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March 2015
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BOLT: Seed Venture Capital Firm

By: William A. Sahlman and Robert F. White

BOLT is a different kind of seed venture capital firm built to serve the needs of early-stage startups at the intersection of hardware and software.

In the past decade, the cost of entrepreneurial experimentation has dropped dramatically, particularly in web... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Accelerator; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Venture Capital; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Strategy

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Hybrid organizing

By: Julie Battilana

While historically the commercial and social sectors have evolved on fairly separate tracks, over the last 30 years we have witnessed a blurring of the boundaries between these two sectors. In an effort to account for this transition, Professor Battilana’s second... View Details

14 Dec 2016
HBS Seminar

Siobhan O'Mahony and Rebecca Karp, Boston University

15 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

The Founding CEO’s Dilemma: Stay or Go?

professor Wasserman to learn more about his research.New Business: Tell us about your research. Noam Wasserman: My research focuses on founder frustrations in entrepreneurial firms, with a particular emphasis on the core issues of... View Details

01 Jun 2012
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Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big

WASSERMAN: Shining the light of data on entrepreneurial ventures in order to chart the terrain founders will face when they set out to pursue their dreams. Watch Professor Wasserman explain key insights from his book, View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

21 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

How to Sink a Startup

When Noam Wasserman (HBS MBA 1999) spent his MBA summer internship working for a VC firm, he observed important universalities in the decisions that founders faced. He also saw that the "fundamental implications of those decisions were... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

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Jonathan Shepherd

expertise, Jonathan welcomes conversations ranging from self-assessment to goal setting to tactics and execution - always acknowledging how each of these is just one piece of that thing called life. Work Experience: JP Morgan - Investment Banking; Morgan Stanley -... View Details

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Sasha Grinshpun

Sasha (HBS '02) combines her gift for quickly gauging life passions of HBSers with her experience in formulating effective job searches for them to score their dream jobs. Her eclectic background spanning consulting, design thinking, and entrepreneurial ventures puts... View Details

Keywords: Startup - Founder; Startup - Founder; Startup - Founder; Startup - Founder; Startup - Founder; Startup - Founder

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Diversity & Entrepreneurship: Race & Gender Gaps Persist - Race, Gender & Equity

have multiple employees. Approximately a third of all alumni founders work specifically in technology, including “tech-enabled” companies in fields such as health care, finance, or retail. Proportion of Alumni View Details

27 Oct 2017
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Two HBS Alumni to Lead Carlyle Group

Photo via Bloomberg Photo via Bloomberg Glenn Youngkin (MBA 1994) and Kewsong Lee (MBA 1990) have been tapped to lead the Carlyle Group as co-CEOs. Founder Dan D’Aniello (MBA 1974) will become chairman emeritus and remain on Carlyle’s... View Details

06 Dec 2021
News

Research Brief: Launching into a Downturn

High-Tech Start-Up Outcomes,” Roche and coauthor Annamaria Conti found that high-tech and medical-device startups launched in uncertain financial times underperform those whose founders have better job security. As a result, the bar for... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

Jodi Gernon

I leverage my 30+ years of experience launching and scaling startups to help startup founders and CEOs succeed. This includes helping early stage founders think about how complete customer discovery, build... View Details

Keywords: Digital Health;#13;#Biotech & Life Sciences;#16;#Consumer Products & Packaged Goods;#30;#Fashion, Beauty, Apparel, & Retail;#35;#Food & Beverages;#43;#Healthcare;#64;#Software/App;#71;#Travel, Tourism, & Hospitality;#75;#Venture Capital;#238;#Fintech;#237;#Artificial Intelligence

Paris Wallace

Paris Wallace (He/Him) is the CEO & Founder of NCL (Hiring). EIR @ Harvard Business School. Investor. DEI Crusader. Cyclist. Ovia Health (Acquired: LH). Good Start Genetics (Acquired: NVTA) Paris is the View Details

Keywords: Biotech & Life Sciences;#19;#Digital Health;#43;#Healthcare;#56;#Personal Health & Wellness;#64;#Software/App

07 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Revolutionizing Wellness: Kate Twist (MBA 2008) Shapes the Future of Consumer Health Brands

startup with twelve locations across the country. From setting the vision to managing construction build outs, crafting pitches to navigating permits, and having meetings in closets to seeing Ever/Body’s first feature in Vogue, Twist has seen the business through it... View Details

17 Apr 2019
News

Two Alumnae Among Time’s Most Influential of 2019

Aileen Lee (photo by Carlos Chavarría) Lee is the founder of All Raise, a nonprofit that is “dedicated to diversity in founders and funders.” Her entry is written by Kirsten Green, founding partner of both... View Details

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Metropolitan Peace Initiatives, a divisio... Visual Models for Climate Resiliency: SE Founder Sana Mojarradi (MBA 2025) Sana Mojarradi 21 Aug 2024 As part of the HBS Summer Fellows Program, the Social Enterprise View Details

08 Apr 2021
Blog Post

HBS Entrepreneurship Immersion - Four Highlights

that initially you will be the marketing/sales/finance/operations person! And if you are a VC, these are some key elements to assess. Paul with Professor Ted Berk 4. Density of HBS Founders Over 50% of HBS alums become View Details

31 Jan 2023
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Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups

Saigal (MBA 2014), founder and CEO of Kudos, a sustainable diaper company, and Sarina Siddhanti Garg (MBA 2015), founder of the South Asian formal clothing retailer Riya Collective. The women shared their... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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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

01 Jun 2014
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Spring Training for Startups

April was a good month for startups at HBS, with three events connecting expert entrepreneurs with student and alumni founders. The HBS Rock 100 Entrepreneurs' Summit featured conversations with industry leaders like Care.com founder and... View Details

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