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- 30 Oct 2023
- Podcast
How Framebridge Founder Susan Tynan Managed Risk While Making an Impact
Great business leaders are problem solvers. That’s what sparked Susan Tynan (Harvard Business School MBA 2003) to found Framebridge, a custom framing company. When Tynan couldn’t find a reasonably priced place to frame her beloved posters, she launched a business,... View Details
- 04 Feb 2020
- News
How Google’s Founders Slowly Stepped Away From Their Company
- 18 Nov 2019
- News
Fractured Into Factions? What The Founders Feared About Impeachment
- 21 Feb 2024
- Video
Entrepreneurial Insights: Katie Kirsch, Founder and CEO of twenty
- 21 Feb 2024
- Video
Entrepreneurial Insights: Katie Kirsch, Founder and CEO of twenty
- 23 Nov 2022
- News
What Founders Need to Know Before Selling Their Startup
- 10 Jun 2025
- News
Why Are So Many Startups Failing? Here’s What Founders Are Missing
- 30 Jan 2018
- News
IKEA Founder Leaves Behind A Furniture Empire And A Troubling Past
- 2003
- Conference Paper
Founder Power and Pay for Outcomes: Cash Compensation and the Entrepreneur
By: Noam Wasserman
- 15 Jul 2022
- News
The Right Step: Q+A With Rakoh Founder Raphael Kohlberg (MBA 2018)
- October 2006
- Article
Stewards, Agents, and the Founder Discount: Executive Compensation in New Ventures
By: Noam Wasserman
Wasserman, Noam. "Stewards, Agents, and the Founder Discount: Executive Compensation in New Ventures." Academy of Management Journal 49, no. 5 (October 2006): 960–976.
- 05 Dec 2022
- Podcast
Why Brazil’s Nubank Founder David Vélez Plans to Give Away Billions
David Vélez is a founder of the world’s biggest digital bank: Nubank in Brazil. Vélez tells Professor Ranjay Gulati that he started his remarkable business career as a boy – and with an unusual investment. Vélez describes how having a deep purpose helped his team defy... View Details
- 12 Aug 2018
- News
As Barnes & Noble Struggles to Find Footing, Founder Takes Heat
- December 2020
- Article
Different Founders, Different Firms: A Comparative Analysis of Academic and Non-academic Startups
By: Maria P. Roche, Annamaria Conti and Frank T. Rothaermel
What role do differences in founders' occupational backgrounds play in new venture performance? Analyzing a novel dataset of 2,998 founders creating 1,723 innovative startups in biomedicine, we find that the likelihood and hazard of achieving a liquidity event are... View Details
Keywords: Founders; Innovation; Occupational Imprinting; Academic Startups; Non-academic Startups; Founder Heterogeneity; Business Startups; Innovation and Invention; Performance; Demographics; Analysis
Roche, Maria P., Annamaria Conti, and Frank T. Rothaermel. "Different Founders, Different Firms: A Comparative Analysis of Academic and Non-academic Startups." Special Issue on Innovative Start-Ups and Policy Initiatives. Research Policy 49, no. 10 (December 2020).
- January 2024
- Case
Flashfood: The Magic of Commitment
By: Reza Satchu and Patrick Sanguineti
Josh Domingues had accomplished what countless young entrepreneurs long to achieve: founding a promising company that aspires to make the world a tangibly better place. Shocked to learn that international food waste cumulatively amounted to the world’s third largest... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneur; Founder; Startup; Business Model; Business Startups; Food; Applications and Software; Mission and Purpose; Environmental Sustainability; Canada
Satchu, Reza, and Patrick Sanguineti. "Flashfood: The Magic of Commitment." Harvard Business School Case 824-131, January 2024.
- February 2024
- Supplement
Ada: On Fundraising and Cofounding
By: Reza Satchu and Patrick Sanguineti
Mike Murchison, cofounder and CEO of Ada, shares his fundraising philosophy and reflects on what he believes underpins a successful cofounder relationship. View Details
Keywords: Founder; Entrepreneur; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Partners and Partnerships; Entrepreneurial Finance
Satchu, Reza, and Patrick Sanguineti. "Ada: On Fundraising and Cofounding." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 824-708, February 2024.
- February 2024
- Supplement
Ada: General Updates
By: Reza Satchu and Patrick Sanguineti
Mike Murchison, cofounder and CEO of Ada, updates the audience on which investor he chose as well as how Ada has grown since its Series B. View Details
Keywords: Founder; Entrepreneur; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Growth and Development
Satchu, Reza, and Patrick Sanguineti. "Ada: General Updates." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 824-707, February 2024.
- 30 Apr 2019
- News
Founder of Hinge Has Some Thoughts on Your Dating Profile
Photo courtesy of Justin McLeod, via Instagram Photo courtesy of Justin McLeod, via Instagram Justin McLeod (MBA 2011), the self-proclaimed romantic and founder of Hinge, the fast-growing dating app, thinks you can learn from his story.... View Details