fundraising - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 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

15 Jun 2021
News

From Das’s Desk

were hosting programs and networking events for their members, and fundraisers were traveling to meet with donors as the end of the fiscal year approached. Then everything stopped. Just like our colleagues on the MBA and Executive... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Strength in Numbers

criticized as manipulative or exploitative, March of Dimes posters featuring cute children that were also clearly afflicted with polio (the original poster children) were effective. A strategy of "porch light" fundraising campaigns... View Details

Keywords: Re: Gunnar Trumbull

01 Jun 2003
News

Student Conferences, at a Glance

variety of private, nonprofit, and governmental sources. Foundations are fickle, so always keep more than a few irons in the fundraising fire. Africa Business Conference. Building the African Dream: Defining a New Approach to Success... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

17 May 2018
Blog Post

HBS/HKS Alum Regan Turner on Empowering Veterans

I also want to meet my goal of securing the $500,000 in fundraising prior to June 2018 that is required to successfully execute the deployment. “In the long-term, I want to see The Mission Continues continue to improve its programs so... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

Case Study: Moment in the Sun

too.” Soon, Ario was installing its lights in Stanford’s student housing. The retail market, in comparison, was capital-intensive, requiring big ad pushes for consumer education about the benefits of Ario’s technology. Now completing a View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

30 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

raises her over-subscribed fund and begins the search process. The following useful information is included for students who are considering starting a search fund: offering memoranda, fundraising techniques, staffing, screening... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

to better connect with their alma mater and one another. EverTrue’s solutions enable client organizations to better communicate with members, develop local alumni networks and increase fundraising to support their missions. EverTrue is... View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

Your Taxi Is Waiting

service DayJet, launched in October 2007, placed an up-front order for 239 Eclipse 500s and used a chancier, less profitable per-seat pricing model for its Florida-based operations. The company ran out of money and ceased operations last September.) Despite the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Air Transportation; Transportation

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

22 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23

transparency in its company practices. Buffer openly shared its business strategies and fundraising decks, among lots of other information. Even when they were hacked, the company live-blogged updates to keep their users informed as the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Jan 2009
First Look

First Look: January 27, 2009

examines media and content choices by each candidate and allows students to explore the role of new media in political campaigns. The focus is on fundraising in 2007 and campaigning for Primary delegate votes in 2008. Purchase the case:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Sep 2016
News

MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding

before we came. So we basically, do fundraisers and other things, to help promote ocean health and environmental causes that, we think, will benefit people for generations to come. White: Can you give me an example of one of the projects... View Details

01 Mar 2010
News

Money Matters

and professors. They had the good fortune to complete fundraising before the global financial crisis hit, and their investors understand that “it takes time to build a personal finance business,” adds Varma. Another quirk falls under the... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

13 Jan 2021
News

Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”

our business. We have built a business that is, despite our small scale, has a very clear track record of profitability, and have had the fundraising challenges And his response was "Well, you're not really a fast-growing business." And... View Details

01 Dec 2000
News

Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management

mere 2 percent deficit in a $50 million budget is $1 million, a number that "is completely unacceptable in the nonprofit realm." The fundraising and financial aspects of their jobs, say the HBS MBAs who were interviewed for this article,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; museums; marketing; management; nonprofits; education; facilities; Internet; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

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1.5 Attendance | MBA

interviews, conferences, sell days, or fundraising for a startup. Students are eligible to miss up to three class sessions for Excused Recruiting Absences in Term 1 of the RC year, no more than 1 per course (some restrictions apply, see... 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

31 Jan 2023
News

Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups

security, responsibility, and vigilance, while male founders are asked about scaling and the future. “I’m very passionate about this,” said Garg. “I went to MIT, I went to a technical high school, I’ve always been in math and science, and in male-dominated fields. It... View Details