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- 01 Apr 2001
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New Ventures New Gains
realities. “In recent years, the student appetite for entrepreneurial ventures has increased significantly,” says HBS professor of management practice Myra M. Hart, who has studied the career trends of HBS graduates. “The contest gives...
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- 01 Oct 2018
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Advancing Opportunities for Others
I had to ask myself, ‘What risk are you taking? You've been doing this for 20 years; you're good at it; you can do four or five deals in a week; and no other company knows that you're working on any other deal. Maybe you've got a little...
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- 02 Dec 2010
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Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs
like most, failed. But the experience made him curious about the differences between entrepreneurial winners and losers. Having written a book about West Point, he resolved to turn his attention to “the West Point of capitalism”: HBS....
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- 01 Dec 1997
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Arthur Rock (MBA '51)
California, Rock became a believer in the group's vision and set out to sell their idea to potential investors. Thirty-five companies turned him down; investing in something at the idea stage was too foreign to them. Eventually, Rock found Sherman Fairchild, an...
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- 01 Mar 2018
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Making Sense of the Modern Startup
MBA course, in which he would combine then-emerging thinking at HBS about entrepreneurship with some new kinds of financial strategies he had been roughing out. Entrepreneurial Finance seemed like a logical name for the course. Almost...
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Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 13 Jun 2018
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The First Five Years: Momchil Filev and Ben Faw (both MBA 2014)
everyone starting a new company, in the forms of incumbent advantages like brand recognition, scale, and capital.” What has surprised you most about your entrepreneurial journey since graduating from HBS? Ben:“How much of it you can only...
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- 01 Mar 2010
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Slum for Sale
area. Written with the assistance of Namrata Arora, a research associate at the HBS India Research Center, the case considers the potential risks and rewards of approaching an area like Dharavi with a new model in mind: slums as lucrative...
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- 01 Apr 2000
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Award-Winning Article Urges Companies to Loosen Ties that Bind
Customers Make the Rules. The 1999 second-place article, "Bringing Silicon Valley Inside," was written by HBS research fellow Gary Hamel. His article argues that large companies can capture some of Silicon Valley's entrepreneurial fervor...
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- 01 Dec 2022
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Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change
at the School to accelerate climate solutions and help society adapt to the changes already upon us. We are seeking to maximize ways to reach the broad community of practitioners who can both benefit from and inform this work, through cocurricular student activities,...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 19 May 2015
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Getting Ready for Success
another arranges funding new schools. “Some volunteers get a taste for what is not necessarily monetarily rewarding, but quite rewarding nonetheless, and it changes their perception of life,” she says. After HBS, Huebner moved to California, first to build a View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
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William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958
ten-year time frames for your next move. It's better to focus on what you're doing and stick with it until it becomes redundant or isn't fun anymore.” CURRENT READING Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, by Doris Kearns Goodwin Following an View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
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Rebooting Europe
says. “The question is, why don’t they take those kinds of risks in Europe? That’s because the barriers and frameworks and bureaucracy don’t give them the incentives.” One solution, he notes, is bringing innovation into classrooms far...
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- 01 Aug 1998
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A Roaring Success in the Windy City
Johnson Publishing Company, Johnson was an ideal choice as the opening speaker at the Chicago conference. Titled "2000+: Global Innovation & Entrepreneurial Leadership," the event attracted alumni from around the globe and offered an...
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- 22 Feb 2022
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A Focus on Latinx Entrepreneurs
studies in America, is used to overcoming challenges. “When we founded the company, the economy was contracting and no one wanted to take any risks. As it returned to some semblance of normal, people started feeling better about risks and...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Surviving Success
Entrepreneur’s Tool Kit alumni program and in the first-year course The Entrepreneurial Manager) says that classroom discussion is divided around what Cirne should do. “Is it critical to keep Cirne at Wily, or is it the worst thing for a...
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- 28 Apr 2016
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New Venture Competition Winners Announced
CloudFlare have all participated and gone on to achieve significant success in their respective fields. “The greatest risk is the fear of failure,” said Professor of Business Administration William Sahlman to the assembled crowd in his...
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- 01 Mar 2007
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HBS Alums Help Jailhouse Entrepreneurs Go Straight
Whether it’s an upfront enterprise on Main Street or illegal dealings on Mean Street, competition, risk management, and profitability are primary concerns in both business venues. That’s the theory behind the nonprofit Prison...
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- 01 Jun 2011
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The House that Howard Built
Harvard economist Joseph Schumpeter and HBS professor and Baker Librarian Arthur Cole at the Research Center in Entrepreneurial History at HBS. Professor Myles Mace, back from military service in the Pacific where he found GIs eager to...
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- 01 Mar 2007
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Security Chief
explains. “They were very entrepreneurial and had great niches. And now we have to pull all of them together to act as one company.” He reels off a trio of management challenges: retaining valued workers whose knowledge and View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
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Starting Up and Starting Over
history courses today. The first HBS course designed specifically to teach entrepreneurial management - The Management of New Enterprises - was introduced in 1947, one of several HBS initiatives undertaken to address the unique...
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