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- 18 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth
implication is that policies that foster domestic savings are important in developing countries because private savings is an important input in attracting foreign investment in frontier technology that raises the country's TFP. If... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 24 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality
in the past year. The designation is an important one for AltSchool, since it credentials their pursuit of both a social mission and real profits. That dual mission, in turn, accounts in large part for how the company was able to raise... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Innovation: Revenge of the Nerds
raised $750,000 in seed funding from HBS alumnus Robert Doris (MBA 1977) and billionaire investor Mark Cuban. The HourlyNerd executive team graduated from HBS in May, but the company has already grown to... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 08 Jun 2023
- News
Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner
through floor-to-ceiling windows, and were entertained by mentalists who mingled with them during cocktails before dinner. "We go all out to make it a fantastic event at every level," says Vecchione. All funds View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
something lasting,” said Josh Kraft, who is president of Kraft Family Philanthropies. The fund has raised nearly $30 million to support community groups and coalitions that fight racism and racial inequity... View Details
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Enterprising Women
by the firm's mission and saw that it had been self-sufficient for nearly seven years, Fisher's task became much easier: In three stages, over the course of 2000, she raised venture capital funds of $11... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- Web
Chinese Competition and Emerging Technologies - A Chronicle of the China Trade
Other factors hastened Heard & Co.’s decline, including the misappropriation of funds by the house’s agent Everett & Co. The firm also found it difficult to recover from its extravagant ways. “The prosperity of the past had initiated a... View Details
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
media content. Raises issues of how technology interacts with creative processes and outcome possibilities, and also invites discussion of strategic and organizational questions raised by the very different... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier
15 state or local governments had passed programs to pay for about $8 billion in medical relief. Five more are considering moves that would bring the total to almost $13 billion. Many work with a nonprofit called Undue Medical Debt (formerly named RIP Medical Debt),... View Details
- 06 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
A Letter from the Women in Investing Club
2. Sponsorship This was by far our best year for sponsorship, as we raised nearly double the funds of prior years in order to support our expanding endeavors. This year, over 35 firms partnered with the... View Details
- 22 Apr 2021
- News
Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship
racial inequities, the murder of George Floyd, and the growing movement for justice and change with panelists from organizations on the front line. They included Omar Blayton, CFO of Sunwealth, a solar impact fund that invests in solar... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
policies that maintain a low level of average inflation. Cases & Course MaterialsNovoCure Ltd. William A. Sahlman and Sarah Greene FlahertyHarvard Business School Case 810-045 Venture capitalist William Doyle must raise $35 million... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Bringing the Next Pandemic Vaccine to Your Doorstep with MIMIX - Blog: Health Supplement
massive volumes are needed to protect the seven billion patients around the world. Without the scale to protect the global population, viruses like COVID will continue to mutate and impact all of our lives. Much of Vaxess’s work to date has been View Details
- 16 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Building an Internship Program at Your Startup: An Interview with Facily’s Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999)
gear up to raise a Series A. “When I spoke with Diego, he shared five problems they were thinking about and gave me the option of what I wanted to work on,” Westphal explained. “The project I chose allowed me to spend 90% of my time... View Details
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
market funds, we show that funds with large exposures to risky Eurozone banks suffered significant outflows between June and August 2011. Due to credit market frictions, these outflows have significant spillover effects on other firms:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jun 2016
- News
Women of Wall Street Tell Their Story
we also want to give back.” For Herbert who is chair of the board of iShares, Blackrock's $800 billion Exchange Traded Fund family, the movie will be a success if it gets people thinking about some broader issues of how women are viewed... View Details
- 22 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon
performance on average. Silverthorne: For entrepreneurs who decide to stay the course, what does the funding outlook look like? Roche: Funding opportunities may dry up as venture capitalists increasingly... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976
R&D," explains Yeo. "A short time later, I set up the EDB's Singapore Bio Innovation Fund to invest longterm in overseas start-ups to learn as much as possible about the nascent biotech industry. And on June 26, 2000, the day the United... View Details
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
reality technology to treat amblyopia (more commonly called “lazy eye”), the single biggest cause of visual disorders among children. By February 2017, the three founders had raised $950,000 in angel funding... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
money is doled out,” making the work “less about charity and more about creating systemic change.” Having seeded their fund with $20 million in their first three weeks, they have a goal of raising at least... View Details