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- 19 Apr 2017
- News
Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action
do that—game on.” “Chicago is a relevant story because it came from a point of relatively little entrepreneurial activity after the fallout from the dot-com crash and managed to develop a vibrant ecosystem,” Meyer said in a post-event interview. “I think there’s a...
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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Giving Amazon the Boot
our industry.” A growing ecosystem of companies is stepping in to make it easier for retailers to scale without Amazon, including the commerce platform Shopify. It serves more than a million merchants and also experienced a boost from the...
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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
An Rx for Small Business Recovery
Tools “The good news is that small businesses are resilient. Many of them are already using apps driven by AI and algorithms to pivot their business models,” Mills adds. In her book, she coined the term “small business utopia” to describe a product-service View Details
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
The Exchange: Venture Forth
and its place in the business ecosystem has changed significantly in the intervening decades. Two recent working papers explore those changes—Gompers’s survey of decision-making at hundreds of VC firms and Professor Ramana Nanda’s study...
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April White
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Latest Model
understanding of network effects, revenue models, and ecosystem development. Given its founders’ academic pedigrees—Barrera studied with Nobel laureate Oliver Hart; Hurder with Nobel laureate and HBS professor emeritus Al Roth—Prysm also...
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- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
(MBA 1996) (Plon) Cavaretta argues that France is a paradise for entrepreneurs. It has one of the best ecosystems for opportunity in the world. Entrepreneurs in France have a wide choice of areas of excellence to work in (fashion,...
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- 19 May 2021
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Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online
high-impact boards and also to bolster the ecosystem of nonprofit networks so they can share, exchange, and collaborate on best practices.” More than 1,000 people attended the summit over the two weeks, and participants were encouraged to...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Two Truths and a Lie About 5G
implemented nationwide 5G coverage in 2019 and is providing a preview of hyper-connected life of the near future—and the kind of ecosystems that will take shape. “The arrival of 5G is a concrete example of how digital technology is being...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 04 May 2017
- News
Going the Distance
sector is similar to what we did in economic development—building our social impact ecosystem instead of just working in silos. WalletHub recently ranked Utah as the leading state in both charitable giving and volunteerism; and we’re now...
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Jill Radsken
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
marine-energy outfits begin to deploy larger systems, they will have to show that their technology poses no threat to local marine and coastal ecosystems and will not conflict with the interests of groups ranging from area residents to...
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- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
one of the most amazing ecosystems on this planet. In the process,” he adds, “we more or less invented canopy tourism.” While putting together the tramway project, Skelly discovered an affinity for “working through details that involved...
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- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Growing Home
you. So kokorozashi is the essential part of what I do in anything where I invest my time and energy. I have three kokorozashi. One is building GLOBIS University so that we can create an ecosystem of people, capital, and knowledge for...
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Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Read All About It: Journalism Can Be Profitable
opportunity, it was really hard to get a new business off the ground. Today, publishers are trying to create better forms of advertising. The Times has T Brand Studios and our advertising team here that has created bigger, more beautiful ads and better native content....
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- 13 Dec 2022
- News
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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- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
managing other accelerators. The effort is a continuation of the government's investment of 5 billion Egyptian pounds in creating a strong startup ecosystem that includes education programs at six Creativa Innovation Hubs located...
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Julia Hanna;
entrepreneurship;
women;
venture capital;
Egypt;
developing economies;
Finance
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
that, the company had a proof of concept: It had successfully built and nurtured an online ecosystem of enthusiasts who pushed the idea to the top of the heap, refining it along the way. The design was then produced in its own...
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- 01 Sep 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
successful firms, outline ten ways in which the managerial and innovative capabilities of Chinese firms differ from those of Western firms, and describe how multinationals doing business in China can become part of the Chinese ecosystem...
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- 01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016
pour Entrepreneurs by Fabrice Cavarretta (MBA 1996) Plon Yes, France is a paradise for entrepreneurs, Cavarretta writes. The country has one of the best opportunity ecosystems in the world and the drawbacks—for instance, the cost of labor...
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- 01 Jun 2022
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Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students
inclusion, and belonging are key priorities at HBS. How are these issues reflected in the School’s entrepreneurship ecosystem in terms of women and underserved groups? Bill Kerr: In our first-year course, The Entrepreneurial Manager, just...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 06 May 2019
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Startup Talk in Chicago
from their mistakes. The conversation yielded a few other overarching ideas, says Meyer. “The future of any startup ecosystem depends on cultivating its talent and enabling it to succeed in the future of work,” he says. “And, for a...
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