The Boston Celtics and the LA Lakers. Biggie and Tupac. Harvard and Stanford. East Coast/West Coast rivalries are far from a new occurrence. The latest hot incarnation of the ongoing battle: startup scenes. Sorry Chicago, but realistically, the centers are Silicon Valley on the West Coast and Boston and [...]
Speak with any member of the staff of HBS’s Entrepreneurial Management Department, and he or she will describe a time when venture capitalists were like barbarians at the HBS gates. They would snatch HBS and Harvard students from campus either through funding Harvard startups at huge valuations, or by [...]
Entrepreneurs-in-residence (EiRs) are quite possibly the best resource HBS has to offer the budding entrepreneur. With the patience of a FIN1 professor, the determination of an EC trying to get into Professor Malhotra’s Negotiation class, and knowledge equal to that of Dean Nitin Nohria himself, the EiRs come to HBS with one [...]
Harvard offers a vast array of information resources online, on the Web and in print. However, sometimes it’s not clear how to find the information you need. These interactive sessions will head you in the right direction. Questions about these presentations? Please email infoservices@hbs.edu. Bloomberg – Getting Started (Representative from Bloomberg presenting)Wed. 9/10 3pm and [...]
The TechMedia club hosted the second Venture Capital Coffee Series, which was warmly received by the HBS student community. Held in Aldrich soon after Hell Week, initial fears of a low turnout were overturned when 65 RCs and ECs turned up for the event. The speaker of the evening was Chip Hazard. Chip is a [...]
Dr. Jeffrey Leiden, M.D., Ph.D. of Clarus Ventures addressed a group of fifty MBA students on the topic of major changes in the pharmaceutical and bio-technology industries, bringing a broad range of perspectives to his presentation as a clinician, researcher, academic, serial entrepreneur, Fortune 100 COO, and venture capitalist. As a result of the changing [...]
The 14th Annual Venture Capital and Private Equity Conference held at Harvard Business School on Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 HBS students had the opportunity to rub shoulders with some of the great names in venture capital and private equity on Saturday, February 2nd at the 14th Annual VC&PE Conference. More than 400 students walked the [...]
NameWarren Hogarth Career Field Prior to HBSPhD in Chemical Engineering developing renewable energy technologies Summer InternshipFlagship Ventures, Cambridge MA What made this industry stand out to you during interviews? Venture Capital is unique in that you get to meet many great entrepreneurs with innovative ideas and then try and help them change the world in [...]
Forest, who just finished his Ph.D at MIT grad-school, and Moeller, a student at Harvard Business School – college friends turned business partners – are bringing a solution to cyclists everywhere with The Claw, a replacement for a ceiling hook from which to hang a bicycle. The Claw automatically grabs hold of a bicycle hoisted [...]
The HBS Venture Capital/Private Equity Club (VCPE) successfully held its 13th annual VCPE conference last Saturday, February 3, 2007. The conference was well attended with a record 750+ attendees who came to listen to over 20 panels and two keynote speakers. Over 200 industry professionals attended the conference and the events were covered by Henny [...]
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