Venture Investing - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 May 2019
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How Sonja Hoel Perkins Saved John McAfee from an Especially Bad Deal

$42 million, and grew from there. For her part, Hoel Perkins joined Menlo Ventures in 1994 and became the youngest general partner in the firm’s history. Since then she has founded the Perkins Fund, as well as Project Glimmer and the... View Details

01 Jan 2012
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Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952

Founding Partner, Asset Management Company Download Johnson profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1928 Born, Quincy, Illinois 1950 Earns BS, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University 1962 Launches Draper and Johnson View Details

Roger B. Smith

Smith made sweeping changes at the auto giant, which had become complacent in its success and was losing share to foreign imports. Smith instituted a barrage of controversial changes at GM that included forming strategic joint ventures... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

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Timothy C. Draper | Baker Library

Timothy C. Draper MBA 1984, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) Play Video duration: 19:13 Timothy C. Draper, HBS 1984. Interview conducted in December 2010 Timothy C. Draper, HBS 1984, started his career with a brief stint with Alex, Brown & Sons, the first View Details

13 Jul 2020
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Locally Grown

photo by David Tejada Aravaipa Ventures was inspired by the smell of clean, crisp Colorado air. Founder Robert Fenwick-Smith (MBA 1988) and his family had moved from France to Boulder in 2007 as he contemplated his next professional move... View Details

Keywords: April White

Amory Houghton, Jr.

Though he is now known for his post-business career as a New York Congressman, Houghton began his career at the family firm as an accountant in 1951. In his many years as CEO of Corning, Houghton focused on expanding profitable new View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

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Global Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

ecosystems will gain valuable insights into how to adapt strategies. These actionable insights will improve decision-making by providing a framework for adapting to local market context. Second, those who intend to pursue startups or View Details

04 Mar 2019
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The Anti-Shark Tank

In 2018, female founders received only 2.2 percent of the $130 billion venture capital pie, according to PitchBook; despite that fact, Lisa Blau (MBA 2003) and Amanda Eilian (MBA 2006) are both veterans of the startup world, having... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Transforming the landscape of agriculture in Nigeria

explains Nwuneli. AACE’s product line includes spices, spreads, sauces, and other foods grown in Nigeria. The company is one of two ventures managed by the couple’s investment firm, Sahel Capital. The other... View Details

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Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog

Management Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Jim Matheson Tough Tech Ventures Entrepreneurial Management Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Scott Mayfield Strategies for Value Creation - Abridged (SVC-S) Finance, Strategy Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 Emily R. McComb Field... View Details

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Margot Dushin Archives | Social Enterprise

Filter Results: (11) Submit Author Types Alumni HBS Staff SE Practitioners SEI Faculty SEI Team Students Topics Alumni for Impact Alumni Programs Arts Business for Social Impact Business School Executive Education Faculty Research Future of Work HBS Students Impact... View Details

February 2008 (Revised February 2009)
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The International Finance Corporation's Grassroots Business Initiative

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Katharine Lee

Grassroots Business Initiative was set up to financially assist small enterprises engaged in creating social value. Three years later, Harold Rosen, its creator, wished to explore an alternative funding model to provide it with scale and sustainability. View Details

Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Microfinance; Investment Funds; Social Enterprise

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27 Nov 2012
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The Beauty of the Network

have come from HBS.” Those friends have also been essential in the funding of Restorsea (www.restorsea.com), a line of luxury skincare products with an initial launch of day and eye creams. (Additional products, with expanded distribution, will roll out in 2013.) The... View Details

Keywords: cosmetics; salmon; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

July 2021
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Scale and Scope at Drake Real Estate Partners

By: Christina R. Wing and David Lane

Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 621-065. View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Family Business; Investment; Ownership; Value Creation; Financial Services Industry; Real Estate Industry; United States; Latin America; Chile

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

innovative impact investment o... New Venture Competition Announces 2022 Social Enterprise Track Semifinalists 18 Feb 2022 In February 2022, the HBS New Venture Competition... View Details

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Courses by Title - Course Catalog

3.0 Field Course: Investing for Impact Entrepreneurial Management, General Management Archie L. Jones , Emily R. McComb , Brian Trelstad , Gerald Chertavian Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Field Course: Life Sciences View Details

01 Jan 2008
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John Doerr, MBA 1976

crisis is the most urgent problem facing our planet. It is critical that we accelerate the flow of investment into green technology.” As one of Silicon Valley’s most successful venture capitalists, John... View Details

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Club Conferences | MBA

22, 2025 Middle East & North Africa Club Investment Club Conference December 7, 2025 Investment Club 2026 VCPE Conference January 31, 2026 Venture Capital & Private Equity Club... View Details

William C. Norris

An electrical engineer by trade, Norris pioneered Control Data Corporation (CDC) into a leading mainframe computer maker, giving IBM heavy competition during the 1970s and 1980s. Norris was also a great philanthropist, building CDC factories in depressed neighborhoods... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

01 Jun 2020
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Vital Signs

the online-only June Bulletin’s coverage of the path ahead for education, health care, management, and the hotel and restaurant industries. Return to June Bulletin HT: Venture capital is a lagging indicator, trailing what’s happening in... View Details

Keywords: Jen Mele; COVID-19; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

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