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- 22 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon
paper was published in 2019. "We find that startups founded by individuals most sensitive to labor market conditions display lower financial and innovative performance than startups founded by entrepreneurs who are less... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Maria Brewer
are some of the most important problems to tackle today. I realized from those experiences that innovation generally doesn't come from sitting in a room and brainstorming, but rather from interacting with people and observing the world... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- News
Clearing the Path to Citizenship
current state of affairs. But that’s not the only reason technology had not yet tackled this pain point, Wang notes. Entrepreneurship often grows out of a founder’s own experiences. “For people who have not personally experienced this... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 13 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences – A Q&A with Professor Robert Howe
have been exploring the intersection of design and entrepreneurship for a couple of years. We’ve concluded that human-centered design skills are an ideal set of tools for someone who wants to lead a tech venture. These methods can be... View Details
- 25 Feb 2017
- Blog Post
3 Reasons I Chose to Attend HBS
to think more like a CEO – broadly and long term. I truly believed the case method would help me to hone this skill. Support of entrepreneurship – I have always wanted to follow my family’s example and become an entrepreneur. However, as... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The New Tech Meccas
When author and start-up vet Chris Schroeder (MBA 1992) attended a regional entrepreneurship conference in Dubai in 2010, the energy of the crowd was a revelation. "I could not get my head around the idea that this was coming from places... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Elevator Pitch: Forget Me Not
Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Charlie Greene (MBA 2021) Cofounder and CEO, Remento Concept: Remento helps families collect and preserve the stories of loved ones. An annual subscription allows users to upload photos and select prompts for the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
A New Approach to Contact Tracing
the fight against COVID-19. Government-led innovation such as this is a subject that fascinates Mitchell Weiss (MBA 2004), a professor of management practice and Richard L. Menschel Faculty Fellow at HBS. Upon hearing that Singapore’s... View Details
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Eligibility | New Venture Competition
Eligibility Social Enterprise Track Course Listing Business at the Base of the Pyramid (HBS) Data for Impact (HBS) Education Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship in Comparative Perspective (HGSE)... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Innovation: An Orchestra of One
practicing musician in real time. Raphael told Chao that he was already working with a Boston-based music producer and entrepreneur, and put the two in touch. At Chao's urging, the group entered Music+1 (the product's name at the time) in the University-wide Deans'... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Ready, Set, Launch
The bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs is that a huge majority of startups will never succeed—as many as three out of four will fail, according to some estimates. The reason is not because they can’t build the product they envisioned. Rather, it’s because they build... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
sponsored is used. “It's using this technology to deepen the connection between the person who made the purchase and the actual giving that’s happened,” Matthews says. The Plus app will also let users vote to support beneficial social projects. Each month, three social... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
commonalities these icons could find over a few pints. The result is Schultz’s new book, Innovation on Tap: Stories of Entrepreneurship from the Cotton Gin to Broadway's Hamilton, and on this episode of... View Details
- 19 Jun 2013
- News
Your Guide to Social Enterprise
over the last two decades. A nonprofit innovator and think-tank scholar, Keohane knows the field well. Now, in her first book, Social Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century, this adjunct professor in the... View Details
- 02 Dec 2010
- News
Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs
Less than 20 percent of new businesses last five years. Despite those daunting odds, three MBAs from the Class of 1998 are among the elite who succeeded, and their stories make compelling reading in a new book. Former Washington Post reporter Bill Murphy Jr. tried his... View Details
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul
Potential real estate moguls at the 2001 Harvard Business School Entrepreneurship Conference received an earful about profiting in a down market, creating value where there is none, and the addiction of playing in a deal-driven industry.... View Details
- 02 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring: Laura Mackay...
career with NeoCare Solutions – a mobile engagement platform that helps parents of NICU babies navigate the NICU and transition home. Interestingly, the business was incubated and is run as a start-up within Healthagen, the innovative... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
From the Classroom to Casablanca
To put what they have learned in the classroom to the test in the field, more than 900 HBS first-year students embarked in May on the FIELD Global Immersion (FGI), a cornerstone of the MBA Program since 2012. This experiential learning opportunity dispatches students... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Entrepreneur Named Director of Harvard i-lab
Gordon Jones (photo by Evgenia Eliseeva) Related Links: Follow i-lab news on Twitter Find the i-lab on Facebook Gordon Jones didn’t tailor his career path to become the ideal director for the Harvard innovation lab. It just worked out... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
for something completely new. They returned to campus that fall ready to devote serious time to their nascent idea: a decentralized car company that produced region-specific, small-batch vehicles in microfactories. They enrolled in an View Details