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- 02 Nov 2023
- News
Seeding Startups
Shirish Nadkarni (MBA 1987) was the director of product planning for Microsoft’s MSN when he decided he was ready to become an entrepreneur. He had recently led the growing internet portal’s 1997 acquisition of Hotmail, the first free, web-based email solution, and the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 02 Jul 2019
- News
‘VC: An American History’ Review: The Seed Spreaders
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Wide Horizon
Journal with the headline “Autism Research Should Be Financed Like Venture Capital,” arguing that the concentration of capital in autism research was sti ing innovation. “Researchers should be rewarded for stretching beyond conventional... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Venturing Forth
Illustration by Adam McCauley Venture capital is a heady industry: Big bets mean big checks when the deals hit right. And for most of the last decade, those taking part in the funds were riding high: Capital was abundant, valuations were soaring, and the stock market... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock
sector. He is also in the process of setting up the Center for Shared Ownership, which he has seeded with a $10 million donation. The nonprofit will develop best practices, set standards, and study the outcomes of equity grant programs as... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
a fintech unicorn that spans multiple verticals. After another sales record during the 2016 Global Shopping Festival with Alibaba, Ant Financial’s chief strategy officer contemplates the various opportunities and challenges associated with the firm’s international... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
And while the role offered Howard the opportunity to apply her company-building skills, the company’s mission, “democratizing finance for all” was the main draw. “Knowing from my prior career experience just how many people don’t feel... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
At age 26, Ronald Cohen (MBA ’69) planted the seed of a great idea in inhospitable British soil. With three HBS classmates, he cofounded a consulting firm to advise entrepreneurial businesses. Admittedly, it was a risk. Entrepreneurship... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
of Finance and Banking When searching out the causes of the 2008 financial crisis, Professor Robin Greenwood says one needs to look to the root of nearly every crisis: human behavior. With his focus on behavioral finance, Greenwood wears... View Details
- 08 Jun 2021
- News
New Funding for Female Founders
cruelty-free; its operations are carbon and plastic neutral, according to Prima. Saigal is co-founder and CEO of Kudos, a startup that has reengineered the disposable diaper for greater sustainability. Kudos announced the close of a $2.4 million View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
empathize or understand the pain point. We were often asked by the investors to talk to their wives or their administrative assistants.” Eventually, Barna and co-founder Katia Beauchamp (MBA 2010) closed a $1.4 million seed round that... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Vision: Sound Science
genes to the inner ear with unprecedented efficiency.” The five-year-old company will likely apply for clinical testing permission for its lead therapy in the first half of 2022—a key hurdle in the notoriously lengthy process of advancing novel medicines from View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Sustaining HBS’s Unique Economic Model
fellowships and professorships — by their donors. Current-use gifts to the HBS Fund provide an annual influx of funds that can be spent immediately. “As HBS has made strategic investments in recent years, gifts to the HBS Fund have provided an important source of View Details
- 17 May 2018
- News
Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs
without interactive curricula, the well-meaning movement may backfire. “Our fear is that if the schools teach entrepreneurship just as another typical subject, the kids rote learn to get high marks in the examination and that will do very little good to the long-term... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 20 Jun 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
rather the weather. Even today, Gandhi shivers a little when he talks about “crossing that darn bridge in the middle of winter.” Just as bracing to him, however, was the HBS attitude of being able to do anything you set your mind to. Although Gandhi drew on his View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Your Fullest Self
to hide. She began wearing wigs and extensions for the convenience and versatility they offered, not as a necessity. That experience was the seed for what inspired her to leave a secure position at Shell and launch Upgrade, an online... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Sunny Side
Awesome, there’s a tribe for you. Want to drive a pink Lamborghini? Cool, knock yourself out.” Berardi believes Miami’s infectious energy gives ANIMO a competitive advantage in sourcing deals in which it can make big bets very early, investing at the View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
1992) Adams Street Partners Paralysis by Analysis The opportunity I most remember passing on was a seed round in Ola, the leading taxi/ride-sharing company in India. The mistake I made was that I sized the market statically and failed to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
have a long break-in period: I got out of the Navy on a Thursday before Memorial Day. A week from that Monday we had moved to Boston, and I had two sections of Finance for the summer session.” A native of West Virginia, Charlie Williams... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
Lovepop Woos The Sharks
investments from other Boston companies, including an institutional seed round led by [venture firm] Accomplice. With all the capital, we want to perfect the online gifting experience. Our goal is to redefine expectations for what can fit... View Details