Do Harvard MBAs make great startup founders? The school has recently come under fire for a lack of apparent entrepreneurial activity. NextView looked at capital raised, companies launched, and more.
2. In February 2014, HBS grad and EverTrue founder/CEO
Brent Grinna wrote a great post about HBS founders.
3. In February 2014, HBS grad and EverTrue founder/CEO
Brent Grinna wrote a great post about HBS founders.
4. In February 2014, HBS grad and EverTrue founder/CEO
Brent Grinna wrote a great post about HBS founders.
5. In February 2014, HBS grad and EverTrue founder/CEO
Brent Grinna wrote a great post about HBS founders.
(You can find the article here.)
6. In the post, Brent offers a few very valid points.
7. In the post, Brent offers a few very valid points.
Lots of people are saying Harvard
MBAs aren’t good startup founders.
8. In the post, Brent offers a few very valid points.
Lots of people are saying Harvard
MBAs aren’t good startup founders.
Many claim these grads start “only” a
small percent of Unicorn startups.
9. In the post, Brent offers a few very valid points.
Lots of people are saying Harvard
MBAs aren’t good startup founders.
Many claim these grads start “only” a
small percent of Unicorn startups.
But, um, the DATA says otherwise,
so please sit back and enjoy while I
lay the smack down on all the haters
out there who’d claim such things.
10. In the post, Brent offers a few very valid points.
Lots of people are saying Harvard
MBAs aren’t good startup founders.
Many claim these grads start “only” a
small percent of Unicorn startups.
But, um, the DATA says otherwise,
so please sit back and enjoy while I
lay the smack down on all the haters
out there who’d claim such things.
Okay, so we may have editorialized a little bit.
11. In the post, Brent offers a few very valid points.
Lots of people are saying Harvard
MBAs aren’t good startup founders.
Many claim these grads start “only” a
small percent of Unicorn startups.
But, um, the DATA says otherwise,
so please sit back and enjoy while I
lay the smack down on all the haters
out there who’d claim such things.
Okay, so we may have editorialized a little bit. (Sorry Brent!)
13. Do Harvard MBAs make
PROLIFIC startup founders?
But still, we wondered:
14. In our experience at NextView, we’d say yes.
But still, we wondered:
Do Harvard MBAs make
PROLIFIC startup founders?
15. In our experience at NextView, we’d say yes.
But we decided to look at the data and expand Brent’s
study of the 2009 and 2010 classes to include more years.
But still, we wondered:
Do Harvard MBAs make
PROLIFIC startup founders?
18. INSIDE THE DATA
Startups
Founded by
Harvard MBAs
ClassES 2008-14
Researched by Dimitri Dadiomov (@dadiomov)
HBS ’15 | MBA Associate, NextView Ventures
19. First, a look at entrepreneurial
“activity” (total companies
launched and capital raised).
20. In total, HBS classes 2008-14
exhibit the following activity:
21. In total, HBS classes 2008-14
exhibit the following activity:
• 260+ Founders
• 90+ STARTUPS
• S2.5B+ RaisedI
22. Some of the startups they
founded include the following:
23. (U.S.)
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founded include the following:
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24. (U.S.)
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founded include the following:
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founded include the following:
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45. Third: Harvard is a talent
magnet both domestically and
globally. So where did these
MBAs launch their startups?
46. • 39% East Coast U.s.
(Boston & NYC)
• 26% California
• 22% Outside N.A.
Third: Harvard is a talent
magnet both domestically and
globally. So where did these
MBAs launch their startups?
49. Boston
12%
New York
27%
California
26%
Other US &
Canada
13%
Asia
5%
Europe
6%
Africa
3%
Latin &
South
America
8%
Startups Founded by HBS '08-’14:
Geography
Heated discussion currently permeates
Boston Tech regarding the city’s need to
improve retention of its top students, and
rightfully so according to this data.
50.
51. If they follow earlier classes,
the more recent grads of 2012
to 2014 represent a hefty sum
of investments:
52. S1BillionI
If they follow earlier classes,
the more recent grads of 2012
to 2014 represent a hefty sum
of investments:
53. S1BillionI
If they follow earlier classes,
the more recent grads of 2012
to 2014 represent a hefty sum
of investments:
54. S1BillionI
If they follow earlier classes,
the more recent grads of 2012
to 2014 represent a hefty sum
of investments:
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