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- 19 Jun 2014
- News
Turning "Black Gold" to Green
he developed a fascination with market transformation—how to change a market, create demand, decrease prices, and increase industry's capabilities. "It was the mindset I took to HBS," he says. "In each of my classes, I thought, How does... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Far-Reaching Impact
Above: Teachers in India's daycare system draw on Rocket Learning's digital platform to enhance learning. Photo courtesy Rocket Learning When the news reached Namya Mahajan (MBA 2022) as her HBS graduation was approaching that she would receive financial assistance to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 05 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
4 Things You Should Know about Entrepreneurship at HBS
and Innovation course this fall! Other than Srikant, I’ve kept in touch with several professors who have continued to mentor and advise me since graduation. 2. Many of your classmates will be also be working on entrepreneurial ventures... View Details
- 20 May 2020
- Blog Post
Jeff Surette and Mike Peters: A Winning Team at TB12
approach problems from many different directions and learn there can be many right answers. This mindset has helped me approach problems in a more flexible way in an entrepreneurial business setting.”... View Details
- Profile
Cristina Ros Blankfein
When Cristina Ros Blankfein and Jennifer Ross returned from their FIELD 2 expeditions, they were both feeling the entrepreneurial buzz that an international travel experience often spawns. But the idea that the close friends and... View Details
- 12 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Reading Between the Lines: How to Spot the Skills You Need Among the Resumes You Get
someone who is a “good storyteller,” or has previous experience collaborating with others, leading or participating in entrepreneurial efforts, or possessed of a “growth mindset” appropriate for the evolving needs of a start-up. Define... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
start-ups on your résumé, you’re now on the payroll of a big company. Has your entrepreneurial mindset changed since you started working at Google? I’m having a blast at Google. It’s amazingly fast-paced.... View Details
- 10 Apr 2019
- HBS Case
How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Lead Into Gold
Entrepreneurs aren’t short on ideas for exciting new products or companies, but they are often short-sighted when it comes to finding ways to fund and build those projects. “There is a huge amount of discussion about how you come up with a new View Details
- 03 Dec 2019
- News
Two Tales of Connection: Over Meals and Mentoring
provided guides on specific discussion topics such as defining personal success, developing an entrepreneurial mindset and business ethics, to cover over the course of the program. But we left it very... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 03 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Jeff Surette and Mike Peters: A Winning Team at TB12
approach problems from many different directions and learn there can be many right answers. This mindset has helped me approach problems in a more flexible way in an entrepreneurial business setting.”... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)
for growth and challenging herself in new ways. This mindset can be particularly helpful to other HBS students and alumni navigating their own career transitions. Ramirez advised, “Some cultures are conducive to certain outcomes, and... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
in deep discussion—is no different in this sprawling city of 20 million than it is in Silicon Valley or any other entrepreneurial hot spot. Yet, 10 or 11 years ago, incubators and accelerators were only emerging concepts in Egypt. An... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
What had happened to all those young MBA entrepreneurs, I wondered. We think we know how things turned out for most Internet entrepreneurs, but what was it like for people who went into entrepreneurial battle armed with a freshly earned... View Details
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
mindset he changed. That takes more time than one might imagine because of the entrenched culture in place. The second thing was empowerment. Every single recruiting decision (in the country) was being done by headquarters. That doesn’t... View Details
- 17 May 2018
- News
Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs
centers across India, creating more than 3,000 entrepreneurs and 12,000 jobs. The first program, Change the Mindset (CMS), works with students in secondary schools and colleges, introducing them to View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Scale: How Anyone Can Turn an Unsolved Problem into a Breakthrough Success By Danny Warshay (MBA 1994) St. Martin’s Press The Entrepreneurial Process, one of Brown University’s highest-rated courses, has empowered thousands of students to... View Details
- 02 Oct 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?
management. While acknowledging the growing entrepreneurial demands on leadership, others also recognize the need to simultaneously defend "sustainable competitive advantage." The concept of ambidexterity championed by Michael... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Rock 100: The Summit - Entrepreneurship
Chasm , Geoffrey Moore Customer Discovery and Validation for Entrepreneurs , Frank Cespedes Customer Visits for Entrepreneurs , Frank Cespedes Entrepreneurial Marketing : Learning from High-Potential Ventures , Joe Lassiter SPIN Selling ,... View Details
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
108-092 An exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial start-up in the medical devices industry: 1) founding, 2) growth, 3) push to profitability, 4) refocusing process, and 5) takeover by new... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Patch Work
The week before the November 2024 US elections was like so many that came before at Winning Connections, with John Jameson (MBA 1991) padding around his firm’s Capitol Hill town house in athletic shorts, trying to demonstrate that the telephone still has a role to play... View Details