Private Equity Venture Capital Programs
Finding and funding the best growth opportunities is a challenge for investors, entrepreneurs, and intermediaries—in good times and bad. HBS offers two distinct private equity programs—one that helps increase your effectiveness at all stages of an investment, and another focused on Asia's emerging markets. A related investment program can help you benchmark housing values and identify opportunities in real estate securities.
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Private Equity and Venture Capital
Build a successful investment strategy and improve your effectiveness at all stages of a deal, even in today's turbulent market. In this program, you examine critical aspects of investing, such as negotiation strategy and portfolio management, while exploring industry models—from venture capital to growth equity to buyouts. You emerge with practical approaches to industry infrastructure, portfolio strategies, and decision making.
PROGRAM FACULTY: Paul A. Gompers, G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner (faculty chair), Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
Private Equity and Venture Capital – Asia
Investors pursuing opportunities in the emerging markets of Asia need to understand the region's unique market dynamics and characteristics. Providing insight into the impact of market cycles, this program enables you to recognize, structure, and negotiate deals that offer the best potential. (Offered jointly by HBS and the School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University; taught in a Chinese/English bilingual format.)
PROGRAM FACULTY: Li Jin (faculty cochair), Josh Lerner (faculty cochair), Li Liao (faculty cochair)
The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals.
Programs, dates, fees, and faculty are subject to change.
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