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Evelyne White
close to home. Today, 75 percent of diners use Bookalokal in their own city, while the remaining 25 percent use it abroad. From Brussels, Bookalokal has grown organically, now including thousands of users and 300-plus hosts in more than 20 countries. The company closed... View Details
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
businesses. Gemini's target investment size was between $4 million and $6 million, and a typical portfolio company had revenue of between $8 million and $30 million. In early 2010, Gemini was completing the investment of Gemini's Fund IV,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Greenhill Family Gift Enhances Global Research
Greenhill & Co., a merchant-banking firm he founded in New York City in 1996. Previously, he had a long and successful career in investment banking, as president of Morgan Stanley and chairman and CEO of Smith Barney. “This very generous gift gives us the opportunity... View Details
- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
instead based on the life-threatening nature of the disease, regardless of how many people were afflicted? The company had to balance these choices with the expansion of its core ophthalmology business while continuing to raise View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on Entrepreneurship
and scaling. In the short term, our objective is to create a foundation for raising a $25M Fund II, as a continuation of our proof-of-concept strategy; however, our long-term vision is to build a firm that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: Inside the Fed
Board of Governors to formulate monetary policy, ensuring that its policies take into account conditions in every state and across all economic sectors. Each Reserve Bank is supervised by a nine-member board of directors. With the Federal Reserve potentially poised to... View Details
- 03 Sep 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?
a penalty to the company for doing so. Shouldn't we expect some recognition on the part of the employee, perhaps expressed in terms of greater loyalty, about the company's role in doing this? Should an organization impose a quid pro quo for View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 04 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Tapping into “Nontraditional” Private Equity and Venture Capital Talent at HBS
well as the breadth and depth of talent at HBS. Joshua Mbanusi’s Road to HBS Joshua Mbanusi grew up the youngest of five children raised by a single mother and his earliest days shaped his career decisions and professional passions. “To... View Details
- 11 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Economic Jitters Push Pandemic Job Seekers to Big Companies, Not Startups
the road, Bernstein says. For instance, when a top-tier venture capital firm is funding a startup, the nascent firm is far more likely to attract top talent, researchers including Bernstein find in a separate working paper published in... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 04 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #10: Amanda Li (MBA 2018): Speeding Climate Change Solutions Through Project Finance Efficiencies
and their attendant costs.” This April, before the IRA was passed, Banyan raised an $8.2 million Series A round led by VoLo Earth Ventures with additional investment from Ulu Ventures, Vista Verde Capital, Nomadic Venture Partners and... View Details
- 24 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost
Press). What does this mean? That governments and DFIs will not be able to ride to the rescue and prevent further degradation in outcomes. Expecting these international actors to fund everything is not realistic. Yet according to Sifma... View Details
- 24 May 2023
- Blog Post
Innovating, Funding, and Scaling Climate Solutions at Harvard Business School: Day Three of Harvard Climate Action Week
to business, the money and skills necessary to fund a decarbonized future, and different approaches to building a just and skilled workforce. Tufano’s session on financing highlighted the growing sense of urgency in finding sufficient... View Details
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
Abstract A new instrument (the Mutual Inheritance Fund or MIF) is proposed whose purpose is to help people carry their savings forward from the moment they retire into their old age. Like annuities, this instrument requires an up-front... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
without the involvement of any central authority. The blockchain technology had given rise to smart contracts (embedded computer codes that would automatically execute a particular set of actions), and initial coin offerings (an unregulated means by which View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
HiHome Sweet HiHome
simplify the home buying process. The company kicked off the venture through the MS/MBA’s Technology Venture Immersion (TVI) course, helped raise pre-seed capital through the Allston Venture Fund of the... View Details
- 15 Apr 2021
- News
Bringing Light to the Fight
outcomes. Public interest in the illness could also drive funding toward breast cancer research. Breast Cancer Foundation NZ launched a media campaign to spotlight the disease, and Smyth’s mother gave her daughter permission to talk about... View Details
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
diminished focus on losses and heightened focus on gains when policies are evaluated in bundled form. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-147.pdf PublicationsAssessing the Cost and Benefits of Brokers: A Preliminary Analysis of the Mutual View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
of product development, felt that a substantial portion of the new funding was needed to rework Open English's platform to enable the additional growth. She was concerned that the company's learning platform (LP)-the core set of software... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business
fund the launch of nearly all start-ups. The founders' current income, cash reserves, credit card capacity, and "mortgagable" assets account for most of the early stage capital in the United States.2 Other forms of non-cash... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Turning Point: Living History
needed to quit my job and focus on the museum full-time. Suddenly I needed to understand climate-control systems and lighting. Then there was the business model and hiring our team. It was a completely mad period of bringing an entire organization to life and View Details