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- 01 Jan 2012
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Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989
school in the United States and a son and daughter at home outside London, David manages the household, and Carroll keeps connected through modern technologies. She checks in, often from a very different...
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- 01 Feb 2002
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It's academic. (Not!)
Brookline with their five children, who range in age from one to nine. When asked about outside interests, Wasserman smiles and gives a one-word response: "Kids." Arriving on campus at 8 a.m. and returning home for dinner at 5:30, his...
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- 01 Dec 2006
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One-on-One with Jeff Hicks
industry entirely. Instead, the Miami native went home after graduation to join an upstart agency that seemed interested in doing things a little differently. At the time, Crispin Porter + Bogusky (CP+B) had a regional focus, with 55...
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- 01 Dec 2014
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These Walls Can Talk
(Javier Larrea/Getty Images) Today: Most smart homes connect basic electronic devices such as lights, locks, smoke detectors, security cameras, and thermostats. Tomorrow: Homes...
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April White
- 24 Apr 2014
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Using storytelling to transform the retail experience
Stories make sales. That’s the philosophy of Jennifer Lee Koss (AB 2001, MBA 2008), cofounder of BRIKA, an online shop for modern and elevated craft. BRIKA (from fabricá, the Spanish word for factory) enhances the appeal of its well-crafted goods (many of them...
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- 05 Oct 2021
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Launch Signals
tech startup producing stylish bracelets with an inobtrusive control button that can send text messages and GPS tracking to friends, a pre-recorded call to a specific phone number, or a direct connection to the police. “Flare gives you...
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- 01 Oct 2002
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John R. Davis
He calls the hood of a rusty Chevy truck his “conference area” and the passenger seat his “desk.” His part-time help is his fiancée, whom he first recruited to his 1,400-acre Achille, Oklahoma, ranch with the promise of fresh blackberries. Davis has no office phone,...
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- 01 Jun 2009
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Career Services Steps Up Alumni Support
connect with each other and network,” says Director Christine Sullivan. To that end, her office tapped professional career specialists to lead workshops with alumni in New York City, Chicago, and San Francisco during the first quarter of...
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- 01 Mar 2015
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Cracking Conferences
Margaret Molloy (MBA 2000) came to New York in 1994 for a marketing internship with Enterprise Ireland, a government agency promoting the country’s products in the United States. She had $200 in her pocket and no family connections on the...
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- 01 Sep 2013
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A Focus on You
HOME PAGE: Find the latest news, events, and alumni updates. As we plan each issue of the Alumni Bulletin, we scour our files and contacts for information about alumni who match that issue's special "focus" feature or other timely topics....
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- 01 Jun 2008
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Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
RETSINAS: Too many people began to regard their homes as a guaranteed high-return investment. We just got carried away,” observes Nicolas Retsinas, a lecturer in real estate at HBS, whose distinguished career in housing, community...
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- 01 Dec 2018
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Raising the Barrio
waterfront. An elevated six-lane highway cuts through the heart of it all. Below the traffic, the narrow and often unpaved streets are crowded with makeshift brick and corrugated tin buildings, home to some 43,000 people. “Most porteños...
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April White
- 22 Sep 2015
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Working on the Local Level
Aaron Chadbourne (JD/MBA 2010) accepted an offer from Maine’s governor to put his MBA to work tackling some of his home state’s toughest issues—from high taxes and an aging population to business development. In this video, he explains...
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- 29 Nov 2017
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Inbox: From Das’s Desk
even a few hours. Host a dinner at your home for recent graduates or current students. (We’ll even provide the food!) Put your name on the list of MBA Career Advisors, who make an hour available to a student who wants to know what it took...
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Das Narayandas
- 20 Nov 2019
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Lifting Fallen Families
Reiling, who connected them with student interns to assist in determining the idea’s viability. Finally, Kim went home and pitched the idea to Cynthia, who came from a military family. Together, the Kims and...
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Maureen Harmon
- 01 Mar 2019
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Ask the Expert: Auto Pilot
a Work Lyft with 5G wireless connectivity and swivel desks, allowing you to do conference calls. Others might be optimized for entertainment or even meditation. Recently my home state revoked my privilege to...
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- 01 Jun 2000
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Of Dugouts and Sweatshops
In 1993, as President Clinton's newly sworn-in Secretary of Labor, Robert B. Reich had hoped his first formal public policy decision would be a veritable home run. Instead, he found himself dealing with what appeared to be a no-win...
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Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Dec 2022
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Turning Point: Soul Cycle
accomplished but empty. While at People’s, I met Sonia Choquette. Her book, Your Heart’s Desire, created another turning point. I began to explore the connection between mind, body, and spirit. I jokingly tell people that I went all...
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- 01 Jun 2012
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What Industrial Policy?
generously subsidized (largely through the tax deductibility of mortgage interest, which stimulates demand for homes as well as loans from banks). Private equity, which enjoys a 15 percent tax rate on carried interest. (If the tax rate on...
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- 26 Aug 2020
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What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
users’ credit card purchases and then connects users with offsets they can buy to mitigate their footprint. Part of Pal’s motivation for building Joro was that she wanted a tool that would not only allow her to better measure the impact...
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