
realize that many founders face self-doubt. It's normal. Just do it: Startup Bootcamp & Rock Summer Fellows HBS also has programming and funding that gets students to stop simply thinking and start doing. Startup Bootcamp is a... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes, MBA 1993
Morgan Global Investment Management, Portfolio Manager 2005 Named CEO, J.P. Morgan Private Bank 2005 Joins Board of Directors, U.S. Fund for UNICEF 2009 Named CEO, J.P. Morgan Asset Management 2013 Launches Women on the Move initiative at... View Details
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A Tradition of Philanthropy - Alumni
and New York business communities. 1910 Four donors contribute $850 to start a loan fund intended to make the School accessible to those with limited means. 1918 A group of businessmen give 1.3 million square feet of marshland (viewed... View Details
- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
as anywhere, that wasn’t where the money was. “When I first started raising money for Caribu in 2017, the place to go for investors was San Francisco,” Tuchman says in the case. “Investors would say, ‘If you don’t move here, we’re not... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
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Fundraising - Alumni
Volunteer Fundraising Raise Funds for HBS Alumni support is critical to the School's continued excellence and impact. If you would like to learn more about this and play an active role in securing support... View Details