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  • 30 Oct 2019
  • Research & Ideas

How to Recover Gracefully After Shutting Down Your Startup

more than 230 creditors, including a bakery owner who held a special bake sale to express her outrage. Did a company that had raised more than $120 million in venture capital need to stiff so many people?... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 12 Sep 2023
  • Blog Post

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

office hours, and networking opportunities. We also have sessions with big names in climate: Sophie Purdom walking through how to use her famous tool CTVC, Illai Gescheit speaking on climate corporate venture capital, and Christina Chang... View Details
  • Profile

Enrico Ferrari

own." Enrico is planning on testing the venture capital waters during his summer break. "I've been on the operational and execution side, now I want to see the investors' side for a complete... View Details
Keywords: Tech
  • December 2004 (Revised April 2014)
  • Case

Stan Lapidus: Profile of a Medical Entrepreneur

By: Robert F. Higgins and Sophie LaMontagne
Describes the career path and insights of Stanley Lapidus, a successful serial entrepreneur in the medical and life sciences industry. Lapidus is the founder of Cytyc Corp. (NASDAQ: CYTC) and EXACT Sciences (NASDAQ: EXAS) and is currently the CEO of his third start-up,... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Experience and Expertise; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Managerial Roles; Health Industry
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  • 31 Jul 2023
  • News

Striving for Imperfection

conservationist, and a longtime board member and chair of Patagonia. He’s also an investor and co-founder of Monograph Capital, a life-sciences venture firm. From his perspective across so many sectors and industries, Conn sees a business... View Details
Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management
  • July 2011 (Revised September 2018)
  • Case

Nashton Partners and Its Search Fund Process

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Nashton Partners was a search fund founded by two HBS MBA's that raised $500,000 to finance a search for a company that they could purchase and then run for the next five to ten years. The case examines the search fund structure, the two-year search, and two potential... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Capital Structure; Financing and Loans; Investment Funds; Partners and Partnerships
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  • 16 May 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Simple Economics of Open Source

source as well as a contributor to it) can "signal" her talent to many people in a position to influence her future career: colleagues, prospective employers and, especially, venture capitalists. The View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology
  • Web

Partners & Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Partner Organizations ACCION International ACLU Acumen African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP) American Ballet Theatre Association of Latino Professionals For America (ALPFA) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Boston Ballet Boston Community View Details
  • 12 Apr 2022
  • Blog Post

The Many Languages of Medicine to Impact Care Delivery

increasing the participation of diverse voices in the health care technology space. To address top of the funnel barriers in attracting diverse talent, we formed the DIH fellowship, which has sent a number of Black, Latinx, and female fellows to health care technology... View Details
  • September 2017 (Revised January 2025)
  • Case

Dinesh Moorjani and Hatch Labs

By: Christopher Stanton, Shikhar Ghosh, Allison Ciechanover and Jeff Huizinga
This case is about Tinder. It discusses different business models and ways of structuring the initial team. With a $6 million investment from IAC/Interactive in 2010, Dinesh Moorjani founded Hatch Labs to build mobile apps. His mission was to attract entrepreneurial... View Details
Keywords: Returns; Incubator; Mobile App; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Decision Choices and Conditions; Business Model; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Talent and Talent Management; Valuation; Equity; Finance; United States; North America
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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online

startup Understand the process of raising capital and how to speak to investors Who Will Benefit Aspiring Entrepreneurs Early-Stage Entrepreneurs Students Whether you’re a first-time entrepreneur with the start of an idea or are exploring... View Details
  • 10 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 10

absent from the largest retail markets. Moreover, every retailer that has ventured overseas has failed as often as it has succeeded. On average, the extent of internationalization doesn't have a significant effect on either retailers'... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 28 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 28

empirical facts. Signals across Multiple Networks: How Venture Capital and Alliance Networks Affect Interorganizational Collaboration Authors: Umit Ozmel, Ranjay Gulati, and Jeffrey J. Reuer Publication:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Mar 2011
  • Research & Ideas

From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher

told the audience of HBS alumni and Executive Education participants. "He hated having to manage employees, so he built a big company with very few employees." Dr. John's was the third major venture that Osher built from the... View Details
Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Consumer Products
  • 01 Oct 2002
  • News

Michael F. Cronin

The real deal: Up from the streets of Boston, a venture capitalist helps companies and people flourish. Photo courtesy Michael Cronin On the 50th floor of the John Hancock Tower, the east side of Michael Cronin's corner office offers... View Details
  • 29 Sep 2023
  • Blog Post

HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Reyna Pacheco Rios (MBA 2025)

boards and in C-suites of corporate America are occupied by Latinos despite this community representing 19% of the US population. 2. Less than 5% of venture capital is directed toward Latino entrepreneurs.... View Details
  • Web

Industry Information - Alumni

Updated annually. Crunchbase News An online publication funded and supported by Crunchbase, a public database of private companies with funding information. Topics covered focus primarily on Venture Capital... View Details
  • 15 Dec 2021
  • Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2021

venture capital investment continued at a steady clip. After several heady months for startups, Jeffrey Bussgang offered radical advice for founders: just chill. 3. The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 04 Oct 2022
  • What Do You Think?

Have Managers Underestimated the Need for Face-to-Face Contact?

Fridge No More, Buyk, and JOKR have either gone bankrupt or suspended operations in the US in spite of $4 billion in venture capital investment last year. This brings to mind the failed investments in fast... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett

    Rick Grinnell

    (acquired by Deloitte). As an experienced venture capitalist and operator, Rick has invested in some of the most dynamic companies in security, storage, analytics and SaaS applications during his 20+ years in the View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital