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- 26 May 2022
- News
Northern California Club Honors Noom; LGBTQ Alumni Share HBS Stories
50 years from now?” Both Druyan and Hao say the award has become quite prestigious among the world’s top entrepreneurs and venture capital firms, and winners are excited to be honored by HBS alumni. The event, which is open to the public,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
the most? I’ve taken different skills from different places. I spent some time at a small entrepreneurial venture in Dallas, where I had hands-on experience in manufacturing, supply chain, and selling. I worked for a while as a hotel... View Details
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
Can Neuroscience Find You the Perfect Job?
path. It works for recruiting too, allowing companies in search of specific personality traits to find ideal workers. Today I talk with neuroscientist Frida Polli, cofounder and CEO of pymetrics, about what characteristics make for, say, a great consultant or a View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Future Tech Leaders Dive into New Program
leaders of technology ventures by combining their passion for innovation and engineering with an in-depth understanding of management and leadership. “These students want to build things and lead companies that make the world a better... View Details
- 11 Jan 2019
- News
Case Study: Beating Bias
video? If News Bling could establish itself as the major news outlet for the digital generation, the product and market would dwarf its current vision. But investing in video would also require venture funding, and it’s been self-funded... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Five Degrees of Doriot
influence extended well beyond the classroom. Here, a few of the ideas and inventions that Doriot helped bring to the masses. (Baker Library Historical Collections) Venture capitalism Before Doriot founded the world’s first VC firm,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Taking Attendance
HBS, where Jones took an entrepreneurship in public education elective with Stacey Childress (MBA 2000), who now heads NewSchools Venture Fund. Childress urged her to enter the field, but Jones, intent on paying off her loans, opted for a... View Details
- 12 May 2016
- News
Food Rescue Is on a Mission
trust. With 40 million meals under its belt, the national nonprofit is seeking ways to ensure its own sustainability, including a social venture called the Ugly Juice Van, which sells juices and smoothies at farmers’ markets around the... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Feedback
March 2016 Early Observers Re: The New Space Race A nice overview, but what was neglected was the important contribution of earth observation (remote sensing) technology and spin-off ventures to the current array of commercial space... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: W. Mitt Romney
right set of experiences." One such item on Romney's résumé was his successful turnaround of the Boston-based consulting firm Bain & Company. Romney joined Bain in 1977, then left in 1984 to become CEO of its venture capital spin-off,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Feedback
good feelings and some referrals. For the next few cases, I’m definitely going to implement the [pay-what-you-want] pricing plan: “Because we’re going to be partners in this venture with Social Security, I want you to price my services... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut
we have a rich set of finance electives, including courses on behavioral topics, investment management, financial markets, private equity, venture capital, financial engineering (which I also coteach), and a host of other topics. Retail... View Details
- 13 Feb 2015
- News
Lessons in Perseverance
over the next 25 years did not deter Deza. Nor did HBS’s rejection of her application, in 1998, for the OPM program, on the grounds that her venture wasn’t big enough. Instead, she traveled to Boston to make a personal appeal and then was... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Profiles from the class of 2007
After HBS, Hussein will work and gain experience in private equity and venture capital in New York or London, with the long-term goal of setting up his own firm in the Middle East to connect Israeli and Arab companies and help the region... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Flight Path
were moments of magic that reminded me of Star Wars and the video games I played growing up,” he says. But it’s a long way from amateur get-togethers to a TV-ready, professional sport. Backed by $12 million in venture capital (a figure... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
events and contacts, and the Bulletin and Class Notes. Tremendous progress has been made since that first venture into online services. Much of the School has now moved to an Internet-based system with direct access to the World Wide Web.... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Planting the Seeds of Positive Growth
Mehta reached out to the student-run Africa Business Club for advice. She also participated in the School’s New Venture Competition. In 2014, Tomato Jos won $25,000 as runner-up in the Social Enterprise category, giving Mehta the money... View Details
- 08 Jan 2016
- News
Investing in Sustainability
new—and increasingly popular—model for doing good and making money. As a venture capitalist nonprofit, Sustainable America is funding entrepreneurs who will make the food and fuel sectors more sustainable and anticipating returns that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens
region of the world. If in two decades," Clark said, "we were to come back and assess what we have accomplished as a community, my dream is that we will be able to talk about ideas and new insights because we had ventured out into the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Opinion: Making It Better
Global Health Care (BIG), an Executive Education program that attracted, among others, the Nigerian and Liberian ministers of health, the founders of South Africa's second-largest health insurance firm, a highly successful Russian health-care View Details