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July 2019 (Revised May 2021)
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Acelerex

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock

In early 2019, Randell Johnson, Founder and Chief Executive of Acelerex, was reflecting on the company’s first year of rapid growth and the challenges of scaling the business that lay ahead. Acelerex was riding the waves of change taking place in electrical power grids... View Details

Keywords: Energy; Energy Sources; Growth Management; Expansion; Global Strategy; Cash Flow; Energy Industry; Web Services Industry; Consulting Industry

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13 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Expanding My Worldview Through FIELD Global Immersion

exams wrapped up in May my classmates and I flew to 12 different cities around the world for our FGI capstone projects. My destination city was Seoul and my Global Partner (GP) was a 25-person start-up on its way to a billion-dollar... View Details

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Get Involved - Entrepreneurship

business. Start-up Job Opportunities for MBAs Developed by our Student Advisory Board, The R.O.C.K. Board (Rock Opportunities Come Knocking) is our job, internship, and project opportunity portal. The R.O.C.K. Board connects students... View Details

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Managing the Future of Work (MBA Education—Elective Curriculum)

By: Christopher T. Stanton

The nature and scope of work is changing rapidly, creating massive business challenges in the shadow of broader political and social shifts. HBS launched a major initiative in 2017 on Managing the Future of Work to define these workplace issues and... View Details

12 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster

accepted into the Harvard Climate Circle have access to over 100 resources. Most of the resources are concierge 1:1 offerings, like meeting with Oladeji Timayu, of the Harvard Law School Negotiation and Mediation Clinic, who advises View Details

07 Dec 2022
Blog Post

2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together

industries must make tackling climate a priority, and we are all going to be the leaders that help make this change." The Start-up Competition featured pitches from six finalist teams (of 36 total applicants - more than three times the... View Details

03 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

In a Work-from-Anywhere World, How Remote Will Workers Go?

incentivized entrepreneurs through Start-Up Chile, which provides qualified entrepreneurs with a year-long visa and $40,000 in equity-free grants. In return, entrepreneurs must participate in Chile’s economy. So far, the program has... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

08 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Applying to Business School as a Couple

And, for me, the two year program seemed like a great opportunity to test out my start-up ideas in a supportive and low risk environment while continuing to hone my business skills. Did you have a back-up plan if only one of you got in?... View Details

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Ahmed Alimi

few months ago I started working on a new business—very different from what I expected when I arrived." In January, Ahmed participated in the Start-Up Bootcamp with three other classmates who worked on building an asset-management... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Financial Services

26 Sep 2011
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HBS Cases: Lady Gaga

larger, but the potential rewards increase, too." “The risks increase as the size of the venue increases, but the potential revenue goes up as well” With arena performances, the Gaga team was looking at some $12 million in start-up... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Entertainment & Recreation; Music

24 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Harvard’s JD/MBA: Viroopa Volla (JD/MBA 2021) Answers Your Questions

limited to working at law firms, management consulting firms, investment banks, private equity firms, hedge funds, venture capital firms, Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, the U.S. court system, start-ups and non-profit... View Details

27 Oct 2015
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Sweet Success

When it comes to starting new ventures, some people think big picture and others dive into the details. When Robb Turner (MBA 1990) talks about the start-up of his flourishing maple syrup company, it’s obvious he’s pretty good at both. A... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

19 May 2022
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HKS Policy Analysis Exercise Showcase

April 26, students presented projects focused on a range of topics—female representation in the start-up ecosystem, anticipating climate disasters in Yemen, a community-based approach to early childhood education in Brazil, analyzing... View Details

04 Feb 2022
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Learning from the Entrepreneurs-in-Residence as a Harvard MS/MBA Student

experience working at start-ups (two of them by HBS graduates: Blue Apron and Peloton) motivated me to apply to the HBS MBA. I was also excited to apply because of the recently launched MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences joint degree program,... View Details

01 Oct 2002
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Michael F. Cronin

hoses and egg cartons), Tweeter Home Entertainment, and Casella Waste Systems. To keep diversified, there's also the start-up airline, JetBlue, and some dot-coms, most notably MapQuest. Says Cronin, “Our preferred MO is to be a strong... View Details

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Events - Private Capital Project

Capital Partners), Sabrina Howell (Assistant Professor of Finance, Stern School of Business, New York University), Eugenes Kandel (CEO, Start-Up Nation Central and Emil Spyer Professor of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem), and... View Details

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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online

the most vital things for any company or start-up to understand. Randy Nguyen Explore what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur and determine whether starting a business, or working for a startup, is the right path for you. I loved... View Details

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John H. McArthur | About

Holdings, A.S., one of the largest companies in Turkey, and Koç University in Istanbul, and many in the healthcare field where he had a continued interest. In Canada, he chaired the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada until 2015. He also helped a half-dozen View Details

11 Aug 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Perfecting the Project Pitch

Everyone has a good idea for the next hot start-up or the next great invention. Everyone. Just turn to the person next to you on the subway and ask her; she'll almost certainly detail a can't-miss opportunity. Developing the idea often is... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher

20 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?

is on Commercial space ventures have received more than $18.4 billion of investment since 2000, according to the Start-Up Space 2018 report from research firm Bryce Space and Technology. Weinzierl says recent progress by two of the most... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Wallask; Aerospace; Tourism; Transportation

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