# Bill Sahlman

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Disrupting the Waste Management Industry with Technology

Rubicon began with a bold idea: create a cloud-based, full-service waste management platform providing efficient service anywhere in the U.S. Their mobile app did for waste management what Uber had done for taxi service. Five years after the case’s publication, Harvard Business School associate pr…

Managing Future Growth at an Innovative Workforce Education Start-up

Guild Education is an education marketplace that connects employers and universities to provide employees with “education as a benefit.” The Denver-based company is transforming traditional tuition-assistance programs by facilitating direct payment by the employer to the academic institution and by…

Can Khan Academy Scale to Educate Anyone, Anywhere?

Khan Academy is an online global education nonprofit launched in 2006 by Sal Khan with the mission to “provide a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere.” After a dozen years, expansion into 40 class subjects, and more than 15 million monthly visitors from 190 countries, Ginny Lee (formerly…

Harvard Business School’s Bill Sahlman: What I’ve Learned from Reading 10,000 Business Plans and Investing in Hundreds of Startups (#33)

Of the 10,000 business plans Bill Sahlman has read, only 3 companies met their plan. Find out what it takes to succeed.  Entrepreneurs have to be really good at running tests and execution trumps idea. Jeff Bezos is the most effective experimentalist in history. Bill Gates did not invent word proce…

The Future of Higher Education in a Post Coronavirus World — A.D.

This episode is hosted by: Bill Sahlman, Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, Harvard Business School; Author, New Business Ventures And The Entrepreneur; Advisor, GSV VenturesOur guests today include:Catharine (Cappy) Hill, Managing Director, Ithaka S+R; Former President, Vassar College…

E2P3 - How to Value a Startup in Under 10 Seconds

Every capital market is different, be it Silicon Valley, Shanghai or the one right here in Australia. These differences, of course, play out in many ways, chief among them is the approach and context in which a seed stage enterprise is valued. Much like real estate, one of the quickest (and sures…

What We Learned from Lehman

Bill Sahlman, Harvard Business School professor and Senior Associate Dean for External Relations.

#8 // Learn from thought leaders: Bill Sahlman - What is Entrepreneurship?

Harvard Business School Emeritus Professor Bill Sahlman has run several of the most influential classes on Entrepreneurship which have inspired many entrepreneurs worldwide. His research has had an immense influence. His book on How to write a business plan is a major classic. His case studies are…

Harvard Business School’s Bill Sahlman: What I’ve Learned Reading 10,000 Business Plans and Investing in Hundreds of Startups (repost) (#111)

Of the 10,000 business plans Bill Sahlman has read, only 3 companies met their plan. Find out what it takes to succeed.  Entrepreneurs have to be really good at running tests and execution trumps idea. Jeff Bezos is the most effective experimentalist in history. Bill Gates did not invent word proce…

Khan Academy: A Case Study in Scaling a Start-Up

Khan Academy, the online global education nonprofit, launched in 2006 when founder Sal Khan created a few videos to help his cousin with her math homework. After a decade of growth brought Khan Academy’s user base to more than 15 million monthly visitors, Khan knew he needed expert help to formulat…