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Matt Higgins

Matt Higgins is one of the preeminent venture investors in next-generation technology companies and beloved consumer brands. Created alongside Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, RSE Ventures has built an expansive multi-billion-dollar... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products & Packaged Goods;#60;#Services

Henry F. Henderson, Jr.

After working at Richardson Scale Company for a number of years, Henderson’s entrepreneurial spirit led him to start Henderson Industries (HI) in 1952. Winning a contract from Richardson, HI began growing rapidly. Manufacturing... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

01 Mar 2013
News

Getting Smart About Philanthropy

Advisory Board. Ted Turner, Eli Broad, Pierre Omidyar, Michael J. Fox and Deborah W. Brooks, Jennifer and Peter Buffett, Melinda Gates, and Jean and Steve Case also participated. In tandem with the project, Bridgespan has teamed up with Harvard Business Review to... View Details

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Kevin Barenblat Archives | Social Enterprise

Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 1 Results Tech Accelerator for Nonprofits Supports Impact that View Details

01 Dec 2020
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Quantum Leap

scale up, institutions might be able to solve problems completely on a quantum computer and solve much larger and more difficult problems than we can solve today,” he explains. Aliro’s second product, AQ.N, is aimed at cracking one of the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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Esther Koh | MBA

at the intersection of technology and business: Working closely on translating technology I help develop out of the lab into the market at the Wyss Institute, I'm learning the steps in View Details

17 Nov 2022
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Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change

building efficiency products such as heat pumps and insulation. As the specifics of how that can be applied and utilized are formalized, it should create some tremendous opportunities for incumbent players to de-risk scaling up new... View Details

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Can Private Equity Reach Regular People? One Company’s Mission | Working Knowledge

from individuals on a smaller scale because the institutional investors at this point are mostly wrapped up. “There is the desire by the alternative industry to figure out how to effectively fundraise from individuals on a smaller View Details

16 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Andres Hervas-Drane: The nature of competition is changing rapidly. Drivers such as globalization, deregulation, and technological change are opening opportunities for the development of new, original business... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music

15 Jun 2021
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Case Study: Inside Story

them,” Lin acknowledges. What do you think: Should Saga start small and scale up—or aim bigger from the beginning? Leave your thoughts in the comments below. We asked a few Entrepreneurs-in-Residence from the HBS Rock Center for... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

04 Sep 2019
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Impact: Where Science and Business Intersect

The creation, commercialization, and scaling of science-based enterprises will be a crucial segment of the global economy in the decades to come. Harvard Business School—through its educational programs, the research of its faculty... View Details

07 Dec 2022
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Dubai-Based Proptech Builds Up

Dubai to Saudi Arabia and beyond. "There are almost 25,000 short-term rentals here in Dubai and 550 companies are operating them," he said. "These are often small companies that do a great job, but in a piecemeal manner. They don't necessarily have access to View Details

27 Oct 2016
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Paying It Forward

(photo by Neal Hamberg) Ask Malay Kundu (MBA 2003) about StopLift Checkout Vision Systems, and he’s more than happy to talk about his thriving software company, which deploys video and scanning technologies to stop retail theft. The... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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The Coming of Managerial Capitalism - Course Catalog

of the development of entrepreneurship, modern management, business, technology and finance; to examine other institutions that have affected these areas such as governments, unions, and intellectual property rights; and to analyze the... View Details

12 Apr 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs

side) competing with a lack of an industrial policy (on the US side). Going all the way back to the mid-1980s, the Chinese government has been mapping a pathway for the country to become a modern economy possessing core technological... View Details

Keywords: by Willy C. Shih; Technology; Technology; Technology; Technology; Technology; Technology

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Palis Pisuttisarun | MBA

affinity for creativity. In the tech and entrepreneurship space, I believe these connections can translate into great changes! Tech areas of interest: Social Networks, Algorithmic Fairness, Brain Tech, Digital Activism, Human-Computer Interaction Formative experience... View Details

01 Jun 2022
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'Rooted' In Innovation

products, thereby gaining a foothold in the $1 trillion global health-and-wellness food market. This could yield unprecedented opportunities for the 500 farmers in Cameroon from whom CassVita sources the produce. “I love using technology... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

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Kavya Kopparapu | MBA

that can positively impact people's lives. I'm excited to bridge the gap between theory and implementation through the Tech Innovation Fellowship and translate my passions into real-world impact. Tech areas of interest: AI/ML, Medicine, Education, Connectivity,... View Details

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Transforming Education through Social Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

What will the rapid changes occurring among colleges and universities mean for the future? How are entrepreneurs using technology and new business models to bring quality post-secondary education to all? View Details

22 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change

scaling up new approaches and technologies such as ours." Claire Broido Johnson (MBA 2002) COO, Fermata EnergyAs business leaders with lots of privilege, it is our responsibility to focus our efforts on both... View Details

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