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- 10 Sep 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Branding Yoga
teachers. There's Bikram Choudhury, the founder of Bikram yoga in America, who has aggressively fought to patent his approach to traditional yoga style. Then there is the former model and ballet dancer Tara Stiles, who isn't particularly... View Details
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from an average of 100 students to 350 students. The program affords MBA students between their first and second years the opportunity to explore entrepreneurial paths, both as founders and as those interested in joining early-stage... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
standardization has been a failure mode for innovation and productivity until recently,” he observes. Yang has spent much of his career in the cleantech industry and is founder and CEO of Liatris, an eco-friendly insulation startup. He... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 13 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding
Snapple forged its initial popularity with underdog narratives and "got its juice back" by reintroducing stories about its quirky founders and its underdog spokesperson, Wendy. Nantucket Nectars' label portrays the story of the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Aug 2023
- News
Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we’re going to be highlighting an episode of another HBS podcast: Climate Rising, which focuses on what businesses are doing, can do, and should do... View Details
- 12 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
Trying Out New Career Options with SIPs (Short Intensive Programs)
skills required to succeed as an early-stage entrepreneur. The Bootcamp is designed for three types of students: Aspiring founders whose startup concept is selected as a team project will accelerate their concept’s development. Students... View Details
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
find an alternative that he loved as much as the real deal. In Walker, he found an award-winning brewer who recognized the opportunity in the marketplace and was up for the challenge—against the advice of everyone in the industry, as the View Details
- 23 Jun 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Role of Institutional Development in the Prevalence and Value of Family Firms
- July 2019 (Revised May 2021)
- Case
Acelerex
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In early 2019, Randell Johnson, Founder and Chief Executive of Acelerex, was reflecting on the company’s first year of rapid growth and the challenges of scaling the business that lay ahead. Acelerex was riding the waves of change taking place in electrical power grids... View Details
Keywords: Energy; Energy Sources; Growth Management; Expansion; Global Strategy; Cash Flow; Energy Industry; Web Services Industry; Consulting Industry
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Acelerex." Harvard Business School Case 720-360, July 2019. (Revised May 2021.)
- 28 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Harvard Team Wins Second Place in MIINT Impact Investing Competition
about their experiences. The MIINT program also provided an avenue to reach out to impact VCs and ask their perspective, which gave me a stronger sense of the different paths founders and impact investors have taken and ultimately what... View Details
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Harvard Business School
Baker Library Special Collections Exhibits More Exhibits Explore the Exhibit Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core Demands & Proposals Early Years... View Details
- 17 Dec 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Medical Tourism
founder and chairman of Apollo Hospitals, says he spent a lot of time studying specialists almost like an executive search firm would, to identify their pleasure points and pain points in terms of building a successful practice in the... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
Castelanelli, founder of the two-year-old company Club Vino, has made one such pivot. The company had been hosting themed wine tastings, often in prestigious locations, but when the COVID-19 outbreak hit and social gatherings were no... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
'61) Founder and Managing Partner Idanta Partners Ltd. Each year a host of bright-eyed entrepreneurs make their way to San Diego to explain their dreams to Dave Dunn, one of the nation's leading venture capitalists. For every seven... View Details
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)
blood testing market. The company and its founder were riding high, adorning the covers of magazines and making headlines. But the momentum slowed in October after a negative write-up in The Wall Street Journal, which questioned several... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Firm Foundation
Courtesy Tracy Britt Cool Courtesy Tracy Britt Cool Tracy Britt Cool (MBA 2009) has been playing the long game as long as she can remember. The former Berkshire Hathaway executive grew up in a family business: Her father was a third-generation farmer in Manhattan,... View Details
- 16 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Turning a Moment into a Movement: Interview with Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders Kenneth and Kevin Chenault
their expertise on what we don’t know.” For example, without a background in website design, the ARF founders turned to Kevin’s classmate, Brendan Lind (JD/MBA 2023) who designed the organization’s online presence used for sharing... View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Jonathan M. Nelson, MBA 1983
Partners 1999 Begins office expansion to EU and Asia 2008 Providence expands into credit business 2014 Providence has 275 employees and $40 billion under management Founder and CEO, Providence Equity Partners, LLC As a partner at... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 12 Oct 2017
- News
Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time
in the mid-1990s had one of the highest crime rates in the country, a significant drug problem, and a failing school. Local real estate developer and philanthropist Tom Cousins, who became the founder of Purpose Built Communities, led the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 25 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures
and managing cow manure (a material source of emissions!).” Hilton continues to support climate founders as an independent sponsor. He’s carefully working “to define the niche that fits my skillsets and interests best.” He remains... View Details