Are nano-enabled polymer photovoltaic materials the answer to the impending energy crisis? What is Web 2.0 and how will it revolutionize the way business is conducted? What hot new technologies are on the venture capital horizon? BOSTON – With a focus on the future, Cyberposium 12 took center stage on Saturday, November 11, drawing a [...]
Nov 202006
POCD-Prisoners, Opportunity, Context, Deal
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Oct 032006
In a presentation hosted by the Social Enterprise Club, Catherine Rohr, founder and executive director of the Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP), and Chris Quadri, PEP grant writer and former program participant, shared how PEP is changing the lives of inmates. One hundred thousand dollars in sales per week, 90% net margin, 90% repeat business. As [...]
Wealthy, Capitalist, and Progressive
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Apr 112005
On a rainy Saturday in early April, an enthusiastic, if sleepy, group of HBS students gathered at 8:30am for a series of sold-out workshops on political leadership. The day-long program was sponsored, organized and run by the HBS Democrats, but was open to all students. The event included presentations on fundraising, running for office, and [...]
THE BURNING QUESTION
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Jan 242005
Welcome back to The Question. Not much has changed, except for my worm deck to skydeck relocation within Aldrich 10. Quick! Pop quiz!The approximate temperature in the Aldrich 10 skydeck is:a) Jamaica hotb) Africa hotc) The same temperature as Hell Yes, it’s warm, but I still love our old room. So let’s move on to [...]
Atlanta Trek Provides Meaningful Connections
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Jan 182005
An innovative format helped make the 2005 HBS Atlanta Trek a great success. The trek focused on connecting small groups of students with a broad variety of the most interesting Atlanta based companies led by HBS alumni. Instead of shuttling a large group of students around to PowerPoint presentations, the Atlanta Trek set up informal [...]
Top 10 Legal Pitfalls of Entrepreneurs
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Nov 222004
In a rush to create a business plan and talk to venture capitalists, entrepreneurs often overlook the legal aspects of starting and growing a business. On November 8th, Professor Constance Bagley shared with a packed room of students the Top 10 Legal Pitfalls of Entrepreneurs. Bagley, who teaches an EC course on the Legal Aspects [...]
Interview with Michael Moritz
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Feb 172004
On Saturday, February 7th, the Venture Capital & Private Equity Club held its 10th Annual Conference. The day was a huge success, thanks to the 50+ organizers, panelists, keynote speakers and sponsors. Prior to his keynote, The Harbus was lucky enough to get some words of wisdom from Michael Moritz, a partner at the California-based [...]
EC Course Recommendations for the Class of 2004
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Apr 142003
Well, I’ve polled all of my second year friends (OK, both of them) and gotten the scoop on what courses to take in the EC term. In addition to the standard must-take courses, they identified a few new courses HBS is offering this year that might be of interest to the class of 2004. Here [...]
Feb 102003
On the weekend of January 31st, African-American Student Union (AASU) brought together top black business leaders of today and tomorrow at the 31st Annual H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference held on campus and at the Marriott Hotel in Cambridge, Mass. The theme of the conference “Redefining Wealth: Claim it, Grow it, Sustain it” focused to introduce [...]
2003 VCPE Conference
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Feb 102003
The 2003 Annual Venture Capital and Private Equity conference held on February 1st, 2003 was a big success. The conference featured about 100 thought leaders from the venture capital and private equity industry, distinguished practitioners, and faculty from Harvard Business School and MIT. Nearly 400 students and outside registrants were in attendance. The conference featured [...]
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