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- 23 Mar 2023
- News
SVB Crash Analysis
on startups, says Professor Paul Gompers. But that deep knowledge of the sector could pay huge dividends to the right big-bank buyer. SVB Collapse: HBS Faculty Perspectives (Video) The sudden closure of Silicon Valley Bank has shaken the business community as well as... View Details
- 31 May 2016
- HBS Case
Who Owns Space?
As a vast place full of limitless possibility, space is a huge draw for brilliant minds and big ambitions. A new generation of billionaire entrepreneurs is vying to lay claim to it. Be it Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Richard Branson, or Paul... View Details
- 24 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality
It used to be that you risked detention for disrupting an elementary school classroom. Nowadays, disrupting the entire school system can earn you millions of dollars in startup funding. Consider AltSchool, the idea of entrepreneur Max... View Details
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Richard Linder
risks and limitations. I want to overcome self-doubt and adult cynicisms by playing the games in life that I most fear. I want to be a successful entrepreneur and apply my lessons in using diversity to solve problems by serving in... View Details
- 04 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Celebrating Black History Month at HBS
graduation. Learn more about the paths and passions of individual AASU members through our MBA Voices blog post series: Spotlight on the Midwest, Spotlight on STEM, Spotlight on HBCUs, and Spotlight on the Public Sector. Meet the... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Broken Link
of schools and libraries didn’t have a broadband connection that met their needs. Although nearly all public K–12 schools in the United States were connected to the internet by 2006, most had slow dial-up or DSL connections that students... View Details
- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
nonetheless. She cofounded Minds Matter, a now-nationwide mentoring and college preparatory nonprofit that launched her on a lifelong mission to improve public education. Named Woman of the Year by the California State Assembly in 2014... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Less Risk, More Reward
Your research explores entrepreneurship and the social safety net. What is the connection between those two things? I look at whether stronger social safety net benefits make it more likely for people to start a business. For instance, there’s this large View Details
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Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog
representation on boards, and even the potential to create social good. Covering both public and private markets, the course will present the unprecedented opportunities that have arisen due to energy transition and other trends through... View Details
- 05 Mar 2025
- News
Uncertain Terms
After Amar Bhidé (MBA 1979/DBA 1988) became an HBS assistant professor in 1988, then-dean John H. McArthur (MBA 1959/DBA 1963) gave him a copy of economist Frank Knight’s 1921 book Risk, Uncertainty and Profit. Knight’s idea that “uncertainty” must be distinguished... View Details
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Blending Traditional Models of Philanthropy with Business | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
opportunity out of business school-they think along the traditional linear path: learn, earn, and return. And there's a separation in their minds between the public and private sectors. But more and more you see career paths moving... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Roger Ullman: Going Green with E2
Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), a nonprofit group of businesspeople who believe that sound environmental policy and economic progress are not mutually exclusive. With about four hundred members nationwide, E2 works directly with the... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
a business opportunity. Walson charged two dollars a month for this service, and by the middle of 1948 had 727 customers. He and other entrepreneurs soon began setting up similar "Community Antenna Television" systems in rural... View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Honoring a Legend
Atlanta Entrepreneurs Honor Nussey’s Impacts on Tech and Solar Catherine Cates (MBA 1983) & Bill Nussey (MBA 1996) Steve Kirschner (MBA 1986), Bill Nussey (MBA 1996), & John Yates (event host) Nussey presenting to HBS alumni Nussey and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
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Ari Medoff
one of those who want to have distinct careers in different sectors. HBS helps me round out my skills as an entrepreneur and future small-business owner." The Harvard Kennedy School extends Ari's undergraduate studies "around... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963
saw in his company's entry-level hires. When he retired in 1992, he decided to do something about it by running for the Seattle school board. "If you want to change public education," he says, "you have to get inside the system." When he... View Details
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Euro Vision
cities American startups are often geographically sorted by sector. Tech is in San Francisco, public policy is in DC, medical is in Orlando. And for a time, Europe was like that too, Rimer says: Israeli startups focused on security and... View Details
Keywords: Jason Feifer
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Tools of the Trade | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
like a natural place to make an impact: “I was fortunate to grow up in a community where I had access to an excellent public education,” she says, “and I feel every child deserves the same opportunity.” Shannah Varon, MBA 2009 Job Title... View Details
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A Broad Spectrum of Opportunities | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
A Broad Spectrum of Opportunities Background Over the summer, I was a Social Enterprise Summer Fellow at Victory Schools, an education management organization that partners with and manages charter and public schools in New York,... View Details