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Stephanie Tilenius
the first West Trek, a tour of start-ups and early-stage Internet companies that included Yahoo!, WebTV, Excite and many others. “All of us moved to the West Coast after completing our MBAs,” says Stephanie, “and we’re all still there,...
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Strategy and Technology - Course Catalog
products increasingly valuable if more consumers buy their product or if more complements become available. What are the implications for market tipping, pricing and growth strategies? Multisided Platforms (MSPs): The most important...
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Hila Lifshitz-Assaf
Growing up in Israel, a country which has one of the highest rates of patents, scientific publications and start-ups per capita, I could not help but be intrigued and fascinated by the phenomena of innovation. In my career as a corporate...
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- 10 Aug 2015
- News
A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges
microinsurance market. She finished HBS as a Leadership Fellow, launching Accion International’s microinsurance program in 2005. A follow-up project at Capital One, introducing prepaid debit cards to unbanked customers in the United States, gave Kapila her first...
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Jill Radsken
- 30 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
HBS Grad Drives Lori Systems to Success
vendors with trucks, one of the greatest barriers to African economic growth could be mitigated or even overcome. Hence the birth of Lori Systems, Josh's Kenyan-based start-up that uses a centralized...
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- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
than 350 interviews in 20 countries to identify the leadership practices and operating methods of major companies seeking profitable growth through innovation that benefits society. For example, when the tsunami and earthquake struck...
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Vika Wasyliw
Engineer on the Radio Frequency team. Starry is a start-up internet service provider headquartered in downtown Boston that uses fixed wireless broadband technology. When I worked there, Starry was in a phase of massive View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 1
Case 810-018 This case study provides an overview of Intuit's growth and, in particular, the sales and service initiatives that historically fueled the company's growth from View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 11 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Riding the Internet Fast Track
bottom lines, ultimately depressing stock prices. To circumvent this problem, some firms issue "tracking stock," hoping that capital markets will perceive them much like traditional start-up stocks. So when should a company...
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by Peter Jacobs
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
VC Luminary John Doerr: Education Reform Critical to Success of New Economy
with start-ups such as Amazon.com, drugstore.com, Netscape, Excite, and Sun Microsystems. Through the years, Doerr and his partners have invested more than $1.3 billion in 250 technology ventures in the United States, creating companies...
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- 09 May 2013
- News
Road Trip
share what we learn with a larger, supportive community of fellow entrepreneurs, professors, venture capitalists, and anyone else committed to entrepreneurship. We'd like this trip to be a growth engine for entrepreneurial practice...
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- 22 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change
have ever seen. Within two months of the signing of the bill, we had committed to opening our first factory in the US and we are close on our second. All of our major growth plans are around renewables. We just can’t move fast enough. My...
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- 20 Sep 2013
- News
Connections Add Up
time in every dimension," and last year she invited Wood to take on the nonprofit's COO position. Wood came to the not-for-profit agency with decades of management experience in finance and publishing. "I was very excited for her vision," Wood says. "Nan was really in...
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- 28 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
While Waiting for Japan’s Recovery, Let’s Enhance Supplier Competitiveness at Home
distribution chains. Big companies also tap promising ideas for innovation through their relationships with entrepreneurial growth companies, whether as suppliers or as investment targets for corporate venture capital. To help small...
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by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 26 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
SEI25 Series: Misan Rewane, MBA 2013, CEO, WAVE
the momentum and winnings from the Social Enterprise Track of the HBS New Venture Competition in 2013. The lean start-up testing and on-the-ground research was made possible by an SEI travel grant. SEI continues to be a champion of WAVE,...
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- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
108-092 An exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial start-up in the medical devices industry: 1) founding, 2) growth, 3) push to profitability, 4) refocusing process,...
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Martha Lagace
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
We are in a unique moment in time, where the United States’ chance to make a difference on climate is greater – and more necessary – than ever. With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in August, business leaders have a nearly $370 billion opportunity to...
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- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Europe
Four key trends that have contributed to this changing environment, said Kuemmerle, are: the dot.com wave; the emergence of global start-up firms; capital chasing entrepreneurs; and changes in supporting institutions for entrepreneurship...
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by Kenneth Liss
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SEI25 Series: Misan Rewane, MBA 2013, CEO WAVE - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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- 14 Jan 2014
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Spreading the Seeds of Entrepreneurship
outstanding in terms of job and population growth and quality of life. That research led me to write a book, Boomtown USA: The 7½ Keys to Big Success in Small Towns, published in 2004." Since then, Schultz has visited some 400 communities...
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