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30 Mar 2021
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Afya Pamoja Finalist in 2021 New Venture Competition Social Enterprise Track

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Meet the 2021 New Venture Competition Social Enterprise Track Finalists | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

March 2017
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Entrepreneurial Beacons: The Yale Endowment, Run-ups, and the Growth of Venture Capital

By: Y. Sekou Bermiss, Benjamin J. Hallen, Rory McDonald and Emily Cox Pahnke

This paper investigates the social context of entrepreneurship in organizational sectors. Prior research suggests that firm foundings are driven by collective patterns of activity—that is, by patterns of prior foundings—including support from related markets as well as... View Details

Keywords: Signals; Social Salience; Venture Capital; Higher Education; Organizations; Entrepreneurship; Investment

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BlueLight - 2013 HBS New Venture Competition Student Social Enterprise Track Winner

31 Mar 2023
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Pando: Sacerdote Runner-Up Prize Winner, Social Enterprise Track, 2023 New Venture Competition

28 Mar 2025
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Lexi: Sacerdote Grand Prize Winner, Social Enterprise Track, 2025 New Venture Competition

22 Mar 2023
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Harvard Business School Announces New Venture Competition Finalists in Student Business, Social Enterprise, and Alumni Tracks

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Congratulations to the 2020 New Venture Competition Social Enterprise Track Finalists | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

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Congratulations to the HBS New Venture Competition Social Enterprise Track Finalists! | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

29 Mar 2024
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Solara: Sacerdote Grand Prize Winner, Social Enterprise Track, 2024 New Venture Competition

16 Apr 2020
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Lucidity Health: Finalist in 2020 New Venture Competition Student Social Enterprise Track

21 Mar 2025
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New Venture Competition: The Entrepreneurial Journey

13 Feb 2017
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20th Anniversary New Venture Competition to Offer a Record $300,000 in Prizes to Student Businesses, Social Enterprises, and Alumni Ventures

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Congratulations to the 2019 HBS New Venture Competition Social Enterprise Track Finalists | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

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WAVE - 2013 HBS New Venture Competition Student Social Enterprise Track Runner Up

16 Apr 2020
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Wala Digital Health: Finalist in 2020 New Venture Competition Student Social Enterprise Track

30 Mar 2025
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Aidra Health: Sacerdote Runner-Up Prize Winner Social Enterprise Track 2025 New Venture Competition

May 2015
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Venture Republic, 2011

By: W. Carl Kester and Mayuka Yamazaki

In December 2011, the founders of Venture Republic, a Japanese developer and operator of on-line search engines for shopping and travel, faced a decison about whether or not to take the company private in a management buyout transaction just three years after an... View Details

Keywords: Management Buyout; MBO; Valuation Methodologies; Financing Decisions; Conflicts Of Interest; Governance; Japan; Search Engines; Going Private; Conflict of Interests; Internet and the Web; Valuation; Privatization; Financing and Loans; Corporate Governance; Web Services Industry; Japan