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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
the most? I’ve taken different skills from different places. I spent some time at a small entrepreneurial venture in Dallas, where I had hands-on experience in manufacturing, supply chain, and selling. I worked for a while as a hotel... View Details
- 04 Nov 2020
- News
The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
connected me because of her venture capital position to a startup role. And it was a hard left in terms of my career direction, but actually my HBS sectionmates convinced me to... View Details
- 14 Jan 2014
- News
Spreading the Seeds of Entrepreneurship
more than $1,000 from local citizens and businesses; it is taught only in and by local business venues; and it requires that each student start a business. The program also features a $100,000 venture fund, established by an anonymous... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
and pursue my personal passions of women's economic empowerment and education. I began at Merrill Lynch, but in pursuit of independence, I eventually became an entrepreneur, founding and building a venture View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
research in Hong Kong and Singapore,” she elaborates. “First of all, we found that there aren’t as many Internet executives who have been in their businesses long enough to be able to cash out. Also, mentoring is done through the more traditional channels of View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
'Rooted' In Innovation
Pelkins Ajanoh (MS/MBA 2022) and Nembu Emmanuel Photo courtesy Pelkins Ajanoh The earthy cassava root is a dietary staple for millions across Africa, Latin America, and Asia. For Pelkins Ajanoh (MS/MBA 2022), the tuber was also the starting point for CassVita, an... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
the insistence of the venture capital community, former Intel executive Mike Markkula joined the team. “So in that way,” Sahlman continues, “it’s different from real estate. It’s about, how do I create... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 19 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
the most? I’ve taken different skills from different places. I spent some time at a small entrepreneurial venture in Dallas, where I had hands-on experience in manufacturing, supply chain, and selling. I worked for a while as a hotel... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Profiles from the class of 2007
After HBS, Hussein will work and gain experience in private equity and venture capital in New York or London, with the long-term goal of setting up his own firm in the Middle East to connect Israeli and Arab... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
Your Way through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture by Scott Belsky (MBA 2009) Portfolio We love talking about starts and finishes, even though the middle stretch is the most important and often the most ignored and... View Details
- 03 Oct 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns
reunions about what everyone needs to know before getting involved in the business of outer space. READ MORE The following is an edited transcript of a Skydeck Live podcast recording. Julia Hanna: So do you think just more broadly that there’s a tipping point in View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
benefited from investor interest in the Internet in Latin America. Through two rounds of funding, they have secured $60 million from foreign investors. Says Oxenford, "In our sector, U.S. financial insti-tutions have been fairly active, but at this point View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Eric Schiffer
inefficiencies and waste in a business where every penny really does count. Did you ever expect to be in the retail industry? No, never. I was trained as an electrical design engineer and spent four years in venture View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
practice. What keeps you up at night? Right now, I’m thinking a lot about the preservation of our balance sheet and cash position. Whatever spending we have ongoing, it clearly has to be for the highest shareholder value. We have... View Details
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
discouraged by being left out of recruiting processes altogether or repeatedly rejected from the small pool of coveted roles in venture capital and private equity—despite having the necessary qualifications,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
connectors. China, which outstrips both Europe and the United States in terms of EV adoption, wants to put 3 to 5 million electric vehicles on its roads by 2020. China’s central government has also opened the state-run power sector to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
partnerships, however, science with commercial applications began thriving outside corporate R&D silos. And the availability of venture capital for technology start–ups made it harder to keep scientists with... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Producers
producer, if you can maintain the rights, or have a pool of capital at your disposal, or both, you are ahead of the game.” Zee and the other alums interviewed for this article agree that it’s become more difficult over the past ten to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
this race. Jim Matheson is a senior lecturer at HBS, a special partner at Engine, a venture firm focused on tough tech, and a senior advisor and venture partner at Breakthrough Energy. He has spent the last... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
Marketing; Entrepreneurship, Creativity, and Organization; Real Property Asset Management; Venture Capital and Private Equity; Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector; and Running and Growing the Small... View Details