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- 20 Feb 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
phone. Through the entrepreneurship program, Sounouvou received training, mentorship, networking, and $5,000 in seed funding, among other benefits. “The training helped me greatly in improving our business... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
We Have Liftoff
HBS entrepreneurs who want to remain plugged into the Harvard network after graduation have a new home on campus. The Launch Lab—located directly across from the i-lab on Western Avenue—is now open to startups with recent alumni from any... View Details
- Profile
Hiroshi Mikitani
processes that will be revealed. We started Rakuten with an initial pricing structure. We soon realized we had to revise it in order to achieve our goals. We have long been a company open to change—new technologies, new View Details
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David A. Frankel
belief in the competence of the people you partner with. One of our rules is to ask this question: `If this was the last business you were starting and this was your full-time job, would you partner with... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
morning with guns drawn. They seized every server and desktop computer. They are telling us nothing. Not only is our website down—it is in federal custody.” Holy s#$@. With no clue as to what was going on, the company was toast. Why would... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Machine: Finding Product-Market Fit in the Age of AI By Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School Damn Gravity Media Today’s most successful founders know that the startups that learn... View Details
- 01 Aug 2013
- News
A Cure for Cold Storage
student, a third-year law student, and a Kennedy School student with experience working in the United Nations. "It was the perfect blend of backgrounds," says Schrader. In 2012, the fledging company won both the HBS Business Plan... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Earl “Butch” Graves Jr. (MBA 1988)
making public information more public. A big part of my job is to hold corporate America accountable to ensure DEI is more than a sideshow or a check-the-box commitment. Our goal is to help and assist, not... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 02 Mar 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Energy
investing in energy through venture capital divisions. For startups in particular, Phillip noted that “As businesses are developing new services and products, they have needs for new hires who can help them... View Details
Keywords: Energy / Cleantech
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home
be flexible in, a complex and evolving competitive environment. They need decisiveness—the ability to act with appropriate urgency and scale on key business issues. And, most importantly, global leaders need... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)
what it would mean to feel physically present with anyone from anywhere. It unlocks economic opportunities for people who can’t move to major industry hubs; has the potential to dramatically improve our environmental impact of commuting... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Flying High
travelers with the promise of private-flight amenities without the costs of ownership. Most of those startups have pursued a shared charter model—an Uber-like, asset-light approach at odds with most successful aviation View Details
Keywords: April White; aviation; airlines; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Air Transportation; Transportation
- 11 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Brittani Rettig (MBA 2010)
the most memorable. Particularly "The Fall of Enron" and the Harvard Business Review article by Charles Handy, "What's a Business For?" I got so passionate in LCA class one day that I cried while making my... View Details
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Kevin Nazemi
care IT startup in Boston. Once he completes his joint degree, he looks forward to “being a builder, someone with an operations role who can act as an entrepreneur.” View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Well Matched
Her interests leaned more in the direction of strategy—and sports. Rapaport found plenty of outlets in both areas at HBS, where she was president of the Business of Sports Club. She also volunteered for Crossover into Business, an HBS... View Details
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2023 Commencement Remarks | About
Award recipients; families, friends, and loved ones; faculty and staff of Harvard Business School: Welcome. I am delighted we are here, together, on this joyous day. I know I speak on behalf of the entire HBS community when I say to View Details
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FAQ - U.S. Competitiveness
standards for most Americans despite the success of U.S.-based firms in global markets. In all three areas, business leaders have acted to improve U.S. competitiveness but can do much more. The Project’s... View Details
- 18 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Career Advice: Transforming the Energy Industry
learn about the the role that finance can play in accelerating our response to climate change. Those conversations in the classroom setting and outside were critical in shaping my own view of what the role of View Details
- 01 Nov 2013
- News
Selling Crafts with a Story
craft by employing the powerful effect of storytelling. It's proven powerful enough to put an end to those "pre-work" work meetings. In late 2012, Koss and Paranjape were able to walk away from their day jobs and pursue Brika full time.... View Details
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Native American Heritage Month | Baker Library
support the research and curriculum of the Harvard Business School today and into the future. Collection activities focus on the career and professional development needs of our MBA students and alumni, as... View Details