Angels - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 2001
News

New Ventures New Gains

plan for Polished captured the interest of angel investors, not the big-ticket venture capitalists that some of her classmates enticed, reports, “Most of my contacts in some way, shape, or form were initiated at HBS, especially in terms... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna and Susan Young; Martin Dubilier (MBA 1952); Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jun 2009
News

Letters to the Editor

the potential of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). But over time, BRT’s potential as a first-class, environmentally sound transit mode was forgotten. It was not until the late 1990s that BRT was “rediscovered” in Curitiba, Brazil, as part of the search by the City of Los View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

organizations like Braver Angels and the Constructive Dialogue Institute. Encourage leaders to model humility and openness to different viewpoints, setting a tone that discourages stereotyping and contempt. Vincent Pons is the Byron Wein... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

03 Oct 2019
News

Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns

it was longer. When I first invested, Elon actually said to me, “Are you fine with your money being completely locked up?” I think he said 15 years. And I said, “Sure.” If you’re interested in seeing what companies are out there, there is a platform called Space View Details

Keywords: Space Research and Technology; Government

27 Jan 2009
First Look

First Look: January 27, 2009

b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608083 A.J. Washington: Retaining an NFL Star Harvard Business School Case 909-033 General Manager Luke Kolville, of the Los Angeles Spartans, struggles with the best approach to negotiate a long-term... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Mar 2015
News

Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling

funds or via angel networks, have to recognize that this is a real opportunity to make money,” Dorsen says. The fund is making progress on that front. The Women’s Venture Capital Fund investors were once predominantly women. Now almost 50... View Details

Keywords: April White

10 Dec 2014
News

Front-Row Seat

did. The assault went on for hours. Bradley took the list with him the next day on a flight to Los Angeles and found a way to frame what had just happened in a concept recalled from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; digital media; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

29 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want?

equity for themselves) versus giving potential co-founders a large share of the equity to come on board. The choices were: taking money from angel investors, who would let the entrepreneur continue controlling the board; taking money from... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services

Career Coach

Jill Huggett

Jill Huggett (Carroll '00), Principal, Bridgepath Career Advisors, is a certified professional career coach and certified professional resume writer. Jill combines professional coaching theory with her previous experience as a financial services management executive... View Details

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venture at some point in their career -- as a founder, early employee, advisor or investor. However, the course is also appropriate for students interested in gaining a broader view of the financing landscape for young firms, going beyond the basics of venture capital... View Details

03 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709024 Yieldex (A) Harvard Business School Case 809-090 Yieldex Founder, Doug Cosman, is faced with the decision to sell his young software start-up for $4 million or to hire a CEO (Tom Shields) and pursue... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Jan 2021
News

Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”

fundraise, honestly. So we raised a bit of money in 2015, just a friends-and-family round. We raised from an angel in 2016, and we closed a seed round in 2020, after a pretty long slog of raising money. Morrell: Without an influx of VC... View Details

04 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: December 4

case:http://hbr.org/search/913701-PDF-ENG Convertible Notes in Angel Financing Ramana Nanda and William R. KerrHarvard Business School Note 813-017 This note introduces convertible notes in angel financing.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

himself and grew the company under the radar of long-established competitors. The company grew with only a single angel investment in 2006 until receiving $57M in 2014 from Sequoia in a Series A funding. Sarah Leary MBA '98, Harvard... View Details

19 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 19, 2008

"November Agreement." Since then, Michael has found an angel investor and has worked non-stop on the business, while one co-founder was off enjoying the winter break with his family and the other worked on lucrative consulting... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

emotions and race has appeared in The Atlantic, Boston Review, Los Angeles Times, Salon, Huffington Post, WomanKind, and New Philosopher Magazine. Cherry is also the host of the UnMute Podcast, where she interviews philosophers about the... View Details

01 Mar 2006
News

The Producers

multiplex. Why bother, when you can watch a movie in your “home theater,” complete with high-definition screen and surround sound? Last year was dubbed “year of the missing moviegoer” by the Los Angeles Times, with box office receipts... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

01 Apr 1997
News

Facing the Music

Detroit to Los Angeles in 1972, adds that the current stagnation can also be attributed to "a lack of hits" on the part of the major labels and increased competition for the consumer entertainment dollar. In 1996, efforts by big stars... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

02 Mar 2016
News

The New Space Race

constellations to ground station networks of satellite dishes, to new thrusters on satellites to asteroid mining,” he says. Joe Landon sees it, too. In addition to his work at Planetary Resources, Landon is chair of the Space Angels... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

Career Coach

Jonathan Shepherd

Jonathan is CPD's Corporate Relations Director overseeing principal investing: VC/PE, investment management and real estate. Since 2007, he has coached thousands of students & alumni and forged recruiting relationships with hundreds of firms across these... View Details

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