Entrepreneurs - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jul 2020
Video

The HBS Health Minute: A Tool Kit for Entrepreneurs

22 Apr 2025
Podcast

How Immigrant Entrepreneurs Build Lasting Businesses

It's a common story: an immigrant arrives in a new country, sees a need, and works hard to build a successful business around it. Think of Chobani, Google, or Tesla. Indeed, 45 percent of Fortune 500 companies had immigrant founders. While most research focuses on why... View Details

02 Mar 2010
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Entrepreneurs Prefer to Keep Staffs Lean

09 Jan 2014
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Africa's Entrepreneurs and Fear of Failure

Keywords: entrepreneurship; Africa; government policy; higher education, teaching, china, social entrepreneurship; safety net

01 Jul 2016
Working Paper Summaries

Entrepreneurs and the Co-Creation of Ecotourism in Costa Rica

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Andrew Spadafora; Tourism

February 2018 (Revised May 2018)
Case

Haier: Incubating Entrepreneurs in a Chinese Giant

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Nancy Hua Dai

CEO Zhang Ruimin must plan how to accelerate the growth of self-managed microenterprises. Platforms were Haier’s business platforms operating in five major sectors: white goods transformation, investment and incubation, financial holdings, real estate, and cultural... View Details

Keywords: China; Microenterprise; Appliances; Platform; Change; Innovation; Opportunities; Entrepreneurship; Digital Platforms; Transformation; Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; China

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20 Feb 2018
News

7 Ways You Can Succeed as an Entrepreneur Today

01 Sep 2011
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Entrepreneur Named Director of Harvard i-lab

Gordon Jones (photo by Evgenia Eliseeva) Related Links: Follow i-lab news on Twitter Find the i-lab on Facebook Gordon Jones didn’t tailor his career path to become the ideal director for the Harvard innovation lab. It just worked out that way. An View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

31 Mar 2021
News

HBS New Venture Competition: Entrepreneurs Adapt in Challenging Times

31 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants

Debates over the pluses and minuses of immigrant entrepreneurs on the American economy are white hot, but one thing seems stubbornly lacking from them: facts. The arguments are familiar by now. Immigrants take jobs from native-born... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

June 2021
Teaching Note

Experiencya Cuba: Two Entrepreneurs in Havana

By: Charles F. Wu and Sean Bracken

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 220-024. View Details

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October 1999 (Revised March 2000)
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Venture Capital Negotiations: VC versus Entrepreneur

By: Robert J. Robinson and Noam T. Wasserman

Introduces students to the challenging negotiations between venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. Explores interests, sources of negotiating power, barriers to reaching agreement, and common contractual terms. Describes how the parties try to reduce information... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation Tactics; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Financial Services Industry

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12 Feb 2015
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Ernest Shackleton: The Entrepreneur of Survival

02 Feb 2015
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Stephen Schwarzman Has a Warning for Wall Street’s Entrepreneurs

09 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government

rather than inventors and builders” Once chief of staff to the late Boston mayor Thomas Menino, Weiss isn't just engaging in wishful thinking. He's seen firsthand how entrepreneurs within government can cut through red tape. Weiss... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Mar 2007
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HBS Alums Help Jailhouse Entrepreneurs Go Straight

Like it or not, a drug dealer, for example, already knows a lot about what it takes to run a successful business. Teaching them passion is not something we have to do; what we teach them is how to go legit.” At HBS, several students are helping aspiring PEP View Details

Keywords: incarceration; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services