Entrepreneurial Ventures - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Learning from the Entrepreneurs-in-Residence as a Harvard MS/MBA Student

appointments. I began with a simple question, which was to ask them about their entrepreneurial journey and what they have learned through their successes and failures. The conversations were incredible and provided a lens into the... View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

colleagues. Professor Ryan Buell designs and leads the program with the support of the Division of Research and Faculty Development. Associate Professor Shai Benjamin Bernstein Entrepreneurial Management Assistant Professors Samuel Antill... View Details

16 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense

Jeffrey J. Bussgang is a senior lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard Business School as well as co-founder and general partner at Flybridge Capital Partners, an early-stage venture... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang

23 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform

traditional resellers. Also, MSPs can be less capital intensive for start-ups. No wonder, then, that an increasing number of entrepreneurial ventures such as thredUP have been attracted to the MSP model. But... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

13 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas

opportunity for the investment pendulum to swing from fast-money ventures to slower, potentially more rewarding endeavors. “If you are willing dive into the frontier of scientific journal articles, the rewards of science-based innovation... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

01 Aug 1998
News

High Honors

entrepreneurial ventures and family businesses. Asked to head SCMP in 1981, he shifted the program's focus toward the interests and needs of owner/managers. He devised a unique schedule spread over three... View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

Entrepreneurship Essentials Entrepreneurial Marketing Financial Accounting Sample Business Lessons Global Business Harvard Online Courses Launching Tech Ventures Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate... View Details

24 Jul 2017
Blog Post

Transitioning to Product Management at HBS

job search was no different. Once I narrowed down to a shortlist of Boston startups that I was interested in, there was no lack of alums and professors I could consult to learn more (Jeff Bussgang, who taught the popular Launching Technology View Details

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Harvard Business School

office and retail space in downtown Framingham. Two years later he oversaw a joint venture to develop a 56-unit affordable housing development in Dorchester. Richard America Jr. MBA 1965 Richard America has published on economic... View Details

30 Jun 2021
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details

Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland

01 Feb 2002
News

It's academic. (Not!)

broadened to include management dynamics in entrepreneurial and venture capital firms. Despite attention from the media, relatively little hard information exists on these companies; Wasserman is using data... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

07 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism

years at Harvard. As for my title, here's the quotation that inspired it: "Without innovations, no entrepreneurs; without entrepreneurial achievement, no capitalist returns and no capitalist propulsion." Schumpeter wrote this... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

27 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Working to Change the Food System

internships in venture capital and at an ag-tech (agricultural technology) startup before school, I saw how unsuccessful commercialization was often a key barrier to large-scale deployments of new scientific discoveries and innovations in... View Details

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Professor Bill Sahlman will focus on entrepreneurial actors trying to deliver better health and education outcomes at a lower cost and requiring less time to more people. He also will discuss the role of View Details

Rick Grinnell

(acquired by Deloitte). As an experienced venture capitalist and operator, Rick has invested in some of the most dynamic companies in security, storage, analytics and SaaS applications during his 20+ years in the View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital

01 Dec 2014
News

Nimble, Quick, and Adaptable

an innovation in the MBA curriculum that gives students an opportunity to test their entrepreneurial chops. FIELD 3 is part of a larger effort by the School to set the pace in a field it has helped define. The Arthur Rock Center for... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

Profile

Monica Dodi

As a cofounder and managing director of the Women’s Venture Capital Fund (WVCF), Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) backs female-led, early-stage ventures in digital media and sustainable products and services. Dodi... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Venture Capital / Private Equity

15 Jun 2016
Research & Ideas

These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative

You don’t know what you don’t know—and almost by definition new entrepreneurial ventures need a helping hand from established partners if they hope to succeed. “Startups suffer from what researchers call... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services; Banking

15 Nov 2016
News

Field Course Helps Nascent Entrepreneurs Connect with Customers

Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing (ESM), a field course that debuted in spring 2016. “To a greater degree than in established firms, marketing and selling in entrepreneurial View Details

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Courses by Title - Course Catalog

3.0 Field Course: Investing for Impact Entrepreneurial Management, General Management Archie L. Jones , Emily R. McComb , Brian Trelstad , Gerald Chertavian Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Field Course: Life Sciences View Details

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