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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
The Race Against Resistance
might need them?” Apart from everything that small pharma is doing to get drugs to patients, there are a number of initiatives to support their efforts. One such effort is CARB-X (Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria), a Boston University–based View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Private capital, public good
private capital to fund preventative social programs that address various challenges, such as recidivism, health disparities, and homelessness. If pre-specified program outcomes are achieved, government repays investors and provides an... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Vision: To Go-Go
funding led by Andreessen Horowitz and the Brazilian venture fund Base Partners. In addition to developing its own brands, Foodology has begun cultivating partnerships with... View Details
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
developing countries. “At first, I discouraged them. I said, ‘I’m a for-profit guy. I don’t know anything about nonprofit,’” he recalls. But Crane quickly realized that the global nonprofit was making corporate-like decisions—orchestrating loans, setting up View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Starting Lineup: Upturning Travel
travel activities booking site, “dedicated to making travel planning enjoyable.” Earlier this year, Peek raised an additional $10 million and announced an instant-booking partnership with Yelp. Getaway CEO Jon Staff (MBA 2016) Founded in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Lisa Churchville (MBA 1979)
a college, a historic preservation society, and an outdoor group. All had very different circumstances, yet remarkably similar challenges. There are so many exciting options for public-private partnerships... View Details
- 17 Mar 2020
- News
A Bid for the Future
When the RFP for Amazon’s HQ2 arrived in September 2017, Stephen Moret (MBA 2001) had been on the job as president and chief executive officer of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) for only eight months. The commonwealth... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Bridging Domains
Karen and Sanjeev (MBA 1986) Mehra Karen and Sanjeev Mehra (MBA 1986) perceive both great opportunities and serious challenges at the nexus of business, science, and engineering. Their endowment of the Mehra Family HBS/SEAS Collaboration View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Social Enterprise Visionary
to prepare leaders for the nonprofit sector. Approaching then-Dean John McArthur, he offered to fund an initiative focused on research, teaching, and programs related to nonprofit management. “John Whitehead’s vision for what would become... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Sunny Side
million fund in 2018 and recently announced a second $77 million fund. “Who we are, and where we live, helps us see opportunities where others would not,” he observes. One example is Mighty, an educational platform that enables young... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Case Study: Bionic Banking
(Thinkstock/Getty Images) Robo-advisors, like Betterment and Wealthfront, are built for millennials-automated asset management for those with lower account balances or an aversion to traditional financial advisors. Silicon Valley has taken notice, aggressively View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Untold Story of the US Auto Bailout
Courtesy Argos Pictures; iStock “Because Congress failed to make funds available for these loans, the plan I’m announcing today will be drawn from the financial rescue package Congress approved earlier this fall. The terms of the loans... View Details
- 20 Nov 2019
- News
Lifting Fallen Families
Scott Roth (MBA 1994) in the Black Hills of South Dakota as the pair discussed ways to help. What Kim wanted to do was build a foundation that would aid in funding the college educations of military children who had lost a parent in the... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
Case Study: Mind the Gap
that you would hail an Uber ride,” Berendt says. Software houses across Europe meanwhile will be able to grow their sales pipeline, access new markets, and create economic opportunities locally. The Question: With $5 million in seed View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Merck’s Gilmartin on Vaccines, Global Health
thereby increasing competition, development, and production. Some of this activity, Gilmartin observed, could be stimulated by private-public partnerships and judicious government involvement in funding... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Turning Point: Makeover
focused on literacy and gender equality in education. Since 2014, Tatcha has supported girls’ education in Africa and Southeast Asia in partnership with Room to Read. Tatcha is on track to fund 6.5 million... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Teresa Clarke: An Advocate for Education in South Africa
witnessed the tremendous success of SSP-SA in its first two years, she is keenly aware of the potential that the program has to influence the country’s future. Modeled after the Student/Sponsor Partnership in New York City, the SSP-SA... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Social Innovation Goes Mainstream
Ten years ago, social enterprise pioneer Linda Rottenberg wasn’t taken seriously when she pitched established foundations to fund her upstart organization, Endeavor, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting high-impact entrepreneurs in... View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
- News
A Diversified Portfolio
Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) and Edith Pripas Dorsen (MBA/MPA 1985) (photo by Kathryn Elsesser) Don't let its name fool you: the Women's Venture Capital Fund is about profitability, and not social activism. Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) and Edith... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
From Fellowship Recipient to ‘The Most Influential Business Thinker On Earth’
had I not received assistance from HBS.” Currently the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at HBS, Christensen earned his MBA in 1979 with the assistance of two fellowships: the Sidney J. Weinberg–Goldman, Sachs & Co. Fellowship and the Donald Kirk David... View Details
Keywords: awards