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- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Running a Decathlon
Bill and Sandra Patton (photo by Tony LaBruno) While serving on the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee in 1979, William Patton Jr. (PMD 21, 1971) met Orange County superintendent of schools Robert Peterson, who was unsuccessfully... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Women Entrepreneurs Share Insights at WSA Conference
European angel investing firm Go Beyond Ltd., advised aspiring women entrepreneurs to have a clear vision not only of the business plan but also of how they would run the enterprise. “Make sure you know who... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Seeing the Light
Living in Los Angeles and working as a marketer for a global biotechnology firm, Jana Kirlin Brownell (MBA '83) saw her career path take an unexpected turn. More than once, her father had asked her to come home and take over the Kirlin... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Feedback
bring much-needed accountability into the system? —Jim Mills (MBA 1986) Tim Draper’s investment in the school voucher campaign was not for naught. It caused the legislature to panic and pass a surprisingly progressive charter school law... View Details
- 29 Apr 2021
- News
Equal Partner
angel investor, and a senior advisor at Republic, an online investment platform, Aditya certainly had the necessary expertise to identify and foster promising founders. But she had to wonder, “Why me? Why... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
African-American Alumni Conference Considers Success and the Bottom Line
package, angel investment opportunities, the creation of wealth in the digital age, the building of successful urban enterprises, and transferring wealth to future generations. A provocative discussion on... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
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Okan Okutgen
students. Okan has personal interest in environmental sustainability and angel investing as well and is happy to share his experiences with students and alumni discovering these paths. Finally as a parent in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
California, Boston, sometimes London,” recalls Gotsch. “Nobody was looking locally.” Gotsch is president and CEO of the Partnership Fund for New York City, which invests in local ventures to create jobs and grow the Big Apple’s economy.... View Details
- 02 Jun 2011
- News
Serious Fun
where they manage vampire customers in order to earn cash, pay off debt, and “save for their eternal retirement;” and in Refund Rush, gamers help clients decide how best to allocate their income tax refund. I sampled Groove Nation, a completely engrossing game in which... View Details
- 14 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Our Top 5 Blog Posts of 2020
Venture Capital at Harlem Capital Walking into Harvard Business School as friends, roommates, and colleagues in 2017, Henri Pierre-Jacques (MBA 2019) and Jarrid Tingle (MBA 2019) already knew each other well. What they didn’t know yet was how their View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 15 May 2012
- News
Finally Finding the Right Fit
York, where in September 2009 he enrolled in a fashion-marketing program at the Parsons School of Fashion. Since completing the program in December 2010, Heffernan has divided his time between angel View Details
- 06 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?
In trying to secure financial backing for a new product, independent innovators generally face the question of how much to invest in development before showing it around. Should they create, say, a working prototype (and maybe even... View Details
- Profile
Kayode Ogunro
"The chapter that struck me was on VCPE in emerging markets," says Kayode. "I realized that this was the way to bridge the gap between small-scale angel investing and large-scale equity... View Details
- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
platform, AngelList, for example, allows these private angel investors to pool their money and invest in larger equity stakes in companies than a single angel investor might be... View Details
- Profile
David A. Frankel
important realization. “Three years into it, it became clear to me that I wasn’t made to be a corporate guy and work for a boss,” he said. With his sudden wealth, Frankel had begun investing in South African startups as an View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Big Doings in Big Apple: New York Club Hosts Multiple Events
feature prominent business and financial leaders; the Community Partners program, which provides pro bono management consulting to New York-area nonprofits; and financial aid for students entering HBS. An example of one of the club's many initiatives is the View Details
- 30 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men
venture funding, up from 4 percent in 2004, according to data from PitchBook.) Murray is Kearney's thesis adviser. Huang, whom Brooks met in the initial stages of their research, studies the role of "gut feel" in investment... View Details
- 15 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Health Is Wealth | The Path To Creating A Venture
that we’re getting the most diverse perspectives around the table. Research shows us that you create better outcomes when you do that.” “Looking at my angel investing and venture partner side, I believe that... View Details
- 14 Apr 2014
- News
The Puzzle of Life
really? It's just a school. But they were right. HBS didn't change who I am as a person, but it opened doors and showed me things that I didn't even know existed." Farquharson explains that InCube Ventures follows the model of a typical venture capital fund, with... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Recognizing Potential
as cochair. Stevens, managing director of S-Cubed Capital and a former managing partner at Sequoia Capital, has invested in Internet companies for nearly two decades, but it was his own encounter with distance learning 30 years ago that... View Details