Ralph James, Executive Director of External Relations, broke his 30-year media silence to discuss a topic with The Harbus which he cares deeply about — the HBS Class Gift, and what it means to create a lasting relationship with alumni.
HBS Business Plan Finalists-Novophage Therapeutics
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Apr 272009
1. YOUR PITCH.Antibiotic-resistance superbugs are a growing problem in today’s hospitals and communities around the globe despite nearly $26 billion spent on therapeutics. In the US alone direct costs of infection are estimated at $28-34B (2007 USD). The outbreak of Staph infections at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in early April 2009 exemplifies the looming [...]
HBS Business Plan Finalists-CloudFlare
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Apr 272009
1. YOUR PITCH..Websites today are under attack. Every day web administrators are subject to a host of threats from email address harvesting to cross-site scripting to denial of service attacks. Our survey of more than 130 web administrators revealed deep frustration. The attackers were universally described as a web administrator’s “worst enemies on the Internet,” [...]
HBS Business Plan Finalists – YouTea!
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Apr 272009
1. YOUR PITCH.YouTea! delivers an over-the-counter solution to a prevalent women’s health problem. YouTea! is the first functional beverage powder specifically designed for women’s health. We have a specific condition in mind to gain initial adoption but will position YouTea! as a general women’s health product as we grow our business. We have developed a [...]
HBS Business Plan Finalists – PainMD
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Apr 272009
1. YOUR PITCH.PainMD offers a highly effective, non-invasive, non-addictive pain treatment for the 46 million patients in America suffering from debilitating chronic pain. There are many causes of chronic pain including neuropathy, back injury, and trigeminal neuralgia. Existing therapies are largely ineffective in providing pain relief; treatments that work tend to be highly addictive (such [...]
HBS Business Plan Finalists – Fresh Maid
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Apr 272009
1. YOUR PITCH. Fresh Maid is the first and only complete homemaking solution in the market. We provide housekeeping and laundry services to residents of large, high-rise buildings in Manhattan and other cities. The business operates like a hotel maid service, visiting clients 3-5 times per week at a rate competitive to what people already [...]
HBS Business Plan Finalists – FenSiZu Fan Club
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Apr 272009
1. YOUR PITCH.FenSiZu (in Chinese, “fan tribe”) is a membership-based online aggregator of official fan clubs in China bridging the lack of connection between fans and celebrities. The opportunity is paid subscriptions for online interactions that have been successful for both constituencies in other markets, but for which China remains a white space. 2. IDEA: [...]
HBS Business Plan Finalists – Tough Mudder
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Apr 272009
1. YOUR PITCH.With Tough Mudder, we aim to bring an endurance race format that is already popular in many other countries, to the US. A Tough Mudder event will be a test of all-round toughness, testing not just fitness, but also strength, stamina, and mental and physical endurance. A typical race will start with a [...]
HBS Business Plan Finalists – YouTea!
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Apr 212009
1. YOUR PITCH.YouTea! delivers an over-the-counter solution to a prevalent women’s health problem. YouTea! is the first functional beverage powder specifically designed for women’s health. We have a specific condition in mind to gain initial adoption but will position YouTea! as a general women’s health product as we grow our business. We have developed a [...]
HBS Business Plan Finalists – PainMD
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Apr 212009
1. YOUR PITCH.PainMD offers a highly effective, non-invasive, non-addictive pain treatment for the 46 million patients in America suffering from debilitating chronic pain. There are many causes of chronic pain including neuropathy, back injury, and trigeminal neuralgia. Existing therapies are largely ineffective in providing pain relief; treatments that work tend to be highly addictive (such [...]
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