Wonder what an MBA could do to help with your professional growth? Learn from Professor Jeff Bussgang and alumni how HBS helps prepare you for a career in Venture Capital. Our alumni panel will feature Joe Blair, Raviraj Jain, Britt Dannemann, Prachi Pawar. You will not need to turn your camera on for this event. All are welcome to join!
Jeffrey J. Bussgang is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard Business School as well as Co-Founder and General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm. He studies lean startups as well as strategy and management challenges for founders. He teaches two MBA Elective Curriculum courses: Launching Technology Ventures – a class focused on product-market fit startups -- and Scaling Minority Businesses – a field class focused on supporting Black and Latinx business entrepreneurs. Additionally, he oversees the Rock Venture Partners program, a year-long seminar for aspiring venture capitalists.
Joe is Co-Founder & General Partner at Bay Bridge Ventures, the first purpose-built, institutional ESG and Sustainability focused venture firm built upon the belief that the future’s most successful companies will be those that solve critical problems facing the environment and humanity. Joe has been venture investing for the past 8 years in early-stage startups implementing disruptive technology to solve real-world problems.
Joe is also founder and host of the Epic Human Podcast, a podcast featuring risk-takers and high-performers from all walks of life.Outside of investing and podcasting, you can find Joe racing triathlons, practicing yoga, and chasing around his three children.
Entrepreneurial product guy turned Venture Capitalist. I am always very eager to learn about exciting startups and help them in every possible way. If you are building an ambitious startup or I can be helpful in any way, please feel free to reach out to me at raviraj@lsvp.com and I'll try my best to get back to you!
Britt was part of the founding team at Alpha Edison, an early stage venture capital firm in Los Angeles. She invests in seed through series b rounds across fintech, saas, healthtech, & manufacturing/logistics.
Prachi is an early-stage investor at Sequoia Capital. During her time at HBS (2018-2020) she was the Co-Chair of Harvard India Conference, the director for the Retail and Luxury Goods Conference, and a proud participant of the Entrepreneurship Club and South Asian Business Association.
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