The Emergence of Social Entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship blends traditional capitalism with the imperative to address the planet’s most pressing problems. And even if you are already familiar with the term and concept, you may not…
Eight Ways Europe Can Boost Entrepreneurship
Written by Olaf Groth, Professor for Global Strategy, Economics, Management and Innovation at Hult International Business School. Read the full article here. For the past five years, Europe has been…
Team Amrit hopes to bring “nectar of life” to urban slums as the campus winner of the Hult Prize challenge
Could the answer to solving non-communicable diseases in urban slums be urine? Possibly, says Hult San Francisco’s newly crowned Hult Prize team, Amrit, and their medical monitoring technology, P.wards. The fifth annual…
Highlights from the HultTweetUp on Social Entrepreneurship with Professor Mike Grandinetti
You hear a lot about social entrepreneurship these days, but what exactly is it? And what are the fundamental philosophies behind it? Hult Professor Mike Grandinetti fields some common questions,…
Crowdscience: 10 Must Do’s to Generate Innovative, Catalytic, and Disruptive Ideas… Everytime [The Huffington Post]
Last fall, President Bill Clinton and TIME magazine named the Hult Prize one of the top five ideas changing the world, recognizing its innovative platform that engages millennials worldwide to create viable…
Finance should be included in social entrepreneurship competitions [Innovative Finance]
A recent visit to Hult International Business School in Cambridge, MA got me all excited about entrepreneurs-in-the-making interested in social infrastructure. A number of competitions fuel the interest – Hult…
Entrepreneur gives loyalty programmes a social spin [dna]
Collecting reward points to redeem them for more goodies is a rage among upwardly mobile consumers. Now, a social entrepreneur has taken the concept to the lower echelons of the…
First-ever JUMP! event has a successful landing for students and startups
Entrepreneurs, investors, educators, students, and many others came together last weekend to JUMP! in the name of global entrepreneurship, courtesy of Hult San Francisco’s Hult Venture Group. JUMP! is a…
Hult Venture Group prepares to JUMP! into big ideas
There is certainly no shortage of events centered on entrepreneurship in San Francisco. But after attending several, Hult MBA candidate Mohamed Temraz feels like something is “missing” from many of…
Five Student Teams to Compete for $1 million Hult Prize
LONDON, March 6, 2013 – After evaluating over 250 social start-up pitches from more than 1,000 students, the Hult Prize today announced the regional winners of its 2013 challenge. The Asian Institute…
Hult Prize Semi-Finalists
LONDON, March 6, 2013 – After evaluating over 250 social start-up pitches from more than 1,000 students, the Hult Prize today announced the regional winners of its 2013 challenge. The Asian Institute…
Hult Marketing Club is getting connected to the Bay Area in a big way
It’s not every day that students have a chance to sit in on a casual conversation with a Google exec after class, discussing the future of search, marketing, and what…
Boston’s future social entrepreneurs competing for $1 million Hult Prize [Boston Metro]
Students from Boston and across the globe will spend the next few months competing for a $1 million grant to get their ideas on how to solve the global food…
10,000 Students Respond to Clinton’s $1m Food Crisis Challenge
New York, February 5, 2013 – The Hult Prize today announced that it has received over 10,000 applicants for its annual social start-up competition, which awards $1m in funding to…
Fast tech acquisitions can pay off, but with due diligence [ZDNet]
Securing first-mover advantage via rapid acquisitions is a high-risk move which needs a meticulous roadmap and discipline. It helps to have first-mover advantage in technology, as vendors race to gain…
Playing to Win [Entrepreneur Magazine]
By Michelle Goodman for Entrepreneur magazine. Business-plan competitions can yield more than seed money for your bright idea—they can also connect you with mentors, collaborators and investors. The trick is…
In global search for ideas, big companies mimic start-ups [Latitude News]
Panel discussion on global innovation, hosted by The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE). TiE’s mission, says Executive Director Vanita Shastri, is to foster entrepreneurship and help aspiring young entrepreneurs through mentoring, networking…
Hult Breeds Disruption in the MBA Market [Forbes]
This article was originally published on October 19th, 2012 by Forbes ‘Hult Breeds Disruption in the MBA Market‘. The international business school hasn’t been around that long. But it’s coming…
President Bill Clinton and Hult Prize Look to Millennials to Solve the Global Food Crisis at the Clinton Global Initiative
(NEW YORK – September 25, 2012) The Hult Prize, formerly known as the Hult Global Case Challenge, announced today that it has launched a start-up accelerator for social entrepreneurship. It…
Ready to invest [Progress Magazine]
Until recently, Atlantic Canada has been a no-go zone for global VC funds. But thanks to a shift in attitudes, more capital is flowing into the region than ever before…
Looking for new ideas? Get yourself to the developing world [Latitude News]
GE employees work on a portable, battery-powered ECG machine that they developed in Bangalore at a fraction of the cost of standard models. (Reuters) We Americans may think of poorer nations…
Unleashing Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies
Entrepreneurship education is an integral part of any MBA program and is a major focus for many colleges and universities around the world. We teamed up with the Plymouth Business School…
Professor Guittard: Entrepreneurs Wanted… Everywhere But America? [Huffington Post]
For the past several years here in the U.S., supporting entrepreneurship has been touted as a high priority by President Obama, Secretary of State Clinton, presidential candidate Mitt Romney, and…
Social Entrepreneurship Forum: Expanding the horizons
Hult’s Master of Social Entrepreneurship students hosted the first Hult Social Entrepreneurship Forum at Hult House in London. A series of talks by leaders in the industry, the forum delved…
Hult Prize Is Changing The Social Business Paradigm [Forbes]
On Thursday, three groups of business students were awarded a combined $1 million to implement three social business plans meant to have a significant impact on the world’s poorest people….
Students take on social innovation challenge [Financial Times]
Change agents, social innovators, problem solvers, thought leaders – the jargon is used endlessly in a business school context by teachers, their students and prospective employers. But how many of…
Hult’s interactive startup conference in San Francisco
(SAN FRANCISCO – April 2nd, 2012) – The two-day event called Startupism brings established entrepreneurs together with 500 people at the early stages of starting a business. Through a series…
Hundreds of aspiring business leaders converge to pitch ideas, get expert advice and speed network at Hult’s interactive startup conference in San Francisco
(SAN FRANCISCO – April 2nd, 2012) – The two-day event called Startupism brings established entrepreneurs together with 500 people at the early stages of starting a business. Through a series…
Hult International Business School Alums Hailee Turpin and Lissa Regets Win $7,000 USD Top Prize in Phoenix Entrepreneurs Competition
Hailee Turpin and Lissa Regets, both graduates of Hult’s Master of International Business program, participated in a student startup competition in Scottsdale, Arizona, taking home the winning prize of $7,000….
Hult International Business School launches Master in Social Entrepreneurship
Hult, the multinational business school well-known for its annual million-dollar competition among students to find the best plan for a chosen charity, has launched a degree in the emerging academic…