Launching New Ventures: Jump-Starting Innovation for Entrepreneurs and Business Owners
- Dates: 25 FEB–02 MAR 2024
- Format: In-Person Learning takes place on the HBS campus or a designated location.
- Location: HBS Campus
- Fee: $18,500
"HBS is a great place to continue to build relationships and network with other leaders from around the world."
"HBS is a great place to continue to build relationships and network with other leaders from around the world."
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
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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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Conceive, launch, and grow a successful new ventureConceive, 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 decisionsMake 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 networkExpand 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
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
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- 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
See how exchange with faculty and peers yields new insights into critical business trends.
Thrive in a learning environment that welcomes diverse ideas and perspectives.
Global perspectives > Leadership growth > Organizational impact.
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
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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
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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
Answering Your Questions
Application Submission
Application Review
Fee, Payment, and Cancellations
Answering Your Questions
Application Submission
Application Review
Fee, Payment, and Cancellations
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.
Participants should expect to spend at least 9-12 hours on self-paced case preparation prior to attending the program. Case materials will be made available approximately two weeks prior to program start.
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What You Will Learn
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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.
Participants should expect to spend at least 9-12 hours on self-paced case preparation prior to attending the program. Case materials will be made available approximately two weeks prior to program start.
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Your opportunity and pitchYour 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 capabilitiesYour 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 growthYour 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
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
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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.
Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration
Baker Foundation Professor and Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration, Emerita
MBA Class of 1961 Professor of Management Practice of Business Administration
MBA Class of 1960 Associate Professor of Business Administration
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Marvin Bower Associate Professor
Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice
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The HBS Advantage
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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
Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration
HBS Unit:Entrepreneurial ManagementFacultyBaker Foundation Professor and Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration, Emerita
HBS Units:Entrepreneurial ManagementGeneral ManagementMBA Class of 1961 Professor of Management Practice of Business Administration
HBS Unit:Entrepreneurial ManagementMBA Class of 1960 Associate Professor of Business Administration
HBS Unit:Entrepreneurial ManagementAssistant Professor of Business Administration
HBS Unit:Entrepreneurial ManagementSenior Lecturer of Business Administration
HBS Unit:Entrepreneurial ManagementAssistant Professor of Business Administration
HBS Unit:Entrepreneurial ManagementMarvin Bower Associate Professor
HBS Unit:Entrepreneurial ManagementRichard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice
HBS Unit:Entrepreneurial Management
Your Peers Expand Your Learning
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Your Peers Expand Your Learning
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Global PerspectiveExperience the world in your classroom.Global PerspectiveExperience the world in your classroom.6%Africa15%Asia Pacific20%Europe7%Latin America3%Middle East49%North America6%Africa15%Asia Pacific20%Europe7%Latin America3%Middle East49%North AmericaTop Industries RepresentedInsights from a range of industries ignite your thinking.Insights from a range of industries ignite your thinking.19%High Technology18%Financial16%Professional Services7%Health Care6%Communications6%Consumer Products2%Raw Materials / Energy2%TransportationTop Industries RepresentedInsights from a range of industries ignite your thinking.19%High Technology18%Financial16%Professional Services7%Health Care6%Communications6%Consumer Products2%Raw Materials / Energy2%TransportationExperienceExperienceYears workedYears workedExperienceYears workedLess than 10 yearsLess than 10 years10-14 years10-14 years15-19 years15-19 years20-24 years20-24 years25-29 years25-29 years30-34 years30-34 years35-39 years35-39 yearsLess than 10 yearsLess than 10 years10-14 years10-14 years15-19 years15-19 years20-24 years20-24 years25-29 years25-29 years30-34 years30-34 years35-39 years35-39 years
"HBS is a great place to continue to build relationships and network with other leaders from around the world."
"HBS is a great place to continue to build relationships and network with other leaders from around the world."