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- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
MBA course, in which he would combine then-emerging thinking at HBS about entrepreneurship with some new kinds of financial strategies he had been roughing out. Entrepreneurial Finance seemed like a logical name for the course. Almost... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Faculty Books
in entrepreneurship, the historical origins of "born global" companies; the importance of networks in new international market development; the role of public policy in shaping cross-border entrepreneurial... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
itch. This year, for the first time, the program expands to four individuals whose lives and experiences show what different roads the entrepreneurial journey can take. “Students are hungry for the kind of perspective they can get from... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Local Customs
of opening fifty ‘microfactories’ around the globe, each building 2,000 units a year of cars customized to fit different regions’ local tastes,” the Boston Herald reported (December 15, 2008). Invoking the sudsy success story of Jim Koch (MBA ’74), another View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
In the business of empowering women entrepreneurs
As a cofounder and managing director of the Women’s Venture Capital Fund (WVCF), Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) backs female-led, early-stage ventures in digital media and sustainable products and services. Dodi says these emerging consumer View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Devtosh Khare
a business plan to solicit venture capital and helped with strategic planning for a new Web-based product launch. To further expand his knowledge of India's thriving entrepreneurial landscape, Khare also did some work as a summer... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman photograph by Webb Chappell
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Thomas A. James, MBA 1966
result of the early 1970s stock market decline. "Mary and the boys hardly saw me because we were trying to survive as a company," recalls James, noting that at one point he sold part of his coin collection to keep the family afloat.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Faculty Research Online
confined mostly to entrepreneurs? Visit http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5887.html. Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy Who you know and how much money is in your pocket have always been significant contributors to View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Sheila Lirio Marcelo, MBA 1998/JD 1999
run a variety of entrepreneurial endeavors. At age seven, when she accompanied her mother and father to the rice mill they ran, she spent her time asking the workers questions about their jobs. “I was very curious,” says Marcelo, who... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Martin Gonzalez - Quiet Courage
remission, and “feeling healthy,” Gonzalez has accepted a job in marketing with General Mills in Minneapolis, postponing for now his entrepreneurial dream — a venture that would introduce new engineering... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Imagine an Economy Without Wall Street
out on an entrepreneurial path but was thwarted by the country’s lack of a finance and lending infrastructure. A similar shortcoming in the mortgage and lending industry also delayed his family’s ability to buy a house until his father... View Details
- 09 Aug 2011
- News
A Toast to Macchu Pisco
increases of 30 percent annually for the last five years. It holds 60 percent of market share in a number of U.S. cities, including Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. The company came to life at HBS. Explains Asher, who... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The Same the World Over: Focusing on Customers and Innovation Brings Success
(Elephants), yet also entrepreneurial (Rabbits). However, we also discovered that joint-venture firms in China were more competitive and less bureaucratic than state-owned enterprises." Despite these differences, the similarities of... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Shop Talk, Different Avenues
of retailing through consulting and marketing work for a roster of global clients. Traub recently sat down with Gilt Groupe cofounders Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson (both MBA 2004) to discuss retailing trends and the... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Professorship Brings Brierley's HBS Connection Full Circle
incremental revenue for an airline with $3 billion in gross revenue. After serving as senior vice president of marketing for Continental Airlines, Brierley returned to his entrepreneurial roots in 1985 to... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Vibrant Brand
rock scene, and last summer's launch of Blaze, a monthly that covers hip hop and caters to 12-to 24-year-olds, Vibe/Spin Ventures now reaches 1.5 million readers. Martha as Mentor As important as circulation figures are, Clinkscales realizes that expanding the Vibe... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Jay Light Named New HBS Dean
a degree in engineering physics, Light earned a DBA from Harvard’s joint program in decision and control theory in 1970. Light’s research and teaching have focused on capital markets and institutional asset management, including the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Broad Range of Interests Among Nine New Faculty
absolutely essential.” Along with Henderson, eight others joined the HBS faculty this year. José Alvarez, senior lecturer in the Marketing unit, was a top executive with Ahold, a Dutch supermarket company, and Stop & Shop/Giant-Landover,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
achieved through both the private and public sectors,” says Kyarisiima. “Enabling African businesses to access global markets and think strategically is where I want to play a role.” The path she took to pursue this goal has been... View Details
- 26 May 2022
- News
Northern California Club Honors Noom; LGBTQ Alumni Share HBS Stories
Clubs News Clubs News Digital health platform Noom awarded Entrepreneurial Company of the Year In a virtual award celebration held on April 6, the HBS Association of Northern California (HBSANC) honored the digital health platform Noom as... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley