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- 23 Sep 2015
- HBS Seminar
Ohad Barzilay, Tel Aviv University
- 08 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
How Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Crushed Crowdfunding for Minority Entrepreneurs
whites, according to Federal Reserve data, potentially driving some to alternative sources of capital, like Kickstarter and other crowdfunding sites. The pullback in support noted in Kerr’s research is national in scope, taking place in...
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by Scott Van Voorhis
- Web
Skydeck - Alumni
helped shape their lives and careers Radical Generosity for the Real World Author Ami Campbell (MBA 1997) on her spiritual journey to giving—and how you can kickstart yours The Epicenter of Miami’s Vice Roben Farzad (MBA 2005)—author,...
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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni
Ventures, Nadkarni has served as advisor to the World Economic Forum and was on the selection committee for the WEF Technology Pioneers for several years. In 2021, Nadkarni and Air Liquide led the creation of a 2 billion clean hydrogen infrastructure fund (HY24) to...
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HBS Alumna Fighting Cancer with a Novel Cell Therapy - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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- 29 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
For Entrepreneurs, Blown Deadlines Can Crush Big Ideas
from each Kickstarter project, including the comments from the customers and updates posted by the entrepreneur. The researchers then manually collected data for actual delivery times and numbers of product features. They also...
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by Rachel Layne
- 25 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures
“Early wins might help depolarize the national discourse on climate change and kickstart more investment into the transition.” He thinks there are specific opportunities for his clients and the larger industry: “The proposed power plant...
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- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Your Fullest Self
Kickstarted by a $50,000 loan from classmate Kate Lazaroff-Puck, Winters has raised $2 million in venture capital to date and will open Upgrade’s first bricks-and-mortar store in Houston next month. “The journey of starting a business and...
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- 01 Dec 2014
- News
@Soldiers Field
arm might lift a barbell.” The 229 RCs who signed up for lunch roulette were connected with three perfectly randomized HBS classmates. Hosted by the Student Association and the Digital Initiative, the project used an open source computer algorithm created by...
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- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
through the crowd to lesser-known microfinance borrowers in developing countries. Nanda puts most current crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo in the equivalent of the donation or lending category. View Details
- 05 Sep 2014
- Blog Post
CPD on the Road in Manila
pleasure of engaging with alumni, as well as representatives from several organizations, including: Ayala Corporation; Globe Telecom; Lenddo; FortmanCline Capital Markets; ICCP Group; AVA.ph; Kickstart Ventures; IdeaSpace Foundation; San...
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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Innovation: An Orchestra of One
already available on the Mac.) Chao, who serves as CEO, is working out of the Harvard i-lab and expects to seek seed funding after successfully concluding a Kickstarter campaign which enlisted many renowned musicians as...
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- 24 Feb 2016
- News
Did William Alden Invent the Car of the Future in the 1960s?
Logan Airport. The system would be comprised of two-passenger carts that travelers could call up and ride the same way they would a PRT. But vitally, it wouldn’t require any new tracks or guideways — something Alden says would have been a dealbreaker for Logan. The...
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- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Field Course Helps Nascent Entrepreneurs Connect with Customers
technology-enabled heated winter boots for women, says the course helped her venture gain traction with customers at a very early stage. “The course was very tactical,” Lefkowitz explains. “My team worked on a Kickstarter campaign that...
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- 01 Sep 2016
- News
3 Minute Briefing: Y Combinator’s Qasar Younis
(photo by Leah Fasten) My impetus to start my own company was so somebody else couldn’t control my destiny. My first company was Cameesa, an apparel company with a Kickstarter model. There were many failures: We didn’t know what we were...
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April White
- Profile
Jennifer DeWhitt
about it." Kickstarter provided the funding, and now the book, Jervis the Best, is available at Amazon. "It was a very vulnerable thing for me," Jennifer acknowledges. "Here, my peers were aspiring CFOs, and I'm there...
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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders
transparent spirit of Kickstarter with the rigors of Securities and Exchange Commission oversight. The world of so-called equity crowdfunding holds the promise of democratizing both ends of the earlystage investment game, its advocates...
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Sasha Issenberg
- 27 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
Fighting Cancer with a Novel Cell Therapy: Ananya Zutshi (MS/MBA '21)
body to kickstart the natural immune response. “What’s become clearer over the last couple years is that cancer patients have bad dendritic cells,” Zutshi said. “They don’t have as many, and the ones that they have don’t work as well,...
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- 29 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Virtual Networking Tips from HBS Career Coaches
Started As you plan to kickstart your virtual networking, use the resources below to set yourself up for success. Review the HBS Alumni Careers website which includes tips on leveraging the HBS network. Craft your outreach emails using...
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- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Case Study: Moment in the Sun
health benefits—it helps the body store less fat, helps build the immune system, and reduces stress.” Hoskins cofounded the company in 2014, launching a Kickstarter campaign in November 2015 that netted Ario more than $200,000 in 30 days....
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Dan Morrell