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Estevan Santiago

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? After deciding against applying to medical school, I felt a bit lost as I thought about my future career options. However, after working at a start-up (Collective Health) in San... View Details

22 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change

focused on climate, but now we are getting to the level of serious investment that reflect the nature of the threat demands. I am again in proud service to this country. Frank Yang (MBA 2006) Founder, President, CEO Liatris, Inc.The most intriguing aspect of the IRA... View Details

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Stephanie Tilenius

the first West Trek, a tour of start-ups and early-stage Internet companies that included Yahoo!, WebTV, Excite and many others. “All of us moved to the West Coast after completing our MBAs,” says Stephanie, “and we’re all still there,... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Ready, Set, Launch

learning-bydoing approach to build skills required to succeed as an early stage entrepreneur. Topics include problem and solution finding, business model design and validation, marketing and sales, and seed finance. “Lean start-ups don’t... View Details

17 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs

Kuemmerle, who has studied more than fifty start-ups in twenty countries, says entrepreneurs today should take a litmus test of five questions (See sidebar). In this excerpt from Harvard Business Review, Kuemmerle discusses two of the... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle

02 Dec 2010
News

Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs

start-up trio stars in Murphy’s book, The Intelligent Entrepreneur: How Three Harvard Business School Graduates Learned the 10 Rules of Successful Entrepreneurship. You can read an abbreviated account of his three subjects’ triumphs and... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

02 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Summer Listening - HBS Podcasts to Take to the Beach

Cusp of Disruption - Six Years LaterThrough the lens of Jobs To Be Done, MBA graduates Jasmyn Beausejour and Nicolas Kernick consider the scale and complexity of the types of jobs for which clients hire the Big 3 consulting firms –... View Details

21 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing

and Mario Morino, cofounder and chairman of Venture Philanthropy Partners (VPP), based in Washington, D.C. Panelists agreed that the goal for philanthropy should be to help an organization scale to the point that it can sustain itself.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

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IFC India 2025: From Gray to Green: A Glimpse of the Future of Green Hydrogen in India - Blog - Business & Environment

Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business... View Details

31 Jan 2023
News

Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups

disparity in the start-up ecosystem, Pelluru asked Garg and Saigal what they thought of research by Harvard Business Review that found male and female entrepreneurs get asked different questions by VCs, which affects how much funding they... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

20 May 2013
Research & Ideas

The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness

Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration, a panel moderator. "But that strength has to be nurtured." She added, "We count on start-ups for job growth in America. View Details

Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”

invests significant resources in software such as Java and Linux that IBM does not own in order to integrate many companies' products and services for IBM's customers. Intel invests significant resources in university research (which it does not own) and in View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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John Schupbach

anticipated. Yet we have been lackadaisical in the development of services that cater to the people with the greatest needs." Combining disciplines to improve life at a large scale When John returned to the United States, he applied... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech

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Abby Falik

and appropriate technologies. HBS has been a part of the start-up at every step. “My classmates still form the core of my support base,” Abby says. “They’ve held fundraising events, organized volunteer chapters – and even helped interview... View Details

23 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn

he was, and wondered why I had asked. Well, I told him of some rules of thumb I have been working on to isolate entrepreneurial opportunities in a recession, and this question was meant as a test for one of the rules. I knew of several new car dealerships that were... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 Apr 2016
First Look

April 5, 2016

start-up seem too risky? There is a radical third path open to you: you can buy a small business and run it as CEO. Purchasing a small company offers significant financial rewards—as well as personal and professional fulfillment. Leading... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

10 Dec 2013
First Look

First Look: December 10

hypothesized that coal mines near Pittsburgh led that city to specialization in industries, like steel, with significant scale economies and that those big firms led to a dearth of entrepreneurial human capital across several generations.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

The Knowledge Coach

toward the end of the chain, the "coach" (Reddy) was still struggling with the same issues as the "protégé" (Majmudar). For example, Reddy had not yet solved the problem of how to hire people who would be able to scale... View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

29 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Leni Peterson R. (MS/MBA 2023): Solving Big Problems Through Entrepreneurship

streamline and scale engagement with at-risk suppliers, industry peers, and key stakeholders to stabilize supply chains and enhance water stewardship. What inspired you to start a company, what resources did you need, and what fears did... View Details

21 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 21

across and within metropolitan areas, but the endogeneity of these measures bedevils interpretation. Chinitz (1961) hypothesized that coal mines near Pittsburgh led that city to specialization in industries, like steel, with significant View Details