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- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
highly trained athletes will use every martial arts skill at their disposal—karate, jiu-jitsu, Muay Thai, judo, and boxing, among others—to score a win by knockout, submission, or points. Face lit by the glow of his smartphone, ONE FC View Details
- 19 Apr 2024
- News
Alumni Host Energy CEO Summit in Houston; Austin Club Co-Hosts SXSW Reception
transition included Stephanie Wisner (MBA 2014), Energy Tech Investment Banking, Goldman, Sachs, and moderator Osmar Abib (MBA 1987), Founder of SeracFund and retired Chair of Credit Suisse Energy. “We had very high-quality speakers,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
'61) Founder and Managing Partner Idanta Partners Ltd. Each year a host of bright-eyed entrepreneurs make their way to San Diego to explain their dreams to Dave Dunn, one of the nation's leading venture capitalists. For every seven... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders
Alvaro Dominguez Alvaro Dominguez In early 2018, a New York startup called Roomi opened itself up to the type of investors known by Wall Street traders as “mom-and-pop investors,” although an IPO was nowhere in sight. The company, which... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
greatest risk from the disastrous effects of sea-level rise. Yet cities also have the ability to act without waiting for state and federal action, adds Raphael Carty (MBA 1983), former CEO of Callida Energy, a software startup focused on... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
acknowledges, but today, as founder of the venture-backed startup Landit, a personalized career path platform, she sees more diversity in VC. “There are certainly more women,” she says. “There are more... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
storage, or scaling global water recycling. The great thing about opportunities in the climate arena is that they all matter. In water, my sphere of action, I and the founders who are generous enough to let Burnt Island Ventures be a part... View Details
- 19 May 2016
- News
Creating a Public Greenway in Northern California’s Scenic Wine Country
Chuck McMinn (MBA 1978) is a man on the move as founder and chair of the Napa Valley Vine Trail Coalition, a 47-mile bike and pedestrian route that will connect the entire region by 2020. “It’s very psychically rewarding. The trail will... View Details
- 28 Oct 2021
- News
Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity
Clubs News Clubs News HBSAB Virtual Case Event Explores Black New Venture Competition As second-year students at HBS, Kimberly Foster (MBA 2020) and Tyler Simpson (MBA 2020) created the inaugural Black New Venture Competition (BNVC) to help Black tech View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
The New Venture Competition Crowns a New Crop
pitches to a crowd at Burden in late April. The grand prize winner—decided by a panel of judges that included Glasswing Ventures founder and managing partner Rudina Seseri (MBA 2005) and Grab cofounder and CEO Anthony Tan (MBA 2011)—was... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Case Study: Inside Story
with each successful convert. Many startups run out of runway before getting there, so founders need to be particularly scrappy in gaining the most learning in the shortest period of time. That means fast... View Details
- 04 Mar 2019
- News
The Anti-Shark Tank
In 2018, female founders received only 2.2 percent of the $130 billion venture capital pie, according to PitchBook; despite that fact, Lisa Blau (MBA 2003) and Amanda Eilian (MBA 2006) are both veterans of the View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Ideas
Web Extras Watch Professor Wasserman explain key insights from his book, Founders Dilemmas Listen to a webinar recording for alumni entrepreneurs Faculty Q&A with Professor Noam Wasserman When Noam Wasserman (MBA 1999) spent his MBA... View Details
- 05 Aug 2016
- News
Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier
Photography by Susan Young “If you’re a brain geek, this is the best time in history to be alive,” says Jordan Amadio (MD/MBA 2010), founder and managing partner of NeuroLaunch, the world’s first neuroscience View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 22 Dec 2022
- News
LGBTQ+ Alumni Forums Expand; 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition Is Underway
$5,000 for the crowd favorite—for start-up costs. During the 25th NVC celebration, startup SurgiBox took home the alumni NVC crowd favorite prize. This year's event will be fully virtual. According to Rock Center Director Jodi Gernon (MBA... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Case Study: Sound Check
who plays classical piano and jazz guitar, and Pemberton, a drummer, thought they could offer musicians an online platform that would help them connect with fans in a meaningful if virtual way. The founders soon discovered a much larger... View Details
- 20 May 2016
- News
The Most Creative People in Business 2016
Illustration by Peter Arkle for Fast Company Illustration by Peter Arkle for Fast Company Fast Company recently released its Most Creative People in Business 2016 list, and HBS alumni claim 5 of the 100 spots. They run the gamut, ranging from education to infotech and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Home Sweet (Modular) Home
Starting a business is never easy. But staking your future — and your bank account — on a concept that’s never been tried before makes it especially difficult. Just ask Stephen Stuntz (MBA ’69), the founder and president of Greentech... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Starting Lineup: Upturning Travel
(ThinkStock) (ThinkStock) As Airbnb has proven, the travel industry is ripe for innovation. What’s next for several alumni- run startups that are reinventing the vacation? The Company The Founder The Pitch... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Escape Hatch
tech founder and startup consultant. Burned out, Staff took a few months off before enrolling at HBS to park a borrowed Airstream trailer in various towns around the Mountain West. That was an experiment in... View Details