Entrepreneurs - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Aug 2019
Blog Post

Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism - Discovering the Business of Storytelling

classes we took, I did write a case on Raj Kapoor, one of the early entrepreneurs in Bollywood, for Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism, a class taught by the inimitable Geoffrey Jones. And I did quit my job as a consultant to start... View Details

02 Nov 2018
Blog Post

When Ideas Become Reality: Entrepreneurship at HBS

If entrepreneurs are born that way, then I must be the weird one out. Last weekend I was back in Wisconsin for a wedding, and my aunt asked me, "what's the hardest thing about starting your own company?" There were many ways I... View Details

11 Apr 2024
News

Mission Control

in the front row, he listened as famed space entrepreneur and futurist, Peter Diamandis, spoke about how certain technologies have linear trajectories and others have exponential trajectories. And space technologies, Diamandis argued,... View Details

18 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

After the 'Crypto Crash,' What's Next for Digital Currencies?

lot of tech firms make big investments in growth upfront, and then the payoff is long-term in the future. In our current macroeconomic climate, it’s harder for them to find money for those sorts of investments, and so that type of business can get more difficult to... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Financial Services; Technology

10 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Key to Doing Your Best at Work? Be Yourself

more likely to get the job. We have data on entrepreneurs pitching ideas to venture capitalists: If your pitch is more genuine and authentic, you’re three times more likely to get money for your venture. So there’s good evidence that... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

11 Apr 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching a ‘Lean Startup’ Strategy

A dozen years ago, it seemed like all it took to launch a successful technology company was a vague idea, a PowerPoint presentation, a trade-show booth with a sexy spokesmodel, and a URL. Then the dot-com bubble burst and investors got wiser and warier. Gone are the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Computer

01 Jun 2023
News

From Big Pharma to Startup

venture-backed biotech startup in Cambridge that Goble leads as CEO. Goble says his transformation into a startup founder would not have been possible without the support system for entrepreneurs he discovered at HBS. He originally... View Details

Keywords: April White

26 Jun 2013
News

How a Trivial Pursuit Became a Significant Case

Bob Reiss Photo courtesy of Bob Reiss It was 1983, and Bob Reiss (MBA 1956) was looking for a new game to play. A Brooklyn native and former basketball star at Columbia University who had become a successful entrepreneur in the... View Details

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online

responsibilities Foster successful strategy execution by establishing an environment that communicates which opportunities and behaviors are encouraged and which are out of bounds Who Will Benefit Mid-Level Managers and Professionals Aspiring Managers View Details

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Judges - Alumni

Ventures 2023 Alumni Track Global Judges Gilles BianRosa, MBA 2001 Chief Product Officer, N26 Julie Bornstein, BA 1992 MBA 1997 CSO, Pinterest Arjun Chopra, MBA 2004 General Partner, Floodgate Leslie Feinzaig, MBA 2007 Managing Director, Graham & Walker Venture Fund... View Details

07 May 2020
Research & Ideas

The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation

corporations, innovative and creative risk-mitigating technologies can potentially lead to better customer experience and employee satisfaction both now and in the future. As the world emerges from the crisis, employees will find new ways to interact, View Details

Keywords: by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso

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Faculty - Private Capital Project

unit. His research examines when firms and entrepreneurs fail to make use of advice, new skills, and market opportunities and how these failures magnify existing inequalities. Nori Gerardo Lietz Senior Lecturer of Business Administration... View Details

07 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

The Better Way to Forecast the Future

Center] Related Reading: The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting Nowcasting the Local Economy: Using Yelp Data to Measure Economic Activity at Scale RESEARCH PAPER: Bias in Official Fiscal Forecasts: Can Private Forecasts... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Air Transportation; Transportation

27 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

companies to compete. The reality is much different in developing economies, where the rule of law might be poorly enforced, social anarchy flourishes, or the military runs the government. So, it is quite remarkable when entrepreneurs in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Street in Cambridge. Land received offers to join General Electric and Harvard Medical School where he would have far more access to funds, equipment, and personnel for research and development. But the young entrepreneur preferred... View Details

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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Winner of the 2023 Case Centre Award in the Strategy and General Management category for “Haier: Incubating Entrepreneurs in a Chinese Giant” (HBS Case 318-104) with Nancy Hua Dai. 2022 Arthur C. Brooks : Received the 2022 Irving Kristol... View Details

06 May 2021
HBS Case

How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups

numbers. That also helps people be seen as individuals, rather than representing a category." Like all people who are seen as the “only” of their kind, the women entrepreneurs were overloaded with speaking invitations and board... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

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Get Involved - Entrepreneurship

Venture Competition to receive early written feedback from investors and entrepreneurs in related industry sectors on their ideas. Reviewers are matched to one or more (if desired) participants and provide detailed, written feedback on... View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

Redefining How Businesses Operate

innovators driving AI initiatives or entrepreneurs who hope to find opportunities in the ever-evolving AI market. The course provides students a methodology and hands-on engagement with the technology to develop and execute real-world... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Jun 2023
News

An Engine of Innovation

essential to the launch and development of our labs. Many of the donors have been great entrepreneurs in their own right who want to meaningfully contribute to the next generation’s ability to be even more entrepreneurial. Their... View Details