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- 27 Nov 2013
- News
No Bologna, Please
risks where the payoff wasn't obvious. After HBS, he opened a cookie shop in downtown Boston—and watched commuters stream by in the morning until he added fresh croissants and baguettes, both novelties at the time. That store would become... View Details
- 16 Sep 2013
- News
Canada’s Native Son
refrigerator to help a local family in need. He remembers his father and grandfather working with folks facing marital problems or troubles with the law. He remembers them grappling with unemployment and education issues among the people. He View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
The Kids Are Alright: Alumni Children Crack Case
strategies for a youth-oriented dot-com, who better to ask than a roomful of bright kids, especially kids with HBS in their genes? During reunions last June, HBS assistant professor Tom Eisenmann did just that when he conducted a case-method discussion with the... View Details
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Every year, HBS selects a small handful of outstanding alums to receive its most important honor, the Alumni Achievement Award. This year's recipients work in finance, politics, biopharma, and... View Details
- 14 Jan 2022
- News
Power Play
Courtesy Rahul Advani, Sara Graziano, Chris Smith When Rahul Advani (MBA 2004) began his investment career in 1996, focused on the energy sector, he thought a future of accessible and affordable clean energy was a ways off. But as he View Details
- 04 Jan 2016
- News
Taking Time Out for a Challenge
hit the small African nation in 2014. “Having watched Sierra Leone and its neighbors make great strides over the last decade to consolidate peace, grow their economies, and invest in public services, I knew they remained among the poorest... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- News
Reconsidering Retirement
store in New Jersey; the son accompanied him on buying trips to New York and watched him negotiate for the best merchandise and price. He had even launched his own successful business before arriving at HBS: a birthday cake delivery... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Future of VR is Animated Bunnies
also a virtual reality hit. (courtesy of Baobab Studios) Asteroids!, a sequel to Invasion!, was also a virtual reality hit. (courtesy of Baobab Studios) Research has found that as humans form emotional bonds, they subconsciously begin to mirror one another: just View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
further enhancing the value of monitoring global alumni conferences. Be sure to watch for updates on these committees' activities in upcoming issues of the Bulletin. Edmund A. Hajim (MBA 1964) July 2001 View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Leonard Dick (MBA 1990)
another network has expressed interest.” TV limits at home? No firm hours. “My kids work so bloody hard in school that we’re pretty good about letting them decompress the way they need to—what bothers me more is that they watch reality... View Details
- 29 Apr 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
are the most enjoyable and most challenging parts of your job? “I enjoy watching our team continually bring new things to life, together; learn from mistakes; and gain comfort and trust with one another. I feel really lucky to have View Details
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
Whitman explains Quibi’s great gambit: by doing for short-form mobile media what HBO did for premium television, the company (whose name is shorthand for “quick bites”) will revolutionize the way we watch video on our phones. The idea was... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Long and Winding Road
due in April, about the $3,400 we paid in tuition. Did we dare take time to view Citizen Kane in Baker 100? Could we justify grabbing a six-pack and watching the B-School Blades on a Friday night? Or should we buckle down and read some... View Details
Keywords: Wayne R. Vibert (MBA 1973)
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Customizing Couture Online
“fashion’s fairy godmother.” It’s easy to remember a time when women didn’t buy high-end fashion online—it was barely a decade ago. Magnúsdóttir watched the birth of the online fashion industry as a retail consultant and a cofounder of a... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Turning Point: Step Change
watching you. You’re in the room, but you’re also up in the air, taking everything in and figuring out where we should go. I want you to keep doing that.” What he said encouraged me to think about what it means to look at things more... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Net Gains
infrastructure. "The question now is, at what point can we go over and host a game or something more formal than a clinic." Brazil First office opened: 2012 (Rio de Janeiro) The NBA held its first game in South America last October, with a sellout crowd of nearly... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Inside MTV’s Global Fame
Related Links Watch Bill Roedy describe his approach to taking MTV global In 1989, Bill Roedy (MBA ’79) was told to transform the American success story MTV into a global presence. Twenty years later, Roedy had built the largest... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
What’s Important to You?
Watch your mail — electronic and snail — this spring for the 2011 Alumni Communications Survey. This is your chance to help HBS understand the types of news and information from the School that really matter to you. Your insights will... View Details
Keywords: meta
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham on September 11
the time,” she recalls. “We were watching the coverage unfold before the second plane hit, but we didn’t fully understand what was going on.” CNBC anchor Mark Haines was on air at the time. “I heard Mark saying that from the size and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Safari Beauty
and caused many of us, especially those with children, to showcase the knowledge we’d gained from watching The Lion King. Our guides, and guidebooks, explained how the prides — the groups they live in — work: The males can copulate some... View Details