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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Capitalizing the Corner Shop
simplified the application process, asking business owners for only a bank statement as part of their mobile-based loan application, and delivering funds to successful applicants within 48 hours. “The joke we crack is that with most... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
attention and resources. Are the potential of the disability market and the proven success in wellness sufficient to enable the company to raise funds and apply separate leadership to the additional market opportunities, to mitigate the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
The company has raised about $500,000 in funding so far and is readying a Series A round. The Question: Unger and her team at Nix built the biosenser as an analog system, differentiated from the growing wearables market by its thin,... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Unlocking Innovation: A Leader's Guide to Turning Bold Ideas Into Tangible Results By Robyn Bolton (MBA 2005) Page Two Press Only 1 in every 50,000 incubated ideas reaches $1 million in sales. If you ask most corporate executives why their... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
orientation that manifests itself in investing, in business decision-making, and in our politics. Educational and philanthropic endowments, for example, with institutional time horizons that necessarily span centuries, invest their funds... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
poverty," she says, "I realize how incredibly rich I am." She and her husband also support the care of their son Bobby's siblings in Nepal, and Shuster-Haynes is helping raise funds to build a pediatric wing for a hospital in the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
bribery and corrupt practices: government laws and regulations, and companies’ own compliance systems. Both are effective only if they are consistent and enforced. For example, countries work at cross purposes when they legislate against corruption while simultaneously... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Case Study: Building the Base
increased (and ditto in revenue), the founders felt hamstrung by having just one flavor. In 2015 Philp turned to Bulletin readers for advice on funding the launch of a second flavor and the resulting growth that they hoped would tip them... View Details
- 05 Oct 2016
- News
Harvard to Open Life Sciences Lab
research directly to the community. To that end, the Life Lab has pledged to provide a one-time grant totaling over $60,000 to fully fund the purchase of Chromebook laptops to provide every Allston-Brighton public school student access to... View Details
- 15 Nov 2013
- News
Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again
conditions become most advantageous. Zetta takes an equity position and funds further strategic development of the patent. The patent holder retains significant equity in return for ongoing assistance with development and marketing.... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Case Study: On the Table
with the country’s young and growing middle class. With funding from angel investors, the company launched in Mexico City in October 2014 with 3 employees; now it has more than 50 employees, 35 percent growth month over month, and an... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Learning from Global Immersion Experiences
just India—to HBS and the best of HBS to the region.” Anjali Raina (AMP 174, 2008), Executive Director of HBS’s India Research Center With the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund predicting that India will overtake China as the... View Details
- 30 Apr 2019
- News
Leading Schools That Change Lives
stadium across 18th Street from Salesianum. With public funds unavailable, the home field for generations of sports teams from Salesianum and other area schools and community groups was slated to close. Last fall, after several years of... View Details
- 05 Jun 2017
- News
Women on Boards: A Course Becomes a Movement
then put the funding on the table to make it happen. “We spent several years preparing for this, talking to executives and board members, to make sure we got it right. We had very high expectations from the beginning,” says Groysberg. The... View Details
Keywords: Margaret Kelley
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
matter who funds it? How does it evolve logically over time? What insights could you derive from studying that particular set of circumstances, where there’s lots of uncertainty and lots of agency problems, meaning that one group may not... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 08 Jun 2023
- News
Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner
through floor-to-ceiling windows, and were entertained by mentalists who mingled with them during cocktails before dinner. "We go all out to make it a fantastic event at every level," says Vecchione. All funds raised from the dinner help... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 22 Jul 2019
- News
A Way Forward for Women
impact fund connected to Oxfam in the United Kingdom, says she recently helped another WomenExecs member professionalize her profile. “She had recovered from breast cancer, was in a full-time role, and was also doing elder care for an... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
At Your Service
competing on; determining how to fund excellence in these areas; designing management systems that help employees to succeed at their jobs; and training their customers. To be a great service company, do you have to be equally good at all... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
of a start-up wasn’t for them, but one key person stayed,” Machiels recalls. “The Internet bubble had just burst, but we were still able to secure a funding commitment. Unfortunately at the same time I started to realize that the... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
it happens), they often see dollar signs first and foremost. Salaries are soaring - even a journeyman player can earn in a few seasons what the average fan makes in a lifetime - and ever-increasing revenues are required to fund expanding... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons