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...crawl a mile. In doing so, she raised over $5,000 for the American Cancer Society during a Relay for Life fund raiser. One-and-a-half years after that momentous June day, D’Asaro—an unconditional optimist who seeks inspiration in unusual non-profit ventures??continues to explore the philanthropic potential in breaking world records. Her latest project is starting a club at Harvard that will work to raise money for charity by breaking world records...
...What [the public is] interested in is innovation in new technologies,” Giles said, adding that newspapers should consider developing differentiated “online ventures?? to attract new investors with specialized interests...
With an endowment that suffered an $8 billion drop last October and a list of expenses that keeps on growing, it is no surprise that Harvard has been hunting for revenue sources to continue funding its essential programs. But one of these new ventures??Harvard’s agreement to license the phrase “Harvard Yard” to the Wearwolf Group for use in a line of upscale clothing—has elicited unwarranted student criticism and media attention. Given that the profits from the clothing line—which will sell men?...
Despite the gloomy economic conditions, a group of 20 business-minded undergraduates found encouragement yesterday in the form of Albert E. Wenger ’90. The former president of the social bookmarking site Del.icio.us and current partner at Union Square Ventures??a firm with a diverse portfolio that includes the popular social messaging site Twitter—shared his entrepreneurial advice and experiences as part of a speaker series hosted by the Harvard College Entrepreneurship Forum. “It’s all about getting started,” he said. “There...
...control of fundraising and funding shifted to the Harvard University Science and Engineering Committee (HUSEC)—created in January 2007 to coordinate University-wide science ventures??the flow of money to the initiative slowed, according to Alyssa A. Goodman, the IIC’s outgoing director...