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- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Wide Horizon
There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
- 23 Jan 2024
- News
A Wide Net
Growing up in Mumbai, Navroz Udwadia (MBA 2005) spent most of his time on the tennis court, where he was an internationally ranked athlete. Today, as cofounder and partner of Alpha Wave, a global investment group with a multibillion-dollar stake in India’s View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Case Study: Staking a Claim
VC-backed startup currently relies on three channels: organic blog and video content like TikTok and Instagram reels; B2B2C partnerships with companies like Go, an on-demand car rental company whose customers need insurance to use their... View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Like-Minded
connect with one another along the way. Murakami was with OECD Tokyo Center, leading discussions on economic policy issues with government and business leaders in Asia, having spent 20 years in finance with companies like Goldman Sachs... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
had long been part of the cultural mindset. Today’s startup scene in Egypt is hopping. Venture capital funding reached $491 million in 2021, with a compounded annual growth rate of 117 percent between 2017 and 2021, according to Magnitt.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Firm Foundation
few investors were operators, and vice versa. “There’s not often a lot of respect or a lot of switching of skills in that space,” she says. “And yet, you’ve seen the power of it in venture.” Startup founders routinely go into venture... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Research Brief: Staying in the Game
Illustration by Peter Hoey In Monopoly, declaring bankruptcy has a very permanent consequence. Game over; you lose. In the paper “Life After Death: A Field Experiment with Small Businesses on Information Frictions, Stigma, and Bankruptcy,” HBS professor Shai Bernstein... View Details
- 16 May 2024
- News
On the Job
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. We all have early memories of on-the-job learnings—those moments that had a lasting impact on how we see the world of work and our place in it. This... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
an Omnipresent Financial Services Firm” with center researcher Rachna Tahilyani to examine the challenges bricks-and-mortar firm Bajaj Finance—India’s largest consumer finance company—was facing as it considered entering the digital... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2024
Photographed by Susan Young; Edited by Julia Hanna MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan
were members of Golden Seeds, which invests in women-led companies; Hivers & Strivers, which provides early stage financing to ventures led by US military veterans; and Mark Cuban, who was among the judges during their appearance on Shark... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 19 Apr 2024
- News
Alumni Host Energy CEO Summit in Houston; Austin Club Co-Hosts SXSW Reception
spectrum of the energy business, including EP, oil field service and electric power,” he says. In addition to the featured guests, all of the chats and panels included HBS alumni from the energy and finance industries. The club’s... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 24 Feb 2014
- News
A Capital Idea for Small Business
managements, and form groups around common interests." "I like the idea of the crowd vetting ideas, and determining winners and losers by voting with their capital," says McGee. "This project got its start back in 2011. I had been involved in several View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
a three-person startup based out of our home. The difference in size and scale is often challenging, but is training me to compartmentalize my head space, wear different hats, and stay grounded! “While the PCL group is expanding borders... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
strategy look like? The financing that we were able to assemble for this acquisition is interim financing, which gives us five years to figure that out. Part of the process we’re engaged in now with our partners is to say, What’s the... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
Dlodlo’s university education, a loss that can still bring Dlodlo to tears. After earning a degree in finance at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, Dlodlo remained in South Africa, working in international marketing and... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
private investors. Many of these solutions don’t exist, and this is why we need the private sector’s innovation, drive, and scale focused on scaling solutions. I’m excited that Blackstone is helping to play a significant role in financing... View Details
- 08 Jun 2021
- News
New Funding for Female Founders
cruelty-free; its operations are carbon and plastic neutral, according to Prima. Saigal is co-founder and CEO of Kudos, a startup that has reengineered the disposable diaper for greater sustainability. Kudos announced the close of a $2.4... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
Above: Illustration by Hannah Barczyk When Hayley Barna (MBA 2010) launched the beauty startup Birchbox in 2010, she expected fundraising would be a challenge. Every entrepreneur knows the long odds: By some estimates, less than 1 percent... View Details