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Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel urged Harvard students to avoid being small fish in big ponds, but instead focus on dominating a new or underserved market. Thiel joined Professor William Sahlman at Harvard Business School last week to talk business and venture capital.

Catching the next wave

Venture capitalist Peter Thiel advises HBS students on tech startups

World|

DateSeptember 22, 2014

Harvard Professor Gary King (left) collaborated with Professor Eric Mazur to ally his data analytic skills with Mazur’s teaching technology and methodology to form Learning Catalytics in 2011, which focused on improving classroom education.

Fueling the entrepreneurial spirit

At Harvard, efforts grow to bring creative concepts to market

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DateAugust 28, 2013April 12, 2019

Since the launch of the Technology Development Accelerator Fund, its money has been awarded and used to seed 33 projects, 25 of which have already been completed. Of those completed projects, a dozen have resulted in research collaborations with industry and new licensing agreements, with both existing and startup companies.

Funding success, and finding it

Four years in, Accelerator program is spawning development of technology

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DateFebruary 28, 2012May 8, 2019

Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria (center) presents Business Track awards for projects by HBS students Kimball Thomas (from left), Davis Smith, Romish Badani, and Haim Gottfried during the Harvard Business School's 15th annual Business Plan Contest in Burden Hall.

Venturing forth

Entrepreneurship entrenches as a driving force at Business School

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DateMay 11, 2011April 16, 2019

HBS professor nabs lifetime achievement award from NVCA

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DateAugust 17, 2010July 19, 2019