Resources for Students
Are you a student or prospective student interested in tech at HBS? Start here! Below you’ll find a collection of the most relevant resources and happenings geared specifically towards the student community.
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01 MBA JourneyA map to help you envision the possible paths on your journey towards a tech-focused career.
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02 PlatformA community writing tool fueled by Harvard Business School students and participants.
Organizations
- Berkman Center for Internet and Society
- Center for Research on Computation and Society
- Harvard Innovation Lab
- Harvard HackLab
- Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at HKS
- Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at HKS
- SEAS Institute for Applied Computational Science
HBS Student Groups
Harvard College Student Groups
- SummerCamp
- Harvard Computer Society
- Developers for Development
- Harvard Undergraduate Women in CS
- Harvard Ventures
- Technology and Entrepreneurship Center
Harvard Graduate School of Education Student Groups
Harvard Kennedy School Student Groups
Websites/Development Resources
Listservs (many links are to websites where you can sign-up)
- [HBS] CODE (Covers programming, hackathons and workshops at HBS and in the broader Boston community, email the Co-Presidents to join)
- Berkman Center for Internet and Society
- Digital Initiative
- Harvard Innovation Lab (often features programming workshops and opportunities outside of Harvard)
- [HBS] Tech Club (Email to join)
- [College] HCS – Discuss (general discussion)
- [College] HCS – Jobs (Many HBS students send emails here looking for technical co-founders)
- [College] HCS – Announce (official HCS events)
- [College] Developers for Development (social impact)
- [College] HCS website
- [College] Women in CS
- [HKS] Tech4Change
- [HKS] The Future Society
- [HKS] Social Innovation Studio
- [HKS] DigitalHKS
Hackathons
- HackHarvard
- HackMIT
- YHack
- Hack Dartmouth
- Vandy Hacks
- Harvard HackED
- MIT Media Lab Reality, Virtually, Hackathon
Programs
HBS Courses
- Field Course: Design Thinking & Innovative Problem Solving
- Managing with Data Science
- Public Entrepreneurship
- Strategy and Technology
- Introduction to Technology Sales
- Immersive Field Course: Japan; Innovation through the Fusion of Digital and Analog
- Field Course: Product Management 101
- Field Course: Product Management 102
- Launching Technology Ventures
- Scaling Technology Ventures
- CS50 for MBAs: Computer Science for Business Leaders
- Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovations in Education
- Business of Smart Connected Products/Internet of Things (IOT)
- E-Commerce
- People Analytics
- Digital Innovation and Transformation
- Making Markets
- Managing the Future of Work
- Field Course: Customer Discovery in Entrepreneurial Ventures
Harvard Law School Courses (look for classes with the following professors)
Harvard Kennedy School Courses (look for classes with the following professors)
Events
- Digital Transformation Summit
- WECode (women engineers code) Harvard
- HBS Tech Conference
- Find CS Events at SEAS
- SEAS Institute for Applied Computational Science Seminars
Fundraising