Entrepreneurial Ventures - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 3

812-098 Provides practical guidelines for conducting customer visits to explore and validate demand for an entrepreneurial offering. Reviews conditions under which visits will yield superior insights, compared to other research methods.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

18 Sep 2019
Op-Ed

WeWork—The IPO That Shouldn’t?

founder’s verbiage, speak for itself. About the Author Nori Gerardo Lietz is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the Finance and Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School. She presently teaches Real Estate... View Details

Keywords: by Nori Gerardo Lietz; Financial Services; Real Estate

20 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?

As entrepreneurial rocket companies come closer to shooting the first space tourist into the void, perhaps even this year, another reality is dawning: The business of space is no different than new industries everywhere else. It’s tough... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Wallask; Aerospace; Tourism; Transportation

05 Oct 2020
Book

Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time

right, don’t be afraid to speak up, Whillans suggests. “We forget that just as we can negotiate for a higher salary and other benefits, we can also negotiate for more time at work,” she says. 3. Throw money at the problem. Venture... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

02 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters

vertically integrated GM, he was creating an industry.) The problem here is that attempts to gain strategic leverage by assembling disparate companies are idiosyncratic. Despite the players' sizes, this is entrepreneurial activity in... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower

07 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism

years at Harvard. As for my title, here's the quotation that inspired it: "Without innovations, no entrepreneurs; without entrepreneurial achievement, no capitalist returns and no capitalist propulsion." Schumpeter wrote this... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

15 Mar 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business

This word cloud is composed of blog posts by more than 900 students describing how individual organizations are likely to be affected by climate change. Image by Patrick Clapp Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School received a new assignment in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Green Technology

20 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: Survival’s Secret Sauce

activities, moving away from your original business. If you can't consider diversification and entrepreneurial efforts, you are probably not going to survive long-term. Identify And Develop Family Wealth Generators I've written several... View Details

09 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government

of," says Weiss. A new Harvard Business School course inspires students to be entrepreneurial leaders in government. Pictured: Government Center in Boston. ©iStock.com/gregobagel Not that producing such results comed easy. As One... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

16 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense

Jeffrey J. Bussgang is a senior lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard Business School as well as co-founder and general partner at Flybridge Capital Partners, an early-stage venture... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang

13 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas

opportunity for the investment pendulum to swing from fast-money ventures to slower, potentially more rewarding endeavors. “If you are willing dive into the frontier of scientific journal articles, the rewards of science-based innovation... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

30 Jun 2021
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

layperson. Jeffrey Bussgang (@bussgang) is a senior lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit. Rosabeth Moss Kanter: China, climate, and courtrooms For summer reading, I like gripping novels but also provocative insights into... View Details

Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland

26 Aug 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Built for Global Competition from the Start

mainstream option for entrepreneurial companies, which was highlighted during a panel discussion in class that included a local venture capital investor and recent HBS entrepreneurs. Several students... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Education

06 Jan 2010
What Do You Think?

Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?

problem. If entrepreneurial interests try to skew the response, in the form of an agreement, in one direction or another, it could limit the range of possible responses to be encouraged, thereby limiting innovation. This is a debate more... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

23 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 23, 2008

remain less explored. The United States offers a unique setting in which to examine this question since entrepreneurial ventures supplying cadavers for medical science have recently emerged alongside... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 3, 2009

around the world today are seeking to promote entrepreneurial and venture capital activity, employing a variety of "stage setting" and direct strategies. These steps are sensible, given the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Codeacademy’s Delicate Work of Adding Monetization Without Crushing Mission

administration in the Entrepreneurial Management unit at Harvard Business School and a general partner at Flybridge Capital. He closely studies the startup environment and draws from his experience as a View Details

Keywords: Re: Jeffrey J. Bussgang; Technology

17 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 17

Working PapersThe First Deal: The Division of Founder Equity in New Ventures Authors:Thomas F. Hellmann and Noam Wasserman Abstract This paper examines the division of founder shares in entrepreneurial... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Nov 2016
First Look

November 8, 2016

Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current Knowledge and Challenges Immigrant Entrepreneurship By: Kerr, William R., and Sari Pekkala Kerr Abstract—We examine immigrant entrepreneurship and the survival and growth of immigrant-founded... View Details