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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Robots to the Rescue
the concept requires investment in a specialized infrastructure, a pivotal moment came in 2004, when Mountz convinced Staples to run a paid pilot in a small zone of one of its warehouses. “We had a prototype by that point,” he recalls,...
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- 01 Sep 2018
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An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers
create a prototype of an off-road vehicle, recruiting local mechanics and welders in the coastal town of Kilifi. That laid the foundation for the company’s latest model, the Mobius II, a sleek SUV designed and made in Kenya, with rugged...
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Amy Yee
- 01 Apr 1998
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Short Takes
product prototype would have meant costly and time-consuming changes. In contrast, the second technology could adapt much more readily to design changes, including late-stage customer requests, thus allowing designers greater latitude and...
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Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey
- 06 Jan 2012
- News
Where Are They Now?
2008. Since winning the Alumni New Venture Contest, which came with $25,000 and a mentoring opportunity with HBS faculty, Sundaram has grown from a staff of four to 16, and, after a stumble with outsourcing the prototype fabrication, has...
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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Case Study: Off to a Fine Art
talent—which is a little like picking a stock before it goes up, she says—and then shopped their prototypes of plates and bowls, platters and vases around to gauge interest. The responses she got confirmed her hunch that chefs were eager...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 25 Aug 2022
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A New Platform for Alumni Engagement
Kenneth Salas (MBA 2015), pictured In January, 50 HBS MBA students and 200 alumni and other business leaders gathered to discuss the business of artificial intelligence (AI). Over the course of four days, the hybrid global cohort analyzed cases, quizzed sector experts,...
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April White
- 01 Jun 2017
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The Exchange: Venture Forth
changes we’ve seen with the consumer internet sector are now beginning to happen in other industries. If you look at hardware, rapid prototyping has really revolutionized the way hardware startups are built. The burgeoning space sector,...
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April White
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
to really pull from my experiences of just tinkering and using anything to create prototypes. I was also really comfortable with the stages of prototyping and understanding that, when you first have a concept, it will eventually develop...
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Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf
black box that transforms ideas into actual products and services. "Little bets labs," for example, allow companies large and small to rapidly build and test prototypes in the market using inexpensive web resources. "Find someone with a...
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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Yurt Man
responsible bonhomie that draws tens of thousands to the scorching hinterlands of summertime Nevada. Playing against festival type, the Hexayurt was not a temporary artsy structure but a prototype for a low-cost home, built from hexacomb...
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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Books
a start-up, discuss lean prototyping techniques for hardware, identify costly outsourcing mistakes, provide practical tips on user acquisition, offer branding guidelines, and explain how a choir of angel investors often will sing...
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- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Vibrant Brand
thousand dollars he collected from fifteen friends, Clinkscales put together a prototype of the magazine. With a cover story titled "Divided We Fall" and with the 24-year-old Clinkscales listed as editor and publisher, the debut issue of...
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Susan Young
- 02 Mar 2023
- News
Carbon's Second Act
Photo credits: Brenae Bowers Brix and Russ Campbell Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: This story starts the way all classic stories of tech entrepreneurship do: In Todd Brix's garage. Brix (MBA 1997) started his career in the...
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- 01 Dec 2011
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Ticktock
students,” Ofek says. “How do you manage this growth phase?” The case describes the prototypes that Nanda developed as potential complements to Clocky: Ticky, which sported digital minute and hour hands as opposed to a standard digital...
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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
specified times, since plugged-in devices draw power in shut-off or “standby” mode. “The concept was so obvious that we decided to take the risk and do it,” Shibata says. The company had a beta prototype ready to go in 15 months; after 15...
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- 01 Sep 2015
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The Business of Love
and promising a new generation of singles a better way to date. With the help of Facebook and smartphones, this new era of online dating entrepreneurs is trying to design women-friendly dating options. If you squint, you can find an early View Details
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April White
- 26 May 2022
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Northern California Club Honors Noom; LGBTQ Alumni Share HBS Stories
product attempts that missed the mark on health outcomes—including a prototype of a smart bike and apps for fitness and calorie tracking. “In order to have a healthy outcome, our users need to adopt a healthy lifestyle—daily,...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
vocals, and precision highs. We’re pretty excited about that, and we think our customers will be too. We’ve recently brought our product development process in-house, so instead of sourcing products in Asia, we can take a concept from a blank sheet of paper through to...
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- 01 Mar 2023
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Clearing the Air
MORE For a deeper dive, check out our three-part Skydeck podcast series on carbon capture. Skydeck podcast MORE For a deeper dive, check out our three-part Skydeck podcast series on carbon capture. Skydeck podcast When the United States Congress passed the Inflation...
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- 01 Mar 2008
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Innovation, Inc.
real bicycle that would fold — something to use for serious cycling that was sturdier than available folding models. He designed and built a prototype in his spare time (while fully employed as an architect) and discovered that others...
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