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Co-Chair of the HBS Rock Center for Entrepreneurship , the Harvard MS/MBA-Engineering Sciences Program , and the Roberts Family Fellows Program for Harvard College students focused on technology and innovation. Eisenmann, author of the book Why View Details

16 Jun 2016
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Why Entrepreneurs Should Consider Business School

learn how to do a DCF, and how to read a balance sheet. Tuition well spent! Sometimes the cases we’d read to apply these concepts were about oil rigs or department stores—and sometimes they were about technology companies, too. All the case studies we read took a form... View Details

August 2023 (Revised January 2024)
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Jake Becraft and Strand Therapeutics: The Making of an Entrepreneur

By: Satish Tadikonda, William Marks and Ananya Zutshi

Jake Becraft, a PhD student at MIT disillusioned in pursuit of his dreams of becoming an academic, serendipitously finds himself discussing the potential commercial applications of his work with Tasuku Kitada, his former postdoctoral research mentor. The two decide to... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Business or Company Management

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June 2010 (Revised October 2010)
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Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise

By: Willy C. Shih

This Module Note for Instructors outlines the structure and content of the Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise MBA second year elective course at the Harvard Business School. The course focuses on giving students a solid grounding in the construction of... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Business Growth and Maturation

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December 1998
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Vermeer Technologies (A): A Company Is Born

By: Ashish Nanda

The founding team of Vermeer Technologies, an entrepreneurial software start-up, discusses the opportunities and challenges confronting the company. View Details

Keywords: Applications and Software; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Information Technology Industry

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September 1989 (Revised January 1990)
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Vinod Khosla and Sun Microsystems (A)

Describes how Vinod Khosla got Sun Microsystems started, and a critical marketing challenge the company faced at the end of the first year. Objective is to illustrate how bold creative thinking can make or break start-ups. View Details

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Business Startups; Innovation and Invention; Information Technology Industry; Computer Industry

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2001
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Building Information Age Businesses for the 21st Century

By: L. M. Applegate

Keywords: Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Business Startups

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01 Apr 2002
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Back on Course

Stephen Julius (MBA '88), who is English, and Stephen Heese (MBA '88), his Yank buddy, were classmates at HBS, divided by a common language perhaps, but united in their love of quality boats. Last year, the two men took the helm of Chris-Craft, the 128-year-old company... View Details

13 Jun 2017
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Benefits of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

years before HBS working at AppNexus in New York City. While working as an engineer Damjan never lost sight of his ultimate goal: to found and grow a business. “I was curious to work at a startup on the front lines, and I enjoyed being in... View Details

19 Jun 2019
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Connecting Patients and Providers

London, Chicago, New York, Boston, Cologne, and Frankfurt in search of a fuller diagnosis and cutting-edge medical advice. The extraordinary effort gave his 59-year-old mother another 10 months with her family. And it inspired Jarzabek to create Trustedoctor, a digital... View Details

Keywords: April White

04 Mar 2022
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Advice from My HBS Career Journey in Renewable Energy

classes they can take since there are so many options. A common question from MBAs is how to decide what type of company or role to pursue. You have extensive experience working in a variety of roles at different companies, from startups... View Details

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Henry Motte-Muñoz Archives | Social Enterprise

Enterprise Social Enterprise Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 1 Results Education Startup Connects Filipino students to Colleges... View Details

30 May 2021
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How Venture Capitalist David Motley is Trying to Bring Back Pittsburgh’s Black Residents

much faster annual rate than other cities such as Chicago.” To help stem the tide, Motley has cofounded a $50 million fund focused on startups with Black and diverse founding teams, launched a nonprofit dedicated to getting more Black... View Details

13 Jan 2021
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Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”

Out-Innovate, calls it the “frontier market model.” Founded in places with limited resources and nascent entrepreneurial ecosystems, these startups have to be scrappier and leaner. And these limitations, Alex says, make businesses more... View Details

01 Jun 2017
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Life in Lockdown

Ina Foalea leads a brainstorming session in Morris Hall during this year’s Startup Lockdown. It is 6:30 p.m. on the Wednesday of Spring Break. But Ina Foalea (MBA 2018) is in work mode as she stretches out on the couch in the first-floor... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; photography by Chris Churchill

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Mark Cicirelli

nights researching, writing business plans, and using a lot of caffeine. My startup experience taught me big and small lessons about myself. First, I realized I still love gadgets and want to be around technology. More important, whether... View Details

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Early-Stage Feedback | New Venture Competition

Early-Stage Feedback Business Track Early-Stage Feedback allows potential participants in the New Venture Competition (NVC) to receive guidance on their venture. This is a great opportunity to get feedback on your startup idea from VCs,... View Details

24 Aug 2021
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Having a Moment

paid attention to.” After two years of planning, and a slight delay due to COVID, Moment launched in June 2020 and won Best Startup Beverage at the BevNET New Beverage Showdown 2020. While the company’s tagline encourages potential... View Details

Keywords: mindfulness; entrepreneurship; wellness; food and beverage; meditation; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

18 Jan 2018
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Making a Mark in Multicultural Marketing

multimillion dollar investment to launch SUEDE, the first fashion-content-platform brand serving multicultural women. Success at HBS came in and out of the classroom. Mirror Digital got its startup funding from the HBS Angel Investors... View Details