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- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
which featured the foremost experts on entrepreneurship and investing at HBS: Howard H. Stevenson, Sarofim-Rock Baker Foundation Professor, Emeritus; Bill Sahlman Baker Foundation Professor, Emeritus; Tom Eisenmann, Howard H. Stevenson Professor of View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Making Eco Easy
consumption, but found that everything from shampoo to toothpaste to glass cleaner came packaged in single-use plastic. Gina Pak (MBA 2015) during her presentation at the 2019 HBS New Venture Competition (photo by Susan Young) Gina Pak... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
Can Neuroscience Find You the Perfect Job?
path. It works for recruiting too, allowing companies in search of specific personality traits to find ideal workers. Today I talk with neuroscientist Frida Polli, cofounder and CEO of pymetrics, about what characteristics make for, say, a great consultant or a View Details
- 25 Jun 2014
- News
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... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
and utility companies like Pacific Gas & Electric agreeing to accelerate deployment of charging stations along the routes. At some point, says Rich, “people will want to be in the business of creating charging stations and solutions, much... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
development during World War II, spearheaded the construction of an HBS-like business school in France (INSEAD), and, perhaps most notably, launched the modern venture capital industry. His remarkable life... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
William K. Bowes Jr., MBA 1952
Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page Bill Bowes has been a force in the US venture capital industry for more than 50 years. As a founder of the Silicon Valley–based U.S. Venture Partners, he helped... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Taiwan Club President Thrives on Region's Entrepreneurial Energy
high-tech-driven economy and his role as president of the Harvard Business School Club of Taiwan. "If you have a good idea, there is venture money available," he continued. "You don't have to come from a... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Future Tech Leaders Dive into New Program
leaders of technology ventures by combining their passion for innovation and engineering with an in-depth understanding of management and leadership. “These students want to build things and lead companies that make the world a better... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Three Promoted to Full Professor
Entrepreneurial Finance elective in the MBA curriculum. In the Executive Education Program, he has developed materials for and served as codirector of courses in Conflict and Evolution in Private Equity, Corporate Venture Capital, and... View Details
- 25 Mar 2019
- News
Rent The Runway Joins the Unicorn Club
Photo via Forbes, courtesy of Rent the Runway Photo via Forbes, courtesy of Rent the Runway Rent the Runway’s latest fundraising round—a $125 million investment led by Bain Capital Ventures and Franklin Templeton Investments—has pushed... View Details
- 31 Mar 2011
- News
Building an Online Swap Shop
on paper: ‘Yeah, sure, we’re just going to create demand here and supply here, and it’s all going to work out.’ Even now, we’re still dealing with big challenges.” Soon after launching in April 2010, thredUP received seed financing from Trinity Ventures, a boutique... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Myra Hart Named to Professorship
and DBA (1995) degrees from the School. Hart teaches two MBA electives, Starting New Ventures and Women Building Business. With Professor Marco Iansiti, she received the 1997-98 Apgar Award for Innovation in Teaching for the Starting New... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Eric Schiffer
inefficiencies and waste in a business where every penny really does count. Did you ever expect to be in the retail industry? No, never. I was trained as an electrical design engineer and spent four years in View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Back to the Future
to the teaching of corporate governance at Rice University. He recalls the day in 1972 when HBS Dean Lawrence Fouraker asked him to organize an initiative unprecedented at HBS, a venture that became known as the Energy Project at the... View Details
- 09 Sep 2016
- News
MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding
it basically, got started around a couple of my passions-- one being, at the time, windsurfing, which later grew in a kitesurfing. And technology start ups, which is what I do for a living, as a venture capitalist. White: Tell me what it... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
impact, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE For 50 years, Harvard Business School has recognized a number of outstanding women and men by conferring on them its highest honor, the Alumni Achievement Award.... View Details
- 22 Oct 2013
- News
Pulling the Plug
mention his entrepreneurial spirit—can be traced back to his time at HBS. As a student, he loved former HBS lecturer Irving Grousbeck's popular course on starting new ventures and conducted a field study of Analog Devices, run by Ray... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Books
of capital and the demand for financing. The book's final chapter suggests areas for further study. "Much is not yet known about the venture capital industry," write Gompers and Lerner, who note that one open question is the extent to... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Opinion: Making It Better
while writing cases for my MBA course Innovating in Health Care, I created a forum at which health-care leaders from around the globe could gather to learn from each other and share breakthrough knowledge. At HBS in June, with Senior Lecturer Michael Chu as coleader,... View Details