NEW YORK | LOS ANGELES | GENEVA | April 3, 2013 - Redwood Capital Group, an investment banking firm serving the technology, communications, media, business services and other growth industries, announced today that the firm's Co-Founder, CEO & Managing Partner, Gregory Bedrosian, was selected to serve on the panel of judges for the 2013 Harvard Business School New Venture Competition to be held in early April on the HBS campus in Boston. The panel of judges includes accomplished professionals from various fields including venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, industrialists as well as HBS faculty members. Mr. Bedrosian, a Harvard MBA, also currently serves on the Harvard Business School Alumni Board of Directors.
"I am honored and thrilled to have the opportunity to once again serve as a judge for the HBS New Venture Competition," said Mr. Bedrosian. He continued, "It is exciting to have the opportunity to be at the forefront of creative, entrepreneurial ideas being generated by so many talented Harvard Business School students. Entrepreneurship is increasingly becoming part of the fabric of Harvard and HBS and I’m confident the 2013 New Venture Competition will spawn many successful new businesses which have the opportunity to become market leaders in the coming years.”
The annual HBS New Venture Competition is one of the most influential business plan contests in the country and past participants have gone on to create many successful companies such as Cloudfare, which enables websites to intelligently protect themselves from online attacks; Finale, a Boston-area restaurant chain serving desserts and beverages; RelayRides, the world's first person-to-person car sharing service; Rent the Runway, which provides access to designer clothing at a fraction of the retail price; and Birchbox, which is a unique way for consumers to sample and buy high-end beauty products.
About Harvard Business School
Founded in 1908 as part of Harvard University, Harvard Business School is located on a 40-acre campus in Boston. Its faculty of more than 200 offers full-time programs leading to the MBA and doctoral degrees, as well as more than 80 open enrollment Executive Education programs and more than 60 custom programs. For more than a century, HBS faculty have drawn on their research, their experience in working with organizations worldwide, and their passion for teaching to educate leaders who have shaped the practice of business and entrepreneurship around the globe.
