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- 01 Dec 2011
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Donor Spotlight
combining an outright gift through a family foundation with a planned gift, which, in this case, makes HBS an insurance policy beneficiary. Such creative thinking about philanthropy means more support for...
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Andrea Heckbert
brain rehabilitation. I had been living abroad and planning to come here next year, chasing all my big dreams but actively crafting a life that took me away from those I loved. A life that suddenly felt very risky, and I considered not...
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Brent Brown
Brent (HBS '02) has experience in private equity/venture capital, investment banking, and real estate, consumer products and digital media industries and currently serves on the boards of numerous private companies. Work Experience: US Army, Goldman Sachs, Taurus...
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Kathleen Schlaff
You never ever know what is around the corner. No matter how well planned I thought my life was, it really threw me a few curve balls this year. When my aunt called me last summer to tell me that my father, who I adore, had unexpectedly...
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Alison Fournier
At birth in 1916 my Grandfather weighed 1 lb. His makeshift crib was a shoebox and his incubator the family oven. My Dad exercised too hard and surrendered to sudden cardiac arrhythmia - so swiftly, he never suspected he died. At 80 mph a...
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- 01 Dec 2006
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Rolling Thunder
HEAVY METAL: Stephen Julius and family aboard an Indian motorcycle, a classic brand that in late 2007 will once again hit the streets. PHOTO COURTESY STEPHEN JULIUS Vrrooom that’s the sound of the classic Indian brand motorcycle, revving...
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Mark Kahn
I plan to repay my debts, for I live a highly-leveraged life. I owe a debt to the United States, which saved my family from the clutches of the Wehrmacht. I owe a debt to the political wards of Philadelphia,...
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- 01 Mar 2019
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From Das’s Desk
such as how their careers were impacted by their choice of location or how their definition of home and family roles have evolved since graduation. Crafting Your Life represents the continued evolution of our thinking here at HBS. No...
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- 01 Mar 2014
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Innovation: Crowdfunding College Costs
noted, Cordero started GradSave, an online college savings registry that makes it possible for family and friends to contribute directly to a child's 529 plan or savings account. Parents can send digital...
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- 17 Apr 2014
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Striking a Balance
Alvin J. Silk The struggle to balance career and family was all too familiar to the late Diane Doerge Wilson, whose memory is being honored with an HBS professorship funded by a gift from her husband, Alvin J. Silk. A senior consultant at...
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- 01 Jun 1997
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Carla Small
Working mothers may have become commonplace in corporate America, but in business school, student moms are still in a class by themselves. Just ask Carla Small. "I went from being surrounded by other women trying to balance a job and View Details
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Linda Goodspeed
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Up by the Roots
When he graduated from high school in 1994, Will Hsu (MBA 2006) had no plans to take over his father’s ginseng farm—there just didn’t seem to be a future in it. Hsu’s Ginseng Enterprises Inc. was one of the largest operations in central...
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Francis Storrs
- 10 Dec 2015
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Leveraging Curiosity to Broaden the Impact
seeing the product that was eventually going to touch someone’s life,” he says. “While I am still passionate about engineering, I want to work with people and teams in the business world to broaden my impact, especially in strategic View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
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Back to School
for two years, until Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. “I had my first baby by then, so it was time to go,” says Whitney. After a short stint in Paris, the family returned to Massachusetts, where another son was born. In 1993, Whitney went...
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- 01 Sep 2009
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Bold Idea Takes Off
when she won the Social Enterprise Pitch for Change business plan competition for Global Citizen Year (GCY), a nonprofit she envisioned to provide American teens with a “bridge year” between high school and college to work abroad. Ready...
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- 01 Feb 1999
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Minding Families' Business
A twelfth-generation scion of one of the oldest merchant families in Quebec, Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien (MBA '54) acquired a family business the old-fashioned way-he built it. Today he dedicates himself to...
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Advice on Switching Careers While at HBS - MBA
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Kira Epler
For Kira Epler, attending HBS meant a dramatic shift in scale. "My graduating class of chemistry majors was smaller than a HBS section," she says. The fourth generation in her family to graduate from Kansas State University,...
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Tian Tian
However, I know somewhere deep in my heart I am constantly searching for surprises, adventures, and unknowns. "Life is a journey. But not everyone gets the chance to plan his/her itinerary," my father told me. He was born during...
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- 04 Mar 2022
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Celebrating Black History Month at HBS
the incredible accomplishments highlighted over the past month. African American Student Union Spotlight Series The HBS African American Student Union (AASU) strives to be an extended family for its members from the moment they decide to...
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