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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online
startup Understand the process of raising capital and how to speak to investors Who Will Benefit Aspiring Entrepreneurs Early-Stage Entrepreneurs Students Whether you’re a first-time entrepreneur with the start of an idea or are exploring... View Details
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
week, coupled with the very real risk (in Sityodtong’s mind, at least) that he would fail to successfully complete his MBA. But his mother convinced him to take out loans, and was equally determined that her younger son should continue... View Details
- 13 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas
R&D also come with more investment risk. While science-based patents are more likely to have higher values, they are also more likely to be total flops. In efforts to commercialize novel science, R&D teams often fail to replicate... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 13 Jun 2011
- HBS Case
Mobile Banking for the Unbanked
we need.” The Harvard Business School case study Mobile Banking for the Unbanked explores two very different examples of mobile financial service models: WIZZIT, a third-party startup that teamed with a major bank to provide standard... View Details
- 22 Feb 2021
- Book
Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy
other business function. But the ROI is disappointing because much of the training misunderstands how salespeople learn, is classroom-centric, and fails to take advantage of new tools that stimulate peer learning and enable the use of... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
- 01 Nov 2019
- What Do You Think?
Should Non-Compete Clauses Be Abolished?
thought—a non-compete clause is not enforceable unless the employee continues to be paid by the employer—say 2/3 of salary plus benefits—until the employee finds new work with a non-competitor If the employee fails to find work at a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
capital structure, as permitted under the Bankruptcy Code. In general, this is how Chapter 11 gives new lenders the incentive to lend to a financially distressed business; even if the company ultimately fails and is liquidated, the senior... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
otherwise. We’ve gone through a decade of journalist entrepreneurs being able to get—or thinking they can get—philanthropic funding as a runway to get their startup going. As with other business models that are weighted too heavily in one... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
bookstore-café, and a makerspace for teens. “What Nadine is doing is essential for the future of Baltimore—and for the future of all of our cities,” says HBS professor Rawi Abdelal. Like other parts of the Black butterfly, Southwest Baltimore has seen its share of... View Details
- Web
Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
"It would have saved 400 lives a night." 18 He began discussions with automobile executives and engineers in 1932, including the head of General Motors research, Charles Kettering. Despite years of effort, Land ultimately failed to launch... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
get. Alan Horn (MBA 1971) Chief Creative Officer, Disney Studios Content Business Should Lead the Way BIO It is time for business leaders to respond to the challenge of climate change in a powerful and effective way. It is clear—and widely believed—that the political... View Details
- Web
2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
world. Why Startups Fail Professor Tom Eisenmann + More Info - Slides – Less Info - Slides Most startups fail. About two-thirds of venture capital investments do not earn a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Ready, Set, Launch
outset, then they waste important resources trying to sell it, says Professor Tom Eisenmann, faculty co-chair of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship. “It takes a lot of time, time equals money, the money runs out, and the startup... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Start Me Up
5 Keys to Startup Success From the Nigam playbook Selling "A crucial skill, because startup founders are always selling, to potential investors, customers, employees, you name it. Get your pitch down pat!"... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
Silicon Valley. Over these next few episodes, we’ll explore the ideas at the heart of Alex’s book, detailing how entrepreneurs and ecosystems across the globe are challenging the Silicon Valley model—and explaining what these global View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Case Study: Your Data, Your Health
potential fertility with her ob-gyn, Tariyal was told that she could come back for a clinical workup after she had tried and failed to conceive for a year. Determined to give women more agency over their health, Tariyal cofounded NextGen... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Innovation: The Fish-Farming Fix
Video Embed Cryoocyte’s home lab in action With ocean fisheries increasingly failing to meet global demands—about 85 percent of them are classified as depleted or worse, according to the World Bank—the future of the food supply will... View Details
- 11 Jan 2019
- News
Case Study: Beating Bias
The idea for the Portland, Oregon-based startup News Bling was born out of the late-night hours of November 8, 2016, when Nupur Patel (MBA 2017) rubbed the fog of disbelief from his eyes and realized he had completely misjudged the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
percent or more. But VCs and entrepreneurs are human—and with the US startup failure rate hovering at around 60 percent (according to a 2015 Cambridge Associates study) those home runs are far from the norm. That makes it even more... View Details