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- 28 May 2019
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2019
no.” Fast money: “My husband, Barry, and I raised a million dollars in two weeks to start Bluemercury in 1999. The initial idea was to build an e-commerce company, but then we changed course and focused on freestanding beauty stores where View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
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Mr. Start-Up
balance with such a demanding work life? I bike or run to work most days. It helps me to step back and see things in a different way. I’m home at 6:30 on weekdays to have dinner and generally don’t go into the office on weekends, with...
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- 10 May 2022
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
the most important thing is to listen; the other is to be decisive. You’re not the only one with a brain, so it’s very important to get input. And you can’t waffle.” Back to top Salman A. Khan (MBA 2003) Founder and CEO, Khan Academy...
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- 17 Mar 2015
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The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)
What’s the story behind the Flatiron School, and how did you come up with the name? “The Flatiron School was born when I met my cofounder, Avi Flombaum, while researching innovations in higher education at Charles River Ventures. I had...
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- 01 Feb 2000
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Jerry Shafir: A Simmering Success Story
its ingredients, on classic cooking methods, and on its niche in the prepared food business. "No one in America has the time to cook at home right now; that's a big factor in our favor," he states. To take advantage of the market for...
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Oct 1996
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Lasting Impressions
institution; a number of volunteer student organizations were formed to reach out to the surrounding community; and the term "social responsibility" found its way into case discussions with some degree of regularity. "Looking back, those two years are probably a little...
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Deborah E. Blagg
- 03 Jul 2024
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Surviving the Iditarod
about a hundred miles or so from the finish, and it seems like it should be smooth sailing, you should be home free. And of course, that still wasn't the case. We had one day of great trail conditions. I had...
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- 10 Oct 2018
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Building Paths to Success
me, there was a lot of love and support around education.” But when he returned home in 2001 for a family funeral and saw an old high school friend, Traill started to reconsider what he had achieved—and how he had done it. “He was the...
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Jill Radsken
- 15 Sep 2015
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Easing the Costs of Saving a Child
and another “yes” to a couple who wanted to bring a boy with special needs home from Asia. “These families are not wealthy – they have very little in cash savings – but they have enormous hearts and decided this kid is their kid,” says...
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Jill Radsken
- 01 Mar 2019
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The One That Got Away
percent or more. But VCs and entrepreneurs are human—and with the US startup failure rate hovering at around 60 percent (according to a 2015 Cambridge Associates study) those home runs are far from the norm. That makes it even more...
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- 26 Jan 2017
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Finding a Path out of Poverty
who inspires people to reach their full potential. It was during one of these sessions—and just after I read How Will You Measure Your Life? by Professor Clay Christensen—that I had the idea to start a nonprofit whose mission is social...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2014
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Screen Saver
would be stadium seating, but that's about it. It's remarkable. And not in a good way." Lopez, it seems, is just getting warmed up. "Can you imagine driving the same car in 2010 that you drove in 1977, with...
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- 13 Jul 2020
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The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)
Courtesy Meaghan Fitzgerald How did you become interested in virtual reality (VR)? “I have always been a fan of sci-fi and future tech. VR seemed to hold this promise of being something between a teleportation machine and a future...
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- 01 Dec 2019
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In My Humble Opinion: Taking Attendance
in Calgary on a project for Hyatt in the dead of February, eating a bison burger, and I hadn’t been home in months,” she recalls. “I thought, you know, I probably should start looking.” That moment of...
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- 22 Feb 2022
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Case Study: Welcome Aboard
can make or break it all. “Plus, in a world where people want to work from home and other companies offer that option, it’s difficult for us to ignore the market and what people want,” Lerner says. On the other hand, the founders have a...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2013
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Lesson Plans
learned about the effects of one-to-one tutoring—that in a live environment with one great teacher and one student, you get amazing outcomes relative to group instruction. The challenge is that we can't afford one great teacher for each...
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- 01 Jan 2004
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Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963
entrepreneurship that has led me to identify and pursue a wide range of opportunities throughout my career." ADVICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS "No matter what kind of organization you lead, remember that you can't...
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- 13 Feb 2020
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Not Throwing Away My Shot
Schultz (MBA 1983) was working as an executive chairman for a tech company, and on his way home from a fundraising presentation at a venture firm when he had an epiphany. A longtime executive with a personal interest in history, he had...
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- 01 Dec 2004
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A Life by Design
As a girl growing up in Riverdale, New York, Ivy Ross (PMD 68, 1994) was surrounded by modern design — and disliked it. The home she lived in and the furniture she sat on reflected the avant-garde sensibilities of her father, an...
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- 01 Jun 2022
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Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students
the HBS Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Harvard’s MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program, and founder of HBS’s Startup Bootcamp. Kerr is unit head of Entrepreneurial Management and faculty chair of the Launching New Ventures Program in Executive Education. How have...
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Jennifer Gillespie