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- 24 Apr 2023
- HBS Case
What Does It Take to Build as Much Buzz as Booze? Inside the Epic Challenge of Cannabis-Infused Drinks
industry compared to other sectors. “The level of uncertainty is so high for cannabis entrepreneurs. The challenges are quite unique. ” Though entrepreneurial success stories abound in the nascent market of cannabis products, the sector... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
An Engine of Innovation
innovative ideas across private, public, and nonprofit sectors; and supports more than 700 venture teams each semester. As the Harvard i-lab has evolved, so too has the approach to furthering students’ View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 03 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping
authorities, and government officials watched the voyage closely. When the ship docked in Houston, it unloaded the containers onto trailer beds attached to non-McLean owned trucking fleets and its cargo was inspected. The contents were dry and secure. McLean's View Details
- 28 Jan 2020
- Book
Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking
change. Look at how we personify buildings: “Headquarters wants . ” “The Pentagon says ....” In today’s fast-paced world, fixed structures can weigh you down, can make agility and resilience very difficult, and can stifle the View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jun 2021
- Op-Ed
When Your Nerves Get the Best of You, Change the Narrative
focus on all the ways we fall short—we allow our true selves to shine. This authenticity makes us more likely to secure jobs, higher ratings in our presentations, and money for entrepreneurial ventures or... View Details
Keywords: by Francesca Gino
- 23 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 23
high-tech venture with a staff of 35 experiencing explosive growth, or were the resignations symptomatic of bigger issues with CloudFlare's culture and management processes? After describing CloudFlare's early history, business model,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Buy Big, Sell Small
kirana-store experience. “I always wondered why so many kiranas fail, and I decided to dig deeper into that,” she explains. An angel investor in her travel venture introduced Shruti to Manish Kumar, an expert in consumer-goods retailing,... View Details
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Joiner - Entrepreneurship
experience: Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing Launching Tech Ventures Founders’ Journey Startup Operations Field X (provides funding) Get additional startup experience: Work on a project for a startup for... View Details
- 19 Apr 2023
- News
A Kick Start for Latin American Startups
When Monica Saggioro Leal (MBA 2018) and her business partner, Lara Lemann, started MAYA Capital, a tech-focused, Brazilian VC firm launched in 2018, they wanted to take a hands-on approach with their startup investments in their first 12 months. Even so, they were... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 25 Apr 2024
- News
Origin Stories
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
From Big Pharma to Startup
extracurricular learning opportunity while he pursued his MBA studies until the team entered the HBS New Venture Competition in 2021. They won the Tough Technology Prize, an award that came with $10,000 and, more importantly for Goble, a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 09 Feb 2021
- News
Investing in Entrepreneurship
Courtesy Peter and Missy Crisp Courtesy Peter and Missy Crisp Peter O. Crisp (MBA 1960), a pioneering venture capitalist and philanthropist, is known for his firm’s investments in companies that have become household names: Intel, Apple,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- Web
History - Entrepreneurship
Nevertheless – whether by dint of past experience, summer internship or just good fortune, there are usually at least 100 potential new ventures being explored in any given year. As it has grown, the Rock Center has earned a reputation as... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated... View Details
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
also identifies criteria that make a decision strategic and derives explanations why strategies often reflect the background of the strategist. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52726 And the Children Shall Lead: Gender Diversity and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Recover Gracefully After Shutting Down Your Startup
more than 230 creditors, including a bakery owner who held a special bake sale to express her outrage. Did a company that had raised more than $120 million in venture capital need to stiff so many people? Tom Eisenmann, the Howard H.... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Multimedia Martha: Sharon Patrick Cooks Up A Winner
Inc. When did you first meet Martha Stewart? Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in 1993. I had completed my time at McKinsey and Rainbow, where I had become a startup and turnaround person. I was finishing a year off, and I was undertaking View Details
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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online
through real-world challenges faced by entrepreneurs across a variety of industries, and come away with tangible tools and techniques that they can apply to their own entrepreneurial journeys. Related Programs On Demand Launching Tech... View Details
- 16 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 16
Goldberg and Annelena LobbHarvard Business School Supplement 313-019 The international joint venture that successfully bid for $6 billion in contracts to build LNG trains on Nigeria's Bonny Island became entangled in a widening bribery... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
case:http://hbr.org/search/813020-PDF-ENG The Role of the Government in the Early Development of American Venture Capital Lerner, Josh, and Tom NicholasHarvard Business School Note 813-096 Whether the government or markets, or a mixture... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel