The HBS Club of NY just hosted a discussion Wednesday led by Drop Technologies‘ CEO, Derrick Fung, on “Consumer behavior post-COVID: What do the data say?” I’m an investor (via both HOF Capital and ff Venture Capital) in Drop. Check out the video. Derrick discusses what Drop has learned and what their data predicts about: ...
[Continue Reading]HBS Alumni Angels NY accomplishments to date, and our new Chairman
I’m happy to announce that Jason E. Klein, CEO of On Grid Ventures, will serve as the new Chairman of Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater NY. Jason is an experienced angel and company builder. I’m shifting to “Chairman Emeritus” (an overly polysyllabic title). I’ll still be an active involved member. In December 2010, Richard...
[Continue Reading]Flashpoint New York Demo Day, Friday, June 14
The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), ff Venture Capital, and The Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York are once again co-sponsoring Flashpoint’s upcoming New York Demo Day, on Friday, June 14, 2013, 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM. The event will be held at SUNY Global Center, 116 East 55th Street, New York, NY. Flashpoint...
[Continue Reading]Harvard iLab Entrepreneurship Discussion, Wednesday, Jan. 23, Boston
I’ll be at the Harvard iLab for a complimentary discussion and networking event on being an entrepreneur, Wednesday, January 23, from 6-8pm. It’s hosted by: Harvard Alumni Association, Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs, Harvard Venture Partners, Social Innovation Collaborative, and Aspiring Minority Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs (AMBLE). (This is for Harvard grads) Harvard Innovation Lab (125 Western Ave,...
[Continue Reading]How to Identify Market White Space – Cambridge MA, January 22
The Harvard GSAS Business Club / Harvard Graduate Student Council/ HBS eClub are hosting me on January 22 in Boston; I hope you can join us. I’ll be speaking on: “The Next Great Entrepreneurial Opportunity: How to Identify Market White Space” Tuesday, January 22nd, 6pm, Maxwell Dworkin Building, 33 Oxford St., Room MD G125, Cambridge, MA I will...
[Continue Reading]Free Video: How to Hack Your MBA
Evisors just posted the video from my recent webinar on “How to Hack Your MBA”. Since 1992, I’ve been working on a book tentatively titled “Hack your Education: How to Squeeze Maximum Value from College or Graduate School”. I’ve posted on my site the expanded slides from the webinar and a draft of the book....
[Continue Reading]Launch of Harvard Business School Angels of New York
Back in December, Richard Kane, President, Harvard Business School Club of New York, asked me if I’d like to chair the newly-formed Harvard Business School Angels of New York. I was honored to be asked, and we’ve now launched our organization and are accepting applications from early-stage companies seeking funding. You can read more about...
[Continue Reading]Profile of Jack Meyer, (former) Harvard Management Company President
Image via Wikipedia As background for my next blog post about Dr. Mohamed El-Erian (current President and CEO of Harvard Management Company), I’ve attached below an article I wrote for the Harvard Business School newspaper (the Harbus) back on July 7, 1997. The Financial Future of Harvard is in HBS Hands "Harvard Management Company is...
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