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Zubby Achara
weeks and my uncle’s death before I finally figure out what. It may be uninspiring but ever since, my aspiration has been to be myself and do what makes me happy. Today, I take classes to learn, and not for the grades. I accept jobs that interest me, irrespective of...
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- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Book Review: My Lunch with Warren
re-education occurred when Spier won an opportunity to lunch with the Oracle of Omaha, a three-hour steak-a-thon. Buffett encouraged his dining companions to live their lives by an internal scorecard and to filter out distractions and the View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- Student-Profile
Ran Zhuo
during which they work directly with faculty on research projects while getting to know their colleagues and becoming familiar with the abundant resources at Harvard. Coming directly from her undergraduate career—and unsure what to expect...
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- 06 Dec 2019
- Blog Post
Moving to the States with My Daughter to Pursue an MBA and Switch Careers
longing for. After becoming a mom four years ago, I had spent more time focused on family, and I felt that I needed to allocate more time back to myself. My little one is just like a mirror of myself. I can see that my life journey would...
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- 15 May 2018
- News
Spreading the Safety Net
paid sick leave and the flexibility to work from home, or even abroad. Our hourly employees, working in Rent the Runway’s warehouse, on the customer service team and in our retail stores, had to face life events like caring for a newborn,...
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Authentic Leader Development - Course Catalog
reflection, and interpersonal openness. You will be asked to think differently and explore new behaviors. We expect you to be absolutely honest with yourself and others. While few of our students are completely comfortable or sure about...
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- 17 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Companies Detangle from Legacy Pensions
depleted many pension plans by dramatically reducing the value of investments, even while companies were still responsible for paying predetermined benefits. Increasing the pressure are two other factors. Life View Details
- 15 May 2023
- News
From Scientist to Business Leader
Brianna Kim (MS/MBA 2023) When she was little, Brianna Kim (MS/MBA 2023) fell in love with the hard sciences and expected to eventually go to medical school or earn a PhD. But her plans changed after college. Kim grew up outside Washington, DC, as the hearing daughter...
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- 22 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon
risky projects or projects related to COVID-19, primarily in the life sciences sector, as the latter might have higher expected returns. As a result, entrepreneurs outside of the View Details
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by Sean Silverthorne
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CFO Letter - Annual Report 2017
Campaign. Near term, we expected the School’s operating expenses to increase faster than revenues. We accepted the risk, however, in light of the potential for several of these strategic efforts to generate meaningful top-line growth over...
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Expatriate Traders in the Treaty Port Communities - A Chronicle of the China Trade
Related Collections Site Credits You were expected to be ready night or day, whenever you were wanted, and it was rare that I left my desk before 11 o’clock at night. Mr. Coolidge had a way of working in the evening, and my uncle of...
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- 06 Mar 2017
- News
Leading in the Community and the Boardroom
Benaree Pratt Wiley (MBA 1972) has gathered many takeaways over a long career that has spanned consulting, the nonprofit sector, and entrepreneurship, but one in particular has had lasting resonance: Success is personal. “It’s easy to get on a treadmill of View Details
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Frequently Asked Questions - Alumni
criteria (region, neighborhood, and general availability). Every effort will be made to place all interested and eligible applicants. What is the expected time commitment? The importance of commitment cannot be emphasized enough....
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HBS Live Online Classrooms | Information Technology
HBS Live Online Classrooms Providing an immersive and dynamic online classroom experience, where case method teaching and learning comes to life in a state-of-the-art virtual environment. Play Immersive & engaging learning, delivered...
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Commencement 2012 Address | About
Life? ” This question seems especially apt today, when Nate Bihlmaier’s death has reminded how us fragile life truly is. I want to welcome Nate’s parents, wife, brother, and their extended family and friends. The German poet Rainer Maria...
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- 17 Apr 2017
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Jeff Immelt Wants a Radical Transformation of GE
plastics, appliances, NBC, much of its finance operation, and soon, it’s rumored, even the lighting division. The reason for this, according to Immelt, is what’s drawn him to Boston—the city’s leadership position in technology, medicine, and View Details
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CFO Letter - Annual Report 2016
Education academic and residence space in the northeast section of the campus, culminating in the opening of the Chao Center in June 2016. Construction also began on the 1,000-seat Klarman Hall, a new convening space slated to open in fall 2018, and the Pagliuca...
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- 02 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Paul’s Sabbatical Story: Hypothesis-testing by sabbaticals
brushed up on the language, and got a taste for a dramatically different potential life abroad. His final stop was closer to home—Hawaii—where he wanted to see what it would be like to own an ecolodge. He spent months as a chef, learning...
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Crafting Your Life: The First 10 Years Post MBA (LIFE) - Course Catalog
fundamentally a course about you . It is about preparing and equipping you to better handle the choices, tradeoffs, and surprises that you will inevitably face after graduating from HBS. Throughout the course, you will define what a life...
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Maren Quezada
When Maren Quezada was eighteen, her parents took a trip from their home in Peru to the United States. “We didn’t know their plans at the time,” she says. “I thought it was a vacation, but it was a life in a new home.” Maren hadn’t...
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