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Program: Harvard Innovation Lab

Hosted by the Harvard Innovation Labs. Ready to raise your next round? You won't want to miss this chat. The Founder Talks speaker series is hosted by Launch Lab X GEO and features remarkable Harvard alumni leaders with incredible entrepreneurial stories. This session is open to anyone in the Harvard community — current students, alumni, staff/faculty, and affiliates. Transitioning from an initial Seed investment to a Series A round is a critical step for the long-term success of many ventures. Learn from Joanna Griffin on how to build a roadmap and key milestones to get you ready for your next fundraising event.

Program: Harvard Innovation Lab

Hosted by the Harvard Innovation Labs. As an investor in over 130 early stage companies, Alex Iskold knows what it takes to create a successful venture. He'll share his top tips! The Founder Talks speaker series is hosted by Launch Lab X GEO and features remarkable Harvard alumni leaders with incredible entrepreneurial stories. This session is open to anyone in the Harvard community — current students, alumni, staff/faculty, and affiliates. Funnels are remarkably useful in many aspects of startup life. Whether you are trying to get users to try your product, sell to an enterprise customer, hire an engineer, or raise capital, you are dealing with a funnel. Meanwhile, "Magic Moments" are a hypothesis that gets your customer "hooked," creates a high LTV and will be profitable for the business. Learn how these valuable frameworks will help you think through any challenge and create a sustainable and viable venture.

Program: External Program

Hosted by the Harvard Business School Club of Charlotte. What are the characteristics of successful angel investors? How much do I need to invest? As a founder, what are the typical terms for an angel round and how much should I raise? HBS Alumni Angels President Jason E. Klein '86 will review the best practices in angel investing and take our questions. HBS Alumni Angels (HBSAA) is the largest university-affiliated angels network in the world and has 16 chapters as part of HBS Clubs across 4 continents. HBSAA members have invested over $70 million across more than 300 startups over the past decade.  As startup activity has blossomed, angel investment has increased by 50% over the past year alone, to $3.6 billion. And Harvard founders are the most productive fundraisers, having raised over 250 rounds of $1+ million since 2020, 70% more rounds than any other school's alumni.

Program: Harvard Innovation Lab

Hosted by the Harvard Innovation Labs. What does "company culture" really mean? And how can leaders make sure their mission and workplace culture align? Find out here. The Founder Talks speaker series is hosted by Launch Lab X GEO and features remarkable Harvard alumni leaders with incredible entrepreneurial stories. This session is open to anyone in the Harvard community — current students, alumni, staff/faculty, and affiliates. The CEO has the ability to foster and build an innovative culture and trust-based environment. Hear from Greg Marsh, former founder of OneFineStay, share his experiences and frameworks for building a mission-driven venture.

Program: Harvard Innovation Lab

Hosted by the Harvard Innovation Labs. In this beginner's guide to product management, you'll learn why PM is is one of the most in demand roles of the decade. The Founder Talks speaker series is hosted by Launch Lab X GEO and features remarkable Harvard alumni leaders with incredible entrepreneurial stories. This session is open to anyone in the Harvard community — current students, alumni, staff/faculty, and affiliates. What makes a great product? And what does the product team of a company actually do? Find out these answers and hear David Wang's six steps to finding product-market fit at this session. This workshop is especially helpful for non-technical team members who are eager to learn the basics of product management.

Program: External Program

Hosted by the Harvard Business School Association of Boston. A pitch competition is a contest where entrepreneurs present their business concept to a panel in the hope of winning a cash prize or investment capital. Are they worth the effort? Can a pitch competition help you launch your innovative new venture? What makes a good pitch? Can you succinctly describe? Pain Point - Problem and solution. Target Market – identify and quantify. Business Model – who pays you, can it scale. Financing – how much and for what. Team – can you do it. Whether you are an entrepreneur, want to be an entrepreneur, or want to learn about entrepreneurs, join the HBS Association of Boston on December 9th at 6:00PM to hear direct experience from two successful 2021 HBS Alumni New Venture Competition contestants: Amrita Saigal, Founder and CEO of Kudos, Regional Winner and Runner-Up and Crowd Favorite at the Global level – succeeding in the market. Ross Lerner, Co-Founder & CEO of OnRamp, Runner-Up at the Student NVC, overlooked at the Alumni NVC – but also succeeding in the market. John Williams, Successful Entrepreneur and HBSAB Governor moderates the panel.

Program: External Program

Hosted by The Capital Network. Creating a clear and enticing pitch deck is crucial at any stage of the fundraising process. Building a robust pitch deck forces you to think critically about your business plan and how you message it to others. This is no small feat. It’s not about making a pretty deck. It’s about clear and concise communication of the most important aspects of your business that walks investors through a compelling narrative. You’ll leave with an outline for creating a high-level pitch deck for angel groups and VCs.

Program: External Program

Hosted by The Boston Entrepreneurs' Network. Are you raising money or preparing to?  Do you have a fundraising strategy that communicates your story over the key inflection points investors are looking for? Competition to raise capital is fierce. This esteemed panel of investors, storytelling strategist and entrepreneurs successful in raising funds will share success perspectives and tips to help you craft your fundraising story.

Program: External Program

Hosted by the African American Student Union at Harvard Business School. We've teamed up with AASU to give innovative, early stage Black entrepreneurs an opportunity to pitch their ventures for a chance to win up to $275K in total prize money. Applications close on January 9th, 2022 at 11:59pm ET.

Program: Alumni New Venture Competition

The New Venture Competition Alumni Track serves as a launch pad for innovative new ventures from HBS alumni. Founders gain exposure to investors, mentors, advisors, and potential customers while securing non-equity based prize funding to help spearhead their growth and path to success! The competition is open to HBS alumni with early-stage ventures. Applications open November 1, 2021 and close January 10, 2022 at 12:00pm noon ET (Boston time). Finalists will pitch in the global final round on March 31st where over $100,000 in prizes and in-kind sponsorship will be awarded!

Program: New Venture Competition

The HBS New Venture Competition provides a unique opportunity for students to put entrepreneurship principles into practice with an integrative learning experience. Students can review eligibility requirement to participate in either the Business Track (for ventures whose economic returns drive substantial market impact) or in the Social Enterprise Track (for ventures that drive social change using nonprofit, for-profit, or hybrid models). The Rock Center, in collaboration with the HBS Digital, Health Care, and Business and Environment Initiatives, also offers the Tough Technology Prize for HBS New Venture Competition; Tough Tech ventures are those working on transformative technology that solves the world's most important challenges through the convergence of breakthrough science, engineering, and leadership.