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Entrepreneurship Club | MBA
guest speakers series Exclusive job board Mentorship Program Networking with fellow entrepreneurs, startup joiners and investors A proud member of Graduate Entrepreneurship Council (GEC) Club Email Address eshp@studentclubs.hbs.edu Club... View Details
- January 1989
- Supplement
Suzanne de Passe at Motown Productions, Video
By: Linda A. Hill
Updates events in the case and draws a tighter focus on managing a start-up and women in leadership. View Details
Hill, Linda A. "Suzanne de Passe at Motown Productions, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 889-508, January 1989.
- April 1992 (Revised March 1993)
- Case
Sam Steinberg (A) and (B) (Condensed)
Covers the period from Steinberg's founding in 1917 through the company's growth to a major firm in 1969. View Details
Roberts, Michael J. "Sam Steinberg (A) and (B) (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 392-044, April 1992. (Revised March 1993.)
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Case Study: Glass Half Full
Image courtesy Ernesto Humpierres Image courtesy Ernesto Humpierres In classic engineer fashion, Ernesto Humpierres (MBA 2011) has always enjoyed building systems, whether it’s a Lego set with his twins or an e-commerce side hustle with their mother, Sarah Scott... View Details
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
What Started as a Class Project at HBS Just Raised $110 million from Fidelity, Google, and Microsoft
Keywords: CloudFlare
- 22 Sep 2014
- News
A "Silicon Valley-Style" Investment Fund in Europe
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
The Evolving HBS Campus
gift from Judy (MBA 1983) and Steve (MBA 1982) Pagliuca, the lab, opened in November, offers shared space for high-potential life sciences and biotech startups that are founded by Harvard faculty, alumni, students, and postdoctoral... View Details
- 07 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India
journey to understand the intricate tapestry of India's burgeoning green tech landscape. A pivotal moment in our learning expedition was the site visit to Log 9 Materials, a company that epitomizes the fusion of innovation and environmental stewardship. Our visit... View Details
- Web
Field Course: Ideation and Prototyping for Innovation - Course Catalog
existing products as PMs or in other roles within established organizations Advising early-stage startups as venture capital investors or corporate innovation teams as consultants In teams of two or three, students will work on a... View Details
- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/219055-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 219-057 Fluidity In December 2018, the blockchain startup Fluidity was about to participate in its first tokenization deal, which would create digital... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
Honing an Interest in Healthcare at HBS
The work both renewed my excitement to come back to HBS and to aggressively pursue healthcare coursework in EC year. I focused almost entirely on healthcare and entrepreneurship coursework during the fall term, including working for a healthcare View Details
- August 2019 (Revised April 2020)
- Case
BlueVine Capital: Growth Factors
By: Marco Di Maggio and Nathaniel Schwalb
The start-up, BlueVine Capital Inc. (BlueVine), used data and technology to help finance small businesses via factoring and lines of credit. The case explains the small business financing market in mid-2010s, how CEO Eyal Lifshitz identified the opportunity for... View Details
Keywords: Fintech; Business Startups; Small Business; Financing and Loans; Innovation Leadership; Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry
Di Maggio, Marco, and Nathaniel Schwalb. "BlueVine Capital: Growth Factors." Harvard Business School Case 220-006, August 2019. (Revised April 2020.)
- January 2017
- Supplement
Hello Alfred: Come Home Happy — Operating the Business Model Exercise
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Christopher Payton
On a mission to "automate the on-demand economy," Harvard Business School classmates Marcela Sapone and Jessica Beck launched Hello Alfred in 2013 to provide subscribers with an "Alfred" to complete various chores for a monthly fee. In early 2016, the company has built... View Details
- June 2011
- Teaching Note
Big to Small: The Two Lives of Barry Nalls (TN)
By: Noam Wasserman
Teaching Note for 808167. View Details
- August 2010 (Revised January 2013)
- Case
Urban Water Partners (A)
By: Karthik Ramanna, George Serafeim and Aldo Sesia
The case explores a new business venture to bring clean water to residents of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, who otherwise cannot afford it. Management has enough money to get the company through August 2010 but needs more capital thereafter. An HBS alumnus is interested in... View Details
Keywords: Accrual Accounting; Financial Statements; Business Startups; Social Entrepreneurship; Investment; Performance Evaluation; Dar es Salaam; Massachusetts
Ramanna, Karthik, George Serafeim, and Aldo Sesia. "Urban Water Partners (A)." Harvard Business School Case 111-016, August 2010. (Revised January 2013.)
- November 2007 (Revised February 2011)
- Case
The Ice King
By: Tom Nicholas and Sandra Nicholas
Provides an opportunity to examine the risk-reward tradeoff and the travails of entrepreneurial venturing in the nascent U.S. economy. Traces the origins and development of Frederic Tudor's Ice Company, a business which developed during the 19th century to hack chunks... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Cost vs Benefits; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Business History; Operations; Risk and Uncertainty; United States
Nicholas, Tom, and Sandra Nicholas. "The Ice King." Harvard Business School Case 808-094, November 2007. (Revised February 2011.)
- August 2007 (Revised July 2008)
- Background Note
Take Advantage of Your Diaspora Network
By: William R. Kerr and Daniel J. Isenberg
Diaspora networks (DNs) are an important resource for global entrepreneurs. Discusses several features of DNs, combining both academic and practitioner perspectives. Describes the history and prevalence of DNs in many ethnicities, documents the broad resources DNs can... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Diasporas; Entrepreneurship; Globalized Markets and Industries; Social and Collaborative Networks
Kerr, William R., and Daniel J. Isenberg. "Take Advantage of Your Diaspora Network." Harvard Business School Background Note 808-029, August 2007. (Revised July 2008.) (Featured in a 2008 Harvard Business Review write-up.)
- January 2002 (Revised March 2002)
- Case
Intuitive Surgical - Negotiating the Deal
By: Jay O. Light and Anthony Massaro
Two cofounders of a company enter into a negotiation to set the terms of a start-up in the field of laparoscopic surgery. View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Tactics; Negotiation Style; Negotiation Deal; Health Care and Treatment; Business Startups; Health Industry
Light, Jay O., and Anthony Massaro. "Intuitive Surgical - Negotiating the Deal." Harvard Business School Case 202-094, January 2002. (Revised March 2002.)
- September 1995 (Revised October 1995)
- Case
Transcape Systems: Creating a Market
Entrepreneurial companies must overcome substantial barriers to create markets for innovative products in industries reluctant to embrace change. Transcape Systems faces this callenge as it attempts to create a market for interactive multimedia software in the... View Details
Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Applications and Software; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Product Marketing; Information Technology Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Health Industry
Kosnik, Thomas J., and Dave Frampton. "Transcape Systems: Creating a Market." Harvard Business School Case 596-047, September 1995. (Revised October 1995.)