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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Bounce Back from a Blunder
in positions of leadership, acknowledging mistakes can lead to a healthier work environment and stronger leadership, she says. Here, Brown offers suggestions for bouncing back with a bit of grace. Don’t delay. Early on, when entrepreneur... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Social Entrepreneurship Fellows Named
entrepreneur services, to launch the venture, which by summer had grown to a staff of four with ten interns. “Friends often don’t know the problems LGBT people face,” says Elliot. For example, gay people can be legally fired in 29 states... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Case Study: Welcome Aboard
But if the two greatest challenges of an entrepreneur are finding a massive pain point and hiring enough exceptional talent, remote-first is worth the price as your greatest weapon to address the latter. —Samuel Clemens (MBA 2004), HBS... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences
from one of the first women to earn an MBA at HBS, to up-and-coming entrepreneurs who are making waves in the business world, to established executives in traditional industries -- brought a wide spectrum of expertise to the event. After... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
months to register our company, something that could have happened almost instantly in the United States or Great Britain,” he laments. “After that, we had to go to six different agencies to get registrations to open shop. It gets terribly frustrating to be an View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Coming Full Circle
are an entrepreneur who is selling ideas that have been tested through rigorous research,” says Akinola, who teaches the first-year MBA course on leadership development. “To me, it’s just as stressful as being in a corporation, but the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Up from the Ashes
was arguing that innovation “within the shell of existing corporations offers a much more convenient access to the entrepreneurial functions than existed in the world of owner-managed firms. Many a would-be entrepreneur of today does not... View Details
- 01 Nov 2013
- News
Selling Crafts with a Story
"typical" entrepreneur might face. One second Koss is telling herself, "This is amazing," as the line of makers builds and builds. Five hours later, she says, she questions her decision to leave her day job. "But I've never been happier,"... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Europe Business Conference Forecasts the Future
high-spirited address at the conference's conclusion. An entrepreneur responsible for starting fifty companies in ten countries, Twaalfhoven passed along his perspective on a number of topics, including the economic performance of Central... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
curves at sixty miles an hour!” Any entrepreneur can tell you how well the same description suits the wild ride of a start-up, and the e-mail coming through on Gisholt’s Trio promised a perilous turn of its own. Back at company... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
resupply the ISS.) Mars is NASA’s new mission, with plans to send astronauts to the planet in the 2030s. (NASA) “The drive to reduce cost is generating the most change,” says aspiring space entrepreneur Justin Oliveira (HBS 2017).... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Marketing Muscle
entrepreneur is seeing things that other people can't see," she stated. "I wouldn't be happy working in a traditional company." With that said, her six-year-old company could be considered something of an institution itself in the heated... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
To Market, to Market
and other tasks necessary to determine the best route for product commercialization. "By increasing the collaborative efforts between HBS and Harvard's scientific community, we will empower the next generation of life science View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
not as giving back but as ‘giving in turn.’ Volunteering keeps me balanced and rooted in the real world.” Of her immediate future, Brown says, “I am interested in providing capital and resources to entrepreneurs to build compelling... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Advancing China’s Impact Investing Ecosystem
decades, $3.4 trillion of wealth in China will pass to a new generation of high-net-worth families, many of whom want to do well by doing good. “At the conference we saw many young social entrepreneurs who, instead of taking high-paying... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
End of Campaign Celebrated
advisers, regulators, and various transaction facilitators. Higgins presented an overview of venture capital in Asia, noting that most deals involve investments in late-stage companies and that over half of the capital comes from abroad. In China, he said, the best... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards: Honorees and Victories
microfinance and empowering poor women in more than forty countries to become entrepreneurs and change agents. Louis V. Gerstner Jr. (MBA ’65) The current chairman of The Carlyle Group and the former chairman and CEO of IBM, Lou Gerstner... View Details
- 14 Nov 2012
- News
Remembering His Roots
Through our Entrepreneurs program, we’ve also helped five individuals launch their own small businesses, advised them on their business plans, and helped them land their first clients.” By day, Curiel serves as vice president of... View Details
Keywords: farmworkers
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Building Blocks
Heart Foundation, Lewis is a founding member of Impact X, a venture capital firm supporting underrepresented entrepreneurs across Europe. “My parents taught me generosity,” he says. “We didn’t have a whole lot when I was growing up, but I... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America
States with food banks and distribution networks. For its part, H-E-B realized its corporate values of contributing to the communities in which it operates and generated goodwill and brand enhancement in this new market. Other case subjects range from the Young... View Details