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- 20 Feb 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
economy. “For a long time, we’ve looked to the government to address almost all of the issues,” Elumelu says of the economic and social concerns in Nigeria and Africa. “The government cannot do everything alone. The private sector is in a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 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
Keywords: contests
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value Across Borders
Development Corp. in 1946, there's a history of the venture capital industry. Not many other countries have this history nor the large-scale investment role models. But now with the Internet wave, it's as if entrepreneurship has become... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Extending goodwill to all in the global community
Industries for the Blind and the first blind person to graduate from HBS, Gibbons strongly believes in applying business skills to pressing societal problems. “By using the tools already at their disposal,” he says, "corporate leaders can ensure that 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
- 13 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
Following My Dream: Launching a Venture
smoothie increases happiness and is also a great socializing experience: more than 40% of our users stated to have met someone new or interacted with a colleague they had not talked to for a long time. The highlight so far was certainly a... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 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 Mar 2008
- News
Reimagining China and India
companies are emerging is so different. It’s not that the raw stock of entrepreneurship is different in either country. But the ways in which Chinese and Indian entrepreneurs — whether they are businesspeople, View Details
- 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
- 13 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
There's No Quick Shortcut to Success: Zorpads Takes Off
a social media presence. Those weren't the only connections they used in building the business. The pair tapped into their networks to try and land a spot on the hit television show, Shark Tank. They got the idea from pitching their... View Details
- Career Coach
Wendi Zhang
business development/product partnerships for Google Pixel, Wearables, and Accessories as well as a few verticals of Google Home and Chromecast within Google's Devices & Services (formerly Google Hardware) team, ran business development for 3 other tech startups, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Student Snapshot
Second-year student Carlin (“Carly”) Janson divides her time between studying at HBS and managing the Catalyst Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship (Catalyst Alliance), the Cambridgebased View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Chasing the Silver Tsunami
investor), was interested in investing in entrepreneurship in the aging sector as his “third act.” The duo combined forces and launched Primetime Partners last summer. Primetime’s $50 million venture fund currently has 10 companies in its... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Far-Reaching Impact
Above: Teachers in India's daycare system draw on Rocket Learning's digital platform to enhance learning. Photo courtesy Rocket Learning When the news reached Namya Mahajan (MBA 2022) as her HBS graduation was approaching that she would receive financial assistance to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 08 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Building an Internship Program at Your Startup: An Interview with Facily’s Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999)
social e-commerce operated there in lower income areas. During that trip, he identified an opportunity to bring a similar model to Latin America and the entrepreneurship seed was planted yet again. It was... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
Since 2009, HBS has given special recognition to seven social-impact organizations by awarding Social Entrepreneurship Fellowships (SEF) to their young alumni founders. Here's a status report on how the... View Details
- Profile
Maria Brewer
professional setting and love the creating phase of a business, particularly in early stage startups. I also realized that there were many ways to be involved in socially oriented businesses and personally joined the council of an... 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
- 05 Nov 2013
- News
Start-Ups Get a Start in New Orleans
game in town," he says. "People thought they were nuts, but now we have this plethora of organizations." He then rattles a few off: Propeller, which helps startups with social missions; the New Orleans BioInnovation Center; The New... View Details
- 14 May 2015
- Blog Post
Venture Capitalist Returns to HBS to Mentor MBA Students
Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) program back in 2013 as a way to both give back to her alma mater and mentor the next generation of HBS entrepreneurs. We were lucky enough to chat with Rudina and learn more about her involvement with the program. View Video How did... View Details