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How Venture Capitalists Make Decisions
By: Paul A. Gompers, Will Gornall, Steven Kaplan and Ilya Strebulaev
For decades now, venture capitalists have played a crucial role in the economy by financing high-growth start-ups. While the companies they’ve backed—Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and more—are constantly in the headlines, very little is known about what VCs actually...
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Gompers, Paul A., Will Gornall, Steven Kaplan, and Ilya Strebulaev. "How Venture Capitalists Make Decisions." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 2 (March–April 2021).
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Professor Huang examines the micro-foundations of entrepreneurship: the individual-level decision-making processes that influence entrepreneurs’ ability to acquire resources that they need, yet lack, especially financial capital. Deploying a variety of methods from...
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- December 2021
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Green Monday
By: José B. Alvarez, Billy Chan and Dawn H. Lau
This case describes the entrepreneurial journey of David Yeung, from campaigning for plant-based diets to building Green Monday, a purpose-driven business and an ecosystem based in Hong Kong comprising a retail platform, an alternative meat brand (“OmniPork”), a...
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Agribusiness;
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Social Enterprise;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Business Model;
Mission and Purpose;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Retail Industry;
Hong Kong;
China;
Asia
Alvarez, José B., Billy Chan, and Dawn H. Lau. "Green Monday." Harvard Business School Case 522-056, December 2021.
- 05 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Closing the Education Gap with Kei Takatsuka (MBA 2022)
available to students living in larger cities and began to consider how to close the education gap not just in Japan, but around the world. This question eventually led Takatsuka to Harvard Business School, Nairobi, Kenya, and then back to Japan to work on an exciting...
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Nitin Nohria
Nitin Nohria served as the tenth dean of Harvard Business School from 2010-2020. He previously served as co-chair of the Leadership Initiative, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development, and Head of the Organizational Behavior unit.
As Dean, building on... View Details
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accounting industry;
arts;
biotechnology;
emerging market private equity;
energy;
executive search;
financial services;
green technology;
health care;
high technology;
industrial goods;
information technology industry;
infrastructure industry;
investment banking industry;
legal services;
management consulting;
manufacturing;
oil & gas;
petroleum;
pharmaceuticals;
professional services
- 10 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?
Professor Jeffrey Bussgang has played a critical role in expanding Harvard Business School’s entrepreneurial offerings over the last few years. A Senior Lecturer at HBS and a General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners, he is an expert...
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to change the world. Explore the vast ecosystem of entrepreneurship resources at HBS. Entrepreneurship at HBS What Difference Will You Make? More on Career Path Class Profile 45 % Women 275 Universities represented 69 % of students change...
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- 29 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces the 2022-2023 Blavatnik Fellows
Harvard-affiliated postdocs as they build their promising life science ventures by developing their leadership talents and providing mentorship and community during their entrepreneurial journey. To date, Blavatnik Fellows have created 30...
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- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
in captivity? Three professors in Harvard Business School's Entrepreneurial Management unit who focus on the study of creativity recognize the romantic allure of believing it's a rare quality bestowed on a chosen few, but all agree that...
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Entrepreneurship & Innovation - MBA
Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Fuel Your Entrepreneurial Passion The HBS community is a place where students are encouraged and inspired to pursue their entrepreneurial passions. There is a vast View Details
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FAQs - MBA
program is the first of its kind to address the unique intersection of science, strategy, finance, ethics, and people. Boston’s position as America’s hub for biotechnology allows the program to leverage this vibrant ecosystem to develop...
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MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences - MBA
Admissions & Financial Aid The program seeks a diverse group of outstanding students who have an undergraduate degree in life sciences and/or significant workplace experience in biotechnology or life sciences. Frequently Asked Questions How do we leverage Boston’s...
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Launching Technology Ventures
Launching Technology Ventures (LTV) is designed for students who are actively working on their own startups or who will work at early-stage startups. The course material is, in particular, focused on new businesses in the...
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- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
link: http://www.palgrave.com/Products/TitlePrint.aspx?PID=362801 August 2013 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Investors Prefer Entrepreneurial Ventures Pitched by Attractive Men By: Brooks, Alison Wood, Laura Huang, Sarah...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online
venture’s value proposition, go-to-market strategy, and profit formula Understand and learn how to navigate the startup ecosystem to improve your chances of raising capital Get an insider view into the venture capital (VC) process Develop...
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Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni
Harvard Business School Leading AI-nization: Fueling Growth with Data and AI Join Mickey Mikitani and Professor Tsedal Neeley to discuss how Rakuten continues to set the pace as a global innovation leader. They will discuss building an View Details
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Curriculum - MBA
include economic and technological principles underlying digital transformation, identifying and integrating diverse user needs, organizing and leading product and service innovation initiatives, harnessing crowdsourcing and distributed innovation networks. Read More...
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MBA Voices
years involving myself in the entrepreneurial ecosystem at Berkeley. This is when I heard about the opportunity to apply to HBS through the deferred 2+2 program. [...] Read more 28 Mar 2024 Empowering Future...
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- 21 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 21, 2008
Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain? Authors:Edward L. Glaeser and William R. Kerr Abstract Why are some places more entrepreneurial than others? We use Census Bureau data to study local determinants of...
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Martha Lagace
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Finance Curriculum - Faculty & Research
Through Corporate Restructuring Stuart C. Gilson Spring2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Entrepreneurial Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Raymond Kluender Spring2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Shai Bernstein Fall2024 Q2 1.5...
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