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- 01 Jun 2000
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VC Luminary John Doerr: Education Reform Critical to Success of New Economy
Last February, in his first speech at HBS in six years, L. John Doerr (MBA '76), a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and one of the world's foremost venture capitalists, confessed that he stumbled into his line of work with no elaborate View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Alumni Books
times give solid companies and strong managers the chance to seize market share. Fox explains how the savvy few who rise to the top stay focused and alert, get new market share, hire good and recently fired talent, increase investments in...
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- 01 Dec 2022
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Flying High
affected the entire industry, Aero’s premium fares allowed it to absorb the costs more readily than airlines that operated on a slim profit margin. Investors have seen promise in the Aero model. In August, the company closed its Series B funding round, raising $65...
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April White;
aviation;
airlines;
entrepreneurship;
leadership;
innovation;
Air Transportation;
Transportation
- 19 Aug 2024
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Quantum Leap
innovation strategy at HBS. “It’s going to change the way we live our lives. We just don’t know how.” After decades of false starts and incremental advances, quantum computing finally began to show signs of business relevance about 10...
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- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
having a networking strategy is the game-changer that can allow you to advance more effectively? Smart networking is about building relationships. Networking is more about coffee and less about cocktails. It’s more about being involved in...
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- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
company to Cargill, and I moved to the farm full time.” Today Three Chimneys employs 140 and encompasses 1,800 acres spread over six parcels of land: four are dedicated to mares and foals, one to yearlings, and the last to the farm’s stallion business. The View Details
- 06 May 2019
- News
Startup Talk in Chicago
Clubs News Clubs News “For entrepreneurs to succeed, they must stay humble.” This was just one of the takeaways from the HBS Club of Chicago’s (HBSCC) recent conversation with Penny Pritzker, founder and chairman of investment firm PSP...
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- 01 Mar 2005
- News
One-on-One with Edwin Reed
investments in rehabbing existing houses and apartment buildings as well as ground-up construction of homes sold directly to qualified buyers. In 1982, we built the Allen Christian School (ACS), which, after a recent expansion, can now...
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- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Bruce Rauner (MBA '81) Endows New Professorship
we may identify exceptional talent in a particular industry," he continues, "set them up with equity in a new operation that's backed by our capital, and then let them go forth, make purchases, and grow." A pioneer in this long-term View Details
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James E. Aisner
- 05 Aug 2014
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A Diversified Portfolio
real business opportunity to invest in companies with high-growth potential and at least one woman in a leadership role that were being overlooked by the traditional VC community. Sometimes, in order to see an opportunity, you have to be...
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Constantine von Hoffman
- 08 May 2019
- News
Lessons from the Ashes
with all these ideas that the company could be taken over and it’s not being well run and a lot of youthful naivete and enthusiasm. So in those first few months of '87 after my dad died, I'd study for my cases that night, go to class. But then in the evening, I'd be...
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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
sell its products, Neurosmith decided it needed to reorient its strategy toward mass-market accounts in order to survive. “This isn’t a change you make overnight,” notes Abercrombie wryly. In addition to needing to design toys to hit much...
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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Make the Most of HBS Alumni Resources
professional development programs are being cut from corporate budgets, I encourage you to renew your connections with HBS. As I enter my fifth year on the Alumni Board, and now as board president, I can tell you that HBS genuinely cares about the long-term needs of...
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- 01 Dec 2005
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Faculty Books
International Finance A Casebook by Mihir A. Desai (John Wiley & Sons) These case studies, by Associate Professor Desai, consider how major financial and investment decisions must adapt to the opportunities and obstacles in a rapidly...
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- 01 Mar 2019
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A Wider Net
from the hundreds of youth and adult state associations, clubs, and professional leagues, offering his comprehensive platform to transform soccer in America: investing more in world-class national teams, growing participation at the youth...
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- 01 Jun 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Boxer of Quirinal By John Barr (MBA 1972) Red Hen Press All animals struggle to survive. In John Barr’s poems, the success of the heron hunting, the albatross breeding, the inchworm spinning give proof of life. But for us that...
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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Damon Silvers
reinvesting in the underpinnings of our economy and laying the groundwork for long-term prosperity. That means investing in infrastructure, clean energy, and education. We need to address the health-care crisis and end the shame of tens...
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- 01 Mar 2023
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Clearing the Air
2022, it was heralded as a landmark investment in the environment. “This bill is the biggest step forward on climate ever,” President Joe Biden said when he signed the legislation, which included $369 billion for efforts such as advancing...
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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
ALL IN: The bigger the bet Hollywood makes, the better. Photo courtesy of Anita Elberse Offstage at a Lady Gaga concert seems an unlikely place for academic fieldwork. But that's exactly the kind of environment that allows Anita Elberse to examine firsthand the nuances...
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- 01 Dec 2018
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Hard Choices
the way I want to discuss it is by asking questions. They may sometimes seem rhetorical, but they’re not. They may sometimes seem straightforward, but they’re not. Because these choices are usually hard ones, and tests not just of intellect but of character. They are...
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Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)