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- 01 Aug 1998
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High Honors
to remove a cancerous tumor in his throat. Stripped of his voice box and vocal cords, he had to learn to speak using his esophagus. Batten, an entrepreneur who thrives on difficult challenges, says that coping with cancer was one of the... View Details
- 25 Jan 2024
- News
Alumni Gain Insights on Nigeria’s New Government; Taipei Alumni Host Faculty Guest
Entrepreneur & Investment Banker (OPM20, 1993); Mrs. Henrietta Ugboh, HBSAN Treasurer (GMP7, 2009); Mr. Collins Onuegbu, HBSAN President (OPM40, 2010); Mr. Taiwo Oyedele (Guest Speaker), Chairman, Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy &... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
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Research
The founding and expansion of new firms is central to innovation and economic growth, but the determinants of a new idea’s success are difficult to ascertain. The decision to form a new firm and its ultimate outcome are impacted by ownership structure, financing... View Details
- 07 Oct 2021
- News
Planning Ahead
his philanthropy. “I wanted to support the people and the institutions that had made a difference in my life,” he says. “Obviously, HBS was one of them.” Admitting with a laugh that like most entrepreneurs he has some tendencies toward... View Details
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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online
complex viewpoints Who Will Benefit Innovative Leaders Forward-Thinking Strategists Aspiring Entrepreneurs Align your resources, processes, and financial strategy to position your business for growth. I have gotten an incredible wealth of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Derek Ferguson
business program at the age of 16. Initially, Ferguson was against the idea of continuing on to get his MBA. “I thought I was going to be an entrepreneur and didn’t want to spend all that money,” he explains. Seeing the effect of HBS on a... View Details
- 08 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
History of the HBS Women's Student Association
groundbreaking platform that empowers aspiring women entrepreneurs to present their business ideas, fostering a spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship. Additionally, the revival of the annual fall retreat in 2024 offers a valuable... View Details
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
of discovery and creative progress rapidly accelerated in the wake of professionalization. In an open society, moreover, there will always be room for "rogue" entrepreneurs to challenge the existing order, as practitioners of... View Details
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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
33 In 1946, Doriot became president of American Research and Development Corporation (ARD), the first publicly funded venture capital firm and one of the first modern venture capital companies established after the war. Located in Boston, ARD offered View Details
- 19 May 2023
- Blog Post
Creating and Nurturing a Sense of Belonging at HBS
tech and the idea of becoming a tech entrepreneur also makes for some amazing relationships. One thing I felt was missing from my experience but was a big part of my outward expression was a sneakerheads (sneaker enthusiasts) community. A... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Home Base
was clear I was going to become an executive coach.” With an elementary school teacher for a mom and an entrepreneur for a dad, “how people learn and what makes businesses work were the two things that were always front and center.” After... View Details
Keywords: April White
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Considering Retirement - Alumni
Resources Becoming an Entrepreneur Thinking about going into business for yourself or joining a startup? Explore our resources as you do your research. Becoming a Board Member Interested in joining a board? Similar to a job search, you'll... View Details
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Magashe Ngoepe
period gives us time to be home with more space to enjoy our new life together. Additionally, entrepreneurs are always taking risks. HBS has inspired me to be bold and make decisions knowing that I will always have the security of an MBA... View Details
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
entrepreneurs run structured experiments to validate ideas and refine business strategy. Participants work through real-world challenges faced by entrepreneurs across a variety of industries, and come away... View Details
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Career Support - Business & Environment
Michael Mancinelli Jeff Engler Rock Entrepreneur-in-Residence - Climate Entrepreneur Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EiRs) have founded, sold, or IPO’d successful ventures in tech, consumer products, healthcare, biotech, media and... View Details
- 04 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Learning from the Entrepreneurs-in-Residence as a Harvard MS/MBA Student
founder of Olivela; Avni Patel Thompson (HBS 2008), founder of Milo; and Lisa Skeete Tatum (HBS 1998), founder of Landit. I was not only surprised by the ease of setting up an appointment to have a conversation with them but also grateful in the way that each View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
There are very few scholars who can legitimately say that they founded a discipline. Al Chandler is one of them. Prior to Chandler, business history tended to be the study of individual businesses or entrepreneurs with little theoretical... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
End Game
Illustration by James Steinberg In the 1960s and 1970s, as the environmental movement dawned in the United States, a new generation of activist-minded entrepreneurs appeared. Among them were companies like Body Shop, Aveda, Tom’s of... View Details
- 29 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism
analysts, auditors, and accounting standards—rush in to fill that gap. Even in cases where a certain company dominates a market to create a near monopoly, entrepreneurs can find competitive advantages to create new opportunities—think IBM... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 06 Dec 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is It Time To Break Up Amazon, Apple, Facebook, or Google?
ourselves not only to revenue-producing advertising but also a stream of advertising reminders based on information that follows us for a lifetime. Can you name Google’s closest competitor in search and search-related advertising? That’s market power. Scott Galloway, a... View Details