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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
markets in bulk and get better prices for everyone. But such entrepreneurs seemed to figure only vaguely in the Rwandan government’s plans, and I couldn’t figure out why. Why take the riskier co-op approach? My mind started to wander. As... View Details
- 03 Oct 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns
has been much faster than it was when it was government-led, but you need strong personalities. Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are some of the best entrepreneurs we have in the world right now. So the industry is lucky. These View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Faculty Books
an entrepreneur; what the role of a fundraising leader entails; and why and how fundraising can be rewarding and fun. The Founder’s Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup by Noam Wasserman (Princeton University Press) One important... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Ready, Set, Launch
The bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs is that a huge majority of startups will never succeed—as many as three out of four will fail, according to some estimates. The reason is not because they can’t build the product they envisioned.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
WASSERMAN: Shining the light of data on entrepreneurial ventures in order to chart the terrain founders will face when they set out to pursue their dreams. Watch Professor Wasserman explain key insights from his book, Founders Dilemmas Listen to a webinar recording for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
ambassador to India) regarding his desire to send economists to India to help develop that country. My argument was that India did not need more economists but rather more Schumpeter-style entrepreneurs to get the country moving, as seems... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
In Brief
however, entrepreneur Ramalinga Raju (OPM 19, 1993) has launched a nonprofit emergency response service that has saved thousands of lives and is destined to spread nationwide. Editor’s Note; Letters to the Editor; Deferred-Admission... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Supplying Demand
all comers to date, however, only the three industry founders have survived: Staples, Office Depot, and Office Club (with the latter two eventually merging). "The entrepreneurs won," says Stemberg. "I'm proud of that. " Which is not to... View Details
Keywords: Paul Michelman
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Dan Fenn
Approaching Sound of Change"; and "The Myth of the Successful Businessman." As I thought about this piece, I recalled the many lively stories of interesting alumni: the publisher of the Old Farmer's Almanac; the uranium prospector turned stockbroker; the View Details
Keywords: Dan Fenn
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Data-Driven Diligence
after. While Coats and Kienzle had both been VCs for a decade, the company didn’t make a single investment in its first four years. Instead, the pair met with many other VCs and entrepreneurs and negotiated nondisclosure agreements with... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Faculty Books
must serve "the new invisible hand," powerful, pervasive markets that affect almost every decision leaders make. As a result, struggle has become a central, nagging issue. Badaracco recommends addressing this "good" struggle head-on by tackling several complex... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Home Sweet (Modular) Home
in an inner-city factory with union labor. As Stuntz quickly learned, entrepreneurs need a high tolerance for rejection. Prospecting for investors yielded only disappointment. “We finally decided to self-fund,” he recalls. Greentech... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Where Innovation Rules
thousands of HBS alumni. Whether through creative destruction, disruptive innovation, or riding a societal quantum leap forward, HBS alumni entrepreneurs have founded or grown companies that are pervasive and familiar, from consumer... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Alumni Books
dilemmas. The Startup Game: Inside the Partnership between Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs by William H. Draper III (MBA '54) (Palgrave Macmillan) Draper looks at how the world of venture capital and entrepreneurship works.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Passion & Purpose
curveballs life throws.” After successfully leading turnarounds at Converse and Keds, Jacobson launched Strategic Grant Partners, a foundation and pro bono consulting firm that collaborates with social entrepreneurs to improve the lives... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014
Products, Companies, and the World—with a Single Step by Mark Hurst and Phil Terry (MBA 1998) (Creative Good Inc.) This book provides a road map for executives and entrepreneurs who want to create better products and services. Using... View Details
- 13 Apr 2017
- News
Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge
runner-up status in the 2013 Social Enterprise Track of the New Venture Competition at HBS. “I didn’t expect to be a social entrepreneur when I came to HBS, but our team viewed the problem as a ticking time bomb,” says Rewane. “We started... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
count as entrepreneurship?) Of course the world champion of entrepreneurs must be Bert Twaalfhoven (MBA '54), who started 56 businesses and received the 2001 HBS Alumni Achievement Award. Vincent M. Jolivet (MBA '54, DBA '57) Bothell, WA... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Alumni News | Book Briefs
(Mirandola Press) This book offers a historical and geographical tour of New York's start-up tech community while addressing the hot themes for entrepreneurs and investors. It is also a guide to help navigate the NYC community: how to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
On the Outside at HBS
cultural issues. — Debbie Rosenbaum (MBA ’08/JD ’10) is an intellectual property, technology, and Internet attorney with a law firm in Washington, D.C. She also works with entrepreneurs on new-media communications strategies and... View Details