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- 18 Sep 2017
- News
Chronicling a Legacy of Alumni Social Impact
successful capital campaign, from 2002 to 2006. That experience got him to thinking. Undoubtedly, alumni were making a difference at HBS. Yet Stevenson also saw ample evidence of alumni involvement in causes that extend beyond the School.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
25th Annual African-American Student Union Career/Alumni Conference
conference will feature management seminars and panel discussions on information technology, the nonprofit sector, prominent African-American women business leaders, venture capital, and the music industry, as well as a "town meeting," an... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
reflects the same flawed assumptions shared by many otherwise astute individuals having no experience or expertise in the power industry. I am an energy industry professional of 28 years, one who has no quarrel with nuclear in principle.... View Details
- 23 Feb 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Hometown Reboot
friends, another venture capitalist. He wanted Motley to meet a woman who had founded the nonprofit Black Tech Nation to advocate for Black entrepreneurs. From that conversation grew Black Tech Nation Ventures, a fund the three of them... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Youth Movement: HBS Clubs Make Students a Top Priority
leadership to stimulate more activity within the club." The expanded leadership includes vice presidents for women's programs, young alumni, and student affairs. Kwiker credits the club's corporate sponsors - Deloitte & Touche, Drugstore.com, Polaris View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 13 May 2025
- News
If I Knew Then
relates in a previous episode of Skydeck, that experience laid the groundwork for her to cofound StarVest Partners, a venture capital firm with many successful investments, including an early partnership... View Details
- 23 Jan 2019
- News
The Promise of Personalized Medicine
during my time at HBS here, I started two organizations. Essentially the theme is, let’s take as many shots on goal as possible. Let’s get capital from as many places as possible to take those shots on goal. And so I started both a... View Details
- 20 Jun 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
Photography by Susan Young Even though government spending and philanthropic capital are powerful tools for helping people improve their lives and rise out of poverty, there are still problems with them. Regular infusions of outside View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home
business leaders do have a duty to be competitive and to help restore the manufacturing base of our country. Nations that allow their manufacturing infrastructure to deteriorate often create a similar fate for themselves. Even as we all have a fiduciary duty to our... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho
array of sectors before recruiting begins. Over an eight-week period in September and October, students learned about more than twelve different industries by attending an informational overview session; an alumni panel to share advice... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
the influx of U.S. and European venture capital firms over the past decade, “many went through boom-and-bust cycles and didn’t survive, or decided to withdraw,” explains Khanna. “Those that remain have... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
labor of love that continues today. In a sense, Sahlman (and eventually, his colleagues in Entrepreneurial Finance) caught and rode a wave. In a sense, Sahlman (and eventually, his colleagues in Entrepreneurial Finance) caught and rode a wave. The entire US View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
industry during the previous decade, the company posted its first losses ever, and for the last five years, American has strived to trim some of its excess growth. Donald Carty, American's president since March 1995, says that dealing... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Truth in Lending
score but instead to do the more sophisticated due diligence of a venture capital deal. “It’s asking a lot of the same questions that you would try to tease out in a conversation with someone. Are they... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges
In recent years, government and business leaders throughout the world have made governance issues a prime focus, as capital markets have increased their scrutiny of countries' and companies' corporate-governance structures, policies, and... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Deals For Sale
stint at Procter & Gamble, he became president of Yahoo! Marketplace, a joint venture between Yahoo! and Visa. As head of that Santa Clara, California, firm, he conceived its strategy for an Internet guide to consumer shopping. His... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
John Doerr, MBA 1976
businesses. “I love helping people make a large-scale impact,” says Doerr. “I’m a networker, an organizer, an unbounded enthusiast and supporter of great entrepreneurs and leaders.” When he joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 1980, the eight-year-old View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
was soon known to everybody. He knew exactly how to capitalize on all these contacts. With his subsequent War Production Board service, he soon became the number one go-to man between corporate America and the U.S. government. President... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Sam Hayes
Samuel L. Hayes, III (MBA '61, DBA '66), the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, Emeritus, is a widely recognized authority on capital markets, Wall Street, and the corporate interface with the securities markets. He takes a... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Alumni Luminaries Discuss Careers, Values with HBS Students
leading-edge R&D, Novartis considers community outreach an essential part of its mission. It offers some drugs at a discount or free to needy patients; a new malaria therapy will be available at cost. Greylock, one of the country’s most respected View Details