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- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
which is why the decision to pivot Lotus to a support network for women entrepreneurs was easy to make. In partnership with local sponsors, Lotus hosts monthly breakfasts for investors and female founders—a...
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Julia Hanna;
entrepreneurship;
women;
venture capital;
Egypt;
developing economies;
Finance
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Alumni News | Book Briefs
(Mirandola Press) This book offers a historical and geographical tour of New York's start-up tech community while addressing the hot themes for entrepreneurs and investors. It is also a guide to help navigate the NYC community: how to...
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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
On the Outside at HBS
thought. In this or any context, however, there is a lot of “baggage” in being from a minority. As an outsider, there is an unspoken pressure to speak and act on behalf of “your” people. For example, consider an individual female...
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- 20 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts
covering world-class brands, innovative start-ups, and social enterprises, and the most popular of the more than 30 episodes produced in the past year are listed below. The Amazing Life of One of America’s Earliest Black, Female View Details
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Re: Multiple Faculty
- 28 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time
female entrepreneur in the turbulent economy of Kenya, Eva Muraya observes, "It's really up to the leadership of the business to define the moral code." Insights, Struggles, And Achievements These insights...
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by Julia Hanna
- 20 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2007
Working PapersNone this week. Cases & Course MaterialsFemale Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries Harvard Business School Note 807-018 Examines the extent of and challenges facing female View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
entrepreneurship, innovation, and economic growth; exploring the relationship between business and democracy; and the role entrepreneurs and firms, not governments or markets, have played in driving globalization. "Important subjects...
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by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 04 Sep 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Getting Back on Course
(HBS MBA '81) had been getting together every year since graduation for a long weekend with ten of her female classmates. She observed that most of her friends dropped out of the workforce at some point in their post-HBS lives. Welsh...
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by Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
Ventures By: Lee, Matthew, and Laura Huang Abstract—Recent studies find that female-led ventures are penalized relative to male-led ventures due to role incongruity, or a perceived “lack of fit,” between female stereotypes and expected...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Oct 2021
- News
Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity
to change. The discussion also featured guest panelists: Yasmin Cruz Ferrine, General Partner of Visible Hands VC, and Glynn Lloyd, Executive Director at The Foundation for Business Equity. Through their respective organizations, these View Details
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Margie Kelley
- 23 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018
angel financing is independent of the level of venture activity and entrepreneur friendliness in the country. However, we find that the development stage and maturity of startups that apply for angel funding (and those that are ultimately...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles and Research Papers of 2014
Quinoa-Häagen-Dazs connection? Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men Studies by Alison Wood Brooks and colleagues reveal that investors prefer pitches from male entrepreneurs over those from female...
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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Books
several unique challenges that women entrepreneurs encounter as they develop new businesses. The authors focus on factors that influence female entrepreneurs’ choices of business and industry — personal...
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- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
a new business venture is one of the most important decisions entrepreneurs will face: Should they go it alone or bring in cofounders, hires, and investors to help build the business? More than just financial rewards are at stake....
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Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
physical perfection that traps women in an endless spiral of hope, self-consciousness, and self-hatred. Yet beauty is also an industry in which women have been unusually prominent as entrepreneurs and business leaders. The list of...
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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Alumnae Chart Career Choices and Transitions
were reinforced by Denise Condon Welsh (MBA '81), an HBS classmate of Hart's who wrote to Clark about the issues of women's reentry into the professional ranks. Welsh noted that each year since graduation she had joined ten female...
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- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Women at the Top
They came from as far away as Nigeria and as close as Harvard Square, from industries ranging from banking to television. They were entrepreneurs who headed their own companies, senior executives at major corporations, and leaders of...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young
- Profile
Deborah A. Farrington
earned her the title of “Queen Midas” as the highest ranking female VC on the Forbes Midas List. Farrington’s experience at HBS has had a big influence on her career and she remains closely connected to the school. In 1999, as...
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- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
institute laws regarding the minimum percentage of women on a company's board, while research suggests that women enter executive positions earlier and work harder than male counterparts. Other topics include a discussion of a female...
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Anna Secino
- 15 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017
before 1938. Rubinstein is widely considered the single most important female entrepreneur in the United States in the 20th century. She was born in Poland but immigrated to Australia where she started a...
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Sean Silverthorne