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03 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Recent Grad Reflections: From Being Cold Called to Becoming a Case Protagonist

Janelle Teng is from the Harvard Business School Class of 2020 and a proud member of Section C. While at HBS, Janelle was on the leadership team for the Venture Capital and Private Equity Club and the Women in Investing Club. She is... View Details

29 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

For Entrepreneurs, Blown Deadlines Can Crush Big Ideas

out of cash before solving the problem, Harvard Business School researchers write in Entrepreneurial Learning and Strategic Foresight, recently published in the Strategic Management Journal. For startups trying to hang on until their next View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Dec 2022
News

My First Job

While there is a lot to be said for being lucky rather than being smart, I’ve learned that being smart means putting yourself in the path of luck at the right time. Investing and life are a lot like surfing that way: One mostly needs to... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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Harvard Business School

growth-stage entities in obtaining access to capital, with sources of funding ranging from banks to high net-worth individuals. Cleveland was a presidential appointee to the Small Business Administration's View Details

06 Feb 2019
Blog Post

7 Tips for a Successful Technology Venture Immersion

trying to commercialize a technology we found in a lab at Harvard. However, we quickly learned that VCs weren’t willing to fund our upfront investments unless future cash flows were all but certain. We then... View Details

11 Mar 2021
News

Leading with Heart

both sort of felt deeply and we just said, "We have to work with each other." And after that, I joined JAB Holding, which is an investment fund that owns a bunch of food retail concepts like Krispy Kreme and... View Details

06 May 2021
HBS Case

How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups

Despite widespread investment in entrepreneurship in cities across America, venture capital-funded startups still tend to be founded by white men in Silicon Valley. In contrast, businesses led by women are 63 percent less likely to... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

14 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 14

imposing costs on marginal ones. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52388 Why and How Investors Use ESG Information: Evidence from a Global Survey By: Amel-Zadeh, Amir, and George Serafeim Abstract—Using survey data from a sample of senior... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Career Journey: Karan Khimji, Co-Founder of 44.01

is oil and gas, and I grew up next to an oil refinery. Witnessing the environmental damage and the contrast between our beautiful nature and our main industry firsthand got me interested in how we can build a balance with nature. After college, I worked at a View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

High Fives

four investment funds with approximately $750 million of capital for private equity investments. Most important thing learned at HBS: “About my own limitations. I'm not a very analytical person, so I got a... View Details

29 Aug 2023
News

Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases

these folks all together and you're funded as you mentioned a moment ago as a startup. So they have faith in your growth and in your profitability. Where do you get paid in this milieu of players? Sanchali Pal: A great question. Yes, we... View Details

01 Aug 1998
News

High Honors

further investments in the newspaper, television, and radio realms, combining them all under the name Landmark in 1967. In 1982, amid considerable skepticism from industry experts, Batten created The Weather Channel, a 24-hour cable... View Details

04 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors

drama' (of which everyone seems to have plenty), it's not worth it." One way around this can be to treat an investment from a friend or relative as a gift rather than an investment; that is, with no particular expectation of being... View Details

Keywords: by Noam Wasserman

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Rare Disease Day – Small Numbers, Big Challenges… and Big Opportunities - Blog: Health Supplement

Practitioners Topics Topics Biotech/pharma Care Delivery Clinical Trials Digital Health Global Health Health Care Entrepreneurship Health Care Innovation Health Care Investment Health Care at HBS Insurance/payor Medical... View Details

13 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas

opportunity for the investment pendulum to swing from fast-money ventures to slower, potentially more rewarding endeavors. “If you are willing dive into the frontier of scientific journal articles, the rewards of science-based innovation... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

24 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

framework can serve as the cornerstone of both effective management and sound governance. Key Learnings · A sophisticated governance system is necessary in a complex capitalistic economy to ensure that capital funds the best ideas. The... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu

04 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping

profit into long-term investments that aligned with the company’s decarbonization goals. Maersk has a unique scale that makes its decarbonization targets particularly important, with the company singlehandedly responsible for... View Details

19 Apr 2024
News

Alumni Host Energy CEO Summit in Houston; Austin Club Co-Hosts SXSW Reception

transition included Stephanie Wisner (MBA 2014), Energy Tech Investment Banking, Goldman, Sachs, and moderator Osmar Abib (MBA 1987), Founder of SeracFund and retired Chair of Credit Suisse Energy. “We had very high-quality speakers,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2022
News

Full Court Press

as a platform to not only improve the health and wellness of one of the world’s youngest and fastest growing populations but also to create a whole new industry around the business of sports,” says Tatum. Creating an industry from scratch, though, required both capital... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Frank Nagle : Recipient of a 2017 USC Institute for Outlier Research in Business Funding Grant for "Digital Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Outlier Behavior in the Mobile App Ecosystem" with Shelley Li, Milan Miric, Pai-Ling Yin, and... View Details

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