Filter Results
:
(7,131)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(7,131)
- People (41)
- News (2,297)
- Research (3,393)
- Events (21)
- Multimedia (162)
- Faculty Publications (3,012)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(7,131)
- People (41)
- News (2,297)
- Research (3,393)
- Events (21)
- Multimedia (162)
- Faculty Publications (3,012)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 08 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Building an Internship Program at Your Startup: An Interview with Facily’s Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999)
where his passion for entrepreneurship was reignited and he founded a software company, Certant, in 1999 after graduation. Shortly thereafter, the dotcom bubble burst and Certant ran out of funding. However, the co-founders and team...
View Details
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Profile
Tricia Lee
company visits, or just chatting with classmates. I learned a so much about so many fields, the challenges they face and types of roles that exist, and how my unique skill set might apply. But also in the end, it re-confirmed that the intersection of entertainment,...
View Details
- 31 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Setting Interns Up for Success at Your Startup
At a young, growing company, there is always more work to be done. There are strategies to build, projects to complete, partnerships to forge, data to crunch, employees to develop – the list goes on. That’s why bringing on an intern to help tackle the workload makes...
View Details
Keywords:
Entrepreneurship
- 08 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Balancing Act: Kate Eberle Walker’s Action Plan for C-suite Diversity
In a snapshot of the PresenceLearning leadership team taken this spring, CEO Kate Eberle Walker (MBA 2005) stands, smiling, just right of center. She’s flanked by three other women and four men—the gender-balanced C-suite she had been determined to build when she took...
View Details
Keywords:
Entrepreneurship
- 24 Sep 2018
- Blog Post
Working to Keep Pirates At-Bay: My Summer in Cyber Security
After spending three years working in consulting before coming to HBS, I knew I wanted to use my summer to expand beyond the world of Board of Directors advisory and multi-national company strategic planning and try something completely different, such as an...
View Details
Keywords:
Entrepreneurship
- 11 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
Designing Internship Projects for Greater Impact
Although internships have long been a staple of an HBS education, today’s MBA candidates have different expectations – with a new set of challenges for interns and employers alike. Students are interested in working in a variety of organizations, with many seeking...
View Details
Keywords:
Entrepreneurship
- Profile
Tuce Zengin Van den Eynde
Both Tuce Zengin Van den Eynde and her husband, Alain, had completed master’s degrees, and had considerable experience in corporate finance. But Alain was eager to go the United States to get an MBA, and in what might be considered a foreshadowing of the negotiation...
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
- 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
- 28 Feb 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Love My Job: Sierra Smith Talks Her Fashion Startup Internship
Why I Love My Job is a series of interviews with HBS students and alumni on what drives their satisfaction at work. Internship Position: Summer Fellow, Plan de Ville, Summer 2016 Location: New York, New York Describe your role at Plan de Ville. Plan de Ville is a small...
View Details
Keywords:
Entrepreneurship
- 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