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- 05 Nov 2013
- News
Start-Ups Get a Start in New Orleans
game in town," he says. "People thought they were nuts, but now we have this plethora of organizations." He then rattles a few off: Propeller, which helps startups with social missions; the New Orleans BioInnovation Center; The New... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
Above: Illustration by Hannah Barczyk When Hayley Barna (MBA 2010) launched the beauty startup Birchbox in 2010, she expected fundraising would be a challenge. Every entrepreneur knows the long odds: By some estimates, less than 1 percent... View Details
- 05 Oct 2016
- News
Harvard to Open Life Sciences Lab
possible by a gift from Judy (MBA 1983) and Steve Pagliuca (MBA 1982), the lab will offer shared space for high-potential life sciences and biotech startups that are founded by Harvard faculty, alumni, students, and postdoctoral scholars.... View Details
- 02 Aug 2021
- News
Cracking the Code
Bubble, which is designed to help people turn their ideas into startups and which was cofounded by Emmanuel Straschnov (MBA 2012), received $100 million in Series A funding, according to TechCrunch. The company’s click-and-drag interface... View Details
- 06 Jan 2012
- News
Where Are They Now?
Mahesh checks in from the factory floor. Courtesy Krishna Mahesh Related Links Alum startup wins HBS contest New Venture Contest: Call for entries Upcoming webinars for entrepreneurs HBS New Ventures group on LinkedIn “I am still amazed... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Faculty Books
an entrepreneur; what the role of a fundraising leader entails; and why and how fundraising can be rewarding and fun. The Founder’s Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup by Noam Wasserman (Princeton... View Details
- 22 Oct 2013
- News
Pulling the Plug
then one day in 2008, Stata contacted Giler to encourage him to check out this wireless-electricity startup he had invested in. "It's a good case for networking," Giler says. He returned to the campus a couple of years ago to discuss a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Innovation: The Fish-Farming Fix
eggs have a short shelf life. Norway’s salmon farms meet some 40 percent of global demand for the species, for instance, but can harvest eggs only during the few months of spawning season. How do you boost production the rest of the year? That’s the problem being... View Details
- 28 Jun 2011
- News
Bold Ascent
Baka: Hiking in Marin County with daughter, Isabella Sunshine. Photo courtesy Tim Baka Tim Baka (MBA ’93) is a self-confessed “numbers guy” who doesn’t wear a tie. As cofounder and president of SlingFin, a Berkeley, California-based View Details
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In the News - Entrepreneurship
World Re: Robert Simons 01 Jul 2025 Transform Work Transform Work with Rem Koning , Associate Professor at Harvard Business School Re: Rembrand (Rem) Koning 20 Jun 2025 Bloomberg Silicon Valley’s ‘Tiny Team’ Era Is Here Re: Jeff Bussgang 16 Jun 2025 HBS Working... View Details
Jodi Gernon
I leverage my 30+ years of experience launching and scaling startups to help startup founders and CEOs succeed. This includes helping early stage founders think about how complete customer discovery, build... View Details
- 07 Aug 2018
- News
DreamBox Learning Breaks New Ground
and Richard Branson. The article notes that the new funding will support expansion into new, international markets. The funding also puts the company—and Woolley-Wilson—in rare company. With Rise’s $130 million check, DreamBox becomes one of the best-funded View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability
a battery startup, and this experience along with the conversations I had with HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD), convinced me to pursue an internship at a battery startup. Exploring the Startup Space Finding a View Details
Keywords: Energy / Cleantech
- Career Coach
Madhav Datt
Madhav is a startup founder and tech product manager. He worked as Product Manager at Google where he launched and scaled B2B AI product from 0 -> $645M incremental ARR. Prior to that he was a Quant Researcher in US Equities at... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
What I Do: Lindsey Mead (MBA 2000), Vedica Qalbani and Jessica Wu (both MBA 2007)
listening—is one of Ratio’s key differentiators. We are finding ways to connect with groups that are of particular interest to our clients, such as women in investing positions.” “The impact of millennials, the #MeToo movement, and an increasing interest in View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
player on the fintech scene. Today, the situation could not be more different. Thanks in part to Gotsch’s efforts, which led to the establishment of the FinTech Innovation Lab (FIL)—an über-accelerator jointly run by the Fund and Accenture that turns out market-ready... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
book, The Founder’s Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup (Princeton University Press), draws on data gleaned from nearly 4,000 high-potential start-ups and 10,000 founders, while incorporating case... View Details
- 17 Oct 2019
- News
Venturing Away from Venture Capital
startup financing. To be sure, venture capital offers many benefits, including the networks and insights that experienced investors bring to the table. But all of that comes at a price. Most obviously, a founder who takes venture capital... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- January 2012 (Revised November 2014)
- Background Note
Scaling a Startup: People and Organizational Issues
By: Thomas Eisenmann and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
Keywords: Business Startups
Eisenmann, Thomas, and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Scaling a Startup: People and Organizational Issues." Harvard Business School Background Note 812-100, January 2012. (Revised November 2014.)
- December 1983 (Revised August 1988)
- Background Note
The Start-Up Process
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts
Describes the various stages in the start-up process and describes in detail the questions that can be asked and the analysis that can be performed to help deal with the issues that arise at each stage. View Details
Keywords: Business Startups
Stevenson, Howard H., and Michael J. Roberts. "The Start-Up Process." Harvard Business School Background Note 384-179, December 1983. (Revised August 1988.)