Angel - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 1

Angel Investor with an Agenda Authors:Regina E. Herzlinger and Beatriz Muñoz-Seca Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 3 (March 2011) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Hard Numbers on Social Investments

the Domini Index (investments in socially responsible mutual funds) realized a 13 percent return, and the S&P 500 returned 11 percent. The average returns of traditional angel investing are hard to determine given the fragmented... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

02 Jun 2021
News

On the Road Less Traveled

Angeles to her native St. Louis. Granted Sunday visitation rights, his father only made the 1,800-mile trip twice. And on the second visit, his father kidnapped him, driving him back to Los Angeles. The event would shape Ed's life.... View Details

12 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs

that ask in writing. Identify at least one domain area where each investor may serve you best (e.g., I am usually the go-to person for product & engineering or organizational planning for my angel investments and advisees). When the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

01 Sep 2009
News

Read All About It!

bought and how they spent their money. From the New York Times “How We Spend Our Time” (April 24, 1937) LOS ANGELES SKYLINE, 2008: The post–World War II boom years were followed by “deceptively subtle” upheavals in the American business... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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

03 Jan 2017
First Look

January 3, 2017

assess the company's growth strategy and develop a model to value a prospective customer to the company's website. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/217026-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 517-006 The Los View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

04 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 4

acquisition, offer branding guidelines, and explain how a choir of angel investors often will sing different parts. Publisher's link: http://www.amazon.com/Managing-Startups-Best-Blog-Posts/dp/1449367879 2006 Journal of Economic Behavior... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Aug 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs

the Aldrich classrooms on the Harvard Business School campus where other people's ventures are the usual topic of discussion. Judges—a mix of angel investors, VCs, serial entrepreneurs, and industry executives—score the plans on criteria... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

01 Jun 2011
News

The Best-Laid Plans

morning known as “Super Saturday,” 63 student teams present these and other ideas in the Aldrich classrooms where other people’s ventures are the usual topic of discussion. Judges — a mix of angel investors, VCs, serial entrepreneurs, and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Health, Social Assistance; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Feb 1998
News

Running Up the Score

capable of competing with the big guys: NBC, CBS, and ABC." Underscoring its belief in the value of sports programming, Fox recently purchased (pending Major League Baseball's approval) the Los Angeles Dodgers, another example of a trend... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Mar 2011
News

Making Their Way

Station, and even the White House. Like most family businesses, there are plenty of stories in the Kirlin Company’s history, including Brownell’s own. After graduating from HBS, she and her husband, HBS classmate Stephen Brownell, moved to Los View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation

10 Mar 2017
News

The Business of Lego Batman

the most is my lead class that Nitin Nohria actually taught, because every day is about lead. How do I manage-- in the case of The Lego Movie, we actually have 1,000 people working on the movie in all different parts of the world from Los View Details

Keywords: LEGO; Lego

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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 and... View Details

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