Energy Entrepreneurship - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2023
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Pet Project

simple-ingredient, raw-food diet. Spies couldn’t find such a thing in the pet aisle, so she started making it herself and quickly maxed out the freezer of her San Francisco kitchen with dog food. Within a month, George’s energy and health... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

07 Dec 2022
Blog Post

2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together

production is incredibly resource intensive and that even a small shift in consumption and production can have a massive impact on greenhouse gas emissions. From there, Karen Skelton, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Energy at the... View Details

31 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher

John Osher is one of those casually and spectacularly successful people who make serial entrepreneurship look like a cakewalk. He began racking up wins at an early age—starting and selling both a vintage clothing store and an earring... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Consumer Products

2009
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Negotiating the Path of Abraham

By: Kimberlyn Leary, James K. Sebenius and Joshua Weiss

In the face of daunting barriers, the Abraham Path Initiative envisions uncovering and revitalizing a route of cultural tourism that follows the path of Abraham and his family some 4,000 years ago across the Middle East. It begins in the ancient ruins of Harran, in... View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Social Entrepreneurship; Negotiation; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Religion; Environmental Sustainability; Tourism Industry; Middle East

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Becoming an Entrepreneur - Alumni

Careers Becoming an Entrepreneur Careers Becoming an Entrepreneur Considering starting your own venture or thinking about joining a start-up? Explore our resources to determine if a career in entrepreneurship is right for you, and learn... View Details

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Organizing the Family-Run Business

on maintaining a company's decisiveness with the same energy it devotes to increasing shareholder value. This does mean rushing decisions but rather knowing when enough has been learned to make a sensible decision. Overseeing Family... View Details

March 2024
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From “BIG” Ideas to Sustainable Impact at ICL Group (A)

By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag

In the summer of 2023, Eduard (“Eddie”) Croitoru, Vice President (VP) of ICL Group (“ICL”) Corporate Initiatives, was reflecting on ICL’s internal ideation program, the Business Innovation for Growth (BIG) Accelerator. When Raviv Zoller became the CEO of ICL in 2018,... View Details

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Events - Business History

to bhi@hbs.edu for the Zoom link. Sep 29 29 Sep 2025 Business History Seminar Dan Wadhwani (USC Marshall), "Moral Imaginaries of Entrepreneurship in the US, 1775-2025" 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM. Part of the 2025 Business History Seminar,... View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

leaders across all sectors to tackle society’s toughest challenges and make a difference in the world. How can I get involved? The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS is a focal point for the creativity and energy of its worldwide... View Details

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Enrico Ferrari

the growth of a portfolio of more than a hundred companies all over the globe. Yet Enrico's desire for entrepreneurship did not dissipate. "Someday, I want to launch another company." In the meantime, Enrico applies his... View Details

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Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Emerson Collective - Recruiting

growth stage (Series B+), early stage (pre-Seed - Series A), climate (Series B+, with a focus on energy and mobility), or media and journalism. Interns complete two projects over the summer, in addition to sourcing and evaluating... View Details

12 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster

closer to what’s found in Europe. In the US, it takes a lot of rewiring to make fast EV chargers work on the local grid. So he started fiddling. Soon enough, Aatish came up with a prototype that allowed fast charging without changing over the grid: the idea for XCharge... View Details

10 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Taking Advantage of Life’s (Few and Far Between) Inflection Points

Editor's note. Although he doesn't officially hold the title, Howard H. Stevenson is considered the father of entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School. After all, he invented the definition most in use today: "Entrepreneurship is the... View Details

Keywords: Re: Howard H. Stevenson

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Crucibles of Crisis Leadership Nancy Koehn Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty William Kirby Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 Energy Dustin Tingley Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 View Details

01 Dec 2018
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In My Humble Opinion: Growth Investor

Cedric Bobo (MBA 2004) was bitten by the business bug at the age of eight, when he visited his mother, who was a secretary at FedEx’s Memphis office. “I was drawn to the creative, all-hands-on-deck energy of the place,” he says. “In 1983,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Entrepreneurial Support - Business & Environment

entrepreneurship, 2. test potential start-up ideas, 3. develop your start-up while at school, and 4. access funding for their start-ups. If you're a climate entrepreneur, you can learn more and access more resources through the iLab's Climate Innovation at Harvard... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Case Study: Staking a Claim

Illustration by Nhung Lê Kate Terry (MBA 2005) knows that no one attends their fifth-grade career fair and comes home hoping to pursue a career in insurance—but that’s exactly where she wound up. “I really fell in love with it,” she says. As cofounder and CEO of... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Insurance Carriers and Related Activities; Finance

22 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Does Spirituality Drive Success?

metric; you never have enough.But only you can define fulfillment. We as individuals are the only judges.— Ricardo Levy,Catalytica Energy Systems For Robert Glassman, his spirituality at work is expressed as a commitment to social... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild

27 Oct 2015
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Sweet Success

spent much of his post-HBS career in energy finance, corporate finance, and public and private equity investment. In 2001, he cofounded ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC, a private equity firm focused on the North American View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

November 2023 (Revised March 2024)
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Infarm: Betting the (Indoor) Farm on Food Security

By: Elie Ofek

In the summer of 2023, the co-founders of Infarm, a controlled environment agriculture (CEA) company, were contemplating a major pivot going forward. While Infarm had successfully shown it could grow over 75 products—mainly herbs, leafy greens and mushrooms—in modular... View Details