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- October 2022
- Case
Single.Earth
By: Rembrand Koning and Emer Moloney
Estonian greentech company Single.Earth is launching a nature-backed token that is linked to and funds the protection of a specific plot fo land. The first landowners had been onboarded to the company's Digital Twin, a virtual representation of the planet's natural... View Details
Keywords: Alternative Assets; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Natural Resources; Pollution; Analytics and Data Science; Marketing; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Markets; Market Timing; Strategy; Green Technology Industry; Estonia
- 21 Dec 2012
- News
Start-up travel site offers a Peek at hidden gems
- 16 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Alumni Career Journey: Sophie Levin (MS/MBA 2022) - How Risk Can Be the Key to a Sustainable Future
journey since graduating. Were your roles always related to climate and, if not, how did your journey lead you to pursuing a career in climate? I’ve been fortunate to stay in climate tech throughout my career. While at HBS, I interned at Membrion, a Series-A View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Starting Lineup: No Reservations
Illustrations by Drue Wagner The Company The Founder The Pitch The News EatWith CEO Susan Kim (MBA 2003) Founded 2012 This online marketplace allows cooks to sell seats at their dinner tables. TripAdvisor is the latest investor in this social-dining service, which... View Details
- 15 May 2020
- News
New Menu
trend as people are becoming more aware of the impact of dietary choices on climate change as well as personal health and animal welfare. Twelve startups joined the accelerator's first cohort, including a company producing lab-grown foie... View Details
- July 2021
- Case
A Close Shave at Squire
In 2020, just after closing a $34 million Series B financing round, Dave Salvant and Songe LaRon consider how to adjust their business, Squire Technologies, to the new realities posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Their barbershop technology, including tools to run a shop... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Growth and Development Strategy; Health Pandemics; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; New York (city, NY); San Francisco
Bussgang, Jeffrey J., Zoë B. Cullen, William R. Kerr, Benjamin N. Roth, and Michael Norris. "A Close Shave at Squire." Harvard Business School Case 821-073, July 2021.
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Entrepreneurship | MBA
Venture Competition Winners & Success Stories Entrepreneurship in the Classroom Curriculum First-year MBA students take The Entrepreneurial Manager , a required course, and have the option to enroll in Startup Bootcamp. Second-year... View Details
- 19 Dec 2013
- Blog Post
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
my toes into the startup world - be that my own or that of another. Not too long after that decision, an onslaught of “traditional” career related events started popping up in my inbox and on my calendar. Company Presentation Day,... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 11 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
ZONE DEFENSE: These self-driving, AI-powered drones do recon so soldiers don’t have to
differently,’” Tseng says. “I know what that means: Someone could have gotten killed.” If Brandon Tseng was prescient about the demand for technology that could reduce the risks associated with indoor-clearance operations, Ryan Tseng... View Details
Alex Civetta
Alex advises companies on the intersection of law and business, with an emphasis on entrepreneurship, technology transactions, and negotiation. He represents startup companies on all matters from formation... View Details
Keywords: Legal
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us
amount of e-nun-ci-a-tion helps. Before long, you’re hollering into a void of inhumanity, asking to speak with a human. All this can leave us feeling that we’re being held captive in a robot-hostage situation, says Alex Sambvani (MBA 2017), CEO of the View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Case Study: Ready for an Upgrade
Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez The Los Angeles–based startup Stell was borne of a pain point almost as old as recorded history itself: paperwork. One of Stell’s cofounders, Malory McLemore (MBA 2022), had landed a job as an engineer at Airbus after earning a... View Details
- April 2008 (Revised May 2010)
- Case
Visions of Web 3.0
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and David Andrew Vivero
Explores the Semantic Web, a vision for the next generation of the World Wide Web in which information is stored in machine-readable formats. While the Semantic Web would make information more easily accessible, barriers to its adoption are very high because website... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Strategy; Technology Adoption; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and David Andrew Vivero. "Visions of Web 3.0." Harvard Business School Case 808-147, April 2008. (Revised May 2010.)
- September 2023
- Case
Ada: Cultivating Investors
By: Reza Satchu and Patrick Sanguineti
Mike Murchison, co-founder and CEO of Ada, has an enviable dilemma. Launched in 2016 by Murchison and his co-founder David Hariri, Ada is an AI-native company that aims to revolutionize how businesses approach customer service. The company has already attracted a buzz,... View Details
Keywords: Founder; Fundraising; Business Startups; Decisions; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; AI and Machine Learning; Technology Industry
Satchu, Reza, and Patrick Sanguineti. "Ada: Cultivating Investors." Harvard Business School Case 824-090, September 2023.
- 26 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Morgan Hermand-Waiche (MBA 2010)
really inspire me. The first is my father, who came from a very poor emigrant family and became, in a generation, a member of one of the strongest fashion garment merchant families in the south of France. Another would be Fabrice Grinda, one of the rare Internet View Details
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Alan Braly
included launching a startup to commercialize an interventional oncology medical device. He was previously at Health Advances, a boutique healthcare strategy consulting firm, where he led engagements in diagnostics, therapeutics, medical... View Details
- 23 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
How I Sourced My Internship Outside of the US: Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu
interested in exploring a transition within infrastructure or considering a career in technology given my interest in the impact of tech on emerging markets,” she explained. “I also wanted to become a senior leader as my career progressed... View Details
- January 1983 (Revised August 1988)
- Case
Universal Robotics Corp.
Three former classmates are founding a company to design, develop, manufacture, and market industrial robots. Principal issues involve the sources, amount, and form of outside investment, the allocation of equity, and the terms and conditions under which outside funds... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Business Startups; Corporate Finance; Technology Industry; Technology Industry
Grousbeck, H. Irving. "Universal Robotics Corp." Harvard Business School Case 383-075, January 1983. (Revised August 1988.)
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Nim Ravid | MBA
the intersection of technology and business: I discovered my passion for healthcare innovation during Covid while serving as the Spokesperson of a Committee appointed by Israel’s Prime Minister to slow the spread of variants. Since then,... View Details
Parker Treacy
Competition in 2016, becoming the first Latin American startup to receive the award. In 2019, Cobli was elected by LinkedIn as one of the top ten startups in Brazil. Previously, Parker founded First Help... View Details