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Act Like a Scientist: Great Leaders Challenge Assumptions, Run Experiments, and Follow the Evidence
By: Stefan Thomke and Gary W. Loveman
Though they’ve been warned for decades about the dangers of overrelying on gut instinct and personal experience, managers keep failing to critically examine—much less challenge—the ideas their decisions are based on. To correct this problem they need to think and act...
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Thomke, Stefan, and Gary W. Loveman. "Act Like a Scientist: Great Leaders Challenge Assumptions, Run Experiments, and Follow the Evidence." Harvard Business Review 100, no. 3 (May–June 2022): 120–129.
- Career Coach
Kelsey Holland
through – Acquisition club and plans to launch her own search fund after graduation with the goal of acquiring a software company. She would love to help you think through the right startup role, stage of company, or approach getting your...
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- February 2014
- Background Note
Raising Startup Capital
By: Jeffrey Bussgang
Entrepreneurs typically focus their full energies on business-building. But raising capital is a core part of building a valuable business. Developing expertise in raising capital is more than a necessary evil, it is a competitive weapon. Master it and you will be in a...
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Keywords:
Fund Raising;
Venture Capital Term Sheet;
Venture Creation/development;
Venture Investing;
Venture Philanthropy;
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Entrepreneurial Management;
Entrepreneurs;
Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act;
Non-equity Financing;
Convertible Notes;
Convertible Debt;
Debt Financing;
Raising Capital;
National Venture Capital Association;
Venture Capital Firm Compensation;
Crowdfunding;
Crowd-funding;
Startup;
Start-up;
Startup Management;
Startups;
Angel Investors;
Angels;
Accelerator;
Venture Capital;
Financing and Loans;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Bussgang, Jeffrey. "Raising Startup Capital." Harvard Business School Background Note 814-089, February 2014.
- 26 Aug 2014
- News
Nancy Koehn On The Heroism Of West African Ebola Workers
- 27 Mar 2020
- News
What Courageous Leadership During Crisis Looks Like
Stefan H. Thomke
Stefan Thomke (sthomke@hbs.edu), an authority on the management of innovation, is the William Barclay Harding Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He has worked with firms on product, process, and... View Details
Keywords:
aerospace;
automobiles;
automotive;
banking;
biotechnology;
chemical;
computer;
defense;
electronics;
health care;
high technology;
home video games;
information technology industry;
manufacturing;
marketing industry;
pharmaceuticals;
plastics;
semiconductor;
service industry;
telecommunications;
video games
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Certificates, Credentials, & Credits | HBS Online
value through our work with HBS Online. They help us deliver on our L&D promise: Accessible Learning, Accelerated Growth. HBS Online offers courses with a range of topics and time commitments. We have had employees participate from over...
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- 2023
- Book
Move Fast and Fix Things: The Trusted Leader's Guide to Solving Hard Problems
By: Frances X. Frei and Anne Morriss
Speed has gotten a bad name in business, much of it deserved. When Facebook made "Move fast and break things" an informal company motto, it fueled a widely held belief that we can either make progress or take care of people, one or the other. That a certain amount of...
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Keywords:
Leading Change;
Performance Improvement;
Problems and Challenges;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture
Frei, Frances X., and Anne Morriss. Move Fast and Fix Things: The Trusted Leader's Guide to Solving Hard Problems. Harvard Business Review Press, 2023.
- January 2009 (Revised March 2010)
- Case
LeBron James
By: Anita Elberse and Jeff McCall
In 2005, to the astonishment of many sports industry insiders, superstar basketball player LeBron James fired his agent and established his own firm, LRMR, to handle all aspects of his business ventures and marketing activities and named his childhood friend Maverick...
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Keywords:
Talent and Talent Management;
Compensation and Benefits;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Sports;
Sports Industry
Elberse, Anita, and Jeff McCall. "LeBron James." Harvard Business School Case 509-050, January 2009. (Revised March 2010.)
- May 2020 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
Gavi and COVID-19: Pandemic of the Century
By: Tarun Khanna and Sid Misra
Gavi has helped immunize over 760 million children in the world's poorest countries over the past 20 years saving 13 million lives. How should Gavi respond to the need for a vaccine for the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic?
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Keywords:
Vaccine;
Pandemics;
Healthcare;
COVID-19;
Health Pandemics;
Health Care and Treatment;
Emerging Markets;
Crisis Management;
Alliances
Khanna, Tarun, and Sid Misra. "Gavi and COVID-19: Pandemic of the Century." Harvard Business School Case 720-451, May 2020. (Revised April 2024.)
- September 2006 (Revised August 2007)
- Case
Ricardo Software
Engineer John Harrison must determine why motorcycle racer Marco Presto does not feel that his motorcycle is providing enough power as it comes out of corners. Harrison uses engine simulation software to help him in his work.
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McAfee, Andrew P. "Ricardo Software." Harvard Business School Case 607-019, September 2006. (Revised August 2007.)
- 07 Aug 2011
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Read the fine print to get money's worth from group deals
- 09 May 2018
- News
Experts puzzle over Partners-Harvard Pilgrim merger talks
- March 2022
- Teaching Note
Sustainable Product Management at Solvay
By: George Serafeim
This teaching note is designed to be used in conjunction with the case “Sustainable Product Management at Solvay,” HBS No.120-081 and its related products to help faculty deepen students’ comprehension of business issues and energize classroom discussion.
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Peter Tufano
Peter Tufano is Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School and Senior Advisor to the newly created Harvard Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability. From 2011 to 2021, he served as the Peter Moores Dean at View Details
Keywords:
asset management;
banking;
brokerage;
credit card;
education industry;
energy;
federal government;
financial services;
insurance industry;
investment banking industry;
microfinance;
mining;
nonprofit industry;
oil & gas;
petroleum;
real estate;
retail financial services;
state government;
utilities;
video games
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs
afford to pass on any opportunity, no matter how small. They see business much like a game of PacMan—you can bag big fish only by learning to swallow small ones. The best entrepreneurs also recognize that trying out a business model on a small scale View Details
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by Walter Kuemmerle
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
When In-House Research Isn’t Enough
Advanced Management Program and a founding member of Intel. Now executive vice president of that corporation, he is also president of Intel Capital, a corporate venture capital unit investing in companies in this country and companies abroad whose new products and...
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by Jim Aisner
- May 2010
- Case
Flare Fragrances Company, Inc: Analyzing Growth Opportunities
By: John A. Quelch and Lisa D. Donovan
Flare Fragrances, a manufacturer of perfumes for women, faces a growth challenge in a difficult economic environment. CEO Joely Patterson outlines two growth opportunities for her marketing staff to evaluate. One involves launching a new scent -- and possibly...
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Keywords:
Quantitative Analysis;
Market Segmentation;
Product Introduction;
New Product Marketing;
Product Lines;
Product Positioning;
Distribution;
Product Launch;
Segmentation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Consumer Products Industry
Quelch, John A., and Lisa D. Donovan. "Flare Fragrances Company, Inc: Analyzing Growth Opportunities." Harvard Business School Brief Case 104-550, May 2010.