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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
In Bolivia, ACCION linked the microfinance field to capital markets through the founding of BancoSol, a microfinance institution that became the nation’s most profitable bank. “Poverty can only be truly addressed if you meet four... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Funding His Purpose
discussion back then.” He thought about his work, about the projects he had undertaken around the world that had left him satisfied and about those that made him proud; and, finally, he thought about a meeting with Vera Cordeiro, a Brazilian View Details
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Scott Wu
jobs. Wu’s private-sector résumé is also filled with enough experience for a couple of different careers. He cofounded and served as general partner of FTV Capital, a private equity firm with more than $1 billion of capital under... View Details
- 15 Apr 2022
- News
Funding His Purpose
patient served—would have access to the more flexible capital of a loan. Letelier started with his own money and began to attract grantors to fund SITAWI when he had a track record of successful projects. “My pitch to the donor was, ‘If... View Details
- 09 Jan 2015
- News
Alumni Notch 12 Spots on Forbes’ ‘30 Under 30’ Lists
We’re pleased to report that a number of recent HBS graduates have made it into Forbes’ “30 Under 30” lists for 2015. Congratulations! Learn more about them below: Venture Capital http://www.forbes.com/30under30/#/venture-capital Neil... View Details
Keywords: Finance
Making Sense of Past and Present
the Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism course. Since graduating from high school, I had missed learning about the rich content of the past and its “wow” moments of surprise, especially when history reveals the darkest realities of... View Details
- 23 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together
To illustrate the old adage that birds of a feather flock together, there may be no better example than the venture capital industry. A recent study finds that venture capitalists have a strong tendency to team up with other VCs whose... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Less Risk, More Reward
Your research explores entrepreneurship and the social safety net. What is the connection between those two things? I look at whether stronger social safety net benefits make it more likely for people to... View Details
- 28 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor
capital in Latin America. Chu still runs Pegasus but also joined HBS in 2003. His courses include "Effective Leadership of Social Enterprise" and "New Opportunities in Emerging Markets,"... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Pedal Mettle
look to Lance and see that there are no limits.” An investor-relations manager at Moore Capital Management, based in New York City, Berté also helps lead an orientation group for patients preparing for stem-cell transplants. “I love my... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
or competitive strategic analysis could measure. I learned that, as with so many things in Africa, the context was everything. It is hard to put a number on the “value” of reconciliation, but it is here where measures like social return... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for James Austin
processes through which my colleagues in the Social Enterprise group at HBS develop and share the intellectual capital that we are continually generating. My current work involves e-philanthropy as well as... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 15 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative
“which is a fancy way of referring to all of the things you don’t have as a new company—products, knowledge, connections, resources.” The most common and effective way to make up for that lack is to find someone who can help you overcome it—most often a venture View Details
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Marc Herson
Plattner Ventures (Partner); Softbank Capital (Executive-in-Residence); SONY BMG Music (Senior Vice President, Strategy & Business Development); Bertelsmann AG (Investment Director); Thurloe Finance (Founder of VC firm); Lawyer View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
- News
A Diversified Portfolio
Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) and Edith Pripas Dorsen (MBA/MPA 1985) (photo by Kathryn Elsesser) Don't let its name fool you: the Women's Venture Capital Fund is about profitability, and not social activism. Monica... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Noted & Quoted
“If I had been leaving Harvard in 2010, this would be the area I would want to be going into.” — Sir Ronald Cohen (MBA ’69), a founder of the European venture capital industry, referring to his latest venture, View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Start Me Up
In April, HBS students and alumni looking for capital ran their good ideas through the gauntlet. As part of the New Venture Competition, the School's annual entrepreneurship challenge, 25 finalists— 8 student teams and 17 alumni... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
What’s in a Name
want to let go of? How do we hang on to the paradox? At first they saw some pushback on social media, but Birch and his leadership came to the conclusion that the folks who objected to what they saw as woke View Details
- 21 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill
"By emphasizing some aspects of the job over others, you can draw a different pool of candidates and potentially create different levels of performance," Ashraf says. "And as a leader you can help every individual to accumulate more stock of altruistic View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Point, Click, Give: Internet Fuels Philanthropic Fundraising Revolution
host of Web-based social enterprises (WEBSEs): nonprofit information hubs, online giving directories, click-to-donate sites, workplace-giving centers, charity shopping malls and auctions, and volunteer clearinghouses. These start-ups are... View Details