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- July 2021
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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; Beauty and Cosmetics 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.
- March 2014 (Revised January 2015)
- Case
Prodigy Network: Democratizing Real Estate Design and Financing
By: Karim R. Lakhani, Katja Hutter and Greta Friar
This case follows Rodrigo Nino, founder and CEO of commercial real estate development company Prodigy Network, as he develops an equity-based crowdfunding model for small investors to access commercial real estate in Colombia, then tries out the model in the U.S. U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Real Estate; Crowdfunding; Crowdsourcing; Digital Innovation; Commercial Real Estate; Online Platforms; Disruption; Transformation; Design; Assets; Equity; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; Real Estate Industry; Latin America; New York (state, US); United States
Lakhani, Karim R., Katja Hutter, and Greta Friar. "Prodigy Network: Democratizing Real Estate Design and Financing." Harvard Business School Case 614-064, March 2014. (Revised January 2015.)
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Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship | About
in turn have helped companies create hundreds of thousands of jobs and change our lives, in the workplace and at home.” Arthur Rock (MBA 1951) graduated from Syracuse University and served in the US Army before earning his MBA. He began his investment career at the... View Details
- Blog
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023
on Climate Change by Joan Fitzgerald. I will also dip into Palaces for the People by Eric Klinenberg, a book about "social infrastructure" more generally, which offers insight into urban green spaces, an achievable climate solution. Klinenberg describes green-promoting... View Details
- Web
Spreading the Word – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
by Mayo, accounts of the experiments in headlines from New York to Texas, and Fortune magazine’s 1946 feature article praising Mayo’s studies. In keeping with its research mission, Harvard Business School... View Details
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Investing in Emerging Industries | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
opened a branch office in Chicago in the 1930s and another in Los Angeles in the 1940s. Manhattan: William Street, 1923. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. Digital Equipment Corporation.... View Details
- August 1997 (Revised December 1997)
- Case
Harassment at Work?
By: Lynn S. Paine and Dale Coxe
Presents three scenarios involving behavior that could arguably be called sexual harassment. The first scenario is set in a medical supply company in an unnamed emerging market region. The second is set in a New York-based securities firm. The third is set in a U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Working Conditions; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Groups and Teams; Crime and Corruption; Attitudes; Behavior; Labor and Management Relations; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Financial Services Industry; New York (city, NY); United States
Paine, Lynn S., and Dale Coxe. "Harassment at Work?" Harvard Business School Case 398-001, August 1997. (Revised December 1997.)
- 26 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises
Tokyo, where the majority of Lawson’s business was located, Niinami zeroed in on the devastated Tohoku area, knowing it would be a costly decision. In hard-hit Soma City, fear was settling in about possible contamination from the failing... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
Marketing Marijuana
companies—perhaps the existing "big tobacco" powerhouses—muscle their way in and perpetrate "The Bud Light-ification of Bud," as the New York Times suggested? Those pursuing answers need... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Hands-on Learning About Global Markets
Laryea, third from left, Dylan Soukup, Charlie Li, Arden Kreeger, and Nitzan Israel. Photos by Mercedes Sojo 2023 FGI SITES Accra, Ghana Athens, Greece Bangkok, Thailand Boston, United States* Buenos Aires, Argentina Casablanca, Morocco Helsinki, Finland Ho Chi Minh... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
input, or related concerns. -Cathy Connett September 1996 HBSAA Board of Directors 1996–97 President Catherine A. Connett (MBA '79) St. Paul, MN Vice Presidents William M. Folberth III (17th OPM) New York, View Details
Keywords: Cathy Connett
- 23 Jun 2023
- News
Highlights from the Spring 2023 Alumni Board Meeting
gathered in eight cities and regions to hear the Dean share how the School is on the cutting edge of addressing the biggest challenges facing business and society today. Dean Datar traveled to Chicago, London, the Bay area, Los Angeles, Palm Beach, and View Details
- March 2022 (Revised January 2023)
- Case
Clara Wu Tsai and Brooklyn Loan Innovation
Philanthropist Clara Wu Tsai is committed to racial equity and investing in Brooklyn-based minority business owners. In the wake of the George Floyd murder, she decides to create a new initiative called the Social Justice Fund and commit an initial $50 million over 10... View Details
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
data sources and illustrate how they can be used to improve the study and function of cities. We first show how Google Street View images can be used to predict income in New York View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
In his novel I Come as a Thief, Louis Auchincloss introduces us to Tony Lowder, a lawyer in his early forties. Tony and his wife have two children. He works for the New York office of the Securities and... View Details
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)
New Yorker at heart, and a curious and resourceful learner. All of these pieces of her identity have shaped the leader she is today and the impact she makes in her company and community. Plugging into Support to Carve Her Path Born and... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 30 May 2024
- News
How to Have Effective Conversations
Better. But the path to his latest book begins earlier in his career—when he first became a manager. He was at the New York Times back then, and he was pretty confident in his View Details
- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
state-owned construction company strike one deal after another in South Carolina despite political backlash and in New York where well-established competitors dominate? The case examines the U.S. market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Investors - Entrepreneurship
Hsiao Canvas Venture Fund MBA 2001 Tina Ju KPCB China MBA 1992 Samir Kaul Khosla Ventures MBA 2002 Patrick Kerins New Enterprise Associates MBA 1985 Bong Koh Venrock MBA 2004 Robert Kuhling ONSET Ventures MBA 1980 Ethan Kurzweil Bessemer... View Details