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- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Marketable Skill
explains Gehrke. "I am definitely not the type to climb the corporate ladder." In 1978, she launched Design Lines, Inc., a small housewares business. When the company failed in 1980 ("a textbook case of being unwilling to let anybody come... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 06 May 2019
- News
Startup Talk in Chicago
lending her expertise to an initiative aimed at making the city a hub of technological innovation. From left: Alex Meyer (MBA 2005) with Penny Pritzker Pritzker was the latest guest speaker of the HBSCC Entrepreneurship Council, which... View Details
- 16 Oct 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Opening Platforms: How, When and Why?
- November 1997 (Revised May 2001)
- Background Note
Introduction to Entrepreneurial Finance
By: Paul A. Gompers
Presents an overview of the issues covered in Entrepreneurial Finance. The frameworks of analysis as well as themes of the course are covered. Additionally, provides references on entrepreneurial finance from both academics and the popular press. View Details
Gompers, Paul A. "Introduction to Entrepreneurial Finance." Harvard Business School Background Note 298-061, November 1997. (Revised May 2001.)
- May 4, 2018
- Article
Continuous Development Will Change Organizations as Much as Agile Did
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Samuel Clemens
It's not just for tech companies and startups. View Details
Bussgang, Jeffrey J., and Samuel Clemens. "Continuous Development Will Change Organizations as Much as Agile Did." Harvard Business Review (website) (May 4, 2018).
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
change,” says Childress. Why the shift in attitude? “Some people point to 9/11 as creating a heightened awareness of the world as an interconnected system and spurring a search for meaning,” observes Childress. “It may also be generational. Social View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The Exchange: Takeaways from the Takedown
Professors Eugene Soltes and Aiyesha Dey; image by John Ritter When Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted in 2023 of all seven charges against him related to the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, the jury needed less than five hours to deliberate after a months-long trial. The... View Details
- 11 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Usher in the Next Generation
entrepreneurs discussing women's often uneasy relationship with money and power. Their panel session, titled "Women and Entrepreneurship in Contemporary America," held on October 25 as part of the two-day conference, was... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Feb 2014
- News
Stick with Plan A
and many other emerging markets, and know the nature of mobile money — a network business in the nexus of two highly regulated industries, banking and telecoms — this is understandable." With a father who had abandoned corporate... View Details
- Web
Digital Archival Resources - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details
- Profile
Gerald Chertavian
United States, employs 400, and has an annual budget of $70 million. While those numbers—as well as rave reviews from the media and corporate partners—tell of the organization’s success, Chertavian’s most prized metric shows the outcomes... View Details
- Career Coach
Layla A. Ramirez
is responsible for operationalizing, integrating and continuously improving Justworks DEIB strategy throughout its workforce, workplace, and marketplace. Prior to joining Justworks, Layla held DEIB positions at Amazon Web Services (AWS), Netflix, Danaher View Details
- Career Coach
Lisa Li
entrepreneurship with low risk, finding networking only roles, 3) leveraging your STEM background - navigating the corporate business side with STEM expertise and resume reviews. Work Experience: Trinity... View Details
- 26 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
SEI25 Series: Misan Rewane, MBA 2013, CEO, WAVE
would still be true in spite of the worst case scenario occurring (e.g., xyz lives impacted in abc way, xyz skills, networks and experiences acquired, and consequently an increased ability to get a corporate job etc.). If the positives... View Details
- 17 Oct 2019
- News
Venturing Away from Venture Capital
Life Science Entrepreneurship in 2015, she worked for several venture capital firms specializing in health care and technology startups.) In order to satisfy the limited partners that supply their capital, Unger explains, venture... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 30 Oct 2017
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success
list began in 1955. The figures are only slightly better beyond the corner office. According to a 2016 report on corporate diversity, black men and women account for 4.7 percent of executive team members in the Fortune 100, a percentage... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 28 Mar 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
years, where your social life can be challenging with a 24/7 schedule,” she says. “I wanted to take advantage of everything HBS had to offer, including the cultural trips and social events.” Hess Corporation hired her after graduation to... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- August 2016 (Revised June 2017)
- Case
InsideSales.com (A)
By: Frank V. Cespedes
This case focuses on growth requirements for a company moving from its base in SMB customers (Small and Mid-Sized businesses) to Enterprise customers (companies with more than 500 employees). It examines the differences in buying processes, product requirements,... View Details
Keywords: Business Organization; Customer Relationship Management; Marketing Strategy; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Organizational Design; Talent; Talent Management; Organizations; Growth Management; Sales; Salesforce Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Technology Industry; United States
Cespedes, Frank V. "InsideSales.com (A)." Harvard Business School Case 817-018, August 2016. (Revised June 2017.)
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Polaroid Films - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details
- 31 Mar 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
When Open Architecture Beats Closed: The Entrepreneurial Use of Architectural Knowledge
Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin