Fund Raising - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

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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

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

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

26 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

The Office of Strategy Management

terms. (b) Sixty percent of typical organizations do not link their strategic priorities to their budget, virtually ensuring that key strategic initiatives do not get funded and resources may not be supplied to deliver on the strategic... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Career Support - Business & Environment

for students joining existing organizations, as well as for those founding new ventures and who have not yet raised significant capital. Funding for students joining existing organizations is based on the... View Details

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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

16 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense

Developing skill as an effective acquirer is an important muscle for scaling companies and now is a great time to test out that skill. 6. Consider financing There is a ton of money out there looking for great companies to invest in. Funds... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang

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Establish the enduring structures required for the journey ahead. - Advancing Racial Equity

these new structures and their activities, HBS will commit $25 million of internal funding over the next decade and aim to raise additional resources from alumni donors. The Chief DEI Officer/DEI Office and... View Details

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Scaling Hope

raising five kids, all of whom were attending good schools; the eldest was working on Wall Street. Then, suddenly, late one Saturday evening, their youngest child, age 16, returned home in tears. He’d been about to take his own life, he... View Details

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Rare Disease Day – Small Numbers, Big Challenges… and Big Opportunities - Blog: Health Supplement

created a research network connecting patients, scientists, and clinicians, and increased multidisciplinary care at 32 Centers of Excellence at US hospitals. Cure HHT has recently turned $2M in seed grants into $51M in funding from the... View Details

29 Aug 2023
News

Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we’re going to be highlighting an episode of another HBS podcast: Climate Rising, which focuses on what businesses are doing, can do, and should do... View Details

29 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

For Entrepreneurs, Blown Deadlines Can Crush Big Ideas

out of cash before solving the problem, Harvard Business School researchers write in Entrepreneurial Learning and Strategic Foresight, recently published in the Strategic Management Journal. For startups trying to hang on until their next View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

impact factors in the investment process. The promises are compelling: better long-term risk management, new sources of alpha, and “doing well by doing good.” In contrast, skeptics argue a focus on ESG and impact criteria may reduce returns or shift View Details

18 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: December 18

from downsizing the drivers' positions? Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/413061-PDF-ENG Innovating into Active ETFs: Factor Funds Capital Management LLC Froot, Kenneth A., Lauren Cohen, and Scott WaggonerHarvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The Era Of Climate Change (ROICC)

The MBA course on "Risks, Opportunities, and Investments in an Era of Climate Change" is ideal for students who aspire to become entrepreneurs by starting their own company or joining a start-up that is driving innovation and solving challenges posed by climate change.... View Details

13 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas

shrinking product lifecycles and rapidly changing technology are under pressure to bring new goods to market faster. Corporate spending on research and development (R&D) in the United States has also been outpacing inflation, raising... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

01 Jun 2023
News

In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental

Ngoyi at the Fund for Export Development in Africa: creating sustainable development at scale. (Courtesy of Marlene Ngoyi) Born in Brussels to Congolese parents and raised in Gabon, Marlene Ngoyi (MBA 2009)... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; investment; exports; infrastructure; life experience; finance; Finance

04 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors

problems, taking money from friends and family may send a negative signal about the startup's prospects, especially if the startup is beyond the early launching stage. One serial entrepreneur observed that founders who fail to raise... View Details

Keywords: by Noam Wasserman

11 Mar 2021
News

Leading with Heart

the bone marrow transplant. So I'm in a new country that's not my own. I don't have money and I have to raise 150,000 pounds from a standing start, otherwise my daughter would die. And that feeling of desperation, that feeling of, “Who do... View Details

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