Entrepreneur - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs

faced by entrepreneurs in starting and running a business, including securities and intellectual property law issues. Bagley's teaching and research focus on legal aspects of entrepreneurship and corporate governance. Before coming to HBS... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

18 Oct 2016
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Leading the Way for Women Entrepreneurs

paused in describing herself and her role in founding her company, settling on “business strategy customer leadership person.” Barna urged her to call herself a visionary. The crowd of burgeoning entrepreneurs erupted in applause. Hyman... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Birchbox; Rent the Runway; Hello Alfred; Retail Trade; Finance

09 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting

In the severe economic, social, and scientific turbulence churning at the dawn of the twentieth century, people were eager for any semblance of stability and predictability. From this need for certainty emerged a group of entrepreneurs... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Strategy for Entrepreneurs - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Strategy for Entrepreneurs Course Number 1257 Associate Professor Rembrand Koning Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 27 Sessions Paper (formerly Strategy for Entrepreneurs and Startups) Overview of... View Details

2006
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New Business Ventures and the Entrepreneur

By: Michael J. Roberts, Howard H. Stevenson, William A. Sahlman, Paul Marshall and Richard G. Hamermesh

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

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30 Mar 2015
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An education reformer and social entrepreneur

Sir Cyril Taylor (MBA 1961) is a social entrepreneur and British educator who served 10 successive secretaries of state for education. “I love my work helping young people get a good education,” he says. Taylor had a successful career at... View Details

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Technical Note

Web3 Business Model Design for Entrepreneurs

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Liang Wu

Keywords: Web3; Internet and the Web

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July 2003 (Revised June 2004)
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Mercy Corps Interviews with Social Entrepreneurs

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

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September 1997 (Revised October 1997)
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Emmet Stephenson: Profile of an Entrepreneur

By: Ashish Nanda

Profiles the career of a Emmet Stephenson, the founder of over a dozen successful companies, as a model of entrepreneurship and management. View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career

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05 Aug 2014
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Venture Capitalists Coddle Entrepreneurs as Royalty

21 Mar 2010
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The rise of the app entrepreneur

13 Jan 2017
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The Content Trap: Lessons for Entrepreneurs

02 Mar 2010
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Entrepreneurs Prefer to Keep Staffs Lean

09 Jan 2014
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Africa's Entrepreneurs and Fear of Failure

Keywords: entrepreneurship; Africa; government policy; higher education, teaching, china, social entrepreneurship; safety net

1999
Book

New Business Ventures and the Entrepreneur

By: H. Stevenson, H. Irving Grousbeck, M. J. Roberts and Amar V. Bhide

Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship

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01 Sep 2009
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John Kotter's Urgent Message for Entrepreneurs

21 Dec 2011
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How Immigrant Entrepreneurs Turbocharge U.S. Trade

16 Jun 2016
Blog Post

Why Entrepreneurs Should Consider Business School

Before I came to HBS, I bootstrapped a software company, Proximate, for three years.* We make social-media marketing software for alumni and trade associations. In many ways, HBS made starting my own business possible. I was a 2+2 admit, which meant I always had the... View Details