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- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Right Connections
particularly crucial; yet it is also difficult for external parties to assess the quality of a young firm." Higgins had noticed that in many pre-IPO discussions, venture capitalists would invariably ask company executives what View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
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VCPE Database Comparison | Baker Library
contact info but goes beyond C Suite) HBS alumni screening variable? Yes No No Yes Research/reports Emerging Industries reports, Morningstar reports Private Capital Compensation Report; other reports on... View Details
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Power of Entrepreneurship
Álvaro Rodríguez (MBA 1995) cofounded the largest venture capital firm in Mexico, which is focused on companies that serve the country’s growing middle class. He is also a... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Conversation with John Doerr (MBA '76)
L. John Doerr (MBA '76) is widely recognized as one of the country's preeminent venture capitalists. A partner in the California VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers (KPCB), he is known for backing... View Details
- 19 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Expensing Options Won’t Hurt High Tech
in lieu of higher salaries. The claim simply ignores the fact that a lack of cash need not be a barrier to compensating executives.— Zvi Bodie, Robert S. Kaplan, and Robert C. Merton Even privately held companies that raise funds through... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952
the early days in what—thanks to him and his colleagues—became Silicon Valley. As Johnson describes it, he and his friend Bill Draper (MBA 1954) formed their venture capital View Details
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Daniel Sheyner
As Daniel Sheyner (MBA 2014) tells it, most private equity firms have a very specific target in mind when recruiting: "The best athletes." The highest-ranked investment banking and consulting analysts; the elite. "Goldman... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
Breyer Illustration by John Cuneo In a year when the highest percentage of HBS graduates ever went to Wall Street, Jim Breyer (MBA ’87) headed west to join an upstart venture capital View Details
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
boards have improved in recent years, the speed at which they were improving lagged behind the speed at which solutions should have been implemented." -Rakesh Khurana That culture, critics maintain, spawned executive compensation... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Private Equity under Investigation
representatives of two or more venture funds serving on boards. Frequently, these individuals have complementary skills, such as knowledge of the underlying technology and the market. Finally, deal sharing helps limit risk.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Arthur Rock (MBA '51)
microprocessors. Equally important, the idea of stock options for employees and the use of venture capital financing became a standard part of the nascent high-technology industry. As one of the founding... View Details
- 18 Oct 2016
- News
China, artificial intelligence, and Jim Breyer
real positive characteristics.” The future of venture capital sits in two sectors, Breyer predicted—artificial intelligence and China. This summer, Breyer and IDG Capital... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
submitted a proposed term sheet. Recently, however, a venture capital (VC) group has submitted a competing term sheet. The company must decide whether to accept financing from the Angels or the VC group.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Jump-Start
using the Lean Startup methodology, for the 19 cash awards given out this year. There were also 12 venture capital firms (listed below) that stepped up to help fund the program... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Becoming a VC Insider
industry that is well known but not well understood. Bussgang should know the material: He is general partner at Flybridge Capital Partners in Boston and currently an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at HBS. The book explains the different ways... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Short Takes
familiar business imperative of creating value. "A firm that delivers cash to shareholders only by selling off assets is not sustainable," he says, "and neither is a firm that creates accounting profits only... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 15 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner
companies have been financed during previous downturns in the venture capital market. Entrepreneurs should not necessarily abandon all hope. Venture capitalists still have... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Women and VC
bottom line is all business. Said Dodi, “As with any private equity firm or venture capital fund, it’s our fiduciary duty to look out for our investors and get a return.” View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Piece of the Action
manufactured, or improve the way doctors perform surgery. HBS Takes Root in Silicon Valley While the Il Fornaio staff serve up French toast and fresh fruit, the patrons volley the big ideas that have turned Silicon Valley into a global View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Breyer Elected to Harvard Board
Jim Breyer (MBA 1987), a leading venture capitalist known for his expertise in innovative technology and media, has been elected to join the President and the Harvard Corporation as of July 1. Breyer is a partner at Accel Partners, a... View Details