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Executive Education - Entrepreneurship

family. W ho should attend: Family business teams of 4-8 people, including owners and managers, multiple generations, and perhaps a non-family executive. Launching New Ventures: Jump-Starting Innovation for Entrepreneurs and Business... View Details

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Your Social Entrepreneurship checklist | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

entrepreneur to research and answer a legal question over 8 weeks. (deadlines in Fall and Spring) How to Create a Climate Venture Class: “How to Create a Climate Venture” is a free online class for aspiring climate View Details

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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online

Entrepreneurs Prepare for leadership roles after working as an individual contributor or functional specialist. "I found the content of the course to be extremely informative and applicable to the real challenges of being a leader. I... View Details

15 Feb 2024
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Startup Shepherds

even if you meet them for only 15 minutes, which is a typical angel pitch, you can see them make mistakes on the spot.” They were the type of missteps only experienced entrepreneurs would recognize as potentially fatal weaknesses: a lack... View Details

Keywords: April White

18 Jan 2022
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How Eliminating Non-Competes Could Reshape Tech

curtailing the use of such agreements. Andy Wu, an assistant professor in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School, is an entrepreneur and startup advisor who now researches how technology firms organize and mobilize resources to grow... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Technology

September 2016
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Hotel Vertu: Financing the Venture in the Boutique Hotel Industry

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

Two recent MBA graduates are considering a business opportunity in the boutique hotel industry. Having found a seemingly attractive property in Savannah, Georgia, Yvonne D'Arcy and Elisabeth Whiting face questions about financing, deal structure, and unequal power... View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Accommodations Industry

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05 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 5

PublicationsTowards an Understanding of the Role of Standard Setters in Standard Setting Authors:Abigail M. Allen and Karthik Ramanna Publication:Journal of Accounting & Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We investigate the effect of standard setters in standard... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Jan 2007
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Banking Deregulation, Financing Constraints and Entrepreneurship

Keywords: by William Kerr & Ramana Nanda; Banking

February 2015 (Revised June 2016)
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AltSchool: School Reimagined

By: John J-H Kim, Kyla Wilkes and Christine S. An

Max Ventilla and his team launches in 2013 AltSchool, a new network of tech-savvy independent K-8 "micro-schools." AltSchool is born out of Ventilla's frustration with the education options available for his young daughter. During his search, Ventilla comes to the... View Details

Keywords: Education Technology; School Models; Product Development; Entrepreneurship; Talent Development And Retention; Social Impact Investment; Information Technology; Business Model; Education; Business Startups; Customization and Personalization; Growth and Development Strategy; Education Industry; United States

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By 2050 the number of people living in cities will have nearly doubled, to 6 billion, and the problems created by this rampant urbanization are among the most important challenges of our time. Of all resource-management issues, the author argues, water, electricity,... View Details

Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed--and What to Do About It

Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tel Aviv—the global hubs of entrepreneurial activity—all bear the marks of government investment. Yet, for every public intervention that spurs entrepreneurial activity, there are many failed efforts that waste untold billions in taxpayer... View Details

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HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni

Evan Marwell (MBA 1992), Educational Superhighway Chris McKown (MBA 1981), Iora Health Shara Ticku (MBA 2017), C16 4:15–5:30 p.m. Frameworks & Insights Join faculty and practitioners for presentations and discussions on various topics Personal Branding for View Details

20 Jul 2011
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Five Discovery Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators

that distinguish innovative entrepreneurs and executives from run-of-the-mill managers. What Makes Innovators Different? So what makes innovators different from the rest of us? Most of us believe this question has been answered. It's a... View Details

Keywords: by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gergersen & Clayton M. Christensen

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Events - Business History

to ask radical new questions. Mar 27 27 Mar 2017 Conference Stakeholder Capitalism in Turbulent Times This event celebrated the launch of the English language edition of a new study of Shibusawa Eiichi, a serial entrepreneur in nineteenth... View Details

17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17

entrepreneurs constitute a key economic driving force for many countries, they often face unstable environments due to violence and civil unrest. Yet, we know very little about how environments characterized by high levels of political... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

small business owner and tech entrepreneur from Arizona Programming & System Analysis, Biomedical Engineering, Estrella Mountain Community College Small Business Administration, Northern Arizona University Apply tools and frameworks to... View Details

20 Oct 2023
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Highlights from the Fall 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

assets around the School to unearth something that did not exist before, she noted. Walsh closed by highlighting a first project in the very early stages with External Relations, which will explore how to help entrepreneurs leverage to... View Details

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Career Histories and the Biotechnology Industry

Professor Higgins' other major project focuses on the consequences of individuals' career experiences for firms and industries. This second research stream centers on the careers of executives in the biotechnology industry.

Professor Higgins has written... View Details

25 Jun 2018
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In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done

survey business owners across the United States. They found that even though foreign-born people make up about 13 percent of the US population, immigrant entrepreneurs create some 25 percent of new companies, and that number continues to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Technology; Service

23 May 2019
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Tracy P. Palandjian, MBA 1997

Bond CEO and Cofounder, Social Finance Tracy Palandjian attributes her instincts as a social entrepreneur to her Chinese upbringing. “Master the basics, then innovate,” “Waste nothing,” and “Distance tests the strength of horses; time... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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