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- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Running on empty
Does an invention that would guarantee motorists they'd never run out of gas sound like a good investment? Hundreds of venture capital firms didn't think so, but that didn't stop Maryland retiree William Hubbard (MBA '49), a former... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lab Work
papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil was perhaps his biggest success—Henderson said, "There is much more interest among academics than there was a decade ago. Now there is a growing realization that unless a commercial entity picks up the View Details
- 24 Mar 2021
- News
Outsider-Insider Named CEO of Amazon Web Services
that AWS is still in the very early stages of what’s possible,” he added. “We have a lot more to invent for customers, and we have a very strong leadership team and group of builders to go make it happen. Am excited for what lies ahead.”... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Primer on Patents
HBS professor Paul A. Gompers) of two influential books in this field, The Venture Capital Cycle (second edition 2004) and The Money of Invention (2001), Lerner also created the popular second-year elective Venture Capital and Private... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
to see the recent proliferation of invention and witness new approaches and experimentation around carbon capture, which is exactly what we need. Because, as we sit here today, it’s not clear that we have a viable technology solution... View Details
- 09 Jan 2019
- News
Why New England Needs New Ideas
foster economic prosperity. The trio offers the anecdote of Isaac Merritt Singer, a Charlestown-based printing machinery maker who became a sewing machine magnate thanks to a smart business model, a strategic sales approach, and consumer-friendly pricing structures.... View Details
Keywords: New England
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Student Teams Take on Real-World Innovation
Term project designed to help the automaker advance its delivery of consumer-friendly electronics. “We call the project Cars 2.0,” says Fields. “We’ve had to change the culture here at Ford from ‘not invented here’ to taking ideas from... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
When Jessica Matthews (AB 2010, MBA 2014) was 19 and in her junior year of college, she and some classmates invented the Soccket, a soccer ball that generates and stores electricity during play. It was designed to provide a clean source... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
Edwin H. Land
Land was a brilliant innovator whose instant photography invention created a billion-dollar corporation. He is responsible for inventing the Polaroid camera and 3-D glasses. Polaroid Corporation was viewed... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
William P. Lear
Long before he invented the autopilot and the executive jet that bears his name, Lear was a pioneer in the development of radio technology. A self-taught engineer, Lear developed the prototype for the first practical automobile radio... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- 21 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Are Crummy Products Your Next Growth Opportunity?
have owned started out as a disruptive company.— Clayton M. Christensen Copying the management best practices of leading firms isn't necessarily the answer, Christensen said. When inventors in the Middle Ages tried to invent a contraption... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
A New Approach to Contact Tracing
invention. What we’ve witnessed in these past months is so many health care workers and health care companies becoming instant entrepreneurs, and also public officials becoming public entrepreneurs—all of them inventing ways to keep... View Details
Elmer A. Sperry
A prolific inventor, Sperry was instrumental in creating technological advances in navigation. He invented gyroscopic compasses and stabilizers that became fundamental components for both ships and airplanes. His View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
fill out the rest of those properties that are important to you. And you essentially use that to invent molecules that we haven't seen before or used before for direct air capture. DM: As Sabin begins his search for the breakthrough... View Details
- 25 Jul 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Evolution of Apple
halted production of the Newton, an early version of the personal digital assistant, and closed the division working to develop a portable PC for the education sector. "What Apple is great at is figuring out how to invent cool... View Details
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Getting New Ideas off the Ground
company called Firefly, and we pioneered personalization on the internet. We were responsible for inventing something called collaborative filtering. If you go to Amazon and it recommends books, or if you go to Netflix and it recommends... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
Jessica Matthews (AB 2010, MBA 2014) and her inventions have drawn a lot of attention. Former president Bill Clinton said she’s “quite extraordinary, really; if ever there was an innovator, she’s it.” Talk-show host Stephen Colbert called... View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
- News
Powering into the Future
professor, where they have invented a new way to move power without wires. The company’s called WiTricity—wireless electricity—and it couldn’t be more exciting. “We have so many new electronic devices in our lives that we are all... View Details
- 20 May 2020
- News
Keeping Families Connected
content on their respective screens. Launched in 2016 as a story app for young children, Caribu has since expanded to offer a variety of activities for kids up to age 13. The platform was named one of TIME magazine’s best inventions of... View Details
Walter J. Kohler
Kohler is responsible for many plumbing innovations that are part of everyday life. He invented the one-piece, double shell and built-in bath. His plumbing innovations became standard elements in the burgeoning construction industry. View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods