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- 13 Jun 2014
- News
The Art of Effecting Change
Bridgitt Bertram Evans (MBA 1986) loves contemporary art for its aesthetic appeal, but also for its ability to challenge existing norms. And now she's transforming the industry in much the same spirit with VIA Art Fund, a new model of... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
A Roaring Success in the Windy City
Odyssey afforded alumni a spectacular view of Chicago with a thunderstorm serving as a dramatic backdrop. On the final morning of the conference, alumni and guests had the option of visiting seven off-site locations, including Fox News, Aon, three View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
partnerships, however, science with commercial applications began thriving outside corporate R&D silos. And the availability of venture capital for technology start–ups made it harder to keep scientists with... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
growing pains. RITE is the first commercially licensed tidal power project in the United States, and reaching that milestone was an odyssey: Smith reckons that the technical challenges, funding crunches, and regulatory hurdles involved in establishing a new View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Start-Ups Make Their Pitch
industry to the production of mechanical (“dumb”) and electronic (“smart”) beds. Eventually, he expects to develop an entire suite of compact hospital room furnishings. The Alumni New Venture Contest was... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
industrial wage workers; and the production of knowledge, including the idea of the economy, among other topics. Together, they suggest emerging themes in the field: a fascination with capitalism as it is... View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Honoring a Legend
venture capitalist for Greylock. In 1998, he left to run a portfolio company, iXL, which went public and grew to almost $500 million in revenue. After iXL, he joined Silverpop as its CEO, seeing it grow to nearly $100 million, becoming a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Hawes Family Funds New Classroom Building
reinsurance. During almost four decades in the insurance business as a salesman, entrepreneur, top executive, and industry leader, he established a remarkable record of success while maintaining a sterling reputation for character and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
From Das’s Desk
cycle: Early-career alumni are going through a period of discovery while establishing themselves in their industry or field. Mid-career alumni are in the process of investing in and expanding their careers, their professional selves, and... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
30,000 Indian businesses and created nearly 1,000 jobs. “It’s really structured in the exact same way as a small venture capital or private equity firm,” says Chorengel. “It’s a proven model—you get a group... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Primer on Patents
HBS professor Paul A. Gompers) of two influential books in this field, The Venture Capital Cycle (second edition 2004) and The Money of Invention (2001), Lerner also created the popular second-year elective... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Leading Change
performance of workers. To promote change across the manufacturing sector, Esquel sponsors an annual forum, the Integral Conversation, which brings together industry and government stakeholders to inspire alternative thinking. “It’s a... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: John Doerr
John Doerr Photo courtesy of John Doerr The summer after his first year at HBS, armed with a master's in electrical engineering from Rice University, John Doerr moved to California for two reasons. "I wanted to apprentice with a venture... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation
existing. Likewise, through its Executive Education Program and HBS Online, the School is educating business leaders about the latest technologies and how to capitalize on these new capabilities. The course she took, says Hopkins, covered... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Touting Green Energy’s Potential
domestic green energy industry that is going to be just as great in wealth creation as was the tech revolution in the 1990s.” Markey, chairman of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, was a special guest speaker... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
human-capital development that Khan finds himself turning to science fiction to try to make sense of it all. Meanwhile, financial backers such as the Gates Foundation, Google, and venture capital’s Ann and John Doerr (MBA 1976) are adding... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Martin Gonzalez - Quiet Courage
member of Chile's national volleyball team, the trilingual Gonzalez had traveled widely, graduated from Catholic University in Santiago with a degree in industrial engineering, weathered a failed entrepreneurial venture, and worked in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Porter Course Goes Abroad
Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo (MBA '85), among others. A two-day workshop to provide training for faculty at partner universities in teaching the course will be held at Porter's Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness on the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Origin Story: Mary Chen (MBA 2026)
Chinese women from the US and around the world helped me understand and embrace my culture.” Pathfinder: “After college I worked at Bain as a generalist across industries and functions, but what I really liked was the private equity group... View Details
- 26 Nov 2019
- News
Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream
of 2009 alone, Mills points out that 1.8 million small business jobs were lost. Heavily dependent on credit, small businesses were unable to access capital markets as banks reeled from the crisis and lending froze. With half of the... View Details