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Entrepreneurship | MBA
# 1 program for Companies Founded, Capital Raised, Female Founders, and Number of Founders 50 % of alumni create at least one venture in a quest to change the world 14 % of the Class of 2024 started their own business directly after... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
All in Good Time
image of a hard-driving entrepreneur who is on call around the clock doesn’t mesh well with the nonstop demands of family life. But that didn’t stop Allison O’Kelly (MBA ’99) from leaving a fast-track management position at Toys “R” Us... View Details
- 24 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurial Hospital Pioneers New Model
especially female infanticide. He believes the most likely solutions to these problems will come from caring entrepreneurs who are allowed to do what they do best—individuals like Dr. Shetty. View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
group for entrepreneurs in 2017. What started as a group of 25 is now the 20,000-member Female Founders Alliance, a social purpose organization that provides guidance to founders and works to change elements... View Details
- 13 May 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #5: Phyllis Newhouse, CEO, Entrepreneur, Leader
Climate Stories Episode #5: Phyllis Newhouse, CEO, Entrepreneur, Leader Episode #5 of Climate Stories is a little different. It describes the innovative solar technology of Heliogen, a renewable energy company. But it is also an interview with a remarkable View Details
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Enterprising Women
While many characteristics that mark a successful entrepreneur are gender blind, being a woman does make a difference, and recognizing and utilizing those differences is an equally important quality to cultivate when building a new... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: In the Deal
Listening to entrepreneur pitches is one of the best parts of working in venture capital, says Anna Khan (MBA 2016), a vice president in the San Francisco office of Bessemer Venture Partners. “It’s a sacred kind of meeting because they’re... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Modupe Akinola: Outreach In Africa
student clubs, Akinola cochaired this year’s Africa Business Conference, which brought more than five hundred people to campus to discuss entrepreneurial ventures in Africa. She is also writing a case study on a female View Details
- 29 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles and Research Papers of 2014
Quinoa-Häagen-Dazs connection? Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men Studies by Alison Wood Brooks and colleagues reveal that investors prefer pitches from male entrepreneurs over those from female... View Details
- 02 Dec 2016
- News
The Story Behind the Stories
zones while she was a student here. Her first book, 2012’s The Dressmaker of Khair Khana, tells the story of Kamila Sidiqi, a young female Afghan entrepreneur who built a thriving business under Taliban... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
which is why the decision to pivot Lotus to a support network for women entrepreneurs was easy to make. In partnership with local sponsors, Lotus hosts monthly breakfasts for investors and female founders—a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020
victim of foul play. Digital Goddess: The Unfiltered Lessons of a Female Entrepreneur by Victoria R. Montgomery-Brown (MBA 2003) HarperCollins Leadership With women leading only 24 Fortune 500 companies,... View Details
- 23 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
We Rise
Facebook group for entrepreneurs in 2017. What started as a group of 25 is now the 20,000-member Female Founders Alliance, a social purpose organization that provides guidance to founders and works to change... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
media for support, creating a private Facebook group for entrepreneurs in 2017. What started as a group of 25 is now the 20,000-member Female Founders Alliance, a social purpose organization that provides... View Details
- 02 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
Do Online Dating Platforms Help Those Who Need Them Most?
showed that older, shorter, and relatively overweight men tended to view more profiles than their younger, taller, slimmer counterparts. With the female sample, tall women were the ones who tended to view the most profiles. (In the... View Details
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Launching Tech Ventures - Course Catalog
More broadly, why does the startup ecosystem contain so many market failures that lead to biases and inequities – particularly in terms of access to capital for female entrepreneurs and View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
ever-growing group of female executives and entrepreneurs born in Asia who are making their mark at the highest levels. The Hong Kong community, she points out, has been especially supportive. Yang's... View Details
- 05 May 2022
- News
Like-Minded
potential investment opportunities as other female-led companies seek them out. Though they don’t have a gender mandate, the company’s leaders know that being the first in their space means they have a responsibility: “We really try to nourish networks within the View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Alumni News | Book Briefs
(Mirandola Press) This book offers a historical and geographical tour of New York's start-up tech community while addressing the hot themes for entrepreneurs and investors. It is also a guide to help navigate the NYC community: how to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
On the Outside at HBS
thought. In this or any context, however, there is a lot of “baggage” in being from a minority. As an outsider, there is an unspoken pressure to speak and act on behalf of “your” people. For example, consider an individual female... View Details