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- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Batten Gift to Support Residential Campus
his generosity. “Frank Batten’s remarkable career as an entrepreneur, chief executive officer, and philanthropist is an inspiration to us all,” Summers commented. “Through his extremely generous gift, he has set an example for others in... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
but you also lived in Paris, as a teenager, while you were attending high school. I just wondered what was it like to make that transition from Nigeria to France at that age? Seni Sulyman: I think the one phrase that I would use to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Books
diverse as limited liability, deposit insurance, Social Security, and federal disaster relief, paying particular attention to the original thinking behind them. He concludes that the nation's lawmakers, finding shortcomings in the private sector's ability to manage... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 02 Dec 2010
- News
Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs
didn’t have room to print Murphy’s 10 rules for entrepreneurial success in the magazine. So I’ve posted them here. Take a look and let us know what you think. Did he miss anything? 10 Rules of Successful Entrepreneurship 1. Commit first... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Building a Strong and Prosperous Society
really my job to think about the health of society or the planet. My job is to put my head down and run a profitable business.” Now we’re at a moment where many of us look around at the federal government and say, “Excuse me, we have a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
The Exchange: Venture Forth
courses, I’ve spent so much time teaching the tools that are based on theory. What is really interesting is that professionals in lots of industries, in particular the VC industry, totally disregard them. View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: The Kids Are All Right
Millennials, says Anne Hubert (MBA 2007, JD 2008), get a bad rap. Often labeled as entitled, lazy, and spoiled, the group—broadly defined as anyone born between 1981 and 2000—is changing norms. “They’re making the world a little more to their liking and forcing the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Ali Allawi
the flipside of the coin was the danger. I lost three of my bodyguards to a suicide bomber. Later, we were ambushed twice. The second time around was very serious. My armored car took 24 hits. When did you realize that the American... View Details
- 02 Dec 2021
- News
Learning Curve
Melcher. She served as president and handled the business side of the growing school, from learning to write a budget to scouring used furniture stores for inexpensive desk chairs and finding ever-larger classroom spaces (the school moved... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
and Forever by Greg Hadley (OPM 5, 1981) Self Published Since we can only influence the current moment, now is the time to adjust our attitude, mood and connection to those around us. Hadley brings us a book... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Tried and Tested
types of research questions you can tackle, at least initially. What’s an example of that? Zoë Cullen: Harassment is something that many of us who are focused on gender would like to understand better, but the idea of hiring someone to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
accomplishments of Howard Stevenson that you cite in the June issue, his contributions went far beyond the US border. He supported and guided the European Forum for Entrepreneurship Research mission to "teach the teachers." The forum... View Details
- 16 Dec 2021
- News
A Global Alumni Response to the Pandemic
millions for pandemic relief, used their networks and resources to support small businesses, and created entirely new enterprises to respond to a post-COVID world. In India, where the pandemic has hit particularly hard, HBS alumni are... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Making Progress on Strategic Priorities
decision-making to negotiation. HBX Live is a virtual HBS classroom experience bringing together participants from around the world. Bridges, a three-day capstone course introduced in 2015, gives graduating MBA students an opportunity to reflect on their View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Magician Turns HBS Upside Down
a performance by Jason Randal, one of the world’s greatest magicians, he knew he had to get Randal to speak to students in his Managing Innovation elective course. “One theme of the course is the role of individual innovators and the principles they View Details
- 06 Sep 2012
- News
Fashion-Forward
be a skill I could use in my career,” Amed says by phone from London. In fact, Amed has developed a worldwide following by employing those very same qualities. Launched in 2007, his website The Business of Fashion attracts more than... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Averting Crisis
Project (BFFS), conceived at HBS and launched in July 2016, aims to use data to predict—and maybe prevent—future financial crises. A database of financial stability and investor sentiment measures is published in real View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Latin Flair
told the Financial Times (March 21, 2011) that they had to scrap their first few concepts for the Brazil-based Vostu, including hopes of creating a Latin American version of Facebook, before settling on social gaming in 2009. “It was... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
family-run enterprises must develop leadership and entrepreneurial skills. But they must also manage family dynamics. The authors show how enterprising families can transmit the hunger for excellence across generations. Using examples of... View Details
- 18 Nov 2013
- News
Diving into the 'Shark Tank'
determined. It started out of her dorm room. We joined a tech accelerator and that really propelled us forward. Our formal launch was in May of this year, but we had been working on it for five months before that. And my sister still... View Details