HBS entrepreneurs video interview collection

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Video interview with Paul Baier, MBA 1994 describing his experience as an entrepreneur in online price comparison ventures and e-commerce solutions including Compare.com, PurchasingCenter.com and Excara.com. Other involvements include AOL, Open Market and business development director for Charles River Ventures.

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Frank Batten, MBA 1952, discusses his early career in the newspaper business, and later the cable industry, creation of the Weather Channel in 1982, international expansion of weather channel and online as weather.com.

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Steve Belkin, MBA 1971, describes entrepreneurial efforts incuding the founding of Trans National Group (TNG). He also describes his interest and investments in venture capital-business firms, corporate-philanthropy, entreprenuer financing, and co-investment.

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Hakeem Belo-Osagie, MBA 1980 discusses his career as financial entrepreneur and business leader in Nigeria, with experience in Nigerian government, financial services and securities trading. Hakeem Belo-Osagie was d later Chairman of the United Bank for Africa.

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Scott Cook, MBA 1976, founder of Inuit (Quickbooks, Quicken, Turbotax). He discusses his career experience with Procter and Gamble, entrepreneur in private banking software and online financial management products for small companies and individuals.

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Howard E. Cox, HBS 1969, discusses career in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Army ROTC, and venture capital with Greylock. Also discusses involvement with American Research and Development (ARD), United Healthcare and Genetics Institute.

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Michael Danzi, MBA 1987, founder of U.S. Labs, discusses early career in the Navy, consulting for McKinsey & Co., Drexel and entrepreneurial ventures with in broker-dealership financing. Investments in medical and technology industries including Biotech Solutions, cancer research and the medical lab industry.

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William Donaldson, MBA 1958 was one of the founders of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. He describes his work to overturn regulations to that Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette could be the first investment bank to go public on the New York Stock Exchange. He also discusses co-founding Yale’s School of Management, head of the NYSE, and other leadership roles in business, philanthropy and academia.

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T.J. Dermont Dunphy, HBS 1956, leader in the packaging industry, was president of Sealed Air Corporation from 1971-2000. He describes his career with Westinghouse, Custom Made, Cryovac, and World Class Manufacturing. He also discusses his work to create a first-rate R&D lab as well as a consulting-oriented sales force at Sealed Air.

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Charles Ellis, HBS 1963, founded Greenwich Associates, a strategy-consulting firm focusing on financial institutions, in 1972. He describes entrepreneurial experience and work including president of the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts, and teaching finance at Harvard Business School, Yale, and several other institutions.

Scope and Contents Orit Gadiesh, HBS 1977, describes her experiences at Bain & Company upon graduation from HBS as a Baker Scholar and recipient of the Brown prize for marketing. Born in Israel, she has taught at The Hebrew University, the Jerusalem Institute of Management, and served in the Israeli Army. She has served on the boards of numerous academic and financial institutes, including the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum, the Board of Directors of WPP, the Atlantic Council, and the...

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Philip “Phil” Hendrickson, HBS 1947, describes his leadership of Krueger International, a small furniture business in his home state of Wisconsin. Under his leadership, the firm grew rapidly and gained widespread recognition for its innovative designs.

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Robert Higgins, HBS 1970, describes his path to launching Highland Capital Partners in 1988. Higgins led various foundation including the Florence Burden Foundation, the Robert S. Clark Foundation, and the John A. Hartford Foundation.

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Richard Jenrette, MBA 1957, was one the founders of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ). He describes how his skills in journalism helped establish a structure for reports that soon set an industry standard and his leadership at DLJ through several transitions, including going public and being sold to the Equitable.

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Dean LeBaron, HBS 1960, describes launching Batterymarch Financial Management. He was among the first to use computer models to manage investment portfolios. He also discusses early investments in Latin America, the former Soviet Union, and China when investment opportunities opened in these regions.

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Erling Lorentzen, MBA 1948. Founder of Lorentzen Empreedimentos/Aracruz Celulose S.A. Transition from the British Secret Operation Executive during WWII, to HBS, family shipping business experience in Norway, immigration to Brazil and founding paper pulp industry in Brazil with Aracruz. Work toward "sustainable development", environmental soundness, 1992 Earth Summit, International Institute for Environment and Development,

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Dan Lufkin, MBA 1957. Co-founder of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Alliance Capital. Experience in the Marine Corps, at Jeremiah Milbank investment and launching DLJ. Experience as Commissioner of Environmental Protection in Connecticut, Connecticut Action Now and Pioneer Capital, author of Many Sovereign States and involvements with Columbia Pictures.

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Thomas Murphy, MBA 1949, Capital Cities/ABC. Experience in the Navy, and Capital Cities TV station. Dealings with the FCC and friendship with Warren Buffett. Competition with DirectTV, cable franchisees with RKO Cable and ABC's merger with Disney.

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Joseph O'Donnell, MBA 1971. Founder of Boston Concessions, experience with diversity at HBS, founder of Student Housing Service at HBS. Career in food-service business, Allied Advertising, Boston Concessions, and the Joey Fund for cystic fibrosis.

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Robert S. Reiss, MBA 1956. Founder of R&R Recreational Products Inc. and Trivia Inc. in the adult game industry. Experience with Venus Pen & Pencil Company, R&R, Trivial Pursuit, TV Guide, Trivia Inc.

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Arthur Rock, MBA 1951. Founder of TNT Group, career experience with Davis & Rock, Fairchild Semiconductor and Fairchild Camera and Instrument Company, Scientific Data Systems (SDS), Teledyne, Intel, Apple, Diosonics, and Scientific Data Systems (SDS).

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James Sharpe, MBA 1976. Founder of Extrusion Technology, with a career at General Electric, Hoover Universal, Brown Machine Company of John Brown Inc., and Extrusion Technology, Inc.

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Carl Sloane, MBA 1960. Founder of Temple, Barker, and Sloane, renamed Mercer. Experience with Revlon, Harbridge House, General Electric, Volkswagen of America and Strategic Planning Associates (SPA).

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C.D. Spangler, MBA 1956. Founder of C.D. Spangler Construction Co., experience at University of North Carolina, founder of Golden Eagle investment company, chairman of the board at Bank of North Carolina, Charlotte Mecklenburg school board, chairman of the State Board of Education, President of University of North Carolina and head of National Gypsum.

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Thomas Stemberg, MBA 1973. Founder of Staples, Zoots, innovator of supermarket model for office supplies, work with Jeanne Lewis, Tod Krasnow.