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The first HBS New Venture Competition was held in 1997, in the era of PalmPilot and RealPlayer. And while the tech landscape has changed dramatically since then, many of the core lessons of the entrepreneurial experience—scaling, funding, and staffing—remain constant.... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Alvaro Dominguez

10 Mar 2021
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In My Humble Opinion: A Timely Tension

Beth Thoren (MBA 1992) was a teenager in Japan the first time she saw the ocean. “I thought it was the most beautiful and fragile thing I’d ever seen,” she recalls. The experience sparked a lifelong interest in the natural world and led Thoren to the US Merchant Marine... View Details

Keywords: April White

02 Jul 2020
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Entrepreneurial Management from Harvard ManageMentor

19 Feb 2020
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Running a Decathlon

Bill and Sandra Patton (photo by Tony LaBruno) While serving on the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee in 1979, William Patton Jr. (PMD 21, 1971) met Orange County superintendent of schools Robert Peterson, who was unsuccessfully pressing the group to include... View Details

Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov

04 Mar 2019
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The Anti-Shark Tank

In 2018, female founders received only 2.2 percent of the $130 billion venture capital pie, according to PitchBook; despite that fact, Lisa Blau (MBA 2003) and Amanda Eilian (MBA 2006) are both veterans of the startup world, having launched VitalJuice (a newsletter... View Details

07 Feb 2019
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A Course Correction at Chris-Craft

Stephen Heese (MBA 1988), left (photo by mbr/Sarasota Herald-Tribune/Thomas Bender, AP) Stephen Heese (MBA 1988), left (photo by mbr/Sarasota Herald-Tribune/Thomas Bender, AP) A recent article in the Des Moines Register detailed the story of how two alumni—Stephen... View Details

01 Feb 1998
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Kicking Off a Startup: Jennifer Rottenberg (MBA '96)

Women's sports is one of the hottest growth sectors in the business of sports. A case in point is the National Soccer Alliance (NSA), a new women's professional soccer league currently in the startup phase. With exhibition games, special events, and the 1999... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

09 Mar 2015
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Ravi Chidambaram: Making A Difference

01 Dec 2006
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Stuart Wins Award

HBS professor Toby Stuart, an expert in the field of organizational psychology, has won the 2007 Ewing Marion Kauffman Prize Medal for Distinguished Research in Entrepreneurship. The medal, which includes a $50,000 cash award, is given every two years to one scholar... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

30 Sep 2014
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First Look: Harvard’s New Launch Lab, a Home for Alumni Startups

Keywords: i-Lab; Launch Lab; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 2006
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Soul Man

In addition to battling the usual array of human failings, evangelical Christian leaders are now coping with a new problem: Teenagers en masse are turning their backs on the faith. “I’m looking at the data,” Ron Luce (OPM 29, 2000) told the New York Times (October 6,... View Details

Keywords: Youth Mania; youth ministry; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

16 Jun 2014
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Working with Your In-Laws

Keywords: family business; in-law relationships

02 Jun 2014
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Case Study: Can a 'Main Street' Crowdfunding Platform Take Off?

Keywords: crowdfunding; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

24 Apr 2014
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Building bridges between Asia and the US

Ravi Chidambaram (MBA 1978) talks about helping launch an oil industry coalition to provide low-cost fuel to the airline industry, and his work with the Asia Society, bringing industry and cultural programs to the US. (Published April 2014) View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Training managers in the developing world

Through the Southern African Development Community Business School Network he established with the University of Botswana and the University of Pretoria, Richard America (MBA 1965) is on a mission to help train first-rate managers in the developing world. The network,... View Details

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