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- 18 Nov 2021
- News
Strength in Numbers
American Cancer Society for the mental health field—an organization that can increase awareness, reduce the stigma, and rally donors to make large, multiyear funding commitments to the most promising care and research in the field. While... View Details
Keywords: April White
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Kelsey Holland
If you’re looking to launch or join a startup, Kelsey can help! Kelsey’s worked in a variety of roles ranging from product manager to corporate venture investor to co-founder during her 8.5 years working prior to HBS. She has extensive... View Details
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
to be published by Princeton University Press. In this recent interview conducted by e-mail, Lodge is hopeful that the World Development Corporation will be formed. He explains why nonprofits aren't the answer to ending poverty and asks that executives look beyond... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 18 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Heroic Entrepreneurs
ever-growing number intend to fund their social ventures through commercially generated revenue rather than charitable donations—a model known as a "hybrid" organization. "Hybrid organizations have a social... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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Timothy C. Draper | Baker Library
he cofounded Draper and Associates, later renamed Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ). DFJ maintains a loosely affiliated network of semi-independent venture capital firms in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. The firm has... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
William K. Bowes Jr., MBA 1952
Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page Bill Bowes has been a force in the US venture capital industry for more than 50 years. As a founder of the Silicon Valley–based U.S. Venture Partners, he helped... View Details
- August 2008
- Teaching Note
Pawson Foundation: August 2006 (TN)
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Teaching Note for [806042]. View Details
- 12 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
‘Hybrid’ Organizations a Difficult Bet for Entrepreneurs
easily funded by venture capitalists on the one hand or philanthropic foundations on the other. “It's much harder to get started and be successful if you don't fit into a well-defined form that people... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 Oct 2024
- News
Ratan Tata, Visionary Business Leader, Dies at 86
Ratan Tata (AMP 71, 1975), who was one of India’s most admired leaders, died on October 9, in Mumbai. The Tata Group announced his death in a statement. He served as chairman and chief executive of the Tata Group from 1991 to 2012, during which time profits multiplied... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952
1967 Founds Asset Management Company 1980 Provides early capital for Amgen, joins board 1998 Appointed chairman, San Francisco Opera Association 1999 Funds BUILD, nonprofit promoting entrepreneurship to disadvantaged youth 2002 Receives... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
says Edith Pripas Dorsen (MBA 1984, MPA 1985). Dorsen sees growing possibilities for women tech entrepreneurs—and for investors. With classmate Monica Dodi (MBA 1984), she founded the Women’s Venture Capital View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
focus from advising to investing in start-ups just as the UK and Europe embarked on major economic reforms. In addition, the U.S. venture capital industry got a huge boost when a 1978 clarification in the Employee Retirement Income... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Lumry Chair Supports IT and Entrepreneurship
(FAS) will fund both the Lumry Family Professorship at HBS and the Technology and Entrepreneurship Center in FAS's Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Lumry's gift reflects his professional interests and expertise in technology... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 12 Mar 2015
- News
Recognizing women as the new entrepreneurs
Edith Dorsen (MBA 1984, MPA 1985), managing director and cofounder of the Women’s Venture Capital Fund, provides funding to early stage capital-efficient companies with gender diversity. (Published March... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Class of 1975 Endows Chair in Entrepreneurship
With the study of entrepreneurial management flourishing at HBS, the challenge to find and support new faculty and to fund curriculum development is more pressing than ever. Recently these needs were recognized by the Class of 1975... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
Brittany Davis
Brittany is a General Partner at Backstage, identifying and investing in pre-seed and seed stage companies for the fund and Accelerator. She has led investments in the fund, as well as the selection of 24 companies into Backstage... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
High-Level Impact
a venture capital fund, the HBS Fund provides seed funding for the School to act quickly but thoughtfully to capitalize on new concepts, such as FIELD, the yearlong... View Details
Nimi Katragadda
Nimi Katragadda is a Partner at BoxGroup, a seed stage venture fund where she focuses on investments in enterprise software, fintech, healthcare, and more. BoxGroup's portfolio includes companies such as... View Details
- 15 May 2020
- News
New Menu
A couple of years ago, as his 50th birthday approached, Andrew D. Ive (MBA 1997) took a moment to consider his career. It had been a successful one, he thought. He had spent the previous 20 years building businesses, most recently at the global View Details
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FAQ - Alumni
New Venture Competition FAQ 21ms Who is eligible and other rules? Eligibility and Rules (Global aNVC paused for 2026) Applicant must be an HBS Alumni from an alumni status granting program. Alumni who won the student New View Details