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- 15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
hard—urgent calls for a long-overdue racial reckoning are inspiring innovative approaches to exposing and ending structural inequities in business and society. Two new ventures led by HBS alumni are leveraging the power of View Details
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Deborah Blagg
- 17 Mar 2014
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Impact Investing: Patience, Please
- 30 Jul 2014
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Five Bad Reasons to Start a For-Profit Social Enterprise
- 24 Apr 2014
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From venture capitalist to 'compassionate capitalist'
First he pioneered the British venture capitalist industry, cofounding Apax Partners in 1972. Then Sir Ronald M. Cohen (MBA 1969) led the way in social investment, prompting The Economist to call him “the compassionate capitalist.” Now he...
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- 06 Dec 2013
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Valley of good works
- 01 Dec 2023
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Wide Horizon
hopes he might find some early stage treatments that might prove helpful for his son. Rodakis had a bachelor’s degree in molecular biology and had spent the early part of his career as a medical venture capitalist. His week would often...
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Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
- 01 Jun 2008
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Kash Rangan
a decent profit decently. Venture philanthropy, which applies principles of venture investing to social enterprises, has become a hot topic lately. Is venture View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
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Expanding the reach of business from Silicon Valley to the global arena
fund for young US technology companies. He is now the founding cochairman of Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, a leading venture philanthropy firm supporting early-stage social enterprises making a...
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- 10 Oct 2018
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Building Paths to Success
influence.” That small act led to an epiphany for Traill, who set out on a mission to create venture philanthropy that could back social entrepreneurs with strategy and guidance to support young people. A...
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Jill Radsken
- 30 Mar 2015
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Leveraging the power of yes
Sasha Dichter (MBA/MPA 2002) is chief innovation officer at Acumen Fund, a nonprofit global venture fund that invests in early-stage companies to solve issues stemming from poverty. “One of the things I’ve learned is how expressive and...
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- 01 Aug 2014
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Cross-Class Connection
Leadership and Innovation. “AJ did a phenomenal job of helping us see the connection between support of the HBS Fund and the priorities of the School,” explains Crisses, managing director at Insight Venture Partners in New York. “He spoke...
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- 01 Dec 2010
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The Transformers
philanthropies New Profit and NewSchools Venture Fund. Harvard Business Review also served as a springboard for new ideas. In the March–April 1997 issue, MBA Class of 1957 Professor of Management Practice...
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- 01 Oct 2001
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New Economy Notables: John Doerr
needed funding will be used to improve facilities. On the national level, I cofounded TechNet, a policy network to improve public education, and the New Schools Venture Fund, a venture View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
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Everything Old Is a New Opportunity
infancy. That, in turn, led to an experience working with a wealthy family in medical philanthropy searching for a cure for a rare dementia, and the idea for Aging2.0. "This combined my interest in trends with a desire to do something...
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- 01 Jun 2013
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Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
setup, Hall explains, is much like a venture capital fund. "We basically seek the highest-performing charter school organizations, and give them philanthropic funds to help them build a long-term sustainable model," he says. CSGF has seen...
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- 01 Jan 2009
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William K. Bowes Jr., MBA 1952
building companies such as Sun Microsystems, Callaway Golf, and Ross Stores. Bowes also played a key role at Amgen, serving as the first chairman and treasurer of what has become the world’s largest biotech company. Venture View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
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Lasting Impressions
manage middle-market companies in the building and auto parts industries. "Some of our investors are HBS classmates," Benton notes, "and I value those relationships." Mike Feeley has been involved in several entrepreneurial ventures since...
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Deborah E. Blagg
- 15 Jun 2021
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HBS Addresses Racial Equity
See more from the online-only March Alumni Bulletin Impact section’s focus on how HBS faculty, students, staff, and alumni are addressing racism. ADVANCING RACIAL EQUITY HBS’s long-running Summer Venture into Management Program also...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2012
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Kaplan Named Senior Associate Dean
Kaplan Foundation, a global venture philanthropy firm. He is the author of several case studies, articles, and the book What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective...
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