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- 01 Jan 2012
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Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952
1967 Founds Asset Management Company 1980 Provides early capital for Amgen, joins board 1998 Appointed chairman, San Francisco Opera Association 1999 Funds BUILD, nonprofit promoting entrepreneurship to disadvantaged youth 2002 Receives... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
An engine of innovation in public education
graduate school of education, and operates a publishing and consulting arm that distributes the results of its work in large school districts. “The goal in our schools is to break through to a situation where we can truly prepare kids for... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Improving the quality of food in Nigeria
in a processing landscape that imports approximately 90 percent of ingredients used in food production. To address the problem of malnutrition and the lack of healthy foods in Nigeria, Nwuneli and her husband, Mezuo Nwuneli (MBA 2003), launched AACE in 2009 View Details
- 17 Oct 2019
- News
Venturing Away from Venture Capital
potential to return their entire fund through acquisition or IPO. In the process, she says, VCs can be “forced to make investment decisions that don’t benefit the company, the entrepreneur, or the... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
It has been said that because of the case method, entrepreneurship has always been at the core of a Harvard Business School education. The case method, after all, teaches students to analyze problems, think creatively, and be alert for... View Details
- 11 Aug 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Melissa Fensterstock (MBA 2012)
educated, and provided with artisan skills. Doing well by doing good is important to us and we support a good cause through our supply chain." What's been the best and most challenging part of building the business? "The best part of the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Making Finance Personal
organizing household finances, in 1983 Cook cofounded Intuit with the novel idea of producing—as it did with Quicken, its initial offering, and later with its acquisition of TurboTax—financial software as a consumer-oriented,... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Hit Radio Show and HBS Alumni Help Young Classical Musicians
Slavet, a nonprofit arts entrepreneur and partner in a real estate development and management firm. “But we want to be more than that. Through our radio show, Web site, education programs, and upcoming TV special, we’re establishing an... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Crisis and Creativity
creates an opening for entrepreneurs who can meet the profitability challenge by reexamining the whole business model — a process that might involve customer acquisition or retention, or pricing innovations. It is only fitting for the... View Details
Keywords: Bhaskar Chakravorti
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
commonalities these icons could find over a few pints. The result is Schultz’s new book, Innovation on Tap: Stories of Entrepreneurship from the Cotton Gin to Broadway's Hamilton, and on this episode of Skydeck, he and I discuss what two... View Details
- 16 Jan 2018
- News
Celebrating the Impact of Nonprofits
SPNM scholarship program a primary focus of its fundraising activities because the program’s impact in the region is so far-reaching. “Our members have been most motivated to give back to the community through SPNM,” says Panoff. “This is... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
returns over the last four years have caused this surge, which means, he says, that "people have lots of opportunities to finance projects, either through venture capitalists, angels, or corporations." But, as the saying goes, what goes... View Details
- 25 Jul 2013
- News
An Engine of Education Innovation
and the students, the course, Entrepreneurship in Education Reform, has become part of the fabric of the School. "Other business schools may say 'That's not our jurisdiction'—but that's not true. There are a lot of management issues in... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
The news last October of Chevron's proposed acquisition of Texaco for $36 billion in stock was hardly surprising to industry analysts. The planned merger — which would streamline projects and save some $1.2 billion annually — was... View Details
- 18 Jan 2018
- News
Making a Mark in Multicultural Marketing
the first in her extended family to attend college. Before starting Mirror Digital, she worked in the media and technology group at Morgan Stanley, executing corporate finance and merger and acquisition transactions, and in strategic... View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- News
A man on a mission
“If I’m doing anything to change the world,” says retired NASA administrator Julian Earls (PMD 37, 1979), “it is using any power and influence I have to lift up other people.” He has done that by helping others to further their potential View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- News
A legacy of social and environmental respect
Akshay Kumar Parija (AMP 172, 2007) was already a successful international banker when he arrived at HBS in 2006. Today, however, he credits the AMP with helping him develop his courage and creativity—two character traits that set his life on a new course to preserve... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Where Innovation Rules
incubators of innovation. Issue Focus: Innovation Innovating in Your Business Will This Alum Change Education? HBS Simulations Go High-Tech A Lesson in Israeli Entrepreneurship In the modern era, beginning after World War II, business’s... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Closing the 'Network Gap'
alma mater and the companies I’ve worked at, I was only exacerbating the network gap.” Schrier, who is white, had met Hu virtually through the HBS network prior to their first year, and although they had been pursuing independent startups... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Kenneth A. Goldman
Through broadband and cutting-edge technologies, the company offers cable customers a "parallel" Internet to the one presently accessed by telephone lines - one that is faster, more convenient, always on, and provides its own content... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso