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- 19 Jun 2017
- News
How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe
partners if I could get out of our agreement. And they said I could do so under two conditions-- one, that I find someone to replace me, which I was able to do very easily, and the second was that I take this business of placing players... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
Most of the best businesses in Silicon Valley started with a very simple concept and extended into adjacent market segments as well as into global markets. Accel recently closed its second Chinese fund, this one for $510 million,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
John McArthur
reported great memories of Dean McArthur to my wife and my kids. I will never forget my favorite Dean John. —Paolo Amato (MBA 1994) My most memorable encounter with Dean McArthur occurred during the late spring of my View Details
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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
Timberland acquired the GoLite brand, including trademarks, but licenses it back to the Boulder company. “GoLite got to cash out on the most valuable part of its business, the brand,” Smith says. “It’s a great marriage between a consumer... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
the author’s debt to Belvedere College and the Jesuits as the great influence on his life philosophy and life choices. McEvoy also reflects on how Irish banks morphed from being customer oriented, conservative, dull, and profoundly honest... View Details
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
were at the time one and four, to Brazil. And I think about the risk they took and the risks that I took to do that job. One is I certainly think I made a better second impression, but I think that I revealed my authenticity and I... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
the coming conflict. One important lesson of history is that major wars can arise even when economic globalization is very far advanced and the hegemonic position of an English-speaking empire seems fairly secure. A second important... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
interesting things—making great strides, building big companies, and working on hard problems.” In the early days of the tech industry, many women worked as coders. The number of women in computer science began to decrease after 1985.... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
experience working with a Ukrainian supplier named Rolin Kostya, who continues to make his products under great duress. “The week I spoke to them, there had been a half dozen air raid warnings—and indeed one interrupted the Zoom call—and... View Details
- 08 Mar 2013
- News
The Accidental Innovator
Like many great innovations, it all began with a simple question, in this case from Khan’s nine-year-old cousin, Nadia: “Sal,” she asked, “can you please help me with my homework?” So how did Nadia’s request launch a juggernaut? In 2004,... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
front line of a turnaround. “It was a chance to contribute to my hometown company, which was in great need of young, innovative leaders,” and offered proximity to family as he and his wife, Kristi Jones MBA 2007, started a family. And... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
what matters most; facing conflict, adversity, and ambiguity with decisiveness and confidence; setting uncompromising standards for behavior and performance; and selecting and developing great people. Be Where Your Feet Are: Seven... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
global significance. Like many great innovations, it all began with a simple question, in this case from Khan’s nine-year-old cousin, Nadia: “Sal,” she asked, “can you please help me with my homework?” So how did Nadia’s request launch a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
continues, “I was frustrated by the scope of architecture’s influence; it was only about me, my client, and what they wanted to create.” In 1998 he shifted to a broader canvas and enrolled in MIT’s Master in City Planning program. In the summer between his first and... View Details
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
shipping containers—necessitates a white cap and a lab coat. The units feature a double-door protocol that requires the exterior door to be closed before a second internal door can be opened. In the far corner of the building, a... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
1990. The science of harvesting, processing, and freezing stem cells was already known from bone-marrow transplants. "I remember thinking, 'Wouldn't it be great if every child born could have a small sample of cord-blood stem cells frozen... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
the Continental Cablevision ad, the Calyx & Corolla brochure, the Nicotrol wrapper, and the slippery bar of Neutrogena. Great first impression! That night I'm at my hotel, sipping a cold Samuel Adams from room service, and I call Maura.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
20,000 SIM cards at an average of $100 each. (Roshan was second to enter the market after Afghan Wireless; it now has four providers nipping at its heels in a highly competitive market.) Today, the company connects all of Afghanistan’s... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
meeting for me, we need those tools to stay organized. The second thing is to allow yourself some grace, because it’s a hard thing you’re doing, and if you focus on the guilt, you’ll frustrate yourself. One of the things that gives... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
everyone everywhere in the world in unprecedented ways and the consequences are real,” says incoming HBS MBA student Isha Khambra, a member of the Students Fight COVID initiative. “Despite these challenges we—now and in the past—have seen acts of View Details