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  • 01 Jan 2011
  • News

Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977

Group, I had the privilege of buying, owning, and advising businesses one at a time — investing in them in ways that would help them grow," she muses. "So when I walk into a small business today, I understand the issues very well." Karen... View Details
  • 10 Aug 2009
  • News

Helping 27 Million Entrepreneurs

Keywords: Karen Mills, MBA '77; Government
  • 01 Sep 2011
  • News

Five Graduates Receive the 2011 Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award

  • 04 Sep 2012
  • News

Harvard Business School Presents the 2012 Alumni Achievement Awards To Five Outstanding Graduates

  • March 2021
  • Teaching Plan

The Black New Venture Competition

By: Karen G. Mills, Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Martin A. Sinozich and Gabriella Elanbeck
Black entrepreneurs encounter many unique obstacles when raising capital to start and grow a business, some stemming from deep systemic discrimination. During their second year at Harvard Business School (HBS), MBA students Kimberly Foster and Tyler Simpson decided to... View Details
Keywords: Analytics; Startup; Start-up; Startup Financing; Financing; Startups; Start-ups; Business And Community; Business And Society; Business Growth; Discrimination; Women; Women-owned Businesses; African Americans; African-american Entrepreneurs; African-american Investors; African-American Protagonist; African-American Women; Early Stage Funding; Early Stage; Innovation & Entrepreneurship; Innovation Competitions; Entrepreneurial Financing; Business Plan; Business Startups; Diversity; Gender; Race; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Small Business; Leadership; Information Technology; Competition
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Mills, Karen G., Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Martin A. Sinozich, and Gabriella Elanbeck. "The Black New Venture Competition." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 821-094, March 2021.
  • September 2020
  • Case

The Black New Venture Competition

By: Karen Mills, Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Martin Sinozich and Gabriella Elanbeck
Black entrepreneurs encounter many unique obstacles when raising capital to start and grow a business. During their second year at Harvard Business School (HBS), MBA students Kimberly Foster and Tyler Simpson decided to do something to make a difference for... View Details
Keywords: Startup; Start-up; Startup Financing; Startups; Start-ups; African-American Protagonist; African-american Entrepreneurs; African-american Investors; African-Americans; African-American Women; Black Leadership; Black Inventors; Black Entrepreneurs; Harvard Business School; Harvard; Business And Society; Early Stage Funding; Early Stage Finance; Technology Entrepreneurship; Discrimination; Technology Ventures; Entrepreneurial Finance; Entrepreneurial Financing; Business Plan; Business Startups; Business Ventures; Financing and Loans; Business Growth and Maturation; Diversity; Gender; Race; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Small Business; Leadership; Information Technology; Competition; Technology Industry
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Mills, Karen, Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Martin Sinozich, and Gabriella Elanbeck. "The Black New Venture Competition." Harvard Business School Case 821-029, September 2020.
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Podcast - Business & Environment

reshaping their operations. James also describes related public policies like extended producer responsibility (EPR) and provides advice for those pursuing careers in circular economy innovation. Designing for Circularity at Scale: A Conversation with View Details
  • 01 Dec 2019
  • News

Bridging the Gap

says HBS professor Jan Rivkin, who developed and leads YALP alongside faculty members Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Karen Mills, and Mitch Weiss; as well as Program Director Manjari Raman. “When we dove into the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government
  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Driving economic growth and job creation

Karen Gordon Mills (AB 1975, MBA 1977) served in President Barack Obama’s cabinet as administrator of the US Small Business Administration, which is focused on economic growth and support for small... View Details
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Partners & Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Fellowship Fund; Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation/Richard L. Menschel Endowment 2023 Deep Biswas, Boston Planning & Development Agency, MBA Class of... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2011
  • News

Extraordinary People

50 years of marriage, together the Krafts left a lasting legacy through their philanthropic endeavors, particularly in their work to help underserved children and to further cancer research. Karen Gordon View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

An Rx for Small Business Recovery

Karen Gordon Mills served in President Barack Obama’s cabinet as head of the Small Business Administration (SBA) during the height of the Great Recession. “Back then, I thought small businesses were weathering the worst financial crisis... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
  • 01 Sep 2016
  • News

The Big Business of Little Loans

Funding Circle, among others. It was a wide circle. These startups are part of a new ecosystem filling the void left by traditional banks that don’t want to lend to small businesses because they are too risky or because interest rates are too low to make money, says... View Details
Keywords: Nancy Miller
  • 01 Apr 1999
  • News

Time to Vote in University Elections

Executive Officer, Telemundo Group, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif. Sheila James Kuehl, JD '78; AB '62, University of California at Los Angeles. State Assembly member, 41st District; Chair, Assembly Judiciary Committee, Santa Monica, Calif. View Details
  • 19 Oct 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

academics are uniquely suited to play, says Karen Mills, former administrator of the US Small Business Administration (SBA) and now a senior fellow at HBS. “When I went to Washington, I saw a tremendous need... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 13 Dec 2022
  • News

The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith

supported me with post-HBS decisions." Christine: "Professors Mitch Weiss, Joshua Margolis, Karen Mills, and Ashish Nanda nurtured my interest in working across the private, public, and social sectors, and... View Details
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