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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Seth Klarman
earning Klarman entry into the Alpha magazine Hedge Fund Hall of Fame. The firm has grown from 3 to 100 employees. A consummate team player, Klarman rarely uses his private office, choosing instead to sit at the trading desk where he... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
emergence as an economic powerhouse has been the rise of the country’s private-equity and venture-capital industries over the past five years. When Renuka Ramnath (AMP 156, 1999) was appointed managing director and CEO of ICICI Venture View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
in our first year, raised a couple million more in funding, and had over 100 customers.” By mid-2010, however, it became clear that although the business was on a profitable path, it would never be a big company. “We pivoted, took a leap... View Details
- 29 Apr 2025
- News
Challenge Accepted
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Nietzsche said it first: What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger. There’s a reason that saying has legs, nearly 140 years later. We all, at some point... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
Langford says of this particular moment in time when the government, foundations, and the media are all focused on the opioid crisis. “We’ve raised the temperature on this issue. Now we’ve gotta move, gotta move, gotta move.” Back in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
again with respect to some of the issues raised by China.” Innovation and continuous improvement are the keys to moving to a stronger competitive position, he says. “We changed more than the Japanese did. The Chinese are more... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
concludes by examining how private equity investors raise funds and how they successfully manage their private equity firms. This text is an excellent resource for investment bankers and consultants as well... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
namely, unions and public employee pension funds that, not surprisingly, favor the reform measures. “Big labor unions are trying to achieve at the board table what they cannot achieve at the negotiating table, under the guise of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
tendencies that can cloud our financial judgment, explains why index funds are a savvy choice, and reveals secrets like why it’s better to wait until age 70 to receive Social Security benefits―along with the calculations that make this... View Details
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Generosity Multiplied
multiplies the gifts’ impact. The Reed Foundation launched the Big Give in 2007, and since then, it has raised nearly £200 million for 10,000 charities that address a range of causes, from climate change and cancer research to food... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 17 Oct 2019
- News
Venturing Away from Venture Capital
requires a significant initial capital investment, and she raised just over $10 million in seed and series A funding to get it up and running in 2011. Since then, Lin’s had plenty of opportunities to View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 16 Sep 2016
- News
Gaining Ground on ALS
If you are one of the 17 million people who participated in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, the money you raised may be helping to fund a first-of-its kind clinical collaboration between a nonprofit... View Details
- 01 Apr 2024
- News
Generosity Multiplied
match fund for Save the Children, then that charity also has to get another supporter to match the £10,000. So when the campaign goes live, there’s £20,000 in the pot to match public donations. Hopefully they’ll View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Campaign News
annual HBS Fund volunteer appreciation dinner in New York City on February 25. As Fund chairman, each year Johnstone led almost one thousand volunteers and helped the Fund set... View Details
- 21 Sep 2015
- News
Rockin’ for a Cause
Education (PiE), a foundation that provides nearly three-quarters of the flexible funding available to the city’s cash-strapped schools. Scheel’s wife, Susan, was an early leader of PiE, which raises... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
professional development and visibility of executives of color in the not-for-profit sector.” Contributions from individuals and corporations are welcomed. With seed money from its founders and multiyear pledges from companies and individuals, by June 2021, the View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
Locally Grown
investing immediately, with the first check we received,” he says. The initial fundraising goal was $4 million; the fund has now raised $25 million. Aravaipa also had long-term vision. “This isn’t software,”... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
An investment in meaningful results
million in over 200 programs and schools in 2013. The organization's 12-12-12 Concert for Sandy Relief raised more than $50 million to help victims of the storm rebuild and recover. Robin Hood takes a venture philanthropy approach to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
New York Club Honors Goldman Sachs CEO
who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the public or private sector and has made lasting contributions to the Atlanta community. The recipient need not be an HBS graduate. The Leadership Dinner also raises View Details
- 04 Nov 2014
- News
Fundación México en Harvard Celebrates 25 Years
care while pursuing a master’s at the Harvard School of Public Health. That experience inspired him to enroll at HBS. “It was all made possible by the support of the Fundación México en Harvard” Ocejo says. The group provided the funds... View Details
Keywords: April White