Business Start-ups - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Career Advice: Pursuing a Dual Degree

allocators and start-ups are executing at the ground floor. Coming from the military, I don't have as many touch points in the business world as other students might, so having those different perspectives... View Details

29 Mar 2019
Blog Post

SEI25 Series: Misan Rewane, MBA 2013, CEO WAVE

that! What has your connection been to SEI? WAVE was launched off of the momentum and winnings from the Social Enterprise Track of the HBS New Venture Competition in 2013. The lean start-up testing and on-the-ground research was made... View Details

05 Dec 2022
Blog Post

2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together

industries must make tackling climate a priority, and we are all going to be the leaders that help make this change." The Start-up Competition featured pitches from six finalist teams (of 36 total applicants- more than three times the... View Details

26 Feb 2021
News

Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation

every business and government agenda in 2021, it was no surprise that more than 70 HBS alumni and guests tuned in to the HBS Association of Southern California’s webinar on February 2 to learn how one View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2010
News

Money Matters

you with a stinging rebuke. When informed that his demand for a 30 percent annual return was unrealistic, despite assurances to the contrary from his bank’s investment adviser, the retiree groused: “If you guys from Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

05 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?

Ninety percent of new entrepreneurial businesses that don't attract venture capital fail within three years. A software engineer at the government contractor EG&G, Don Brooks had been working on computer systems for the Idaho National... View Details

Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner

01 Apr 2000
News

Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences

opportunities, and business models were discussed. The next series of panels considered topics that included start-ups in Asia and the Internet and entrepreneurship in Japan. Saturday's lunchtime keynote... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

06 Sep 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Mixing Students and Scientists in the Classroom

microbial scale formation inside industrial water pipes. The team used their prize to launch a start-up based on the technology. Q: Did all of the projects lead to viable business concepts? A: No, and that's... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

The State of the Markets

Stock Exchange (NYSE); and Robert C. Gasser, managing director and head of U.S. equities at J. P. Morgan & Co. Financial exchanges today, Seifert began, must have the business systems of a technology company, with the requisite speed... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

01 Mar 2006
News

Academic Cross-Pollination

launch a start-up based on the technology. Did all of the projects lead to viable business concepts? No, and that’s an essential lesson. A lot of the ideas don’t work, and the students hate that. But it’s... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

20 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 20

customers be convinced to add their own sweat and labor to the manufacturing process? The case is written from the perspective of a start-up company seeking funding while trying to implement a novel business... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Jun 2018
Blog Post

How to Create a Presence Without Being Present

many organizations, maintaining a real presence on campus may not be a realistic possibility. Some organizations may be too physically remote to visit; others simply cannot spread themselves thin across multiple campus locations. And emerging View Details

Keywords: All Industries

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Europe

Four key trends that have contributed to this changing environment, said Kuemmerle, are: the dot.com wave; the emergence of global start-up firms; capital chasing entrepreneurs; and changes in supporting institutions for entrepreneurship... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

01 Mar 2009
News

Alumni Books

Odds by Peter D. Johnston (MBA ’90) (Negotiation Press) How do you negotiate with Wal-Mart or with an intimidating boss about an ethical issue? How do you negotiate a capital infusion for a struggling start-up or better health care for... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

10 Aug 2020
Blog Post

HBS Summer Fellows Focus on Racial Equity and Justice

diverse employees, and to truly immerse myself in start-up culture. Having worked primarily at large organizations, it is great to experience what it is like working in a small, nimble environment. Brian Hollins: As COVID struck, I saw... View Details

01 Sep 2011
News

HBS Moves Ahead with Curriculum Innovations

Business School quite closely, and I’m struck by the things that we take for granted that were once considered great innovations. The case method, for example, wasn’t with us from the day Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

29 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Helping Women in Mexico to Live Fulfilled and Healthy Lives

Plenna alone? I have an amazing co-founder and friend from Mexico whom I am working on Plenna with, Lorena Ostos (GSB MBA 2021). She just graduated Stanford Business School and has moved back to Mexico. We met at Bain and made the perfect... View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

The Best-Laid Plans

financials, people, risk management, opportunity, and context. By afternoon, 28 teams in the business and social venture tracks will be named semifinalists. A later round of judging will narrow the field to nine finalists, with the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Health, Social Assistance; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

30 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 30

outcomes salient (Burns & Corpus, 2004), the bias did not emerge when the presentation did not draw attention to recent outcomes. Fixing Health Care on the Front Lines Author:Richard M.J. Bohmer Publication:Harvard Business Review 88,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016

Generation: How Successful Family Businesses Develop Their Next Leaders by Allan Cohen (MBA 1961) and Pramodita Sharma (Berrett-Koehler Publishers) Companies owned and run by families need to develop leadership and entrepreneurial skills... View Details

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