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- 06 Dec 2018
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Cold Call Horror Stories
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes During Fall Reunions, the podcast team set up our microphones in Spangler Hall and asked alumni to tell us about those terrifying moments when—as is tradition at HBS—they...
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- 01 Jun 1997
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Blockbuster Deals
disappointments? To learn more about some of the ramifications, pitfalls, and managerial issues associated with the M&A; process, the Bulletin asked a number of HBS faculty members to comment on the M&A; phenomenon from their several...
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Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2013
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Bringing It Back Home
others—all say the participants inspire them. That inspiration ranges from sharing the passion of people dedicated to improving their communities to learning real-world problems that help with their research and case writing. Each summer...
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- 01 Jun 2012
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In Brief
future of women in leadership in business and society, including an on-campus summit April 4–6, 2013. More FIELD 3 Tests Students In an innovative complement to the case method of instruction, the entire Class of 2013 spent the 15-week Winter Term practicing what they...
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- 01 Jun 1998
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Mark Tatum
East Flatbush section of Brooklyn, where he learned early on to love baseball and to get along with all kinds of people. The decision to bypass medicine proved only a momentary redirection in an impressive college career: he went on to...
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Susan Young; photograph by Webb Chappell
- 01 Dec 2013
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Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
goods are becoming more, not less, concentrated. What about someone like Lady Gaga, whose quick rise to fame came with no previously established brand? What did her management team do right? It's hard to imagine that only 18 months before...
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- 15 Dec 2015
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Jacek Makowski (MBA 1960)
strategic vision. He was a founding partner in a Lawrence, Massachusetts, hydroelectric plant which was the first venture to take advantage of the 1978 National Energy Act’s alternative energy incentives. Later, he and his team at J....
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- 04 Sep 2019
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A Measured Approach
machine learning model, which enabled the organization to locate between 50 and 200 percent more out-of-school children for no additional cost. “That’s the sort of success case that gets us really excited, where we can unlock so much...
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Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 01 Jun 2015
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Ink
Cusumano, who previously teamed up to write Competing on Internet Time. “They were determined to have an impact.” The good news, according to the authors, is that most successful executives can learn over...
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- 01 Mar 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
Alumni Books So You Think You Can Teach: From Expert Practitioner to Successful Instructor by Bill Cockrum (MBA 1961) Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Cockrum provides a guide for presenting or teaching a class to an adult audience, including View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
step-by-step, room-by-room guidance on how to create a welcoming and functioning space that expresses your unique individuality. Breaking Through: Leadership Disciplines from Top Performing Staffing Firms by Mike Cleland and Barry Asin (MBA 1988) Charted Path View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
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New Horizons for Iraq
Mosul. We supported the infantry soldiers who were securing the smaller towns on the roads leading to Baghdad from Kuwait. I didn’t get to fly, but I was given a leadership role. There was a lot of gratification in knowing that I was able to motivate people and get the...
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- 01 Jun 2020
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Staying the Course
Jessie Woolley-Wilson (MBA 1990) Jessie Woolley-Wilson (MBA 1990) In early March 2020, DreamBox Learning CEO Jessie Woolley-Wilson (MBA 1990) could point proudly to the growth of the online math company. In the last nine years, since the...
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- 01 Sep 2018
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In My Humble Opinion: In the Deal
Chipotle, Lyft, Walmart, and other large-scale enterprises access to a personalized, low-cost education. Home sweet home: “In Pakistan, I grew up in a house with 20 extended family members. I miss hearing five or six voices in a room at any given time—it taught me how...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 1997
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Ronald P. Mitchell
Ron Mitchell says his most valuable learning experience at HBS did not take place in the classroom. Rather, it emerged from his work as student government president. "That's where I learned about working...
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Judith A. Ross
- 01 Aug 2001
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Class Day and Commencement 2001
class's education was enhanced by the fact that "our classmates are a refreshingly down-to-earth group of people who contributed to all of our learning in meaningful ways." The influence of that dynamic, Senor noted, is at once pervasive...
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- 01 Oct 1996
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At HBS Workshop, New CEOs Tune Up for the Top
last November. The goal of the intensive three-day program is to bring together, by invitation, about a dozen leaders from major American, Canadian, and British companies and team them with experienced CEOs and senior HBS faculty to...
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Jon Prestage
- 22 Jan 2018
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The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
named to the 2018 “30 Under 30?” Jeet Guram: “Via an email from Forbes, which I opened right away.” Meghana Dhar: “Friends started texting me and posting on my Facebook page the morning it was announced—it was a delightful surprise!” Shiv Gaglani: “I View Details
- 23 Feb 2023
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In My Humble Opinion: Hometown Reboot
David Motley (MBA 1988) grew up in Lincoln-Larimer, a struggling neighborhood in Pittsburgh’s East End. He remembers the soot on the snow in the cold winters of the 1960s. And if he looked south, toward the Monongahela River, he could see the steel mills that were its...
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April White
- 01 Mar 2019
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Case Study: Off to a Fine Art
product/market fit (PMF). On that note, my recommendation would be to continue to test and learn in search of PMF, starting with your sales approach. One way to do this would be to meet with dozens of florists and caterers to see if you...
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Jen McFarland Flint