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- 13 Jul 2018
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Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs
Harsh Bhargava (MBA 1977), president of the Washington, DC–based consulting company Bankworld, built I Create, a nonprofit organization focused on combating India’s unemployment crisis through entrepreneurship, in 1999. Since that time,... View Details
- 11 Jan 2022
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Entrepreneurs and Governments Team Up to Solve Big Problems?
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
Imagine you've arrived for a meeting at a corporate campus. But now you discover that the conference room is in another building a quarter mile away. Sure, you could walk there but in the rain? Up purrs an... View Details
- September 2008 (Revised October 2008)
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Marc Abrahams: Annals of an Improbable Entrepreneur
By: Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind
Marc Abrahams was a media entrepreneur who specialized in science humor. In 2008, he sought to boost the scale and monetization potential of his business. That business, called Improbable Research, encompassed a magazine (Annals of Improbable Research), a high-profile... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Selection and Staffing; Human Capital; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Personal Development and Career
Groysberg, Boris, and Michael Slind. "Marc Abrahams: Annals of an Improbable Entrepreneur." Harvard Business School Case 409-013, September 2008. (Revised October 2008.)
- 06 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful
questions that make up each factor provides richer descriptions of specific behaviors and skills that account for the differences in the profile of entrepreneurs who are launching different types of ventures... View Details
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- 19 Aug 2020
- News
A Low-Risk Way You Can Invest In Minority And Women Entrepreneurs
- 2012
- Article
Organizing for Society: A Typology of Social Entrepreneuring Models
By: Johanna Mair, Julie Battilana and Julian Cardenas
In this article, we use content and cluster analysis on a global sample of 200 social entrepreneurial organizations to develop a typology of social entrepreneuring models. This typology is based on four possible forms of capital that can be leveraged: social, economic,... View Details
Mair, Johanna, Julie Battilana, and Julian Cardenas. "Organizing for Society: A Typology of Social Entrepreneuring Models." Special Issue on Social Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. Journal of Business Ethics 111, no. 3 (December 2012): 353–373.
- 11 May 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Targeting High Ability Entrepreneurs Using Community Information: Mechanism Design in the Field
- 05 Aug 2014
- News
Venture Capitalists Coddle Entrepreneurs as Royalty
- Article
How Social Entrepreneurs Zig-Zag Their Way to Impact at Scale
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Tricia Gregg
This article provides guidance to social entrepreneurs and their funders as they seek to advance the enterprise from startup to scale. It focuses on the evolution of four social entrepreneurs and their decision-making paths as they attempt to scale their respective... View Details
Keywords: Systemic Impact; Scaling; Strategy Process; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Tricia Gregg. "How Social Entrepreneurs Zig-Zag Their Way to Impact at Scale." California Management Review 62, no. 1 (November 2019): 53–76.
- 26 Jul 2011
- News
An Entrepreneur of the Arts
Efimova: Inspiring a love of the arts in young children. Photo courtesy Aleksandra Ekimova Originally from St. Petersburg, Russia, Aleksandra Efimova (OPM 39, 2010) attended the renowned Art School at the Hermitage State Art Museum and... View Details
- 13 Jan 2017
- News
The Content Trap: Lessons for Entrepreneurs
- 19 Jul 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
a $100 million endowment, the program has pledge support for 10,000 young African entrepreneurs over 10 years. Participants receive training, mentorship, networking, and $5,000 in seed funding, among other... View Details
- 15 Jul 2020
- Video
The HBS Health Minute: A Tool Kit for Entrepreneurs
- 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... View Details
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- 13 Oct 2020
- News
Can Entrepreneurs Make Mobile Voting Easy and Secure?
- 05 Dec 2014
- News
Ernest Shackleton: The Entrepreneur of Survival
- 18 Oct 2016
- News
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 View Details
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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 Project (formerly Strategy for Entrepreneurs and Startups) Overview... View Details