Funding Philanthropy Venture - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Nov 2016
First Look

November 15, 2016

uncertainty associated with screening early stage ventures. Using data on 652 ventures in high-growth industries, we examine whether experienced entrepreneurs, executives, and investors can predict the outcomes of early stage View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs

customer acquisition strategy might be sound given the circumstances of the moment, said Filipowski. "I believe in assessing the current environment and taking advantage of it." In a discussion on the pluses and minuses of receiving View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2019
News

The One That Got Away

edited by Julia Hanna; illustrations by Peter Arkle Venture capitalist. Spoken aloud, those two words have a ring of authority that seems to lift the profession above the realm of mere mortals. Headlines can confirm that otherworldly... View Details

July 2005 (Revised June 2006)
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Narayana Murthy and Compassionate Capitalism

By: William W. George, Shailendra Jit Singh and Andrew N. McLean

Narayana Murthy's roles at Infosys Technologies--as a co-founder, longtime CEO, and nonexecutive chairman and chief mentor--has been marked by explosive growth, demanding management challenges, and widely lauded company leadership. His personal leadership philosophy... View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Economic Systems; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Biography; Leadership; Business or Company Management; Information Technology Industry; India

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13 Nov 2020
News

Student Startups Help Fight COVID-19

Pictured at right: Sanchay Gupta (MD/MBA 2022) is cofounder of Umbulizer Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. Since its launch in 2012, the Venture Program at Harvard... View Details

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Beverly Fu | MBA

dedicated to developing and applying tech solutions to change the world. Tech areas of interest: Biotechnology, Data Science Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business: I have previously interned at an early-stage View Details

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Approaching Business with an Artistic Eye - Global Activities 2020

helped him understand the company’s potential. The Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship also provided resources and support to develop the company, and this past spring, Darza tied for second place in the business track of the Rock Center’s 20th annual New View Details

12 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

Creating Value Across Borders

to the U.S. Spotfire, a software company founded in Sweden, received funding from a venture capitalist who insisted that the company move its operations to the States. I think the market correction in April... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Jun 2012
News

Inspiration Is Not Enough

According to venture capitalist Jeffrey Harris (MBA 1981), there are entrepreneurs, and then there are transformative entrepreneurs. The former group includes Richard Branson, who has created many great products and services but not one... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

07 Sep 2021
News

Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania

at Harvard designed to foster student startups. In 2021, the company was a finalist in the HBS New Venture Competition’s social enterprise track and participated in the Harvard i-lab’s Venture Program, where... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2003
News

Rock Gift to Support Entrepreneurial Studies

(MBA ’84), chair, HBSA/NC; Toni Rembe Rock; Rock; Dean Clark; Ann Peckenpaugh (MBA ’80), HBSA/NC Executive Committee; Nelson; and HBS professor Howard Stevenson. Legendary venture capitalist Arthur Rock (MBA ’51) has made an unprecedented... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

06 Aug 2020
Blog Post

WHY WE STARTED THE HBS BLACK INVESTMENT CLUB

classmate Paul Ampofo (MBA 2020). The idea came to me after I saw many of my Black classmates become discouraged by being left out of recruiting processes altogether or repeatedly rejected from the small pool of coveted roles in venture... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

27 Feb 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Development while Decarbonizing - Understanding India’s Agriculture Landscape

Secondly, the funding model for both companies came into consideration as we reflected on our visits. While it is a catalyst for innovation, venture capital also poses a unique conundrum when it comes to... View Details

01 Apr 2021
Blog Post

An Aerospace Engineer Provides a Lift for Underrepresented Innovators and Entrepreneurs

understand what was going on behind those closed doors and demystify the venture funding process,” she said. “I wanted to understand the business implications that were driving these decisions. And I also... View Details

06 Jan 2010
What Do You Think?

Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?

should venture capitalists around the world get behind climate change agreements? Should governments with highly-favorable environments for entrepreneurship, such as the U.S. and China, push even more strongly for stringent rules or... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

07 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Obama’s Clean Power Plan: Can Nuclear Power Beat the Global Threat of Coal?

power and the funding of new energy sources: The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it. Venture Capital's Disconnect with Clean... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

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Supplemental Financial Information | Annual Report 2024

and 2023. Gifts & Endowment Philanthropy remains a vital source of revenue to support the faculty’s ambitious research agenda, advance the School’s strategic priorities, and fund annual operations. In fiscal... View Details

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Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change (SESC) - Course Catalog

the role of positive deviance in identifying workable solutions. Building and Scaling Social Enterprises : The steps to build social enterprises from identifying the right funding sources (venture View Details

01 Jun 2015
News

Case Study: Sneak Peak

1,000 retail outlets, including Target and Toys “R” Us. Revenue has grown rapidly with just one flavor, but after multiple discussions with venture capital groups, it became clear that investors were looking for companies that had reached... View Details

Keywords: Whole Foods; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

28 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 28

study they asked, what is the effect of mandatory sustainability reporting on management practices across the world? Read the paper: http://bsr.london.edu/lbs-article/611/index.html Mutual Fund Trading Pressure: Firm-Level Stock Price... View Details