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- 01 Mar 2012
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Putting Ghosts to Rest
or competitive strategic analysis could measure. I learned that, as with so many things in Africa, the context was everything. It is hard to put a number on the “value” of reconciliation, but it is here where measures like social return on View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
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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
- 06 Sep 2016
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The Solution That Doesn’t Get Discussed About How to Get More Women On Corporate Boards
re-nominating one male director and the second by expanding the board by one in anticipation of further retirements—that would solve the supply problem by creating 1,000 new board seats. The 19.9 percent quickly becomes 40 percent if women are considered first for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
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Case Study: Growing the Family Business
center the company remodeled, is expected to cost about $200,000 to break even.) The sector is not of interest to venture capital or many angels. The company is too small for private equity. There is not... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
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Rebooting Europe
flow of more venture capital to EU startups. (Currently, 70 to 80 percent of EU businesses rely on bank loans for funding, whereas in the United States that number is closer to 30 percent. The fund,... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
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A Creator in the Era of Disruption
have arrived. Indonesia is now the second largest venture capital market in Southeast Asia, and more than one-third of Indonesians from age 15 to 35 say they want to be entrepreneurs. Haryopratomo: My God,... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
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Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
are many communities that must be satisfied." Venture Capital and Private Equity The pool of U.S. private-equity funds has grown on the order of 2,500 percent in the past decade-and-a-half. View Details
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
the farming aspect of the business is very capital intensive. But they’ve pursued a project financing model rather than venture financing. “Project financiers are not starry-eyed View Details
- 29 Apr 2025
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Challenge Accepted
(MBA 1990), Deborah Farrington (MBA 1976), Jeremy Grantham (MBA 1966), and John Rice (MBA 1992) Photos by Susan Young READ MORE Julia Hanna: In 1998, Deborah Farrington (MBA 1976) cofounded StarVest Partners, one of the largest women-owned View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
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Redefining Success: Women & Work.
flexible schedule, the lack of appropriate role models in traditionally "male" industries, the impact of maternity leaves on promotion opportunities, and a realignment of ambitions after experiencing parenthood. Barbara A. Piette (MBA '86) worked in View Details
- 08 Mar 2013
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The Accidental Innovator
that Khan finds himself turning to science fiction to try to make sense of it all. Meanwhile, financial backers such as the Gates Foundation, Google, and venture capital’s Ann and John Doerr (MBA 1976) are adding credibility and momentum... View Details
- 05 Aug 2016
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Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier
problem,” says Amadio. “Although capital is important, fewer than half of the entrepreneurs said that the major barrier was money. The majority of the problems they were facing involved other types of access: to mentorship with deep... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
years, biomedical technology firms have been notably unprofitable,” he observes. “It sounds counterintuitive, but the industry may well suffer from its very ability to attract venture capital and... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
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Drilling Down
long-term proposition that often requires years of complicated research, negotiation, construction, and drilling before a drop of oil or a penny of profit is produced. The capital required to initiate and to sustain this far-flung... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
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The House that Howard Built
was one of the first days of his tenure, and already novice HBS Dean John McArthur was facing a group of fired-up students with a bone to pick. Where, the students wanted to know, was the Starting New Ventures course, listed right there... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
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A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
involved in some venture capital projects and launched my own LBO firm, MCM Capital, which has bought and sold some forty companies." Mixon remembers that when he was a schoolboy, "My teachers would... View Details
- 20 Oct 2016
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Smart Moves
Portfolio for Business Owners and Entrepreneurs, as his most influential professor, and says she plays an important ongoing role as an advisor to INRIX. He has also had many business interactions with classmates, and notes that INRIX’s first three View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
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The Accidental Innovator
human-capital development that Khan finds himself turning to science fiction to try to make sense of it all. Meanwhile, financial backers such as the Gates Foundation, Google, and venture capital’s Ann and John Doerr (MBA 1976) are adding... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
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Making a World of Difference
Israel's Jewish and Arab citizens. "In order for people to get along, they have to respect each other's differences," says Slifka, a successful Wall Street investor who has applied his business talent to various philanthropic ventures... View Details
- 30 May 2025
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Galas in NYC and Mexico City; NFL Coach Shares Leadership Insights in Charlotte
HBS Club of Mexico Celebrates Connection with Gala Dinner The HBS Club of Mexico joined the Harvard Club of Mexico in celebrating the latter’s 75th anniversary with the Harvard Gala Mexico, held on May 12 at the Club de Industriales in Mexico City. Approximately 275... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley