Publications

September 1985
Background Note

Pre-Start Analysis: A Framework for Thinking About Business Ventures

By: Howard H. Stevenson and John R. Van Slyke

Describes the thought process an entrepreneur should undergo before committing to a course of action. Covers understanding the opportunity--assessing the critical skills, resources, relationships, and approvals--developing an action plan; forming a business entity;... View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Entrepreneurship; Framework; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Skills; Resource Allocation

25 Apr 2017
Video

Veho Wins 2017 New Venture Competition Business Track

2009
Chapter

Offshoring: Why Venture Capital-Backed Businesses Stay at Home

By: Amar Bhidé

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28 Sep 2017
News

Why Venture Capitalists Aren’t Funding The Businesses We Need

19 Apr 2018
News

Harvard Business School Names Winners of 21st New Venture Competition at Finale

April 2022
Case

Pear Venture Capital

By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo

Keith Bender, Principal at Pear Venture Capital, is working over the weekend to prepare for a Monday morning investment meeting. He has three startup pitch decks in front of him, and he must choose one to recommend at the meeting. He finds that each company has its... View Details

Keywords: Seed Investing; Seed Financing; Startup; Decision Choices and Conditions; Presentations; Business Startups; Investment; Venture Capital; United States

26 Jan 2018
News

Harvard Business School Announces RISE Program to Help Alumni Entrepreneurs Scale Ventures

17 Oct 2019
News

Venturing Away from Venture Capital

run. Entrepreneurs who see venture capital as an end in itself may prematurely rule out all kinds of businesses that could otherwise prove successful. Entrepreneurs who see View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand

01 Dec 2023
News

Joint Venture

knew early on he wanted to pursue a career in health care, his stamina for pre-med studies was flagging by his junior year at Wabash College, in Indiana. He began to wonder if becoming a doctor was the only way to make an impact. Business... View Details

Keywords: Shoshi Parks

February 1985 (Revised January 1989)
Teaching Note

Introduction: Instructor's Manual: New Business Ventures and the Entrepreneur

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Startups

August 2020 (Revised November 2024)
Case

NextView Ventures

By: Jo Tango and Nori Gerardo Lietz

David Beisel, Rob Go, and Lee Hower are non-partners at different-and-established venture capital (VC) firms. They decide to leave their positions to start a new seed-stage VC firm. The case covers the genesis of the firm, the formulation of its strategy and... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Business Startups; Strategy

Web

New Venture Competition | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

for eligible graduate students across Harvard University to explore social entrepreneurship and test ideas for social innovation in a rigorous and supportive environment. Social Enterprise Track entries may include nonprofit, for-profit, and hybrid model View Details

28 Jan 2016
News

Inside Harvard Business School’s Startup Machine

Keywords: New Venture Competition

26 Apr 2017
News

Harvard Business School Names Winners and Celebrates 20th New Venture Competition at Finale

February 2008 (Revised August 2014)
Case

MedVal Ventures

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Is medical travel a viable business opportunity? A group of MBA students consider the pros and cons of starting a business that would send people from the U.S. to India for elective non-emergency surgeries. View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Cost Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Travel Industry; India; United States