Launch - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Sep 2014
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First Look: Harvard’s New Launch Lab, a Home for Alumni Startups

Keywords: i-Lab; Launch Lab; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 2015
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Launch Codes

Photo courtesy of Jodi Gernon Before joining HBS’s Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship as its new director in July, Jodi Gernon (MBA 1991) weighed two other potential career options—joining a startup or launching one of her own. “I... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

22 Feb 2022
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Launch Codes

Pak (MBA 2015) founding member and CMO at Blueland; Alumni track winner, 2019 Forget the Past Sebastian Monroy (MBA 2018) and I launched Zubale as a marketplace to connect independent contractors to consumer goods companies in need of... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Alvaro Dominguez

05 Oct 2021
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Launch Signals

moment of uncertainty,” added Fitzgerald. The pair spent four years interviewing assault survivors and refining their product before launching in February 2020—and relaunching in June 2020. “Honestly, we were very concerned initially that... View Details

Keywords: entrepreneurship; startup; safety; wearable tech; women; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2018
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Ready, Set, Launch

Launching Technology Ventures explore an alternative path, one designed to sidestep many of the missteps: the lean startup methodology. The idea is to launch as quickly as possible with a minimum viable... View Details

01 Mar 2006
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MD/MBA Program Launched

Harvard’s new five-year, MD/MBA joint-degree program was formally launched at an HBS reception in November. Keynote speaker and Novartis CEO Daniel Vasella (PMD 57, 1989), who holds an MD degree, told his audience, including the seven... View Details

Keywords: MD/MBA joint-degree program; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2009
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Ready for Launch

A daily apartment cleaning service (Fresh Maid). An organizer of one-day extreme endurance events for men (Tough Mudder). A market-based solution to increase the milk production of cattle in rural India (Doodh Bhandar). These are just a few of the semifinalists... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Apr 1997
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Management Update Launched

Managers trying to make sense out of a continuously changing business environment should check out the latest from Harvard Business School Publishing (HBSP). Management Update, a monthly newsletter launched in June 1996 and edited by new... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

10 Feb 2016
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Drone Racing League Launches

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

13 Feb 2017
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HBS Launches Executive Program In India

01 Jan 2011
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Launch of J-PAL Africa

14 Oct 2010
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Harvard Launches Innovation Incubator

01 Dec 2003
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HBS Launches Alumni Survey

Starting in January 2004, HBS will begin an annual alumni survey to gain a better understanding of how the School’s graduates define success and the role the HBS experience has played in helping them to achieve it. “This survey has important implications across the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2008
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WSA Launches Scholarship Fund

The HBS Women’s Student Association (WSA) has announced plans to establish a new scholarship fund and has revived its popular first-year exam review sessions, an idea first suggested by the newly formed Alumnae Advisory Board. The WSA scholarship is only the second... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services