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    Launching New Ventures: Jump-Starting Innovation for Entrepreneurs and Business Owners

    Launching New Ventures: Jump-Starting Innovation for Entrepreneurs and Business Owners
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    Program Announcement
    The information below is based on the prior program session and does not reflect potential changes to faculty and course content for future program offerings. For a list of upcoming programs, visit our program finder.

    Summary

    Successful entrepreneurship takes more than an innovative idea—it also requires the right mindset and skillset. Whether you're developing new business, launching new ventures, or building an entrepreneurial culture within a larger organization, this program prepares you to develop new strategies for transforming disruptive innovation into competitive advantage and a profitable business.

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    Summary

    Successful entrepreneurship takes more than an innovative idea—it also requires the right mindset and skillset. Whether you're developing new business, launching new ventures, or building an entrepreneurial culture within a larger organization, this program prepares you to develop new strategies for transforming disruptive innovation into competitive advantage and a profitable business.

    Key Benefits
    Bringing you together with other entrepreneurial executives, this program examines the unique challenges that confront early-stage ventures. You will gain the analytical, financial, and managerial skills needed to make sound investment decisions, manage rapid change, and ensure the success of your new enterprise throughout its lifecycle.

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    • Analyze, prioritize, and determine the feasibility of new product and business ideas
    • Pitch your business to potential investors and other stakeholders
    • Evolve your leadership approach to manage ongoing innovation, radical change, and growth
    • Address competitive challenges
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    • Determine the risks of starting a new venture
    • Assess the required resources and support
    • Recruit and develop the talent needed to support an entrepreneurial mindset and effort
    • Balance vision and pragmatism as you pursue growth
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    • Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe
    • Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions

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    Bringing you together with other entrepreneurial executives, this program examines the unique challenges that confront early-stage ventures. You will gain the analytical, financial, and managerial skills needed to make sound investment decisions, manage rapid change, and ensure the success of your new enterprise throughout its lifecycle.
    Details

    Conceive, launch, and grow a successful new venture

    • Analyze, prioritize, and determine the feasibility of new product and business ideas
    • Pitch your business to potential investors and other stakeholders
    • Evolve your leadership approach to manage ongoing innovation, radical change, and growth
    • Address competitive challenges

    Make sound investment and resource allocation decisions

    • Determine the risks of starting a new venture
    • Assess the required resources and support
    • Recruit and develop the talent needed to support an entrepreneurial mindset and effort
    • Balance vision and pragmatism as you pursue growth

    Expand your personal and professional network

    • Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe
    • Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions

    Who Should Attend

    • Entrepreneurs launching their own startup
    • Executives responsible for jump-starting innovation in established firms

    Program for Leadership Development participants earn 6 PLDA Points on completion of this program.

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    Who Should Attend

    • Entrepreneurs launching their own startup
    • Executives responsible for jump-starting innovation in established firms

    Program for Leadership Development participants earn 6 PLDA Points on completion of this program.

    Dive Deeper into the Experience
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    Inside the Classroom
    See how exchange with faculty and peers yields new insights into critical business trends.
    Watch the VideoWatch the Video
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    We Celebrate New Ways of Thinking. Are You Ready?
    Thrive in a learning environment that welcomes diverse ideas and perspectives.
    Watch the VideoWatch the Video
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    Discover more about business. And yourself.
    Global perspectives > Leadership growth > Organizational impact.
    Watch the VideoWatch the Video

    Complementary Program

    Advance your learning through Foundations of Private Equity and Venture Capital, offered the week following Launching New Ventures, which delves into entrepreneurial finance and offers advice for navigating the world of private equity and venture capital. Together, these programs provide you with essential skillsets for exploring investment opportunities and leading a successful enterprise.

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    Complementary Program

    Advance your learning through Foundations of Private Equity and Venture Capital, offered the week following Launching New Ventures, which delves into entrepreneurial finance and offers advice for navigating the world of private equity and venture capital. Together, these programs provide you with essential skillsets for exploring investment opportunities and leading a successful enterprise.

    Learning and Living at HBS

    When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.

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    Learning and Living at HBS

    When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.

    Admissions Criteria and Process

    We admit candidates to specific sessions on a rolling, space-available basis, and encourage you to apply as early as possible. Although most programs have no formal educational requirements, admission is a selective process based on your professional achievement and organizational responsibilities.
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    Answering Your Questions

    Our Program Advising team can help you at any stage of the admissions process—starting with identifying the program that best addresses your learning and development goals. Contact a program advisor via email or call 1.800.427.5577 (outside the U.S., call +1.617.495.6555).

    Application Submission

    We recommend that you apply at least four weeks before the program start date. You may use our online form or download an application. HBS maintains all application information in strict confidentiality. We acknowledge receipt of applications via email. In the unlikely event that you do not receive an acknowledgment, please email us at exed_admissions@hbs.edu or call us at +1.617.495.6226.

    Application Review

    To optimize the learning experience and maximize the exchange of ideas, our Admissions Committee makes selections that balance each participant's experience, scope of current responsibilities, and type of organization. HBS seeks candidates who reflect a broad range of industries, functions, countries, and backgrounds. We review applications monthly and will contact you via email with the Admissions Committee's decision.

    Fee, Payment, and Cancellations

    The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals. No payment is necessary until you have been accepted. Payment is required prior to the program start date. If you need to cancel or defer participation, you must submit your request in writing more than 30 days before the start of the program to receive a full refund. Cancellations or deferrals received 14 to 30 days prior to the start of the program are subject to a fee of one-half of the program fee. Requests received within 14 days are subject to full payment.

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    We admit candidates to specific sessions on a rolling, space-available basis, and encourage you to apply as early as possible. Although most programs have no formal educational requirements, admission is a selective process based on your professional achievement and organizational responsibilities.

    Answering Your Questions

    Our Program Advising team can help you at any stage of the admissions process—starting with identifying the program that best addresses your learning and development goals. Contact a program advisor via email or call 1.800.427.5577 (outside the U.S., call +1.617.495.6555).

    Application Submission

    We recommend that you apply at least four weeks before the program start date. You may use our online form or download an application. HBS maintains all application information in strict confidentiality. We acknowledge receipt of applications via email. In the unlikely event that you do not receive an acknowledgment, please email us at exed_admissions@hbs.edu or call us at +1.617.495.6226.

    Application Review

    To optimize the learning experience and maximize the exchange of ideas, our Admissions Committee makes selections that balance each participant's experience, scope of current responsibilities, and type of organization. HBS seeks candidates who reflect a broad range of industries, functions, countries, and backgrounds. We review applications monthly and will contact you via email with the Admissions Committee's decision.

    Fee, Payment, and Cancellations

    The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals. No payment is necessary until you have been accepted. Payment is required prior to the program start date. If you need to cancel or defer participation, you must submit your request in writing more than 30 days before the start of the program to receive a full refund. Cancellations or deferrals received 14 to 30 days prior to the start of the program are subject to a fee of one-half of the program fee. Requests received within 14 days are subject to full payment.

    What You Will Learn

    Launching New Ventures goes to the heart of the entrepreneurial process—exploiting disruptive opportunities to create successful new businesses. Immersed in an intensive learning experience that includes faculty presentations, case studies, and group discussions, you will refine your thinking and broaden your skills as you examine strategies employed by successful entrepreneurs at every stage of the launch process.

    In this entrepreneurship program, you will examine the central pillars of new venture formation, business execution, and entrepreneurial challenges.

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    What You Will Learn

    Launching New Ventures goes to the heart of the entrepreneurial process—exploiting disruptive opportunities to create successful new businesses. Immersed in an intensive learning experience that includes faculty presentations, case studies, and group discussions, you will refine your thinking and broaden your skills as you examine strategies employed by successful entrepreneurs at every stage of the launch process.

    In this entrepreneurship program, you will examine the central pillars of new venture formation, business execution, and entrepreneurial challenges.

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    • Identifying and analyzing entrepreneurial opportunities
    • Turning a viable opportunity into a focused strategy and well-defined business initiative
    • Developing and refining an effective business plan
    • Creating pitches to sell the idea to investors, customers, partners, and key employees
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    • Attracting the talent and resources required to turn a vision into reality
    • Recognizing and managing risk, while creating and measuring value
    • Building the organization and capabilities needed to launch and nurture early-stage ventures
    • Deciding whether to build capabilities in-house or obtain them through partnerships, joint ventures, or acquisitions
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    • Evolving the strategy, organization, and leadership approach as the business grows
    • Creating balance in a business with both product- and service-based revenue streams
    • Exploring alternatives for expanding the operations of a successful business

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    Your opportunity and pitch

    • Identifying and analyzing entrepreneurial opportunities
    • Turning a viable opportunity into a focused strategy and well-defined business initiative
    • Developing and refining an effective business plan
    • Creating pitches to sell the idea to investors, customers, partners, and key employees

    Your team and capabilities

    • Attracting the talent and resources required to turn a vision into reality
    • Recognizing and managing risk, while creating and measuring value
    • Building the organization and capabilities needed to launch and nurture early-stage ventures
    • Deciding whether to build capabilities in-house or obtain them through partnerships, joint ventures, or acquisitions

    Your growth

    • Evolving the strategy, organization, and leadership approach as the business grows
    • Creating balance in a business with both product- and service-based revenue streams
    • Exploring alternatives for expanding the operations of a successful business

    Individual Project

    During this entepreneurship program, you will have the opportunity to work on strategies for your new venture and receive insights and feedback from faculty and your entrepreneurial peers.

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    Individual Project

    During this entepreneurship program, you will have the opportunity to work on strategies for your new venture and receive insights and feedback from faculty and your entrepreneurial peers.

    The HBS Advantage

    Our Executive Education programs are developed and taught by HBS faculty who are widely recognized as skilled educators, groundbreaking researchers, and award-winning authors. Through their board memberships, consulting, and field-based research, they address the complex challenges facing business leaders across the globe.

    Faculty Chair
    William R. Kerr
    William R. Kerr
    William R. Kerr

    William R. Kerr

    Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration

    HBS Unit:
    Entrepreneurial Management

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    Faculty
    Lynda M. Applegate
    Lynda M. Applegate
    Lynda M. Applegate

    Lynda M. Applegate

    Baker Foundation Professor and Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration, Emerita

    HBS Units:
    Entrepreneurial Management
    General Management

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    Jill J. Avery
    Jill J. Avery
    Jill J. Avery

    Jill J. Avery

    Senior Lecturer of Business Administration

    HBS Unit:
    Marketing

    Read Full Bio

    Shikhar Ghosh
    Shikhar Ghosh
    Shikhar Ghosh

    Shikhar Ghosh

    Professor of Management Practice

    HBS Unit:
    Entrepreneurial Management

    Read Full Bio

    Scott D. Kominers
    Scott D. Kominers
    Scott D. Kominers

    Scott D. Kominers

    MBA Class of 1960 Associate Professor of Business Administration

    HBS Unit:
    Entrepreneurial Management

    Read Full Bio

    Joshua Lev Krieger
    Joshua Lev Krieger
    Joshua Lev Krieger

    Joshua Lev Krieger

    Assistant Professor of Business Administration

    HBS Unit:
    Entrepreneurial Management

    Read Full Bio

    Jeffrey F. Rayport
    Jeffrey F. Rayport
    Jeffrey F. Rayport

    Jeffrey F. Rayport

    Senior Lecturer of Business Administration

    HBS Unit:
    Entrepreneurial Management

    Read Full Bio

    Benjamin N. Roth
    Benjamin N. Roth
    Benjamin N. Roth

    Benjamin N. Roth

    Assistant Professor of Business Administration

    HBS Unit:
    Entrepreneurial Management

    Read Full Bio

    Christopher T. Stanton
    Christopher T. Stanton
    Christopher T. Stanton

    Christopher T. Stanton

    Marvin Bower Associate Professor

    HBS Unit:
    Entrepreneurial Management

    Read Full Bio

    Mitchell B. Weiss
    Mitchell B. Weiss
    Mitchell B. Weiss

    Mitchell B. Weiss

    Professor of Management Practice, Richard L. Menschel Faculty Fellow

    HBS Unit:
    Entrepreneurial Management

    Read Full Bio

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    The HBS Advantage

    Our Executive Education programs are developed and taught by HBS faculty who are widely recognized as skilled educators, groundbreaking researchers, and award-winning authors. Through their board memberships, consulting, and field-based research, they address the complex challenges facing business leaders across the globe.

    Faculty Chair
    William R. Kerr
    William R. Kerr
    William R. Kerr

    William R. Kerr

    Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration

    HBS Unit:
    Entrepreneurial Management

    Read Full Bio

    Faculty
    Lynda M. Applegate
    Lynda M. Applegate
    Lynda M. Applegate

    Lynda M. Applegate

    Baker Foundation Professor and Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration, Emerita

    HBS Units:
    Entrepreneurial Management
    General Management

    Read Full Bio

    Jill J. Avery
    Jill J. Avery
    Jill J. Avery

    Jill J. Avery

    Senior Lecturer of Business Administration

    HBS Unit:
    Marketing

    Read Full Bio

    Shikhar Ghosh
    Shikhar Ghosh
    Shikhar Ghosh

    Shikhar Ghosh

    Professor of Management Practice

    HBS Unit:
    Entrepreneurial Management

    Read Full Bio

    Scott D. Kominers
    Scott D. Kominers
    Scott D. Kominers

    Scott D. Kominers

    MBA Class of 1960 Associate Professor of Business Administration

    HBS Unit:
    Entrepreneurial Management

    Read Full Bio

    Joshua Lev Krieger
    Joshua Lev Krieger
    Joshua Lev Krieger

    Joshua Lev Krieger

    Assistant Professor of Business Administration

    HBS Unit:
    Entrepreneurial Management

    Read Full Bio

    Jeffrey F. Rayport
    Jeffrey F. Rayport
    Jeffrey F. Rayport

    Jeffrey F. Rayport

    Senior Lecturer of Business Administration

    HBS Unit:
    Entrepreneurial Management

    Read Full Bio

    Benjamin N. Roth
    Benjamin N. Roth
    Benjamin N. Roth

    Benjamin N. Roth

    Assistant Professor of Business Administration

    HBS Unit:
    Entrepreneurial Management

    Read Full Bio

    Christopher T. Stanton
    Christopher T. Stanton
    Christopher T. Stanton

    Christopher T. Stanton

    Marvin Bower Associate Professor

    HBS Unit:
    Entrepreneurial Management

    Read Full Bio

    Mitchell B. Weiss
    Mitchell B. Weiss
    Mitchell B. Weiss

    Mitchell B. Weiss

    Professor of Management Practice, Richard L. Menschel Faculty Fellow

    HBS Unit:
    Entrepreneurial Management

    Read Full Bio

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    Participating Companies Have Included:
    Accenture
    Benefit Seven
    Beneteau Inc.
    BrainHeart Capital AB
    Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Eli Lilly
    Revlon
    SanDisk
    United States Agency for International Development
    Vivint
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