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- 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 Dec 2011
- News
Ticktock
subcontracted production to an Asian firm.) More pointedly, the cases address the reasons for Clocky’s startling, unsolicited publicity, along with an issue that faces any entrepreneur looking to build a business around an unconventional... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952
the early days in what—thanks to him and his colleagues—became Silicon Valley. As Johnson describes it, he and his friend Bill Draper (MBA 1954) formed their venture capital firm in 1962 and drove around the Santa Clara (now Silicon) Valley looking for buildings where... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
Out-Innovate, calls it the “frontier market model.” Founded in places with limited resources and nascent entrepreneurial ecosystems, these startups have to be scrappier and leaner. And these limitations, Alex says, make businesses more sustainable. In this episode, we... View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes “I think it's okay to want to dent the universe, but I think it's best if you're an entrepreneur to think about something that's in the present that needs to be solved right... 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
- 23 Mar 2023
- News
SVB Crash Analysis
banking system. In a webinar earlier this week, HBS faculty members Robin Greenwood, Jeffrey Bussgang, and Samuel Hanson addressed the causes of the collapse, the implication for entrepreneurs and investors, the state of our financial... 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 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
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Small Club, Big Impact
entrepreneur who founded an IT solutions company before coming to HBS, will return to Nigeria after graduation and hopes to launch a business there. The decision of whether or not to return is complicated and deeply personal, Osawaye... View Details
- 28 Feb 2022
- News
Equal Partner
Fund. It focuses on innovative tech startups founded by women of color and inclusive teams. For Aditya, such startups are both a smart financial opportunity and an essential investment in the future. “Creating the opportunity for investors and undercapitalized View Details
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
Professor of Management Practice. Another 20 leading investors and entrepreneurs spoke on panels and in private break-out sessions to round out the conference, which was timed in three-hour blocks over the two days to accommodate... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
is reaching lots of people a primary motivation? I want to build products that people love. I’m a capitalist at heart: I believe entrepreneurs who create useful products or services are contributing something of benefit to society.... View Details
- 05 Mar 2025
- News
Uncertain Terms
After Amar Bhidé (MBA 1979/DBA 1988) became an HBS assistant professor in 1988, then-dean John H. McArthur (MBA 1959/DBA 1963) gave him a copy of economist Frank Knight’s 1921 book Risk, Uncertainty and Profit. Knight’s idea that “uncertainty” must be distinguished... View Details
- 05 May 2022
- News
Like-Minded
focused on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) solutions. Yet they achieved both distinctions in May 2021 with the launch of MPower Partners, focusing on what they considered an untapped pool of talent: young entrepreneurs making... View Details
- 09 Sep 2016
- News
MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding
that bring together entrepreneurs and adventurers alike to beaches everywhere from Norway to North Carolina. Tai talks here to Bulletin associate editor April White, about what exactly kiteboarding is, how he got into it, and how his... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Books
1920–2000: How It Worked, Thomas McCraw, the Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, presents a succinct and insightful analysis of the entrepreneurs and companies that have left their impression on world industry. McCraw examines... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
A Roundabout Path
entrepreneur intends to make a difference with his business education. “In 20 to 30 years, I hope to have created a venture where people have meaningful work making a product that helps solve global problems,” says the ambitious... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Faculty Books
Leadership by Anthony J. Mayo, Nitin Nohria, and Mark Rennella (Palgrave Macmillan) This book examines the evolution of leadership through the story of the American airline industry. Early airline entrepreneurs searched for a viable... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Fall Reunions Stimulate and Revitalize
Reunion giving. In addition to attending panels such as "Managing Marketspace Interfaces on the Internet and Beyond," "Social Entrepreneurs in Action," and "The Power of Predictability in Creating Your Future," reunion classes also got a... View Details