Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Aug 2014
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Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981

value of education, changing the world through entrepreneurship, and finding meaning by helping others. Dahod’s first taste of entrepreneurship came as a teenager, when he helped his physician father produce... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Sep 2023
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Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

Annual HBS Entrepreneurship Forum included a panel discussion on “Leading Through Uncertainty” as noted in the highlight about the work of the Harvard Center Shanghai. INDIA RESEARCH CENTER (Mumbai)... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Sep 2023
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Case Study: The Home Team

homebuilders) could be interested in offering your product as an add-on in exchange for revenue-sharing agreements. Presenting a higher initial price and then offering fee rebates through such partnerships increases scalability without... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

01 Mar 2024
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Case Study: Testing the Waters

Illustration by Christina Spano Endurance training was nothing new to Lauren Picasso (MBA 2014), who’d raced through her younger years as a cross-country runner and swimmer. In 2017, when she was director of marketing at Jet.com and... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

11 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

referred to as the godfather of private equity in Asia, Kim has led some of the region’s most significant transactions at MBK, including the 2009 acquisition, with Goldman Sachs, of Universal Studios Japan; the 2013 acquisition of ING... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

01 Jun 2023
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From Big Pharma to Startup

pharmaceutical giant one day—not creating a company from scratch. But Goble was determined to explore the wide variety of opportunities available to him in his time at HBS, so when he read about a nonprofit life sciences entrepreneurship... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 1999
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Ikenna Okezie

and the Harvard Medical School. He plans to combine his two loves - medicine and entrepreneurship - in a way that will improve health care for all. Born in Nigeria, Okezie came to the United States at the age of two and was raised in... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

23 Mar 2023
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Winners Crowned in 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition

Competition, cohosted by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and HBS Alumni Relations, serves as a launch pad for innovative new ventures from HBS alumni, providing access and exposure to potential investors, mentors, and advisors. The... View Details

23 May 2018
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Carla A. Harris, MBA 1987

She organizes her schedule to be home on Sundays so she can attend services at Harlem’s St. Charles of Borromeo, where she is a member of the Gospelites. “Singing is my form of praise,” says Harris, who has released three albums and played at Carnegie Hall five times.... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 2018
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In My Humble Opinion: Growth Investor

immediately—a serendipitous encounter that resulted in PD expanding from Detroit to Miami and the Bronx. “I want people to understand that very often, ‘talent’ is a result of opportunity and exposure combined with resources,” says Bobo. “Alex got to where he is View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2024
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Leveraging Generative AI

“Learn with Baker Library: Generative AI for MBAs,” guides them through the effective and responsible use of GenAI tools to support their learning. In addition, the MBA Program is exploring the viability of AI-assisted tutoring. Weiss has... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

07 Apr 2015
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Warrior Spirit

as full-blown panic hit in 1997, causing a run on Thailand’s uninsured banks. Overnight, the family lost everything. Sityodtong’s father eventually abandoned his wife and two sons, forcing them to move to a concrete-floor shack found View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

25 Apr 2024
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Origin Stories

14, just two years after losing his older brother to leukemia. That passion for flying carried through to three years of service as an intelligence officer with the US Air Force, where he fought to become a pilot, but found a completely... View Details

01 Oct 1999
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Banking on Success

Commitments Committee and a senior banker. As an undergraduate at Hamilton College, Kennedy majored in art. "I did some awful paintings and metal sculpture," he laughs. "Even my mother saved only one of my paintings through the years -... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

05 Feb 2019
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The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)

vehicles in the long term.” What are your short- and long-term goals for this work? “In the short term, I am working on integrating our latest acquisitions into the PCL group, introducing new products into our existing setup, establishing... View Details

01 Jun 2012
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Catherine Kuehn Price (MBA 1986) and Malcolm Price (MBA 1987)

after HBS, adds that returning to campus for reunions has given her an appreciation for the School’s ability to keep pace with the evolving practice of business. “I’m fascinated by all the changes,” she says. “There’s so much going on with View Details

16 Aug 2018
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Working with a Giver’s Spirit

If you were looking for the perfect candidate to run a nonprofit that fights poverty through entrepreneurship, Manny Ayala (MBA 1992) is just the person you’d want. That was the opinion of Cindy Ko (MBA 2005) in 2013 when she was... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

01 Dec 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Media Publishing In The Startup Lottery, veteran entrepreneur and Inc. 500 CEO Gus Bessalel provides an insider’s view of venture-capital-backed companies. You will learn how to navigate your startup career through stories, examples, and... View Details

Keywords: podcasts

01 Jun 2022
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In My Humble Opinion: Home Base

well-researched, expert advice, she turned to other working parents, asking, What do you wish you had known? Those inputs helped Dowling guide colleagues at Blackstone, where she had taken a job as head of talent development. Helping people View Details