Alumni New Venture Contest - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 2000
News

Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences

gaining access to venture capital, the benefits of acquiring and transforming existing businesses, the challenges of leading diverse organizations, and the successful management of community-based ventures. Several View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

01 Sep 2020
News

We Rise

Above: Illustration by Hannah Barczyk When Hayley Barna (MBA 2010) launched the beauty startup Birchbox in 2010, she expected fundraising would be a challenge. Every entrepreneur knows the long odds: By some estimates, less than 1 percent of View Details

Keywords: April White; Finance

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Influence of the China Trade and the Heard Legacy - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive... View Details

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Mira Mehta

my goal of supporting economic development in West Africa through the for-profit sector, and participating in the New Venture Competition gave me the confidence I needed to launch my own company directly... View Details

01 Jun 2008
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Kash Rangan

social enterprise heading over the next decade? I am an optimist, and I believe we will see refreshing changes in that time frame. The new cadre of donors, the new family foundations, the folks who are... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Europe

Four European entrepreneurs joined HBS Professors Howard Stevenson and Walter Kuemmerle to explore these questions in the Global Alumni Conference breakout session "Entrepreneurship in Europe." Stevenson and Kuemmerle set the... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

01 Aug 1998
News

A Roaring Success in the Windy City

Odyssey afforded alumni a spectacular view of Chicago with a thunderstorm serving as a dramatic backdrop. On the final morning of the conference, alumni and guests had the option of visiting seven off-site... View Details

16 Jan 2018
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Celebrating the Impact of Nonprofits

Basket Mouth and singer Kaline. Alumni NVC underway: Where will it take you? Fifteen HBS clubs and associations are gearing up for the 9th Annual Alumni New View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Brand Name Management - The Art of American Advertising

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral... View Details

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Student Clubs | MBA

Student Clubs Student Club Handbook (login required) A Aerospace & Defense Club Africa Business Club African American Student Union AI Club Armed Forces Alumni Association Art Society Asian-Affinity Business Association Australian & View Details

25 Jun 2014
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An International Perspective

“I’ve been involved in international business ventures my entire career,” says Andrew L. Waite (MBA 1993), a generous supporter of global research at HBS. After majoring in civil engineering at England’s Loughborough University of... View Details

01 Jan 2012
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Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952

Founding Partner, Asset Management Company Download Johnson profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1928 Born, Quincy, Illinois 1950 Earns BS, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University 1962 Launches Draper... View Details

02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word

away from the golden handcuffs to try something on my own. When that didn’t work, I tried another venture (which also didn’t work) and then went back to work for the company I had left. After another 5 years, I tried my third View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

28 May 2019
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INK: Maker’s Manual

leaders to support social causes and institutions, using traditional and new approaches for effecting positive change. ... “What motivates today’s alumni to take action on a particular social issue? For some... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

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History - Health Care

alumni and Harvard-affiliated postdocs the opportunity to create new ventures around life science technologies 2014 HBS and HMS launch the Health Acceleration Challenge and... View Details

04 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Advice from My HBS Career Journey in Renewable Energy

Through those planning efforts, I met alumni and practitioners working in different businesses in the clean tech space. One of the most valuable resources are the other students that I met. A lot of the job and internship opportunities I... View Details

07 Sep 2021
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Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania

at Harvard designed to foster student startups. In 2021, the company was a finalist in the HBS New Venture Competition’s social enterprise track and participated in the Harvard i-lab’s View Details

Keywords: April White

24 Sep 2015
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation

Why We Recruit is a series of interviews with our recruiting partners covering everything from their experience working with HBS to what they would like students to know. Each week, we will release a new interview that dives into a unique... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

01 Dec 2013
News

HBX: Expanding Our Reach

Recognizing the potential of online learning, both to reach new audiences and to strengthen its engagement with alumni, the School is developing HBX, its own online platform. While sharing best practices with edX (a joint View Details

Keywords: online learning; curriculum; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

30 May 2025
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Galas in NYC and Mexico City; NFL Coach Shares Leadership Insights in Charlotte

HBS Club of Mexico Celebrates Connection with Gala Dinner The HBS Club of Mexico joined the Harvard Club of Mexico in celebrating the latter’s 75th anniversary with the Harvard Gala Mexico, held on May 12 at the Club de Industriales in Mexico City. Approximately 275... View Details