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- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value Across Borders
and differences in entrepreneurship as practiced in the U.S. and abroad? What are the reasons for these differences? A: I'll start with a key similarity. The basic notion that people act in their perceived self-interest is a given. In... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Intellectual Underpinnings of Entrepreneurial Management
What are the roots of entrepreneurship as an academic field of interest? The term entrepreneur—literally, "undertaker"—has been around for over two centuries, having been introduced in the early eighteenth century by the... View Details
- 16 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
The Rise of The Sixes: Interview with CEO and Founder Franci Girard
her time between factory floors, design meetings, setting the strategy, and crunching the numbers. “I’m happy that I was there as the production manager when we started out, but I had to determine the best use of my time and skill sets going forward.” View Details
- 13 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
There's No Quick Shortcut to Success: Zorpads Takes Off
build off their current momentum. Breaking barriers to entrepreneurship It's hard to imagine that with all this success, they're still devoting only part of their time to Zorpads. Noting that one of the biggest misconceptions of View Details
- 15 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Stan Chang: “A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship”
Thomas Eisenmann, co-chair of the HBS Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and faculty co-chair for the MS/MBA program. Professor Eisenmann knew two previous students who now led the Product team at Sidewalk Labs and put Stan in touch with... View Details
- 15 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Health Is Wealth | The Path To Creating A Venture
initially. Through her relationship with Austin, Rachel connected with Alex Iskold, Coach and VC in Resident at the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship at HBS and Managing Partner at 2048 Ventures [formerly Managing Partner of... View Details
- 29 May 2013
- Blog Post
Four Weeks on the Road with MBAs Across America
It’s our fourth week of MBAs Across America. We spend our weekends driving between cities, but that’s where the routine ends. Every day is a remarkable, and remarkably different, adventure. Here’s a summary of what we’ve been up to: Week 1: Detroit, MI Sebastian... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 30 May 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Entrepreneurship’s Wild Ride
During the last 15 years, entrepreneurship has developed from a marginal, struggling field of inquiry to a dynamic centerpiece of many business schools. As the Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: by William Mahoney
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
The New “In” Crowd
School named a new group of Leadership Fellows, graduating MBAs taking yearlong key positions with nonprofit and public-sector organizations at salaries partially subsidized by HBS. The School also announced the recipient of the inaugural Social View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Perception versus Reality
entrepreneurship just doesn’t square with reality. Our special focus coverage of entrepreneurship in this issue will help set the record straight — starting with the cover photo. The pictured trio aren’t the... View Details
- Profile
Seth Moulton
virtues of entrepreneurship that I had never understood before. In the process, I realized that becoming an entrepreneur was a much better fit for my personality and previous experience, so this was a very important revelation for me--and... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
Being a Mom and a Founder at HBS
had the opportunity to learn from fantastic faculty in the classroom, at Startup Bootcamp, and through an Independent Project focused on my business. I’ve also been involved in the programming provided by the Rock Center for View Details
- 08 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Co-Founders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke
their shared objectives of pursuing entrepreneurship at some point in the future. Three years after graduation, they felt that they had identified an opportunity worth pursuing. “After three years of being a general manager at McKinsey... View Details
- 14 May 2015
- Blog Post
Venture Capitalist Returns to HBS to Mentor MBA Students
Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) program back in 2013 as a way to both give back to her alma mater and mentor the next generation of HBS entrepreneurs. We were lucky enough to chat with Rudina and learn more about her involvement with the program. View Video How did... View Details
- Career Coach
Juan Leung Li
in the entrepreneurship ecosystem on campus to launch a startup while in school, co-found Rock Venture Partners and pursue his passion to help entrepreneurs as an early stage VC. Juan is a Partner at Tectonic Ventures, a B2B pre-seed and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Start Me Up
In April, HBS students and alumni looking for capital ran their good ideas through the gauntlet. As part of the New Venture Competition, the School's annual entrepreneurship challenge, 25 finalists— 8 student teams and 17 alumni... View Details
- 26 Jan 2017
- News
The Challenges and Rewards of Teaching by the Case Method
In this interview, she describes the value of using the case method in business education. “I’m a professor of entrepreneurship at Howard University, and I teach entrepreneurship by the case method. And so,... View Details
- 18 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Heroic Entrepreneurs
have built national or global organizations that have achieved social impact. This focus on success stories has led to a skewed view of social entrepreneurship as nothing more or less than a field of huge, realized dreams. “A big weakness... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
In Dot-Calm Era, Conference Examines Options for Entrepreneurs
Is the bloom off the entrepreneurial rose? Do B2B and B2C mean "Back to Banking" and "Back to Consulting," as the current joke would have it? Where are the opportunities for those who still believe starting their own business is the way to go? The 2000 HBS View Details
Keywords: Information
- 27 Aug 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Guts, Gall, and Good Luck: What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur
Literature This paper brings together recent findings in the academic literature on the prevalence of various personality traits among entrepreneurs and their impact on venture performance. Self-Employment Dynamics and the Returns to View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne