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- 02 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Women, Work, and the "M" Word
international development, big tech at Google, government service in the Obama administration, and on the founding team of the healthcare startup Cityblock Health, I watched fertility and pregnancy companies enter the digital health... View Details
- 11 Jun 2021
- News
The Power of Resilience
home as well, since they had come to to help with the baby, and now were staying to help with my treatment. About six months into my treatment journey, I did return back to the startup that I was working with and continued to work with... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
throne. Enemies plot horrific evils against the hero, even as two passionate women seek him for their own, in a tale of intrigue, revenge, power, and the unquenchable, all-consuming passions of love. Last Bell: Breaking the Gridlock in View Details
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
Limits of Peer Effects on Startup Team Performance By: Hasan, Sharique, and Rembrand Koning Abstract— We conduct a field experiment at an entrepreneurship bootcamp to investigate whether interaction with proximate peers shapes a nascent... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
paycheck,” says Thakor, author and founder of MoneyZen, a financial education consultancy. “The gender pay gap, in aggregate, has shifted 8 cents in 25 years, which is pathetic, and the wealth gap is even more extreme.” Women, on average,... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
of capital for startups and established companies." C. Bruce Johnstone (MBA '66), managing director of Fidelity Investments, the Boston-based mutual fund giant, observes that mutual funds have played a significant role as the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
city's Mission Bay neighborhood.) In addition to a current portfolio of 60 companies, Rock Health organizes industry events such as its annual Health Innovation Summit and offers aspiring entrepreneurs free access to its online Startup... View Details
- July 2022 (Revised February 2024)
- Teaching Note
The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth
By: Ayelet Israeli
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 519-055. When the mother-daughter founders of DivaCup set out with a mission to disrupt the menstrual care industry with an innovative product form, they initially struggled to gain legitimacy and convince retailers to carry their unique... View Details
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- March 2019 (Revised April 2021)
- Case
The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth
By: Ayelet Israeli
When the mother-daughter founders of DivaCup set out with a mission to disrupt the menstrual care industry with an innovative product form, they initially struggled to gain legitimacy and convince retailers to carry their unique product. Fifteen years later, the... View Details
Keywords: Female; Female Ceo; Female Entrepreneur; Female Protagonist; Health ＆ Wellness; Healthcare; Price Policies; Minimum Advertised Price; Differentiation; Positioning; Growth; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Price; Disruption; Distribution; Distribution Channels; Competitive Strategy; Competition; Growth Management; Mission and Purpose; Product Development; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Advertising; Business Startups; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Social Issues; Social Enterprise; Education Industry; Education Industry; Education Industry; Education Industry; Education Industry; Education Industry; Education Industry; Education Industry; Canada; United States; United Kingdom
Israeli, Ayelet. "The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth." Harvard Business School Case 519-055, March 2019. (Revised April 2021.)
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
costs; conditions when a startup should consider vertical integration; the nature of first- and late-mover advantage; and conditions that favor viral marketing. The note concludes with practical guidelines for early-stage entrepreneurs on... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
other timely questions and illuminates the present-day dynamics of race in the workplace. Contributions from top scholars, researchers, and practitioners in leadership, organizational behavior, psychology, sociology, and education test... View Details
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
time. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711414-PDF-ENG Product Development at OPOWER Thomas Eisenmann and Rob GoHarvard Business School Case 811-075 OPOWER, a software startup that helps utilities engage their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jul 2022
- News
Wired to be Inspired
their deep purpose? And where does it come from? Gulati: One of the questions people ask is that, well, maybe if I’m a startup and I’m just starting out, I just got to get my business idea together and I need to get funding and then we’ll... View Details
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
literacy may slow adoption of these products. This article reports on a field experiment that offered an innovative new financial product, rainfall insurance, to 600 small-scale farmers in India. A customized financial literacy and insurance View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
education at that point. There were certainly more lucrative offers to consider, a return to McKinsey among them, but Singer opted instead for a part-time position with a kids’ online storytelling startup... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
e-book can be a much richer and deeper experience than anything we’ve seen before.” The implications for education are significant, Olson notes: “If we as a society are concerned about the next generation acquiring knowledge and skills,... View Details
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
faced little consumer demand for natural products, and little consumer knowledge of what they entailed. The creation of new categories involved three overlapping waves of entrepreneurship. The first involved making the ideological case for natural products. This often... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
and Comfort strives to improve the health, self-esteem, and hygiene education of those it serves. “There are about 250,000 children in Massachusetts that are hygiene insecure. They wake up each day being worried about how they look,... View Details
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
(Available in Mandarin only.) Abstract This is a text and case book for the Chinese business higher education market. It is a combination of seven chapters (six original ones) covering China's financial markets, governance in the global... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
School Case 806-073 Follows the growth of an entrepreneur from his early startup activities. As the company evolves from 1998 to 2005, looks at key decisions and turning points as AtHoc's strategy adapts in response to changing market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne