These virtual lunchtime events--available to all HBS clubs worldwide--are only for paid members of the alumni clubs. Membership in the HBSWA is rolling, so please join any time to take advantage of this special series as well as HBSWA member only events.

March 10, 2010
Noon - 1:00 pm EST  

Professor Noam Wasserman
Founders’ Dilemma – Recipient of the Class of 2009 Faculty Award, Professor Noam Wasserman will discuss how early decisions around money and power in entrepreneurial ventures have important long-term consequences for founders and their ventures. Professor Wasserman’s research indicates that a founder who gives up more equity to attract cofounders, new hires, and investors builds a more valuable company than one who parts with less equity. More often than not, however, those superior returns come from replacing the founder with a professional CEO more experienced with the needs of a growing company. This fundamental tension requires founders to make "rich" versus "king" trade-offs to maximize either their wealth or their control over the company.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

  Noon to 1:00 PM EST

RSVP by Monday, March 8th

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