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Michael Kaplan
positions in the venture capital and financial space before his entrepreneurial spirit led him and his brother to launch Fashion to Figure as a single store they ran themselves for two years before expanding the business. Recently, Kaplan... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle
national security and a civilian tech sector that is the main engine of the economy. Another plus is Israel’s cluster of great universities, large companies, start-ups, and “connective tissue” such as top-notch engineering talent and... View Details
- 27 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Impact Investing Fund Course: An Experiential Education in Social Financing
relationships with local communities. The HBS Impact Investment Fund course will be offered again in Fall 2022; Scaling Minority Ventures will be offered again this Spring. View Details
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Dhilan Ramaprasad | MBA
Dhilan Ramaprasad Electrical Engineering (SB) Mather 2021 Cohort 2 It's hard to launch from mere tinkering on homemade creations to growing and developing innovations at scale which impact populations. I'm incredibly excited to join an... View Details
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Latin America - Global Activities 2021
of climate change by helping SHI scale its business operations in Latin America and create ventures that offset financial costs and increase farmers’ benefits. Of the eight HBS Online Community Chapters that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Oscar Winners
service." The three men—who have experience with tech companies such as Instagram, MakerBot, Microsoft, and Vostu, which Kushner cofounded—are backed by $40 million in venture capital. Said Nazemi, who first... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
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Preparing Our Students for a Changing World
participating in Israel: Startups and Venture Capital the experience of learning by doing in a country recognized globally as a tech hub. “I was fortunate to work with great teammates and an exciting partner... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences – A Q&A with Professor Robert Howe
have been exploring the intersection of design and entrepreneurship for a couple of years. We’ve concluded that human-centered design skills are an ideal set of tools for someone who wants to lead a tech venture. These methods can be... View Details
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Rock 100: The Summit - Entrepreneurship
Altschuler – NextLine Manufacturing Marla Malcolm Beck – Bluemercury, Inc. Mike Cassidy – Google Scott Eckert - Rethink Robotics Jose Ferreira – Knewton David Frankel – Founder Collective Diane Hessan – Communispace Angie Hicks – Angie's List Aileen Lee – Cowboy View Details
- 15 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner
have a variety of important consequences. First, the structure of the industry will shift. The scale and influence of many of the leading firms in the industry will increase. These changes will also have implications for the role of the... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
first focusing on scaling operations and then becoming a partner at Google Capital (now CapitalG), investing in late-stage tech companies and helping founders grow their businesses. The experience at Google... View Details
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Kevin Barenblat Archives | Social Enterprise
Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 1 Results Tech Accelerator for Nonprofits Supports Impact that View Details
- 16 Jul 2021
- Op-Ed
For Entrepreneurs, the Benefits of Slowing Down
A few months ago, I wrote about the ridiculous increase in velocity that we are seeing in the venture capital market in my post, Velocity and Venture Capital: 11. Now that summer is upon us, I want to... View Details
Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang
- 01 Dec 2020
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The Camel and the Unicorn
superpower: Innovation. In this episode of Skydeck, we’re kicking off a three-part series called “Out of the Valley.” It will focus on the work of Alex Lazarow (MBA 2010), a venture capitalist and author of the book, Out-Innovate: How... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
California, Boston, sometimes London,” recalls Gotsch. “Nobody was looking locally.” Gotsch is president and CEO of the Partnership Fund for New York City, which invests in local ventures to create jobs and grow the Big Apple’s economy.... View Details
- 15 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands
systems and capabilities that are needed for going to and operating at scale that would take the social icon years to build. So structured correctly, an acquisition strategy can effectively marry the brand strength and "social... View Details
- 03 Aug 2020
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A Clean Start
ultimately lies not on the R&D or the tech itself, but rather in the scale of the business. “Unlike most of the chemical or energy industry, where you have to build mammoth plants in order to be economically... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
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Deborah A. Farrington
in the high tech space. The plan was to put its customers’ financial statements and other financial data on the Internet, at the time a revolutionary idea. With just $100,000 in revenues, the startup’s ambitious plans were being met with... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
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Class of '97 Placement Statistics Similar for September and January Cohorts
Preliminary placement figures (as of August 1997)* Total September Cohort January Cohort Average satisfaction with job offer (on a scale of 1-low to 7-high) 6.1 6.1 6.1 Average number of companies contacted 20 19 21 Average number of... View Details
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Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance New Venture Competition Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public... View Details