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19 Apr 2023
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A Kick Start for Latin American Startups

When Monica Saggioro Leal (MBA 2018) and her business partner, Lara Lemann, started MAYA Capital, a tech-focused, Brazilian VC firm launched in 2018, they wanted to take a hands-on approach with their startup investments in their first 12... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

31 Jan 2023
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Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups

Saigal (MBA 2014), founder and CEO of Kudos, a sustainable diaper company, and Sarina Siddhanti Garg (MBA 2015), founder of the South Asian formal clothing retailer Riya Collective. The women shared their startup journeys with guest... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

25 Aug 2022
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It’s All in a Name: Reputable Investors Help Startups Shine

06 Nov 2014
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Building a Startup Community Beyond Commencement

became a “pain point” for her. “That’s when they need us the most,” says Goldstein, a 20-year vet of the Boston startup scene. Click here for a behind-the-scenes look at the Launch Lab. (Video) In early 2013, Goldstein took the idea for... View Details

24 Jun 2015
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Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality

It used to be that you risked detention for disrupting an elementary school classroom. Nowadays, disrupting the entire school system can earn you millions of dollars in startup funding. Consider AltSchool, the idea of entrepreneur Max... View Details

Keywords: Re: John Jong-Hyun Kim; Education

28 Feb 2025
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Alumni Startup Enters the Shark Tank

This Friday night, Remento enters the Shark Tank. The startup, cofounded by CEO Charlie Greene (MBA 2021) in 2021, will be featured on this week’s episode of the long-running business show, pitching its “no-write life story book” vision to Sharks at 8/7c on ABC. We... View Details

12 Dec 2022
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Why Some Startups Fail to Scale

28 Jun 2022
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Are Former Startup Founders Less Hireable?

11 May 2018
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Nigerian Tech Startup has Local—and Global—Impact

Photo via CBS News Photo via CBS News A recent CBS news story on Nigerian tech startup Andela—a software development firm—includes an interview with Seni Sulyman (MBA 2014), Andela’s president of global operations. Reflecting on his... View Details

23 Mar 2021
Cold Call Podcast

Managing Future Growth at an Innovative Workforce Education Startup

Keywords: Re: William A. Sahlman

06 May 2022
Blog Post

Career Advice: Starting a Sustainable Startup

Career Advice: Starting a Sustainable Startup Tell us a little about what you were doing before HBS and what brought you to HBS. I’ve always found myself drawn to working on products and services that can have a positive impact on the... View Details

28 Jan 2016
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Inside Harvard Business School’s Startup Machine

Keywords: New Venture Competition

01 Mar 2018
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Making Sense of the Modern Startup

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)

June 30, 2023
Article

How to Save a Stumbling Startup

By: Ranjay Gulati

Keywords: Business Startups; Small Business; Outcome or Result; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Exit or Shutdown

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27 Sep 2019
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How Startup Founders Are Psychologically Different From Everyone Else

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Avoiding Startup Failure - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Avoiding Startup Failure Course Number 1740 Senior Lecturer Lindsay Hyde Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 27 Sessions Exam Formerly Entrepreneurial Failure Career Focus Avoiding Startup Failure... View Details

January 2020 (Revised December 2020)
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The Cash Flow Curve in Startups

By: Stig Leschly

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March 2019
Article

When Does Advice Impact Startup Performance?

By: Aaron Chatterji, Solène Delecourt, Sharique Hasan and Rembrand Koning

Why do some entrepreneurs thrive while others fail? We explore whether the advice entrepreneurs receive about managing their employees influences their startup's performance. We conducted a randomized field experiment in India with 100 high-growth technology firms... View Details