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- 04 Dec 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders
is supported by plenty of research. And yet only 2.2 percent of VC funding goes to female-founded firms. So in 2011, Dodi founded the Women’s Venture Capital Fund with HBS classmate Edith Dorsen (MBA 1984), intent on funding teams with at... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Baker’s back
Library, which was dedicated on September 19, 2005 (see sidebar, page 27), will offer what Baker’s executive director Mary Lee Kennedy calls a “full-menu experience.” Visitors interested in new media are able to use the latest technology... View Details
- 21 Oct 2013
- News
Moving the Needle
more focused on maximizing shareholder value." Specifically, a class taught by Professor Josh Lerner on venture capital prompted her to write a paper on the nature of value. "I wrote a paper calling for a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
principal and a rate of return with a portion of the savings. If the predefined social outcomes are not met, the government owes nothing. “What the social impact bond does is enable a social organization to raise capital for preventive... View Details
- 25 Jul 2018
- News
HBS Alumni Leader, Benefactor Dies at 86
Reunion gift committee and chaired the Capital Campaign the School held from 2002 to 2005, an effort that raised some $600 million. From 1998 to 2004, he was a member of Harvard’s Board of Overseers and served as the Board’s president... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Enabling the Dream of Building A Healthy Future for India
inadequacy of facilities in rural areas. “Basic health care is not accessible to a majority of Indian people,” she observes, noting that conditions in remote villages “drain life and productivity” from the entire country. In contrast, in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
development during World War II, spearheaded the construction of an HBS-like business school in France (INSEAD), and, perhaps most notably, launched the modern venture capital industry. His remarkable life is the subject of a new... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
development of Project Bison, a planned direct air capture (DAC) facility in southwest Wyoming. Our strategy is focused on what we’re calling “modular open system architecture.” We are trying to build as... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
entrepreneurs such as Tim Westergren of Pandora and Evan Williams of Twitter. YouTube cofounder and former CEO Chad Hurley has called the book “an invaluable alternative to real-world trial and error.” A past recipient of the HBS... View Details
- 17 Jun 2020
- News
Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
ICCP Group has offered its property, the World Trade Center Manila, one of the largest event facilities in the Philippines, to be converted into the first temporary health care COVID-19 facility with a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers
production facility that are different from typical original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). And the vehicle’s design allows for an efficient production process at low volumes and with manual labor. Because of these innovations, Yong says... View Details
Keywords: Amy Yee
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Better Care at Lower Cost
company called MinuteClinic, with locations in Minneapolis/St. Paul and Baltimore, operates a number of facilities where a nurse-practitioner or physician’s assistant provides an array of basic medical... View Details
- 05 May 2022
- News
Like-Minded
seemingly missing in Japan’s financial world. They couldn’t put their collective finger on it—not until, that is, they built their own VC firm. To be clear, the trio did not set out to create the first female-led venture capital firm in... View Details
- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
entertainment-oriented retail,” Cummings says. He dispenses this optimistic wisdom in a low rumble and cranes his neck to see the top of each building, as if still impressed by the heights they’ve reached. Now it’s on to “Ilitch country,” as Cummings View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 21 Aug 2008
- News
Stylin’ at Gallatin
Council. For example, dual-flush toilets and low-flow shower heads and sink aerators reduce water use by 30 percent when compared to a standard building. Sensors adjust indoor lighting by taking available natural light into account (this is View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Preparing Our Students for a Changing World
Harvard Innovation Labs Students at the i-lab facilities in Batten Hall (photo by Rose Lincoln) The Harvard Innovation Labs are an ecosystem that bring entrepreneurial ventures to life. Successful ventures like RapidSOS—a startup that has... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
2017), Kiran Gandhi (MBA 2015), Anthony Tucker (MBA 2017), and Anish Pathipati (MBA 2016) How did you find out you had been named to the 2019 "30 Under 30?" Akash Pradhan, investor, TPG Capital and TPG Growth: “I woke up to text messages... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Cracks in the Foundation
actions to boost America's competitive standing-one decision at a time. That call to action lies at the heart of the School's new US Competitiveness Project, chaired by Porter and Rivkin and involving a team of HBS faculty and thought... View Details
- 01 Apr 2020
- News
What My Time in Vietnam Taught Me About Dealing with Shortages
shortages, we set up a special system called “Flagpole Reports.” (“Run it up the flagpole so everyone can see it.”) The first reports from Vietnam identified emerging shortages in aircraft flares, 40-mm ammunition, collapsible petroleum... View Details
- 28 Apr 2022
- News
Finding Her Place
recruiter from Chapman Partnership called. The homeless-services nonprofit was looking for a CEO. Chapman Partnership has provided shelter and other resources to the unhoused population of Miami-Dade County, Florida, since 1995. The nonprofit currently runs two View Details