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- 23 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
We Rise
she was hired in 1994. “I was really grateful that my partners took a bet on me because I did not have the traditional background of a venture capitalist,” she says. Although she didn’t have the typical engineering degree, within two... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
the others at Menlo Ventures when she was hired in 1994. “I was really grateful that my partners took a bet on me because I did not have the traditional background of a venture capitalist,” she says. Although she didn’t have the typical... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
electronic ink — not end products,” Wilcox says, “and we bet everything that electronic publishing would become a big industry.” The move came too late, and by January 2004, the remaining technical issues had exhausted the last of the... View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
hired in 1994. “I was really grateful that my partners took a bet on me because I did not have the traditional background of a venture capitalist,” she says. Although she didn’t have the typical engineering degree, within two years she... View Details
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
Iraq: A Land Between Two Rivers No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/717033-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 318-041 The Rise Fund: TPG Bets Big on Impact It is March 2017, and TPG, a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
that data. However, Sportradar's core business was thriving, whereas a recent attempt to branch out into video player tracking systems had proved to be a costly failure. The team weighed the pros and cons of various media ventures, including online sports View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jul 2025
- News
Play with Purpose
from a two or three cap rate to a six or seven cap rate. And it's inflation adjusted. Generally, sports is pretty resilient. It's not economically all that sensitive because 70% of the money is in media dollars. It's “a correlated” to anything else that you own. It's... View Details
- 31 Jul 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens
and you can do other things and frankly maybe you should try something new." And so I got back to New York and I tried to quit my job and I ended up... It took a while to extract myself, but I just decided that I was going to bet on... View Details
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
well, making Seven Bucks Productions a force to be reckoned with in the world of entertainment. Are Johnson and Garcia right to bet on a new digital channel, which is scheduled to make its debut on YouTube in the next month, and do they... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52405 forthcoming Critical Finance Review Inflation Bets or Deflation Hedges? The Changing Risks of Nominal Bonds By: Campbell, John Y., Adi Sunderam, and Luis M. Viceira Abstract—The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
focused in his first couple of years. He got rid of a huge number of product lines. He streamlined the operations and he bet on a very small number of products. The combination of the early success of the iMac, the booming marketing in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
John McArthur
It was a big step toward integrating me into the HBS community. I will be thankful to him for his kind gesture for as long as I live. —Ricardo Nicanor Jacinto (MBA 1986) McArthur excelled at identifying promising generators of ideas and placing large institutional... View Details
Keywords: Dean
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
problems associated with event study demonstrations of excess comovement. A trading strategy that bets on the reversion of stock prices of overweighted stocks generates economic profits, confirming that the observed comovement patterns... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 29, 2008
business in China, Sealed Air was now betting on the country to help propel its growth as a global company. The company identified China as one of the initial investments in the company's Global Manufacturing Strategy that aimed to create... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
some cases down to the source code level. Our study thus extends the concept of IP modularity to comprise the notion of hierarchy levels. Working PapersInflation Bets or Deflation Hedges? The Changing Risks of Nominal Bonds... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
hospitals in the West. Apollo's managers must decide how best to capitalize on the group's remarkable medical capabilities. One option was to bet on global medical tourism by trying to attract patients from Asia and worldwide needing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
situations where they literally, it seems to me, bet the company, changed its direction to keep it going up. In the mid '80s with the Japanese coming into the market with very cheap memory chips. A: They were inexpensive but of high... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
productive teamwork. Enhance creativity through more flexible organizational structures. Bet on people. Think big. Say no respectfully. McArthur liked to say that the faculty was the “whole ball game,” and in fact, he lavished time and... View Details
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
did what we did. And it's hard, because you need to move. Your board and your investors and everybody in the company need to face up to it. We made a big bet and we just ran with it. As CEO, you can't be scared of making bold decisions.... View Details
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
taking risks." Click to watch. Eleven years later, that bet is more than paying off. As chief strategy and knowledge officer, Fenton is part of an executive team that has seen NLNS expand from training 13 aspiring principals in two cities... View Details