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- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Pet Project
Illustration by Shane Cluskey Like pet owners everywhere, Katie Spies (MBA 2019) would do anything for her dog. In 2014, when her Italian greyhound, George, started experiencing seizures and other health problems that didn’t respond to... View Details
- 11 Mar 2021
- News
Leading with Heart
into my mind that I wanted to actually learn new skills. And I think with that, I've always been very drawn to coffee as a category and a product. And, I was therefore thinking of Caribou Coffee, Peet's Coffee, and so on and Pret a Manger. And it turned out that the... View Details
- 06 Jul 2023
- News
Home Economics
In a remote village in the Mexican state of Chiapas, 13 women gather in an open-air community space. Each has arrived at their weekly meeting with a small deposit for El Banco—“the bank”—as the women have named the savings club they’ve formed with the assistance of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 12 Jan 2023
- News
‘Debiasing’ Debt with Data
Seke Ballard (MBA 2010) says he owes the inspiration for BetaBank, his small business-focused digital-banking venture, to his father—and not just as a person, but also as an archetype for every minority entrepreneur who has struggled to find capital in a banking system... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
first job interview in 1990. When the owner of the company asked if I had any other questions, I made clear that insurance coverage for my domestic partner was a condition of my employment, which wasn’t really done then. Had I not had the... View Details
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
Illustrations by Edmon DeHaro “Cheers!” As her father’s wedding toast comes to a close, Vanessa Royle (MBA 2022) raises her champagne flute into the evening air to clink glasses with the groom, Andy. She tilts her glass to take a sip and, with the flavors of the drink... View Details
- 05 Apr 2018
- News
50 Years After King
she knew a curfew had been declared. The shop owner and her grandfather rushed outside to vouch for her, but the experience left an indelible mark. Fudge made a commitment to excel in all that she set out to accomplish. She went on to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Elevator Pitch: First Byte
March, the company announced $5.5 million in funding. COVID-aware: “Our business model is CapEx light; business owners pay on a commission basis for every meal the robot makes, which alleviates a lot of risk. And in terms of health and... View Details
- 09 May 2013
- News
Road Trip
"Sarah and her team are tenacious and we think we'll learn a lot from them." Highland Brewing Company (Asheville, North Carolina). Cofounded in 1994 by owner Oscar Wong (SBA North Carolina Person of the Year), it began brewing locally in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
is the Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration and head of the School's Entrepre-neurial Unit. An HBS faculty member for over 25 years, Applegate also serves as faculty chair of the Business Owner Portfolio of Executive... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
House of Bread on the Rise
overbake nor underbake — both fatal to the bakery business. But when she opened her second bakery in 1999, she suddenly realized how hard the business could be. The new House of Bread was in Santa Cruz, three hours away. “It had better View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Women Entrepreneurs Share Insights at WSA Conference
run your company.” Mentors are also critical to entrepreneurial success, according to panelist Karen Kerrigan, president and CEO of Women Entrepreneurs Inc., a nonprofit association that supports women business owners through education,... View Details
- 26 Oct 2018
- News
A Chance to Lead
Lillian Lincoln Lambert (MBA 1969) is a retired business executive and author of The Road to Someplace Better: From the Segregated South to Harvard Business School and Beyond. In this interview, she talks about using her position as a business View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
The Businesslike Gourmet: Karen Page on America's Foodservice Industry
Incredibly, no such guide to flavor compatibility has ever been published before. Do restaurant chef/owners have management lessons for the rest of business? Absolutely. One acclaimed owner assigns a mood rating on a scale of one to ten... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
What's Cookin'
in part, perhaps, to its tough, unglamorous realities. “Anyone who does a good job in the food industry and makes money works really, really hard,” says Keith Garner, owner of Pasta Cuisine, a restaurant and catering business in Oakland,... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
EnTRIPreneurs
customers," says Mike Baker. "Sarah and her team are tenacious, and we think we'll learn a lot from them." 2. Highland Brewing Company (Asheville, NC) Cofounder and owner Oscar Wong has been brewing in Asheville since 2006. Today,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
What’s in a Name
Late last fall, Dolly Chugh (MBA 1994) made a guest appearance on After Hours, the podcast where HBS professors discuss current events. (The podcast is part of the TED Audio Collective.) Chugh was joined by professors Mihir Desai and Felix Oberholzer-Gee in a... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
A Miller's Tale
Norwich, Vermont. In 1996, realizing that none of their children wanted to continue the business, the Sandses began to turn over ownership to their 150 employees. "Seeing the men and women who work here strive to reach their full potential now that they are View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
Eden of 75-degree temperatures, where you can breakfast on fresh guavas and relax into a way of life that values family and friendship over keeping up with the Joneses. Such was the path chosen by Richard Evanson (MBA '62), owner and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Action Plan: Yes, Chef!
the first in a long series of “what ifs” that would shape Puck’s career. The next morning, Puck did indeed return. The furious cook demanded that he leave, but the owner intervened, sending the young man to work at a sister establishment.... View Details
Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune