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- 30 Jun 2016
- News
Sal Khan Takes Innovation Offline
multiple languages on subjects ranging from trigonometry to grammar to organic chemistry. In addition to its recent partnership with the College Board to offer free SAT test prep, the organization also educates students at its...
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- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Clubs Hopping
NETWORK SOLUTIONS In 2012, Richard Kane (MBA 1968) and Bruce Bockmann (MBA 1967) sat in the audience at New York’s Lincoln Center as Professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin presented findings from the School’s U.S. Competiveness Project....
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Serge Vartanov
When I was sixteen, I had three loves: martial arts, video games, and this really cute boy who sat next to me in Algebra II. As I entered manhood, I realized that only two of these matched society's image of what a "real man"...
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- 01 Apr 2000
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Tune In for a Management Tune-Up
"If you've ever sat staring at a blank computer screen while the clock ticks away on your report deadline, you know what writer's block can feel like." So begins a typical daily segment of "Ideas @ Work," an innovative audio feature that...
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Ilana Rosen
march hundreds of miles at gun point towards East Germany. If the prisoners sat from exhaustion they would be left to die or shot on site. My grandmother was overwhelmed from exhaustion, but Ila never let her sit. Ila is the reason I am...
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- 12 Feb 2019
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A View of the Valley
Photo via Wired, courtesy of Kathy Wang Photo via Wired, courtesy of Kathy Wang When Kathy Wang (MBA 2011) sat down to write her first work of fiction, after years of working as a product manager at big tech companies, the California...
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- 01 Feb 2001
- News
When Last Seen
classroom; certainly his relaxed demeanor "as he sat in front of a fireplace framed by festive Christmas decorations" as the New York Times reported (December 5, 2000), must have reminded members of the Class of 1975 of their sky-decking...
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Ashiana Jivraj
The patient’s eyes darted around the makeshift dental practice in India, pleading for a discount to remove her last decayed tooth. She was only 35. I wanted to hand her the US$7 from my pocket but instead I sat there silently listening to...
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- 25 Jul 2013
- News
An Engine of Education Innovation
Stig Leschly Photo credit goes here The first time Stig Leschly (MBA 1997 / JD 1998) really sat down to think about what he wanted to do with the rest of his life, he decided to pursue his love of music. He was 23 years old, new to...
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Matt Brady
I took my last breath on the side of a mountain, one summer's day in Afghanistan, when my Army helicopter was shot out of the sky. My name, along with 18 other Americans, joined a growing list of casualties from an escalating war on terror. As my wife View Details
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Lindsay Rosenblum
understanding of my “learning disability” morphed into a deep, irrational belief that I was a fraud, had cheated the system, and fooled the tester not just that day in 2002, but when I was tested again in 2006, 2010, and 2014. I don’t know what it was about this day,...
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Abhi Sharma
I plan to change the odds. So there I was, procrastinating while trying to finish Friday's cases, when out of idle curiosity I decided to find out who else from back home had walked these halls, sat in these chairs, made these friends....
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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Sounds Like a Plan
starters, simply stepping back, avoiding too much detail, and eschewing buzzwords might be a better way to go. He recalled that shortly after he and Gordon Bethune (AMP 111, 1992) took over Continental Airlines, “the first thing we did was we View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Chances Are
Years ago, while Amram Shapiro (MBA 1978) and a team of researchers were busy creating the probability database at the heart of his new compendium, The Book of Odds, the daughter of a friend sat in on one of their weekly data reviews. A...
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Colin Fraser
As I step onto the graduation stage on Baker lawn, I'm transported back to five years ago, a lifetime ago, nervously opening the door to Dee Leopold's office for my HBS admissions interview. Before I even sat down, she asked the one...
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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Tickling the Ivories
discipline, creativity, and risk-aversion that contribute to innovation, Kao sat down at a piano and played improvisational jazz. According to a rapporteur at the session, Kao artfully demonstrated how “seemingly mistaken notes” can be...
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- 02 Aug 2019
- News
Fulfilling Their Promise
tours, SAT and ACT prep courses, and scholarship opportunities. There are book clubs, discussion groups, adventure clubs, and Women of Purpose, a program created for women who have graduated high school and are now in a position to mentor...
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Juan Camargo
When the 2014 Cadillac ELR—the carmaker's new electric luxury vehicle—rolled onstage at the Detroit auto show earlier this year, Juan Camargo (MBA 2012) sat in the fourth row, beaming. And it wasn't just because, as assistant marketing...
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Phillip Jones
On June 26, 2015, I remember three things: My mother held tightly to my arm, my uniform stuck to my skin, and my cousin, a leader, dedicated father, and South Carolina state senator, was dead. That June day, I sat in the fourth row of the...
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Ceena Beall
On a hot July 4th, I sat in the garage with my "paw paw" waiting for the barbeque ribs to finish cooking. Amidst the small talk, I dared to ask: "What was it like living in the south before civil rights?" My paw paw...
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