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    • 23 Mar 2021
    • Cold Call Podcast

    Managing Future Growth at an Innovative Workforce Education Startup

    Re: William A. Sahlman

    Guild Education is an education marketplace that connects employers and universities to provide employees with “education as a benefit.” Now CEO and co-founder Rachel Carlson must decide how to manage the company’s future growth. Professor Bill Sahlman discusses this unique startup and Carlson’s plans for its growth in his case, “Guild Education: Unlocking Opportunity for America's Workforce.” Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 22 May 2020
    • In Practice

    Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?

    by Danielle Kost

    The coronavirus pandemic might lead to major changes in patient care, physician compensation, and regulation. Experts from Harvard Business School's Health Care Initiative share their predictions. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 27 Jun 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

    Sean Silverthorne

    Building Hyperloop One ... Leading Coca-Cola in Turkey ... Improving profit in the mobile-money market.

    • 18 Aug 2011
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs

    by Julia Hanna

    Since 1997, Hundreds of student-entrepreneurs have tested their ideas at Harvard Business School's annual Business Plan Contest. Here is what they have learned about success, failure, and themselves. From the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 10 Aug 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis

    by Staff

    In the midst of the US debt crisis, Harvard Business School faculty offer their views on what went wrong and what needs to be done to right the US ship of state. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 31 Mar 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher

    by Dennis Fisher

    At a panel discussion on entrepreneurship, professor William A. Sahlman and several successful start-up veterans discussed the case of John Osher, father of Dr. John's Products, Ltd., and the wildly popular battery-powered toothbrush, the SpinBrush. Key concepts include: Look for gaps in the existing market or product lines to exploit. Anticipate product knockoffs and plan accordingly. Raise money when you don't need it, so you'll have it when you do. Be quick to market with the initial product and improve as you go along. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 05 Jan 2011
    • Op-Ed

    Funding Unpredictability Around Stem-Cell Research Inflicts Heavy Cost on Scientific Progress

    by William Sahlman

    Funding unpredictability in human embryonic stem-cell research inflicts a heavy cost on all scientific progress, says professor William Sahlman. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 27 Dec 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments

    by Staff

    Three Harvard Business School professors—former Medtronic chairman and CEO Bill George, economist and entrepreneurship expert William Sahlman, and innovation and strategy authority Rosabeth Moss Kanter—offer their thoughts on the most significant business and economic developments of 2010. Key concepts include: Social networking is the most significant business development of 2010, says Bill George, noting that some 600 million people are now active on Facebook—and half of them spend at least an hour per day on the site. The problems of the Great Recession continued to dominate the economy in 2010, according to Bill Sahlman, who says that the popular media have grossly underestimated both the current deficit and level of debt in the United States. Rosabeth Kanter points out that new technology shined in 2010, in spite of the world's economic anxieties. She gives kudos to the Apple iPad, which accelerated the trend toward digital content. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 19 Nov 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Management and the Financial Crisis (We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us …)

    by William A. Sahlman

    We have spent the past year mired in a global financial crisis that few saw coming and that will plague us for years to come. Such crises are gut-wrenching. Collectively and individually, we search for causes and solutions. Too often, we look for quick fixes that do long‐term damage, or we put the equivalent of duct tape on obvious problems, missing the true root causes. HBS professor William A. Sahlman argues that the macroeconomic problems were the result of terrible microeconomic decisions. The root cause of bad decision‐making resides in the nexus of culture, incentives, control and measurement, accounting, and human capital. We now have a unique opportunity to force a review of all the players in the financial system, from individual consumers to politicians and regulators to management teams at financial services firms. Key concepts include: Management needs a new kind of comprehensive analysis monitor. The new entity would take an objective, hard‐nosed look at major financial services firms on a holistic basis. The new monitor would learn from working with many players in an industry. Auditing the best and worst firms would create powerful tools for improving practice. Beyond introducing this new player to the broad system of corporate governance, the most important and most difficult changes are those required of managers, who must look hard at risk and reward. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 06 Oct 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan

    by Sean Silverthorne

    Harvard Business School professor William A. Sahlman's article on how to write a great business plan is a Harvard Business Review classic, and has just been reissued in book form. We asked Sahlman what he would change if he wrote the article, now a decade old, today. Key concepts include: A business plan can't be a tightly crafted prediction of the future but rather a depiction of how events might unfold and a road map for change. The people making the forecasts are more important than the numbers themselves. What matters is having all the required ingredients (or a road map for getting them), not the exact form of communication. The best money comes from customers, not external investors. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 29 Apr 2008
    • Research Event

    Venture Capital

    by Josh Lerner

    Professor Josh Lerner provides a summary report on the recently held HBS Centennial colloquium on venture capital. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 05 Dec 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    VCs Survey Post-Bubble Opportunities

    by Julie Hanna

    At the annual Cyberposium conference held at Harvard Business School, venture capitalists pondered what makes for winners and losers in the new VC landscape. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 21 Feb 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    The VC Quandary: Too Much Money

    by Julie Jette

    The VC money "overhang" continues as investors compete to get into a small number of deals each year. How do smart venture firms approach the challenge? A report from the 11th Annual Venture Capital & Private Equity Conference. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 06 Jan 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Expensing Options Doesn’t Solve the Problem

    by William Sahlman

    Stock options for executives have certainly been abused, but reforms requiring companies to expense option grants on their financial statements don't solve the fundamental problems, argues Harvard Business School professor William A. Sahlman. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 25 Mar 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]

    by John S. Rosenberg

    People are buzzing about two classes at HBS that showcase the School's new approach to teaching management. Hear from the instructors who lead them and alumni who took the plunge. John S. Rosenberg takes you there in this article from Harvard Magazine. Part two. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 18 Mar 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

    by John S. Rosenberg

    Visit two classes that showcase HBS's new approach to teaching management, and hear from alumni who took the plunge. John S. Rosenberg sorts it all out in this article from Harvard Magazine. Part one of a two-part series. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 29 Oct 2000
    • Research & Ideas

    The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation

    by Susan Young

    Twenty-five years after graduation, four members of the HBS Class of '75 reflect on the enterprising spirit that has characterized both their generation and their own careers. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 30 May 2000
    • Research & Ideas

    Market Makers Bid for Success

    by Staff

    Two CEOs at the forefront of the transformation in the way businesses buy and sell goods—Scott Randall of FairMarket (HBS MBA '87) and Glen Meakem of FreeMarkets (HBS MBA '91—spoke with Professor Bill Sahlman recently about their paths to new business models and what they've learned along the way. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 12 Oct 1999
    • Research & Ideas

    How to Write a Great Business Plan

    Re: William A. Sahlman

    HBS Professor William Sahlman tells entrepreneurs how to give themselves a better shot at success. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

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