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James Reinhart
his venture as a platform for buying and selling used children’s clothing. An entrepreneur, he pointed out, has to look for ways to create value, and he realized his original concept would only succeed with enormous, eBay-level scale. The... View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
http://www.vcc.columbia.edu/files/vale/print/No_96_-_Wells_-_FINAL.pdf Working Papers Marketplace or Reseller? By: Hagiu, Andrei, and Julian Wright Abstract—Intermediaries can choose between functioning as a marketplace (on which suppliers View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
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Fred Smith
outside business interests as well. "We get excited by the potential purchasing power of China's 1.3 billion people. But 800 million are still farmers in rural areas. It's just not realistic to think it will be easy to sell products... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Snapping Up Voters
Illustration by Chris Gash When Rob Saliterman (MBA 2011) started selling online political ads at Google, they were almost all destined for people already seeking political content, placed either on specific networks or in response to... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 31 Jul 2014
- News
Making Private Equity Public Knowledge
first tried to transition to private equity from consulting, looking for more ownership over his work. Because the consulting company he worked for wasn't targeted by private equity, he had to go out and sell himself. "Traditional... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Venturing: Entrepreneurship on the Inside
may have come up with this totally on your gut instinct, but that's not the way you sell it. You're going to sell it by portraying it as something you went through in a very rational, systematic way." View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 08 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Catching the Entrepreneurship Bug at HBS
hustle and I was going to sell my favorite thing to make: greeting cards. Plot twist! I’ve saved most of the greeting cards I’ve received, and I’ve always loved making cards for friends and loved ones for birthdays and special occasions.... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
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Donna L. Dubinsky, MBA 1981
Embroidery. There she experienced all aspects of a small business, from sales to quality control to delivering merchandise. "Every businessperson should have sales experience," she says. "That's where the rubber meets the road. It is also what most people do all the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
See You There
2013). Launched in 2012, Peek "curates and sells travel activities online," employing professional photographers and writers, as well as postings from celebrities, to supply content about a wide range of things to do in a variety of... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?
Advisors, more than 20 enclosed malls have been shuttered over the last few years with another 60 on the endangered list. José Alvarez: Ecommerce has significant implications for the current conception of the mall. We are seeing that traffic is down, so cross View Details
- 10 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table
sell the resulting agreements to constituents. At the same time, they must build credibility and productive working relationships externally while advancing the interests of their sides. But good external moves may have adverse... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins
- 30 Jan 2018
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January 30, 2018
products offered to customers—has recently been used as a competitive advantage for both brick-and-mortar and online retailers. Fast-fashion retailers have differentiated themselves by rotating their assortment multiple times throughout a standard View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Real Conflict
pro-consumerism a good thing? The answer, at least in relation to Wal-Mart, depends on the identity of these “consumers” — the ones getting most of the benefits from the company’s low prices. Wal-Mart operates two-and-a-half times as much View Details
- 19 Aug 2013
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Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
Yusuf Keshavjee Some years ago, Yusuf Keshavjee (OPM 17, 1991) was driving near Lake Victoria in Kenya when he noticed vendors by the roadside selling honey. Not an unusual sight in Africa, but it got Keshavjee to thinking about issues... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Agenda: Stacy Sonnenberg (MBA 2003)
Sacramento, where we worked on arenas and the public sector funded 50 percent of the construction costs. Even at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas it was 50-50.” “We sell to the private placement bond market. That’s primarily life insurance... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 01 Jun 2015
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The End of Cows?
replace it? Alvarez floats one possibility: Every supermarket could make meat on premise and then package and sell it. (The meat is simply muscle and fat cells, which are replicated to build the tissue we eat.) A supply like that would... View Details
- 19 Oct 2011
- News
A Good Look
appearance of healthy-looking skin.” Rosemary is the source of a natural antirancidity agent. “In a synthetic form, the chemical compound butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) would perform the same function,” Levy notes, “but many consumers don’t want that in their... View Details
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Real Estate - Alumni
due on the appreciation and also receive a charitable income deduction. HBS sells the property and uses the proceeds to support an area that you designate. Charitable Remainder Trust: You can fund a charitable remainder trust with real... View Details
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
products. OXO's Grips are ideal for older adults who might have dexterity problems, the way that you can manipulate their products. But they weren't selling to older. They sell to everybody. And it happens... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 1
http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-3-642-03109-0 Sell Side School Ties Authors:Lauren H. Cohen, Christopher J. Malloy, and Andrea Frazzini Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract We study the impact of social networks... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace