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- July 2020
- Supplement
Instabeat—Crossing the Finish Line
By: Shikhar Ghosh, Nicole Tempest Keller and Alpana Thapar
Lebanese entrepreneur Hind Hobeika was just 21 years old when she launched her startup, Instabeat, which had developed the first real-time bio-feedback device for swimmers to monitor and improve their performance. It had been an extremely testing 10-year journey to... View Details
Keywords: Start-up; Wearables; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Strategy; Operations; Management; United States; Lebanon
Ghosh, Shikhar, Nicole Tempest Keller, and Alpana Thapar. "Instabeat—Crossing the Finish Line." Harvard Business School Supplement 821-012, July 2020.
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
Sal Khan (MBA 2003) Sal Khan (MBA 2003) is an energetic, amiable young man, with a twinkle in his eye and a fondness for jokes and self-deprecation. He’s unpretentious and unassuming, despite holding three degrees from MIT, where he was president of his class (as he... View Details
- 21 Dec 2012
- News
Start-up travel site offers a Peek at hidden gems
- 25 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Climate Leaders Program
startup after graduation. Through my experiences with BEI and CLP, I've realized that addressing climate change requires more than just technological advancements and capital funding. We need a business... 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.)
- 23 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Founder of Modern Venture Capital
creation of new products for the welfare of American soldiers. For decades, as president of American Research & Development Corporation, an early venture capital firm founded in 1946, he fostered the development of startup companies... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Hiring a Career Switcher: The Value of the MS/MBA
successful product managers, general managers, startup founders, and CEOs of mature technology companies. Blending technical skills and business management knowledge Like all students in the MS/MBA program,... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Taking Care of Business
most importantly, affordable. Since then, the company’s offerings have expanded to include a monitor that uses mobile technology to record patient calls and response times by medical professionals; also in the works is a medication... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- Profile
Janina Motter
gravitated from the “theoretical” aspects of chemistry to materials science “because it focused on new technology applications.” She stayed at the school to gain her MS in the field. Given her diverse experience, Janina herself exploring... View Details
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Getting There
as one of the largest tech startups in Southeast Asia. The cofounders sat next to one another in Business at the Base of the Pyramid at HBS, where case discussions focused their attention on building businesses with double or triple... View Details
- Profile
Mike Maples Jr.
leap across the chasm, from startups to investing. In so doing, he became one of the most successful venture capitalists in the technology sector, with a unique investing philosophy and an enviable track... View Details
- 05 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
The HBS New Venture Competition Turns 25: Celebrating A Quarter Century of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
for the $10,000 Tough Technology Prize (pdf). “Entrepreneurship is an integral component of the HBS experience, as it gives students and alumni a chance to create a product or service that can effect real change,” said HBS Dean Srikant... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
deals with Bed Bath & Beyond, Frontier Airlines, and Johnson & Johnson. “You’re always asking, is this the right business model? But there are no answers. The market and technology are constantly changing,” Riesenfeld remarks. The biotech... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Jennifer L. Scott
Whether she's participating in privatization efforts in Central Europe or working with technology startups in Cambridge, Scott thrives on helping bring focus to chaotic, fast-paced environments. Scott shared... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Conversation with John Doerr (MBA '76)
L. John Doerr (MBA '76) is widely recognized as one of the country's preeminent venture capitalists. A partner in the California VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers (KPCB), he is known for backing startups that presaged entire... View Details
- December 2021 (Revised January 2023)
- Supplement
Katerra (B)
By: Lindsay N. Hyde, Thomas R. Eisenmann and Tom Quinn
In May 2020, SoftBank executives, having invested nearly $2 billion in Katerra, decided the vision of an end-to-end, vertically-integrated construction process was worth saving—with some major changes to company structure. The SoftBank Vision Fund invested $200 million... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Failure; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Entrepreneurship; Construction; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; United States
Hyde, Lindsay N., Thomas R. Eisenmann, and Tom Quinn. "Katerra (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 822-025, December 2021. (Revised January 2023.)
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Technologies that Will Change the World Shikhar Ghosh Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Avoiding Startup Failure DJ DiDonna Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 B2B Sales and Distribution (also listed under Marketing) Lou Shipley Spring... View Details
- August 2017 (Revised August 2018)
- Case
Busbud: Building a Data Company
By: Srikant M. Datar, Alistair Croll and Caitlin N. Bowler
The case features the work of LP Maurice (HBS '08) as he decides to take on the fragmented bus travel industry and launch an online business that aggregates and shares bus schedules for routes around the world. His first challenge: finding that the data he needs is... View Details
Keywords: Data Science; Analytics and Data Science; Business Startups; Knowledge Acquisition; Customers; Measurement and Metrics; Transportation Industry
Datar, Srikant M., Alistair Croll, and Caitlin N. Bowler. "Busbud: Building a Data Company." Harvard Business School Case 118-011, August 2017. (Revised August 2018.)
- May 2021
- Supplement
Hello Alfred: Come Home Happy — Operating the Business Model Exercise, Instructor Version
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Christopher Payton
On a mission to "automate the on-demand economy," Harvard Business School classmates Marcela Sapone and Jessica Beck launched Hello Alfred in 2013 to provide subscribers with an "Alfred" to complete various chores for a monthly fee. In early 2016, the company has built... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
Out-Innovate, calls it the “frontier market model.” Founded in places with limited resources and nascent entrepreneurial ecosystems, these startups have to be scrappier and leaner. And these limitations, Alex says, make businesses more... View Details