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Tiffany Pham
“Ultimately, the MOGUL platform leverages technology to connect women and empower them to learn from each other as well as support themselves.” What have been the best and most challenging parts about launching the company? “The best part... View Details
- 06 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness
earlier. Worse, he knew that mobile phones, which were also being made outside the United States, would start stealing business away from digital cameras. "Much of the camera technology was invented in... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Making travel possible for people with physical challenges
Darren Brehm (MBA 2007) launched an online travel guide and mobile app to help people with physical challenges find accessible hotels, restaurants, and activities, as well as emergency services. AbilityTrip.com and the online community it... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Feedback
March 2016 Early Observers Re: The New Space Race A nice overview, but what was neglected was the important contribution of earth observation (remote sensing) technology and spin-off ventures to the current array of commercial space... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Research Brief: Field Research
Illustration by Joe Waldron Illustration by Joe Waldron Back in 2010, HBS finance professor Shawn Cole embarked on a two-year randomized control trial with Nilesh Fernando, then a PhD candidate at Harvard, to evaluate whether a mobile... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Think Locally, Act Globally
mobile services in Delhi and in time became India’s largest telecom company. Then, looking overseas for new markets, Mittal decided on Africa, where mobile penetration is still only about 40 percent, and 60... View Details
- July 2001 (Revised May 2002)
- Case
WWWW - Who Will Win Wireless?
This case discusses different players in the wireless Internet industry and asks readers to evaluate the likelihood that they will create and capture value. View Details
Hallowell, Roger H., Sherry W. Fairbank, Rosina L Giuliante, and Jennifer L. Jacobs. "WWWW - Who Will Win Wireless?" Harvard Business School Case 802-012, July 2001. (Revised May 2002.)
Joshua Yguado
Josh Yguado is the CEO and Cofounder of Jam City, one of the most successful mobile entertainment companies in the world with more than a billion game downloads. Founded in 2010, Jam City is an international View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Cyberposium 16
Stores and the Mobile Revolution.” Other keynoters included Brad Garlinghouse (MBA ’97), president, AOL Consumer Applications, who is shifting AOL’s culture toward more risk-taking to achieve greater innovation and consumer engagement.... View Details
- 10 Jan 2017
- News
Street Smarts
“Today, the car is a mobile computing platform,” says Mistele. “We pull information from various sensors in real time and create services around it.” For example, INRIX uses machine learning to provide customized daily routing advice... View Details
- 12 Apr 2012
- News
HBS Welcomes Eleven Alumni Startups
name, and cast your vote to the right to predict the winner. asia-pacific HBS Club of Shanghai Sophia Shing, MBA 1997 Founder Little Teacher mobile language learning canada HBS Club of Toronto Jennifer Lee Koss, MBA 2008 Co-founder and... View Details
- January 2010 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
foursquare
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, Thomas R. Eisenmann, Jeffrey J. Bussgang and David Chen
Co-founders of foursquare are deciding how to respond to competitive threats and scale up the organization. Foursquare was a location-based online service that allowed users to "check in" to a location using an application on a smartphone. Foursquare kept track of a... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Competitive Advantage; Web Services Industry; United States
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan, Thomas R. Eisenmann, Jeffrey J. Bussgang, and David Chen. "foursquare." Harvard Business School Case 711-418, January 2010. (Revised March 2013.)
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Fostering financial freedom for low-income individuals
1998, and the “Love Our Local Business” program, which encourages growth for small businesses by giving grants to entrepreneurs. In India, Intuit’s free mobile application, Fasal, has connected 1.5 million farmers with agents to get... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Club Leaders Get a Boost from Campus Conference
administrative details of running a club; and communicate with members,” says Janet Cahill, associate director, Clubs and Associations. “Another compelling aspect of the technology is its ability to bring alumni together as a... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania
heart of public services decision making.” That’s why DeBere and Helga Mutasingwa, a doctor and public health professional based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, cofounded Afya Pamoja in that country in 2020 with Patrick Anyanga and Robert Smith. The View Details
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- 07 Nov 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Tiffany Pham (MBA 2012)
“Ultimately, the MOGUL platform leverages technology to connect women and empower them to learn from each other as well as support themselves.” What have been the best and most challenging parts about launching the company? “The best part... View Details
Joshua Yguado
Josh Yguado is the CEO and Cofounder of Jam City, one of the most successful mobile entertainment companies in the world with more than a billion game downloads and 20 million monthly users. Founded in 2010, Jam City is an international... View Details
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Luciana Baigun
online platform for the economics community at the school – so she built one. Later, as an auction theory analyst with clients all over the world, she was struck by the ubiquity of mobile phones in India and how they allowed farmers to... View Details
- October 2017 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
Snap Inc. Goes Public (A)
By: Lynn Sharp Paine and Will Hurwitz
Snap Inc.’s chairman must decide how to address investor concerns about the company’s unprecedented plans to issue only non-voting shares in its upcoming IPO. The case is set in early 2017 following the public availability of Snap’s IPO filing with the U.S. Securities... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Capital Structure; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Going Public; Business and Shareholder Relations; Leadership; Management; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Venture Capital; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; United States; California
Paine, Lynn Sharp, and Will Hurwitz. "Snap Inc. Goes Public (A)." Harvard Business School Case 318-042, October 2017. (Revised April 2024.)
- December 2018
- Case
Choosy
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Julia Kelley
Founded in 2017, Choosy is a data-driven fashion startup that uses algorithms to identify styles trending on social media. After manufacturing similar items using a China-based supply chain, Choosy sells them to consumers through its website and social media pages.... View Details
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Algorithms; Machine Learning; Neural Networks; Instagram; Influencer; Fast Fashion; Design; Customer Satisfaction; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Innovation and Invention; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Demand and Consumers; Supply Chain; Production; Logistics; Business Model; Expansion; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Digital Platforms; Social Media; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; North and Central America; United States; New York (state, US); New York (city, NY)