Tag: Entrepreneurship

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    An entrepreneurial approach to ‘possibility government’

    Business School professor Mitchell Weiss looks at ways to encourage creativity, innovation.

    9 minutes
    Mitchell Weiss.
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    A conversation on capitalism

    Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban on real-world education, Trump, Warren, and sexual harassment in the front office of his NBA team.

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    Mark Cuban and Jeff Flake laughing
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    Harvard forms subsidiary to advance Enterprise Research Campus

    Harvard has announced the formation of a new subsidiary, headed by HBS Dean Nitin Nohria and former Massport CEO Thomas Glynn, to begin development of its Enterprise Research Campus in Allston.

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    Tom Glynn and Dean Nitin Nohria.
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    Making a difference 101

    A gift from Jorge Paulo Lemann ’61 will support the creation of new curricular offerings and expanding current courses that focus on innovation and entrepreneurship.

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    Jorge Paulo Lemann ’61
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    Paving the way to entrepreneurship

    Harvard-based program exposes high school students to the excitement and challenges of entrepreneurship.

    5 minutes
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    Life Lab builds on cross-disciplinary approach

    The opening of the Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab in Allston marks the newest addition to the Innovations Labs cluster, which fosters the cross-disciplinary approach to entrepreneurship.

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    Changing your body, from the top down

    A Harvard Launch Lab startup headed by a Harvard Business School grad is focusing on the “battle between the ears” to transform people’s bodies, opening another front in the battle against obesity.

    6 minutes
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    Making hay while sun shines

    Students at HGSE are hard at work building new companies they hope will someday transform learning and young lives.

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    Chasing the caffeine high

    In opening Harvard’s first student-run coffee shop, Jesse Kaplan found startup success the old-fashioned way.

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    Seeking healthy inspiration

    More than 100 students packed Harvard’s i-lab in Allston Tuesday evening (Dec. 11) for the kickoff of the Deans’ Health and Life Sciences Challenge, a $75,000 contest seeking new ideas to improve the world’s health.

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    Startups, sped up

    Students from across Harvard’s Schools gathered at the Innovation Lab Sept. 28-30 for the StartUp Scramble, a mad-dash affair designed to take their business ideas from concept to pitch in just 48 hours.

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    President’s Challenge

    A business idea born in a Harvard classroom to improve the delivery of vaccines in developing countries has been selected as the grand prize winner of the Harvard University President’s Challenge for social entrepreneurship.

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    Harvard entrepreneurs weave silk with science

    Harvard University President’s Challenge for social entrepreneurship has selected Vaxess Technologies, a company founded by Harvard students, to receive its grand prize. Vaxess Technologies will share the $100,000 to advance social ventures with SPOUTS of Water, Revolving Fund Pharmacy, and School Yourself.

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    An enterprising mind

    Fresh off his own failed venture, Andrew Rosenthal still wanted to build things. At Harvard Business School, he helped to build a bridge between startup-minded students and the broader community.

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    Ideas galore

    Students participating in the Harvard College Innovation (I3) Challenge this year generated dozens of promising ideas to improve the quality of daily life.

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    Nurturing the seeds of innovation

    The bond between Harvard and Silicon Valley is a close one. The region is home to a powerful network of alumni willing to offer mentorship to students and recent graduates who are dreaming big. Taking advantage of that network, SEAS and HBS recently came together to organize the trip to Palo Alto.

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    Welcome, entrepreneurs

    Hundreds of undergraduates filed into the Harvard Innovation Lab Feb. 10 for the second annual Start-Up Career Fair. An initiative of Harvard’s Office of Career Services, the fair was an opportunity for undergraduates to meet with representatives from some of the country’s most innovative and fast-growing firms, and to learn about jobs and internships.

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    Introducing the i-lab

    The Harvard Innovation Lab officially opened to the public Nov. 18. The ribbon cutters included President Drew Faust and Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino.

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    Harvard’s startup upstart

    Gordon Jones, director of the new Harvard Innovation Lab, has ideas on how to foster an entrepreneurial mentality at the country’s oldest university.

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    Zuckerberg ‘friends’ Harvard during visit

    Mark Zuckerberg returned to campus Nov. 7 to recruit computer science students for jobs and internships at Facebook, the popular social networking site that he created when he was a Harvard undergraduate.

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    Venturing forth

    Harvard Business School has long known that many of its graduates found companies. But in the wake of Wall Street’s recent meltdown — and at a time when starting a new venture has become far easier — campus culture is embracing entrepreneurship in a big way.

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    Director of Innovation Lab named

    Gordon S. Jones has been named the inaugural director of the Harvard Innovation Lab, a new and innovative initiative set to launch in late 2011 that will foster team-based and entrepreneurial activities, and provide a forum, both physically and virtually, for interactions among students, faculty, alumni, and the surrounding community.

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    Starting up in hard times

    In a down economy, thinking like entrepreneurs can help large companies to innovate and thrive, said business leaders at an event hosted by Harvard Business School and The Economist magazine on March 24.

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    Business School announces Tata gift; two initiatives

    A pair of building projects supported by the Harvard Business School takes aim at fostering leadership, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

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