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- 09 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 9, 2008
founded in 1999, to start Affinity Labs, a global network of online communities. That month, Michel raised a Series A round of venture funding and established a partnership with Monster, which he had sold... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
spent about ten years in venture capital, working with various companies involved with health care, plastics, and packaging — all very useful experiences for running SmartPak. While they received their initial infusion of cash from... View Details
- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
Andrei Hagiu of Harvard Business School and venture capitalist Simon Rothman of Greylock Partners. Most entrepreneurs and investors attribute this to the challenge of quickly attracting a critical mass of buyers and suppliers. But it is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
witnessed relentless growth and one year later, its revenue was on track to exceed the forecast by 300 percent. BlackBuck had operations in 200 locations across India and a team of over 1,000 people. The company had raised two rounds of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 29
who co-founded Strava three years ago. The protagonists must decide whether or not to accept the Series A investment terms from their venture capitalists. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/strava/an/814055-PDF-ENG Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Can Brand Trump Win a Presidency?
TripAdvisor. Brand Trump has been extended to other categories, from steaks, to education, to apparel. Not all of these ventures have succeeded. Few guests see the competencies of a good hotelier as relevant to designing distinctive... View Details
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3 Technologies that Will Change the World - Course Catalog
power of the technology to disrupt the established order. Venture Capitalists have lined up to fund over 500 startups that use Generative AI. CEO’s of some of the leading AI companies have gone on record to... View Details
- 16 Jan 2018
- News
Celebrating the Impact of Nonprofits
provide on-going support for two full scholarships annually. This year, the club sought and received support from HBS to help fund two of the four scholarships. “We usually send two, but they were all so good, we had to send four,” he... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Andrea Silbert
now the largest entrepreneurial training center in New England, with offices in Boston, Providence, and Worcester. While Silbert admits she spends more time on raising funds — from individual donors, foundations, and government agencies —... View Details
- 23 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2008
this is one aspect that the good design of policies on the extraction of oil and mineral resources should take into account. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-035.pdf PublicationsEntrepreneurial Ventures and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
theatre and coordinate the independent efforts from across the three theatres. Our perspective is a marked departure from the Shared Value framework, in that we embrace the inherent value of corporate philanthropy (theatre 1) on one end... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Mar 2017
- Blog Post
Education Sector Opportunities at HBS
Education Network, the Gates Foundation, New Schools Venture Fund, and the Harlem Children's Zone have in common? Our HBS friends work there. The education sector needs talent and expertise from a variety of different fields with a... View Details
- 17 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
From the Panelists: Toward a Decarbonized Future: Who Pays? Who Profits?
so far, but focused on ‘financing reduced emissions.’” Girish Nadkarni, recently retired CEO of Total Energy Ventures and senior advisor to OGCI Climate Investments, called for corporations to increase their climate change activities. He... View Details
- 30 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 30, 2015
turmoil. The case explores the risks and benefits of a different asset allocation strategy and also considers how to classify some of the different assets. It highlights the issues around allocations across different subclasses, e.g., between View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
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firms large enough to finance their own laboratories could create a “virtuous cycle” where staying on the leading edge of science got them first to market with new products, in turn delivering higher profits to fund still more research.... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
populations navigate the criminal justice system. For Bukie Adebo (MBA 2021), a summer position at Rebel One Ventures “solidified my belief that technology has the power to dramatically change the lives of marginalized communities.” In... View Details
- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
Eisenmann and Lauren BarleyHarvard Business School Case 811-055 In October 2010, Triangulate's founder/CEO must determine what product features to develop and what marketing programs to pursue in order to boost the odds of successfully raising another View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Commencement 2017 Address | About
I’ve witnessed the lives led by our graduates. Many of our alumni currently lead some of the most admired and most valuable companies on the planet. They have been crucial to the creation and evolution of entire industries, including management consulting, mutual... View Details
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
that had synergies with the company's businesses, and formed a small venture capital fund for exploratory investments. Komori also initiated a reorganization that created six new divisions within the company... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
Coorg, which was established by my parents in the sixties and is now run by my sister. — JA John Doerr (MBA ’76) DOERR With hits that include Intuit, Amazon, and Google, venture capitalist John Doerr is the embodiment of Silicon Valley... View Details