Publications

30 Sep 2015
News

Live-Action Puzzles Teach Teams to Try and Try Again

01 Mar 2005
News

Deal Me In

Black Photo Courtesy Fitdeck Have you heard about the latest must-have exercise equipment? Your local gym doesn’t have it, and that’s just fine with its inventor, Phil Black (MBA ’02), who’d rather see it in your shirt pocket. Black, a certified personal trainer and... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

Profile

Janina Motter

“It’s a newer program targeting people like me interested in joining or launching startups and launching technical products. It also provides many opportunities for project-based coursework.” In her first year, Janina has already... View Details

16 Jun 2016
Blog Post

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

Web

Online Entrepreneurial Marketing Course | HBS Online

making purchasing decisions Understand the importance of brand-building and the key components of an effective brand Build a media strategy across paid, earned, and owned channels Evaluate and identify growth opportunities Who Will Benefit Founders and View Details

15 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

The Right Connections

that whom you know can be just as important as what you know when trying to offset the uncertainty inherent in backing a high-risk startup in an initial public offering (IPO). "Our work suggests that the functional backgrounds or... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

Career Coach

Alan Braly

included launching a startup to commercialize an interventional oncology medical device. He was previously at Health Advances, a boutique healthcare strategy consulting firm, where he led engagements in diagnostics, therapeutics, medical... View Details

13 Jan 2021
News

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

February 2023
Case

Kapor Capital

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Lindsay N. Hyde and Julia Kelley

Kapor Capital, a leading impact investment venture capital (VC) firm, is on the cusp of a generational transition. The two rising managing directors are about to take over the firm from the VC’s eponymous founders. How should they think about strategy, brand, and... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Operations; Business Startups; Financial Services Industry; United States

February 2015
Supplement

MuMaté Tool: Evaluating Financing Alternatives

By: Joseph B. Fuller

"MuMaté Tool: Evaluating Financing Alternatives" walks students through the considerations in allocating equity amongst the members of a startup's founding team. This exercise is designed to be used in conjunction with: Shikhar Ghosh, Joseph B. Fuller, Thomas E.... View Details

Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Business Startups; Equity

04 Feb 2015
News

HourlyNerd Raises $7.8M for Its Consulting Gig Marketplace

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2002
News

Steven Murch: Philanthropist-in-Training

Murch: from high-tech success to hands-on development (photo courtesy of Steven Murch) Murch: from high-tech success to hands-on development (photo courtesy of Steven Murch) Another in a series of occasional articles on HBS graduates who have taken a leave from their... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Health, Social Assistance

Profile

Rob Casper

opportunity," he says. "It's not about a fast-track career. It's about relationships, learning, and rewarding the two gentlemen who believe in me." "Frankly," Rob says, in reference to a prevailing investment model that favors View Details

Profile

Matthew Boys

him to stay in the tech industry, particularly in “fast-growing startups with small team dynamics that push you to come up with new things.” The right way to train your brain “A common theme for non-engineers in technology is to get an... View Details

Profile

Kevin Nazemi

care IT startup in Boston. Once he completes his joint degree, he looks forward to “being a builder, someone with an operations role who can act as an entrepreneur.” View Details

01 Mar 2016
News

Reinventing the Wheel

the air or clogging landfills appealed to Cardozo. He’d worked extensively in startups and spent some time in the corporate world, but now he wanted more than commercial success—he wanted to lead a company that had what he calls a “strong... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Jun 2025
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Unlocking Innovation: A Leader's Guide to Turning Bold Ideas Into Tangible Results By Robyn Bolton (MBA 2005) Page Two Press Only 1 in every 50,000 incubated ideas reaches $1 million in sales. If you ask most corporate executives why their... View Details

August 2007 (Revised February 2008)
Case

Pinnacle Ventures

By: Michael J. Roberts, William A. Sahlman and Elizabeth Kind

Describes a prospective "venture debt" loan to a new venture from the perspective of Patrick Lee, a principal at Pinnacle Ventures. Forces students to grapple with the nature of financial risk in the start-up firm and assess the prospective risks and returns to a... View Details

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Venture Capital; Investment Return; Business Startups; Financial Services Industry

March 2006 (Revised February 2007)
Case

Massive Incorporated (A)

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III, Clark Gilbert and Victoria Winston

How do you go to market with a brand new product in a new industry? How does a business develop an opportunity and then adapt its strategy to ensure success? Who are the early adopters and how does a business work with them? Katherine Hays, chief operating office at... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Product Launch; Digital Marketing; Business Startups; Advertising Industry