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- 26 Aug 2016
- News
Connecting with the Past
become vital in managing JRI-Poland. Please and thank you are the most valuable words in my vocabulary.” Marketing lessons learned at HBS also helped Diamond develop effective fundraising methods. Because records in Poland were kept on a... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 25 Jun 2019
- News
After the Storm
after the initial cleanup operations are finished. Once they’re on the ground, the mission includes repairing homes, rebuilding schools, health clinics, community centers, and whatever else is needed. It’s a job that taps into his entire skill set, from reorganization... View Details
Keywords: Paul Flannery
- 12 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Marketing of a President
fundraising prowess was aided by his appreciation and use of all communications media, notably the Internet, to engage voters. Obama picked up where Howard Dean left off. He leveraged his website, the blogosphere, and even user-generated... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance
boards concentrate on fundraising and other activities rather than performance management. Executive attention is further divided by the need to take care of a large number of clients on each end of the pipeline—both donors and... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 20 Nov 2019
- News
Lifting Fallen Families
some 20,000 dependents over the past 35 years. With those kinds of numbers, Children of Fallen Patriots figures that, after government help, the gap is half a billion dollars. “So that’s the total we’re going after,” Kim says. Through View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
How Green Is the Valley: HBS Students Explore Booming California Industries
fundraising presentation and offering memorandum" - a process she likens to "a two-hour class in how to start a VC fund." While students on the HBS West Club's trip could choose to visit firms in three industries, the CMC Ventures Club... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 13 Jun 2014
- News
The Art of Effecting Change
$10,000 per year, a response so enthusiastic Evans nearly had to tamp down fundraising to get infrastructure in place. "There is an appetite for innovation and creativity right now," she says, "and people want to explore the current human... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
depth of knowledge and insight that will prove invaluable for trustees, donors, and others related to and responsible for the success of social enterprise. Social enterprise organizations have played a vibrant and important role in the USA for the past century. And... View Details
- 23 Aug 2018
- News
Healthcare Alumni Keep Learning Through Virtual Programming
to do this work,” says Heckel. “We depend on our HBS alumni volunteers, so we’re thanking them by inviting them to join us at the award dinner.” The award will be given at the Thumbelina Fund’s annual fundraising dinner on October 4. View Details
- 14 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Creating the Minority Renaissance for Venture Capital: Interview with Henri Pierre-Jacques and Jarrid Tingle, Managing Partners at Harlem Capital
Entrepreneurship, Pierre-Jacques sought and received funding from the Rock Fellowship Program to scale Harlem Capital. After convincing Tingle to forego a summer internship, the two worked together to fundraise over the summer and then... View Details
- 20 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono
other influential politicians. Bono and Bobby Shriver helped form the political advocacy organizations DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa) and ONE, and the fundraising group (RED) to fight disease, poverty, and hunger in Africa. He also used... View Details
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
able to do that has allowed me, in all of the organizations I’ve been involved with, to ensure their financial well-being. “I’ve also had the good fortune to learn from the ground up and really develop a programmatic expertise as well as the View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 15 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner
booms, we have seen the impositions of tougher standards by venture capitalists when examining whether to fund or refinance companies, a decrease in the valuations assigned to these firms, and a slowing of the frenetic pace of investment. It is likely that we will also... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives
comprehensive fundraising campaign, the School’s first, and the support of the community for our goals has been tremendous. At campaign events and other gatherings throughout the year, it has been especially gratifying to meet so many... View Details
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding
capital. Presenters at the HBS event came with a specific fundraising goal between $1 million and $15 million, with most seeking money in the $2 million to $5 million arena. The two entrepreneurs seeking the most, $15 million, were Donna... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
their very success at product development and fundraising often heightens the chances that they will be replaced. After the founder has successfully met the initial operating challenge of getting the product or service developed, a number... View Details
- 13 Jul 2017
- News
Making Friends with Mother Nature
been in his family for more than a century. He huddled with locals about the idea, then helped to convene a group of motivated backers, who ultimately raised $500,000 with one fundraising letter. He later agreed to be the project’s... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 13 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business
Building sufficient cash reserves to launch a business and managing subsequent fundraising are challenges for every entrepreneur, but they are particularly daunting tasks for women. Women often come up short of cash at start-up and, when... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Class Notes Extra
restore a five-room operating suite, considerable feats given the complexities of business and finance in post–Soviet Russia. She is now looking to expand the group's fundraising reach and hopes “someday to help with other medical... View Details
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Geography of Corporate Giving
to influence local funders is important information. Our interviewees suggest that local firms have a very intuitive sense of this from their fundraising activities and we hope our framework will make this more systematic. For executives,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne