Educational Webinars
Upcoming Educational Webinar
JENNA NICHOLAS, AUTHOR
ENLIGHTENED BOTTOM LINE
Date: Thursday August 27, 2026
9:00am PT, 12:00pm ET, 6:00pm CET
About this Event:
What if business and investing could be rooted in the deepest values of the human spirit? How do you build an angel portfolio that connects your financial goals with your personal and spiritual values?
In her best-selling book, Enlightened Bottom Line, Jenna Nicholas explores the powerful intersection of spirituality, business, and investing—an intersection too often overlooked in a world driven by profit alone. Drawing on moving stories of entrepreneurs, investors, and leaders who are living out this integration, along with cutting-edge research, Nicholas reveals how spiritual wisdom can guide ethical choices in finance and business.
In our upcoming fireside chat with Jenna, we will discuss how, you as an investor, can define your unique investment thesis and build a portfolio that aligns more than just your financial goals, but also your personal values and life objectives.
We will discuss more than strategies, numbers, or policies and reimagine what wealth, success, and leadership can truly mean when guided by purpose, compassion, and integrity. Jenna will offer concrete frameworks and real-world examples to help you align your financial decisions with your deepest beliefs.
This webinar will be hosted by Sameera Bazaaz, HBS Angels Board Member and DC Chapter Chair
PRESENTER
JENNA NICHOLAS
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL '19
Jenna Nicholas is an investor, entrepreneur, advisor, best selling author, coach and speaker. She is the President of LightPost Capital, an investment and acquisition firm, and the Co-Founder and CEO of Impact Experience, which advances equity across climate, healthcare, education, and investments. Jenna is the best selling author of Enlightened Bottom Line: Exploring the intersection of spirituality, business and investing.
An active angel investor, Jenna has backed over three unicorns. She previously served as Investment Partner at One Planet Group, where she also led corporate development and acquired four companies. Prior, she worked with the World Bank Treasury on green bonds and sustainability projects, with Toniic supporting its global impact community, and with the Calvert Special Equities team investing in education technology, financial inclusion, renewable energy, and sustainable agriculture. As Project Manager of Divest-Invest Philanthropy, she led a coalition of foundations shifting capital from fossil fuels into impact solutions, which she shared on the TEDx Portland stage. Jenna serves as an advisor to Ethic and the Nexus Global Youth Summit and previously sat on Apollo Global Management's Impact Advisory Committee. She co-chaired the Emerging Leaders Council of LISC, co-taught at Tsinghua School of Economics
and Management, and is Vice President of Stanford Angels and Entrepreneurs.
She holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, a BA in International Relations from Stanford with study at Oxford University, and has been recognized as a Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur, PDSoros Fellow, Echoing Green Fellow, and is a Council on Foreign Relations member. Jenna serves on the board and investment committee of the Oakland Museum
of California. Jenna has been featured in the New York Times, Financial Times, Forbes, amongst other publications. Jenna is an active member of the Bahá’í Faith.
Previous Educational Webinar
FIRESIDE CHAT WITH HBS ALUMS
CHARLEY ELLIS & MITCH TUCHMAN
Date: Thursday June 25, 2026
9:00am PT, 12:00pm ET, 6:00pm CET
About this Event:
Discussing book release: Great American Investments (being published on 6/23/26) and the current state of the economy, investing, markets, and more.
Join HBS Angels on Thursday, June 25 for a conversation with two distinguished leaders in investing and entrepreneurship: Mitch Tuchman, co-founder and Managing Director of Rebalance, and Charles D. Ellis, former Chairman of the Yale University endowment, founder of Greenwich Associates, and founding Investment Committee member at Rebalance.
Drawing on decades of experience building companies, advising investors, and shaping modern wealth management, Mitch and Charley will share insights from their entrepreneurial journeys and investing careers. The discussion will also feature Charley’s forthcoming book, Great American Investments, arriving just in time for the celebration of America’s 250th anniversary and exploring the investments, institutions, and ideas that helped shape the nation’s prosperity.
This webinar will be hosted by Sameera Bazaaz, HBS Angels Board Member and DC Chapter Chair
PRESENTER
CHARLEY ELLIS, MBA '63
Dr. Charles D. Ellis is the founder and former managing partner of Greenwich Associates, an international consultancy where he advised large institutional investors, foundations, and government organizations in more than 130 financial markets across the globe. He taught investment management courses at the Yale School of Management and at Harvard Business School. He sat on the Board of Directors of America’s largest fund company, The Vanguard Group, which manages over $1.7 trillion in assets. In addition, Charley was a successor trustee of Yale University, where he chaired the university’s famed investment committee with David Swensen. He was awarded the Graham & Dodd Award of Excellence from the Financial Analysts Journal and is one of only twelve people recognized by the CFA Institute for lifetime contributions to the investment profession. He has served on the governing boards of both Harvard and Yale business schools, as well as New York University’s Stern School of Business and Phillips Exeter Academy.
PRESENTER
MITCH TUCHMAN, MBA '82
Mitch’s experience pioneering America’s first online investment advisory service helped him define and codify the investment needs of working Americans. He began his career at Atari and spent the first half of his career as a Silicon Valley software entrepreneur. He then entered investment management with Apex Capital, LLC, where he oversaw a $200 million technology portfolio, co-managed its venture capital fund, and served as director of four NASDAQ companies as an activist investor.
Mitch graduated from Boston University with a B.S. and earned his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He is a frequent guest on CNBC, PBS/Wealthtrack with Consuelo Mack, and CNN, and is regularly featured in major financial publications, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
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Webinar History
Past webinars have included:
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Charley Ellis & Mitch Tuchman: Great American Investments
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Robert MacArthur: Old Entrepreneurs Never Die - They Just Pivot
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David Bailin, Outlook 2026: Unprecedented Times, Exceptional Portfolios
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HBS Senior Lecturer Julia Austin discusses book, "After the Idea"
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RE-HUMANIZE: How to Build Human-Centric Orgs in the Age of Algorithms
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HERE COME THE AI AGENTS: Can you save or should you sell your Software/SaaS company?
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BEST PRACTICES OF MEDTECH INVESTING: a perspective from HBS Alumni Angels Expert Group
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MASTERING AI: A Survival Guide to Our Superpowered Future with Jeremy Kahn and Simon Greenman
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The Venture Mindset: a transformative playbook for delivering extraordinary results in modern organizations
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The New CEO: Lessons from CEOs on How to Start Well and Perform Quickly
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Economic Climate and Outlook - Implications for Early-Stage Investors
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SPACE: The Final Frontier For Angel Investors?
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Linking Strategy and Sales in an Entrepreneurial Venture
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Intro to Cap Tables: What Every Angel Investor (and Founder!) Should Know
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The Generative AI Gold Rush: Who Will Profit and How?
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SVB Collapse: Faculty Perspectives
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The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale with John A. List, Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago
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The Genesis Machine: Programming the Living World with Andrew Hessel, Microbiologist and Geneticist
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The Synergy Solution: A Conversation with Deloitte's Mark Sirower on How Companies Can Master Mergers & Acquisitions
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Converted: A Conversation with Google's Neil Hoyne on Using Data to Grow Your Business
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Sales Management That Works: a Webinar and Discussion with Professor Frank Cespedes, HBS Senior Lecturer
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How to Build a Sustainable, Scalable, and Sellable Business with Michelle Seiler Tucker, Author of Exit Rich
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Rita McGrath, Author, Seeing Around Corners: How to Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen
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Morgan Stanley's Multi-Cultural Lab Panel with Carla Harris & Alice Vilma
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How to Plan Platform Strategy in a Global Digital Landscape
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Wattpad - The World’s Most Innovative Social Network
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FOMO Sapiens: Overcoming Analysis Paralysis to Live and Work Decisively
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Launching Tech Products In Tough Economic Times: 3 Crucial Questions to Ask Before Launch-Not Afterwards!
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Getting Deals Done: It's What the Best Deal Leads Do
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Passion and the Pitcher: Building Strong Founder/Angel Relationships From the Start
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Investing with Impact: The Continuing Rise of ESG in a Post COVID-19 World
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Entrepreneurial Leadership: New Ventures, Inspiring Others and Running Stuff
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Pandemic Investing: Likely Impact on VC and Angel Investing
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Angel Investing and COVID-19
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Investing in Blockchain: The Big Opportunity
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Finding your Angels: Raising Capitol for your Start-Up
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Toss the Financial Model Spreadsheets
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Healthcare Start-ups: How to Distinguish Real Companies from Overhyped Ones?
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Who's Really Going to Make Money in AI and Machine Learning?
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How Safe are Safe's?
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"Best Practices" in Angel Investing
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The Shiny Penny: How to Maximize the M&A Value of Your Company
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Structuring Success: Building Term Sheets that Build Businesses
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Syndicated Investments
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Technology Disruption in Money Management
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Emerging Technologies in Financial Services
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The Science of Sales GrowthImpact Investing in Sustainable Food
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Building Term Sheets that Build Business
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Revenue-Based Investing
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Cyber Security Investing
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Angel and Venture Investing with Brad Feld
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The Ultimate Marketing Framework
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A Data-Driven Perspective on Early Stage Saas Investing
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Investing In Blockchain
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Internet of Things Primer
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Moonshots and Soft Landing
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Seed Investing in Consumer Products and Services