Shaping the Waves: A History of Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School

Reference & Research Book News, August, 2005

HB615

2004-027869

1-59139-813-4

Shaping the waves; a history of entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School.

Cruikshank, Jeffrey L.

Harvard Bus. School Press, [c]2005

371 p.

$39.95

This book enumerates the development of entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School and among its alumni over the last 50 years, using the stories of those involved, such as Stemberg (Staples) and Selchow (Trivial Pursuit). Cruikshank (Cruikshank Company, Inc.) describes the network that exists among the institution's graduates, as well as the various aspects involved in entrepreneurial success, including industry knowledge, operating skills, and vision, and the entrepreneurial process, from raising capital to development.