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24 Apr 2014
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Multiple generations of computing

Palm Computing to found Handspring, creator of the Treo smartphone, a handheld device that set the standard for next-generation smartphones. They teamed up again in 2005 to found the software company Numenta, to become the catalyst for... View Details

01 Oct 2001
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New Economy Notables: Scott D. Cook

cofounder of Intuit, the world leader in software for personal and small business finance. After studying economics and math at the University of Southern California and earning his MBA, he learned the ropes of product marketing at... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

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Entrepreneurial Sales

framework) Reports eMarketer: coverage includes b2b automation, digital ad spending, martech, etc. Gartner: reports on B2B software and marketing/selling strategies Expert Call Transcripts Use Tegus to search for transcripts of... View Details

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Ran Zhuo

coursework in the department of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences—Ran has served as a research assistant to several HBS professors. She’s currently working on a project that includes an investigation into the use of open source vs. proprietary View Details

22 Feb 2022
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Case Study: Welcome Aboard

Illustration by Chris Gash Illustration by Chris Gash In his pre-HBS life, Ross Lerner (MBA 2020) worked alongside Paul Holder at a software company that served some of the largest owners of commercial real estate in the world. While many... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

December 2015 (Revised May 2016)
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Jibo: A Social Robot for the Home

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Christine Snively

In January 2015, Jibo Inc. had completed a raise of $25.3 million in Series A financing after a successful 2014 crowdfunding campaign for preorders of Jibo, the first social robot for the home. Over 4,800 Jibo units were preordered, generating $2.6 million in sales. On... View Details

Keywords: Business Development; Entrepreneurship; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Business Startups; Technology Industry

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Tulsi Patel | MBA

Professional goals: I'm interested in leading cross-functional teams at the intersection of business strategy, engineering, and UX design to build technology and software products that drive positive social change. LinkedIn: Tulsi Patel View Details

22 Sep 2017
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Turning a Disorder into an Opportunity

that are ideal for testing software as well as for working in cybersecurity and analytics. “These employees have found errors, faults, and gaps in IT systems that have gone undetected for years,” Fieldhouse says, adding Dandelion has been... View Details

March 2013
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For Mobile Devices, Think Apps, Not Ads

By: Sunil Gupta

Many companies envision mobile ads becoming an integral part of their communications strategies. But there's a growing consensus that ads don't work on mobile devices; consumers just don't like them. Instead of creating tiny banner ads, smart marketers will turn to... View Details

Keywords: Applications and Software; Advertising; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Innovation and Invention

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25 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Lean Strategy Not Just for Start-Ups

Lean start-up strategies aren't just for start-ups anymore. That was the key message that Intuit cofounder Scott Cook (HBS MBA '76) shared in a small seminar with Harvard Business School faculty recently. Since its launch in 1983, the financial View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

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Ty Geri | MBA

Digital health, AI & ML, cloud video streaming and online video in general. Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business: From serving in a combat technology unit to working at a healthcare VC and then in software... View Details

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Research Tools

employee experience insights in one place through online surveys, polls, quizzes, etc. Tableau (for Students) Students can sign up for a free Tableau account. The software will allow anyone to connect to a... View Details

An Wang

Labs’ sales exploded. Later products included several lines of sophisticated mini computers and such revolutionary word processing software as the Office Information Systems (OIS) series. By the end of Wang’s tenure, Wang Labs’ revenue... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

01 Jun 2009
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Porter Helps Jerusalem Mayor with Economic Development

Nir Barkat, a software entrepreneur elected mayor of Jerusalem last November, visited HBS in late March to take part in a roundtable discussion on the economic development of his city, Israel’s poorest. HBS professor Michael Porter, a... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

17 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

Digital Agility: The Impact of Software Portfolio Architecture on IT System Evolution By: MacCormack, Alan, Robert Lagerström, Martin Mocker, and Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract—The modern industrial firm increasingly relies on View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs

moment, and elbow their rivals aside. However tough the market or small the transaction, they know exactly what they must give up—and what they can get away with—while finalizing deals under pressure. N. R. Narayana Murthy, the man who cofounded the Indian View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle

11 Jun 2020
In Practice

Are Digital Organizations Better at Overcoming COVID?

strain. They had a robust configuration that enabled new purposes, new software deployments, and new coordinated routines across teams. The best can use this as an opportunity to experiment and learn where technology can deliver service... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

20 Oct 2016
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Smart Moves

where he ran a job-finding software business from his dorm room, Mistele went to work for Microsoft. Over the next nine years there, he helped to launch four businesses, the last of which focused on automotive telematics, which is known... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation

01 Jun 2009
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Life-Saving Network

HBS professor Al Roth, along with two economists from Boston College, has created software that facilitates the process of donating kidneys. Through it, transplants can still be arranged even if a willing donor and recipient — a husband... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance