Fourteen Entrepreneurs-in-Residence Join Harvard Business School
BOSTON—Fourteen entrepreneurs are working with the Harvard Business School (HBS) community this year as Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EiR). Sponsored by the School's Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, the Entrepreneur-in-Residence program, now in its eighth year, invites experienced entrepreneurs to HBS to advise MBA students interested in starting companies and work with faculty on research and course development. The fourteen entrepreneurs, twelve of whom are HBS alumni, represent careers and experiences from across several industries, including entertainment, internet and technology, private equity, telecommunications, and venture capital. The School has named the following as Entrepreneurs-in-Residence for 2013-14:
Entrepreneurs-in-Residence serve for the entire academic year in a part-time capacity, meeting with students in group and one-on-one sessions and collaborating with various faculty members on cases, courses, research, and other activities. Besides working together with the Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, Harvard MBA students interested in entrepreneurship have the opportunity to collaborate with HBS faculty members through field studies, independent research projects, a Silicon Valley Immersion Experience Program (IXP), and participation in the HBS New Venture Competition. In addition, students have access to the Harvard University Innovation Lab (i-lab), where they can use work space to develop and create a start-up idea. All first-year MBA students take the required course The Entrepreneurial Manager, as well as a new first-year course called FIELD (Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development), whose third module requires them to work in small teams to launch a microbusiness. Second-year students can choose from more than two dozen entrepreneurship-related elective courses. An estimated 50 percent of HBS graduates describe themselves as entrepreneurs 10 to 15 years after they graduate. Among the many alumni who have founded successful business ventures are Michael Bloomberg (MBA 1963), founder of Bloomberg L.P.; Marc C. Cenedella ( MBA 1998), founder, president, and CEO of TheLadders.com Inc; Scott Cook (MBA 1976), chairman and cofounder of Intuit; Abby Falik (MBA 2008), founder of Global Citizen Year; Kathy Guisti, (MBA 1985), founder and CEO of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation; Angie Hicks (MBA 2000), founder of Angie’s List; Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Carter (both MBA 2009), co-founders of Rent the Runway; Sahlman Khan (MBA 2003), founder of Khan Academy; Marla Malcolm Beck (MBA 1998), founder of bluemercury; Tom Stemberg (MBA 1973), founder of Staples; and Jeremy Stoppelman (MBA 2005), CEO and cofounder of Yelp. About The Rock Center: |
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