Opportunity Funds - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2015
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Rebooting Europe

and 410 billion euros into the EU GDP over the next three years.) Moedas sees his role as not only finding funding and research opportunities for budding entrepreneurs, but also creating a vibrant startup... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; European Union; Government; Health, Social Assistance

25 Jun 2013
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A Common Purpose

For MBA 2007 Section E Cochairs Kara Medoff Barnett and Amy Belkin, their 5th Reunion was an opportunity to temper grief with renewed connections. In the fall of 2011, sectionmate Haydar Shaydullin was struck and killed by a car in Moscow... View Details

01 Jun 2011
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Donors Praised for Fellowship Support

Student speaker Peter Michailidis (MBA ’11) also expressed gratitude for his fellowships, funded by David M. Hicks (MBA ’60) and George M. Humphrey. “I did not have the resources to fund my MBA, but I was... View Details

01 Dec 2010
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Additional alumni books for your consideration.

Profiting from the World’s Economic Crisis: Finding Investment Opportunities by Tracking Global Market Trends by Bud Conrad (MBA ’71) (Wiley) Conrad predicts a rough road ahead, due to economic imbalances that have built up over the past... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Jun 2015
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A World of Support

the HBS Fund from donors such as Gaëtan Hannecart (MBA 1994) enables the School to develop global cases and courses and provide opportunities for students and the faculty to gain firsthand experience in... View Details

15 Apr 2014
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Bertarelli Foundation Gift Names Deans' Health & Life Sciences Challenge Prize

scientific teamwork, the foundation gave $6 million to expand the Bertarelli Program in Translational Neuroscience and Neuroengineering at HMS and EPFL. A second gift of $3 million established the Bertarelli Catalyst Fund for the Dean of... View Details

Keywords: i-Lab; Harvard Medical School; Scientific Research and Development Services

10 Oct 2017
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Risk and Rewards

richer than you. You have to be happy with yourself and who you are and what you are. “Opportunities are going to present themselves to you when you least expect them. And what you have to be willing to do is take risks. People are much too risk averse in their... View Details

01 May 2013
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Lynn Thoman, MBA 1979

for the Dean’s Fund. “Looking ahead, HBS has a great opportunity to position itself for a global century, and to develop new pedagogies and new international relationships,” she says. “I believe in supporting outstanding leadership by... View Details

17 Apr 2014
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Support for the Global Century

exceptional international relationships and execution capabilities,” observes the head of Greenhill & Co., Inc. “I believe strongly that the business world needs leaders who have a true global perspective and the ability to strategize and pursue View Details

05 Aug 2014
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A Diversified Portfolio

Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) and Edith Pripas Dorsen (MBA/MPA 1985) (photo by Kathryn Elsesser) Don't let its name fool you: the Women's Venture Capital Fund is about profitability, and not social activism. Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) and Edith... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

26 Mar 2014
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The Power of Education

happen only if there are funds available for use at the Dean’s discretion,” he observes. “If you believe in the Dean’s vision for the School— which I do—then it’s important to do your part to give HBS the flexibility to pursue View Details

07 Apr 2014
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Family Values

After earning his MBA, he transformed an opportunity to spin off the shipyard and manufacturing companies of the New York–based Ogden Corporation into Connell Limited Partnership, growing it into one of the largest privately owned... View Details

15 Nov 2020
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How Scholarships Helped One Student Achieve Many Firsts

Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. In a video profile, Christine Keung (MBA 2020) shares how scholarships enabled her to explore, grow, and earn an education that far exceeded her childhood... View Details

01 May 2013
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Brahmal Vasudevan, MBA 1997

Creating educational opportunities is a way of life for Brahmal Vasudevan. Upon the 2011 launch of Creador, a private equity firm based in Kuala Lumpur, he and his partners set up a foundation funded by a... View Details

17 Oct 2019
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Venturing Away from Venture Capital

requires a significant initial capital investment, and she raised just over $10 million in seed and series A funding to get it up and running in 2011. Since then, Lin’s had plenty of opportunities to raise... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand

01 Jun 2017
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The Exchange: Venture Forth

of VCs: We’re going to take a lot of bets early on, and most of those aren’t going to pan out, but the ones that do will be very successful. That was new. “Have VCs gotten too caught up in chasing the cheap experiment sectors? Who will View Details

Keywords: April White

03 Aug 2021
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Leading Maryland’s Only Black-Owned and -Managed Commercial Bank to Be a Pandemic Resource

bank “not only accepted PPP applications, but his employees went out of their way to help qualified business owners, regardless of whether they were Harbor Bank customers.” The Sun notes that the bank funded 694 loans worth a total of $66... View Details

01 Dec 1998
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New York Club Honors Armstrong, Graham

pivotal moments and challenges in their careers. Armstrong spoke of some technology turning points that have created conditions of both crisis and opportunity for business today. In a more personal vein, Graham recalled her initial... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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A taste of home leads to jobs creation and community improvements

In a small, undercapitalized cheese manufacturing operation in rural Wisconsin, Paul Scharfman (AB 1976, MBA 1979) saw the opportunity to develop a variety of specialty cheeses that would appeal to the palates of the growing population of... View Details

07 Sep 2021
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Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania

Social Enterprise Summer Fellows program, which debuted in 1982, funds student forays into nonprofit and for-profit organizations focused on the public good. In addition, the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative offers fellowship recipients... View Details