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- 01 Mar 2017
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Air Time
the world. (photo courtesy of Rich Wilson) Good morning, from the Pacific Ocean! #VG2016 #sitesALIVE Cited “Transmitting energy from rural wind farms across long distances to large cities is a big obstacle. I figured the world didn’t need...
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- 17 Nov 2022
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Blockchain for Good
As the Nigeria-Biafra war raged around them, Stella Dyer (MBA 1994), her mother, and her brother made a dangerous dash for a better life. Huddled in the belly of a Portuguese cargo plane returning from delivering arms to the Biafran forces, Dyer remembers Nigerian...
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Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Apr 2001
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New Ventures New Gains
Entrepreneurship is nothing new at HBS. The first course in entrepreneurship was taught over fifty years ago, and the list of alumni who have founded profoundly influential companies — from Continental...
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- 01 Jun 2022
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Sunny Side
When Miami-based venture capital firm ANIMO Ventures launched in 2018, cofounder Nico Berardi (MBA 2018) traveled weekly. “It was 80 percent San Francisco, maybe 20 percent New York,” he recalls. But the Argentine-born Berardi loved the View Details
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2010
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How to Spur Prosperity
Dreams: Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed — and What to Do about It (Princeton University Press), HBS finance and entrepreneurial management expert Josh Lerner offers a timely look at what works...
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- 01 Aug 2002
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HBS Business Plan Contest Keeps Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive
Partners, the social enterprise track winner, plans to create a for-profit education management company operating charter and contract K–12 public schools. “Winning was very affirming and gave us a renewed energy to carry out our plan,”...
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- 01 Dec 1996
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An Entrepreneurial Journey
It has been said that because of the case method, entrepreneurship has always been at the core of a Harvard Business School education. The case method, after all, teaches students to analyze problems, think creatively, and be alert for...
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- 01 Sep 2013
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The New Tech Meccas
When author and start-up vet Chris Schroeder (MBA 1992) attended a regional entrepreneurship conference in Dubai in 2010, the energy of the crowd was a revelation. "I could not get my head around the idea...
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- 01 Sep 2014
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2014
on the next big thing, Dahod marries technological understanding with management expertise to solve high-tech problems and build cutting-edge companies. With five advanced degrees and five successful startups under his belt, Dahod channels his View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
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New Economy Theme of HBS African-American Alumni Conference
"Our conferences are designed to deliver value to senior executives," commented Atlanta cochair Craig R. Triplett (MBA 1981), a consultant with Korn/Ferry International, a major conference sponsor along with others including Andersen Consulting. "We were fortunate to...
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- 13 Dec 2022
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The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
Christine Keung (at podium) and Reginald Smith (both MBA 2020) present recommendations for economic development to the West Virginia State Senate in May 2022. How did you meet? Reggie Smith: "We first met before classes started RC year at a big social event in...
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- 01 Dec 2018
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Preparing Our Students for a Changing World
second-year students traveled to Israel for a 10-day Immersive Field Course (IFC) that plunged them into the country’s thriving entrepreneurship ecosystem. Often referred to as the “Startup Nation,” Israel has more venture capital per...
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- 13 Feb 2020
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Honoring a Legend
Steve Kirschner (MBA 1986), Bill Nussey (MBA 1996), & John Yates (event host) Nussey presenting to HBS alumni Nussey and Kirschner The HBS Club of Atlanta’s Entrepreneurship Special Interest Group (eSIG) honored clean-energy entrepreneur...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2008
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Farming for Fuel
What happens when a group of Missouri corn farmers gets into the energy business? With consumers paying more than double for gasoline than they did a year ago, turning crops into fuel, not food, seems like a good way to go — but not so...
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- 19 Apr 2017
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Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action
a clone of Silicon Valley, but as a unique, networked support system with its own identity. Positioning Chicago as a city conducive to entrepreneurship required ongoing, deliberate efforts on the part of Emanuel (who was sworn in as mayor...
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- 01 Jun 1997
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Jennifer L. Scott
that Scott sees as "a testament to the creative energies at the School." She adds, "It will be great to see some real businesses emerging from this program." While launching the new contest, Scott was also hard at work on what has become...
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Susan Young
- 13 Jan 2021
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Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
That was a great moment. Morrell: Nicole was no stranger to the Silicon Valley model of entrepreneurship when she launched Energicity in 2015. Until its IPO, she had been a part of US-based OPower, a software-as-a-service company that...
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- 01 Mar 2016
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Reinventing the Wheel
has the potential to provide energy to the local community. Since its founding in 2010, Black Bear has grown from 3 employees to 15 and has plans to open a second plant this year. There are enough tires in the world to build more than 800...
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Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jun 2011
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Mr. Start-Up
Issue Focus: Entrepreneurship Cassidy: At Google, a more intense and frenetic experience than launching his own companies. Art by Joe Ciardiello Related Links Watch a video of Mike Cassidy explaining his approach to rapid product...
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- 01 Sep 2011
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The City Solution
International Energy Agency’s chief economist announce that 2010 saw the largest annual rise in carbon emissions in history. So just how hot is it? Climate change, Bloomberg says, is “the greatest challenge that humanity has ever created...
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