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- 27 May 2022
- Blog Post
Q&A with the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association, MBA Class of 2023
Southern California; Political Science Military experience: Aircraft Maintenance Officer, US Air Force Why did you decide to pursue an MBA? Instead of pursuing an MBA directly after my service, I decided to join an edtech startup in San... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Multimedia Martha: Sharon Patrick Cooks Up A Winner
Inc. When did you first meet Martha Stewart? Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in 1993. I had completed my time at McKinsey and Rainbow, where I had become a startup and turnaround person. I was finishing a year off, and I was undertaking... View Details
- 11 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Branding Sells Cereal, Handbags, and Vacations. Can It Sell a Country?
complicated history still dominate public consciousness. Memories of failed peace talks tend to loom larger than Israel’s image as a startup nation. Thousands of Instagram posts from Tel Aviv’s gay pride festivities or the buzz from... View Details
- 02 Aug 2022
- Blog Post
From HBS to Cutting-Edge Tech
tech industry. In the immersive Startup Bootcamp program, I joined a small team to take an idea from scratch and build a minimum viable product (MVP). Courses like The Entrepreneurial Manager, Launching Tech Ventures, Founder’s Journey,... View Details
- 02 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
When Ideas Become Reality: Entrepreneurship at HBS
interesting startup ideas, I never felt like I had the oomph to get me from idea to reality. That was about to change. Building Confidence I came to HBS wanting to start my own thing – with the rough concept of AirBnB for event venue... View Details
- 27 Mar 2017
- Blog Post
Should Entrepreneurs Get an MBA?
Classmates: The idea for my startup Getaway formed just before arriving on HBS’ campus. The ninety people in my section and the nine hundred in my class have left their own lasting mark on the company. Section-mates generously paid to be... View Details
- Portrait Project
Sylvester Wee
travelled – entrepreneurship. For the first time in my career, I face maximum uncertainty with no fall back option. “90% of startups fail.” I seem to have heard a variation of that before. I am scared, but that’s not stopping me. My... View Details
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Nonprofit Strategy & Governance | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
funders as they seek to advance the enterprise from startup to scale. It focuses on the evolution of four social entrepreneurs and their decision-making paths as they attempt to scale their respective organizations. It then develops a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
A Sustainable Solution for Fashion
that provided the impetus for the startup to take off. “Having the space and enabling conditions to work on a business in a community of other founders was the catalyst,” Theuerkauf says. The cofounders also credit their... View Details
Keywords: April White
- March 2020
- Case
Cafe Kenya
By: Lynda M. Applegate and James T. Kindley
This case describes Café Kenya (CK), a Kenyan-based chain of casual quick-food restaurants. The chain was started in 2011 in Nairobi by Nekesa Kuria. Kuria started Café Kenya and grew it by reinvesting profits into company stores and through franchising. She also... View Details
Applegate, Lynda M., and James T. Kindley. "Cafe Kenya." Harvard Business School Brief Case 920-551, March 2020.
- 28 Feb 2019
- News
New Program Will Develop Leaders of Innovative Ventures
any academic concentration) annually with access to resources normally reserved for graduate students—such as the HBS Startup Bootcamp, selected MBA electives, and special seminars. The first cohort of students, who will be known as... View Details
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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online
startup ecosystem to improve your chances of raising capital Get an insider view into the venture capital (VC) process Develop an awareness of the systemic biases and ethical considerations in the startup... View Details
- Web
Investor - Entrepreneurship
coach Build relevant startup experience to make you a better investor Join a Startup Bootcamp team Plug into the Investor community Join the Venture Capital/Private Equity , Entrepreneurship through... View Details
Dorothy A. Leonard
Dorothy Leonard*, the William J. Abernathy Professor of Business Administration Emerita, joined the Harvard faculty in 1983 after teaching for three years at the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has taught MBA courses in... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Zone Defense
differently,’” Tseng says. “I know what that means: Someone could have gotten killed.” If Brandon Tseng was prescient about the demand for technology that could reduce the risks associated with indoor-clearance operations, Ryan Tseng proved right in foreseeing... View Details
Paul W. Marshall
MBA Class of 1960 Professor of Management, Paul W. Marshall, is affiliated with the Entrepreneurial Management Unit and teaches The Entrepreneurial Manager in the Turnaround Environment. This Elective Curriculum course focuses on the role of... View Details
- October 2023 (Revised November 2023)
- Case
Rheaply: Circularity For Every Business
By: Rembrand Koning and Alicia Dadlani
In March 2023, Garry Cooper, cofounder and CEO of Chicago-based Rheaply, needed to demonstrate that Rheaply’s expanded vision could translate into building cash flows and metrics needed to raise a Series B and turn the business into a model for financial and... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Social Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Environmental Sustainability; Entrepreneurial Finance; Technology Industry; Green Technology Industry; United States; Illinois; Chicago
Koning, Rembrand, and Alicia Dadlani. "Rheaply: Circularity For Every Business." Harvard Business School Case 724-351, October 2023. (Revised November 2023.)
- 14 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures
startup to tackle product accessibility for the disability community. Many products and websites today are inaccessible to people with disabilities despite over 30 years of the Americans Disabilities Act which prohibits disability... View Details
- October 2021
- Case
(180) Days of Quibi
By: David J. Collis and Terrence Shu
Mobile streaming app Quibi was ready to take the entertainment world by storm at its April 2020 launch. Backed by $1.75 billion, influential investors from Hollywood to Wall Street eagerly anticipated early success for this brainchild of Meg Whitman, former CEO of... View Details
Collis, David J., and Terrence Shu. "(180) Days of Quibi." Harvard Business School Case 722-377, October 2021.
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Climate Impact - Business & Environment
make choices about what to eat. Clover Food Lab was founded to convince meat-lovers that vegetables aren't just delicious but have the power to save the planet.” Megan Murday MBA 2021 | Founder & CEO, Metric “Metric is a digital ESG reporting platform for View Details