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- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes
runs his own venture capital firm, Bear Ventures LLC. “With his multiple investments in various early- and mid-stage companies, his point of view is invaluable to me,” she... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
manufacturing job. “The operations of a manufacturing business are very different from a capital business,” he adds. “Frankly, I’m still learning a lot every day.” And he’s putting that new knowledge into action. Last November, the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Encouraging Young Entrepreneurs
university,” he offers, “is not only to turn out specialists but also to educate men and women who can discover connections between different fields of knowledge, and build those synergies into businesses with a powerful positive impact.” In his View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
the insistence of the venture capital community, former Intel executive Mike Markkula joined the team. “So in that way,” Sahlman continues, “it’s different from real estate. It’s about, how do I create... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Building Blocks
Heart Foundation, Lewis is a founding member of Impact X, a venture capital firm supporting underrepresented entrepreneurs across Europe. “My parents taught me generosity,” he says. “We didn’t have a whole... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
hard—urgent calls for a long-overdue racial reckoning are inspiring innovative approaches to exposing and ending structural inequities in business and society. Two new ventures led by HBS alumni are leveraging the power of philanthropy in... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Measuring Impact
Nearly 40 percent of Harvard alumni from across all schools have founded for-profit and nonprofit organizations—launching more than 146,000 active ventures with an estimated $3.9 trillion in annual revenues and creating 20.4 million jobs... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Alumni Books
dilemmas. The Startup Game: Inside the Partnership between Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs by William H. Draper III (MBA '54) (Palgrave Macmillan) Draper looks at how the world of venture View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
'Rooted' In Innovation
Pelkins Ajanoh (MS/MBA 2022) and Nembu Emmanuel Photo courtesy Pelkins Ajanoh The earthy cassava root is a dietary staple for millions across Africa, Latin America, and Asia. For Pelkins Ajanoh (MS/MBA 2022), the tuber was also the starting point for CassVita, an... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Democratizing Data to Favor Farmers
contributing their data to the network. Funded by $193 million in venture capital funds—$110 million of that coming in a Series D round in December—the company has 225 employees, split between a Silicon... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
research in Hong Kong and Singapore,” she elaborates. “First of all, we found that there aren’t as many Internet executives who have been in their businesses long enough to be able to cash out. Also, mentoring is done through the more traditional channels of View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
and professional fulfillment. The book includes thought-provoking questions for reflection to help readers make a similar transformation. Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change by Ellen Pao (MBA 1998) (Spiegel & Grau) In 2015 Ellen Pao sued a powerhouse... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Elevator Pitch: Dress Code
professor Ayelet Israeli. The company has received $30 million in venture capital funding. Heard: “The ‘overwhelm’ of shopping online is very big,” says Koen. “We’ve built an experience that lets women enjoy... View Details
- 02 Dec 2020
- News
HBS Alumni Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 List
annual list features “young entrepreneurs, activists, scientists and entertainers” from a wide diversity of categories, ranging from sports to venture capital to social impact. The HBS alumni featured... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
engineers to work on exciting projects like designing rockets for satellite delivery. Besides, he held the “naive view that starting a space company might be fun and profitable.” Founded with two HBS classmates, Bruce Ferguson (MBA 1979, JD 1981) and Scott Webster (MBA... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
Schultz (MBA 1983) was working as an executive chairman for a tech company, and on his way home from a fundraising presentation at a venture firm when he had an epiphany. A longtime executive with a personal interest in history, he had... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
and pursue my personal passions of women's economic empowerment and education. I began at Merrill Lynch, but in pursuit of independence, I eventually became an entrepreneur, founding and building a venture View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
this race. Jim Matheson is a senior lecturer at HBS, a special partner at Engine, a venture firm focused on tough tech, and a senior advisor and venture partner at Breakthrough Energy. He has spent the last... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
How Green Is the Valley: HBS Students Explore Booming California Industries
companies' presentations and tours were outstanding, he says, those of Silicon Graphics, 3Com, and Adaptec were particularly well-received, as was a small gathering with Enterprise Director Doug Hawkins of the NASA Ames Technology Center. Students interested in View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 04 Nov 2020
- News
The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
connected me because of her venture capital position to a startup role. And it was a hard left in terms of my career direction, but actually my HBS sectionmates convinced me to take the interview and I... View Details