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- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
automotive at that point. It was almost as if it was on a blacklist somewhere.” Yet by the fall of 2007, Local Motors had secured $2 million in funding and formed a partnership with the Massachusetts-based... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Piece of the Action
know-how. It was here in Santa Clara County that the idea of venture capital was born when Arthur Rock (MBA '51) funded the invention of the silicon-based semiconductor that would give the Valley its name and its identity. It was in a... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
School Ties
education and business competitiveness." Balancing the Books Four ways that business is partnering with PK-12 Enabling innovation. Companies in San Antonio, Texas, worked to gain voter approval for a tax increase to fund quality... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Charles Stoddard (MBA 1969)
returning home to work in the family bank and, ultimately, found his own — Grand Bank in Grand Rapid. Stoddard sold Grand Bank in 2002, and he has since launched Grand Angels, an investment group aiming to help local entrepreneurs. After... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Q&A: Andrew Kendall
geared to inner-city Boston youth. In his current role as executive director of The Trustees of Reservations, he oversees a revered, 109-year-old Massachusetts institution dedicated to protecting properties of exceptional ecological, historic, or scenic value. In 1993,... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
A Passion for Education
Bob Ryan (MBA 1970) Bob Ryan (MBA 1970), the first in his family to attend college, has come a long way from his Detroit roots. When the former chief financial officer (CFO) of Medtronic set up a fellowship fund at HBS, he wanted to pay... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Power of Cultural Understanding
years. As an endorsement of this international focus, Jafar has established a fund to support the MENA Research Center in Istanbul, its Dubai Research Office, and other HBS activities throughout the region. The expansion of HBS’s global... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
California, Boston, sometimes London,” recalls Gotsch. “Nobody was looking locally.” Gotsch is president and CEO of the Partnership Fund for New York City, which invests in local ventures to create jobs and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
A Growing Drumbeat
The Business Plan Contest’s popularity is just one indicator of a surge in entrepreneurial activity at HBS, which this year saw the launch of a $50,000 MVP Fund to support students using the “Lean Startup” approach to develop and test a... View Details
Keywords: Contests
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Developing Insightful Global Leaders
offices also strengthens the School’s relationships with local alumni and other leaders in business, government, and academia. HBS shares its pedagogy with learners around the world. HBX, the School’s digital education platform, has... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
HBS Students Help Rebuild New Orleans
spring break to help create an economic redevelopment plan for the Broadmoor neighborhood, which was badly flooded when the levees gave way. He says he and his classmates are also trying to find investors for a venture-capital fund that... View Details
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
an impairment test.” Alliance: “A few years ago I worked with local government and pulled in others to help revive and redesign a funeral home that’s served African Americans in North Minneapolis for the last 50 years that was about to be... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Sunny Side
million fund in 2018 and recently announced a second $77 million fund. “Who we are, and where we live, helps us see opportunities where others would not,” he observes. One example is Mighty, an educational platform that enables young... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
Gumrah. “We also supported NGOs, local authorities, and municipalities based on their needs, such as hygiene products, medicines, shelters and clothes.” The company also allocated an initial support fund of... View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- News
Latino Alumni Banquet Marks 20th Year, Atlanta Club Celebrates 90 Years of Connection
HBS Latino Alumni Association Banquet Marks 20 Years The HBS Latino Alumni Association (HBSLAA) held its 20th Annual Banquet on October 5, bringing together 80 alumni, guests, and current HBS students for dinner and a panel discussion at the New England Aquarium in... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
parents are all engaged in debating both sides of the issue. What would be the fairest solution? Or in Yokohama, Japan. In March 2003, a 22-year-old teaching English at a local junior high school is watching television with other staff... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Case Study: Let’s Dance
everywhere they perform, with filters to explore genres, ensembles, studios, or professionals and the places they teach. The site is currently focused on San Francisco and Los Angeles, thanks to early funding from friends and family, but... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Euro Vision
challenge was amplified—cofounding Index Ventures in 1996. "If we were going to compete with the best portfolios that were built in Silicon Valley," says Rimer, "we'd have to hunt far and wide across Europe." It's become a popular bet: VC View Details
Keywords: Jason Feifer
- 25 Mar 2021
- News
Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy
million to the School in his name. With characteristic humility and honoring a process set by his predecessor, Dean Jay Light, Nohria stressed the importance of allocating these funds to advance the future priorities of his successor,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
South Florida and Minnesota Launch Community Programs
Philadelphia Club Hosts Shapiro Photo courtesy HBS Club of Philadelphia HBS professor emeritus Ben Shapiro addressed the HBS Club of Philadelphia at a gala benefit on March 27. The event, held at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, raised View Details