Fund Of Funds - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

pioneered the vast amount of paperwork required by modern firms, which innovations such as the Hollerith punchcard machine (a predecessor to IBM) only multiplied. At DuPont, a manager was required to submit eight copies View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

13 Jan 2021
News

Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”

fundraise, honestly. So we raised a bit of money in 2015, just a friends-and-family round. We raised from an angel in 2016, and we closed a seed round in 2020, after a pretty long slog of raising money.... View Details

02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Where Does Apple Go From Here?

one is the path of least resistance because they can continue the BMW strategy for the Mac, which at a minimum breaks even, makes a little money, or loses a little money in any given quarter. The strategy View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

17 Dec 2017
News

How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression

resources, we do it with a very small budget, not necessarily out of choice, but getting funding for human rights work internationally right now, with so much domestic focus, is difficult. And just in... View Details

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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

management of the Foundation, which is a leading advocate for diversity in the media and entertainment industries. He also manages the allocation of Foundation funds in support... View Details

13 Sep 2019
News

Hollywood Ending

doubt eased the fundraising that followed. Almost a dozen major movie studios participated in the initial round of funding in the summer of 2018, including Disney,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photo by Christina Gandolfo

01 Dec 2018
News

Hard Choices

Dear alumni and friends, We celebrated the opening of Klarman Hall on October 1 and used the occasion to spark discussion and spur thinking on important issues of the day. Beth and Seth (MBA 1982) Klarman,... View Details

Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)

15 Jun 2021
News

June 2021 Books and Podcasts

establish new norms of collaboration and respect. Capital Allocators: How the world's elite money managers lead and invest By Ted Seides (MBA 1999) Harriman House The chief investment officers (CIOs) at endowments, foundations, family... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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