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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
At age 26, Ronald Cohen (MBA ’69) planted the seed of a great idea in inhospitable British soil. With three HBS classmates, he cofounded a consulting firm to advise entrepreneurial businesses. Admittedly, it was a risk. Entrepreneurship... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
In Dot-Calm Era, Conference Examines Options for Entrepreneurs
"doing isn't leading." Asserting that the math skills needed to build a company are simple, he said, "If you buy something for a dollar and sell it for five dollars, you will be rich. The key is OB, social psychology, and leading. This is... View Details
Keywords: Information
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Far-Reaching Impact
children. “I was faced with the challenge of how to service the loan while continuing to work at Rocket Learning full time,” says Mahajan, recalling the concerns that prompted her application to the Social View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- Profile
Drew Richard
What’s the one thing you’re most excited about learning at HBS? Entrepreneurship is something I’ve thought about before coming here, and HBS has given me a number ways to look into it, like the Entrepreneurial Management class and FIELD... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Start-Ups "R" Us
In early July, the School’s Social Enterprise Initiative named two Social Entrepreneurship Fellows, a new program designed to support recent MBA graduates who are launching... View Details
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Ben Schlatka
(electronic materials company)- Co-Founder & Vice President of Business Development; Nantero (venture funded nanotechnology startup)- Director of Business Development; IBM Microelectronics (semiconductor company)- Strategic Marketing Manager; Volunteer Solutions... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Closing the 'Network Gap'
Center for Entrepreneurship and the Social Enterprise Initiative. The founders received support from their HBS classmates, too. “One of the keys to the success of any HBS startup is the power of the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Transforming nonprofits with business-oriented insights that scale impact
Tom Tierney (MBA 1980) is working to empower social entrepreneurs, mission-driven organizations, and philanthropists to build a better world. The Bridgespan Group, the professional services firm he cofounded with Jeff Bradach (PhDOB 1992)... View Details
- 02 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping
"Delivering phone books is the worst way to spend a Sunday when you're a kid," says Olds, now an assistant professor in the Entrepreneurship Management unit at Harvard Business School. The family lived paycheck to paycheck. And... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Attn: Alumni Entrepreneurs
$50,000 grand prize, a $25,000 second prize, and $25,000 to the 2012 Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship winner. For entry details, visit www.alumni.hbs.edu/nvc/. View Details
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- 31 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Setting Interns Up for Success at Your Startup
events virtually, but we also spent time in the spring having him come to our facility to meet the team. He also joined one of our monthly social events in person so he could get some face-to-face time and get to know people before... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 22 Jun 2012
- News
At the i-lab, a New Use for Silk
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
pointillist painter, and it's easy to imagine Bill Gates or Oprah Winfrey humming the same tune. But if creativity is integral to business, and to entrepreneurship in particular, how exactly does it occur? Where does this unicorn-like... View Details
- 10 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy
growing academic interest in the influence of social networks on entrepreneurial successes and failures, Nanda says. As an example, he cites Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128, a 1994 book by... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Spring Renewal
Spring 2004 Reunion photo galleries Dean's Welcome Dean's Reception Faculty Presentations African American Alumni Association Class of 1954 Children's Activities Class of 1999 Pub Social Tea with Myra Hart General Campus Shots Photography... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Hit Radio Show and HBS Alumni Help Young Classical Musicians
interested in classical music. And HBS graduates have played a key role in all of this.” Indeed, according to Slavet, field-study and class-project recommendations by HBS students “laid the groundwork for what we’ve become — an online View Details
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
Clubs News Clubs News Alumni Angels Conference Tackles Post-Pandemic Investing and Entrepreneurship The global pandemic has reshaped the world, and investors and founders are full of questions about the future of startups. To find... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 09 Feb 2015
- News
Remembering John Whitehead (MBA 1947)
Leadership Making A Difference – HBS Alumni A Social Enterprise Visionary Making A Difference – HBS Alumni The Future of Social Enterprise and the Role of Individual Philanthropy HBS Global Business Summit... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
provide us only with high valuation." Entrepreneurial Finance is currently taught by Professors Howard Stevenson and Jay Light, and Senior Lecturers Joe Lassiter and Ed Zschau. Entrepreneurship in the Social... View Details