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- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding
The Springboard Venture Capital Forum, held recently at Harvard Business School, was a platform for twenty-three women entrepreneurs seeking heavy-duty financing. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 15 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Be an Angel Investor
Is angel investing right for you? HBS professor Howard Stevenson and David Amis, previous Managing Director of the Venture Capital Report, provide tools and advice to potential angels, and a resource manual for early stage investors. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Angels Face the Innovator’s Dilemma
According to HBS professor Clayton M. Christensen, the venture capital industry—like computers, telephony, and brokerage before it—is susceptible to the same forces that have waylaid many seemingly invincible players. What that means, said the author of the influential bestseller The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail, is that the time is ripe for the right people to create new, disruptive forms of financing. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy
Are business incubators a fleeting phenomenon or a lasting way of bringing start-ups to fruition? Four HBS professors argue that one particular model—the "networked incubator"—is most likely to endure. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?
Once the sleepy domain of universities and public development agencies, business incubators have shown new life in the Internet economy. Focused on providing new ventures not just with funding, but also with services, advice, connections and physical space, they offer a new way for dot.com companies to get to market fast. Four leaders from this rapidly growing industry looked at incubators and their relation to the traditional world of venture capital. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 15 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Right Connections
In attracting funding for a new venture, report HBS Professor Monica Higgins and her colleague Ranjay Gulati of Northwestern University, professional ties and company connections are even more important than a good product in inspiring the trust and loosening the wallets of potential investors. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
It Came in the First Ships: Capitalism in America
The Virginians in Jamestown, the Puritans in Massachusetts Bay, the Quakers in Pennsylvania and other early settlers of what later became the United States all brought with them elements of capitalism, precursors of the future nation's market-driven direction. In this excerpt from his article "American Capitalism" in Creating Modern Capitalism: How Entrepreneurs, Companies, and Countries Triumphed in Three Industrial Revolutions, HBS Professor Thomas K. McCraw looks at the early years of capitalism on the North American continent. Open for comment; 0 Comments.
Venture Capital: Hot Markets and Current Industry Trends
Yes, the economy has soured. But that doesn't mean venture capitalists are waiting on the sidelines. VC panelists discuss what is hot (healthcare), what is not (wireless), and how daily life has changed (a lot). Closed for comment; 0 Comments.