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Marla Malcolm Beck

Growing up in Oakland, California, Beck was inspired by her father, a self-made real estate developer with a laudable work ethic. He never went to college, Beck said, but he became a successful entrepreneur through discipline and desire.... View Details

03 Nov 2021
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Recent Grad Reflections: From Being Cold Called to Becoming a Case Protagonist

opportunities for themselves, and miss chances to create opportunities for others.” As a member of the Class of 2020, my final semester and commencement was abruptly disrupted by the global pandemic. I... View Details

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John H. McArthur | About

HBS,” said Nitin Nohria, Dean of Harvard Business School. “He cared deeply about every member of the HBS community and believed in the School’s ability to transform lives. By encouraging us all to dream big dreams—in effect, spurring our... View Details

14 Mar 2024
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IFC India: SELCO - Last Mile Solar Powered Energy for Rural India

while aligning with the nation's ambitious goals for achieving net-zero emissions by 2070. Poor communities are usually at the receiving end of the worst impacts of climate change, coupled with unreliable energy, lack of timely... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Firm Foundation

special.” Britt Cool’s plan to enter the investing world began as an undergrad at Harvard. She cofounded a women’s investing group on campus and visited Berkshire’s headquarters with the group. By the time she completed her MBA, she had... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; private equity; Warren Buffett; career path; investment strategy; family business; Finance

01 Dec 2004
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Marquis Jet Takes Off

uniquely positioned to broaden the customer base for private-jet travel to their former clients: young, highly paid athletes and performers. By contrast, their research showed that the typical private-jet customer was a highly successful... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Air Transportation; Transportation

July 2021
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A Close Shave at Squire

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Zoë B. Cullen, William R. Kerr, Benjamin N. Roth and Michael Norris

In 2020, just after closing a $34 million Series B financing round, Dave Salvant and Songe LaRon consider how to adjust their business, Squire Technologies, to the new realities posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Their barbershop technology, including tools to run a shop... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Growth and Development Strategy; Health Pandemics; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Technology Industry; New York (city, NY); San Francisco

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01 Dec 2022
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Full Court Press

On May 28, 2022, the Basketball Africa League (BAL) held the championship game of its second season, pitting the club team Petro de Luanda, from Angola, against US Monastir, from Tunisia. Traffic snarls outside the stadium, congestion tightened View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

15 May 2007
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First Look: May 15, 2007

Africa by 2010. The announcement raised questions whether debt relief would really help the poor. By examining past aid trends and policies of multilateral institutions, such as the International Monetary... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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MBA Program at Harvard Business School - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

residences. Recalling the first group of women who entered in 1963, HBS Professor Wickham Skinner said, "The Admissions Department was told it had to be sure about them, there shouldn't be more than a 5% chance of their failing. Those... View Details

12 Feb 2020
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Trying Out New Career Options with SIPs (Short Intensive Programs)

that as a philanthropist, impact investor, board member, employee or corporate partner. Fintech: Disruptions in Credit, Payments and Real Estate Faculty: Marco Di Maggio The advent of new technologies and big data promise to revolutionize the finance world View Details

01 May 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/718039 Harvard Business School Case 517-064 Note on the Impact of Millennials on the Food System In 2016, the millennial generation (those age 19 to 35 in 2016), the largest generation by... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 1

purporting to show that Section 203 did in fact give bidders a meaningful opportunity for success; (3) between 1990 and 2010, not a single bidder was able to achieve the 85% threshold required by Section 203, thereby calling into question... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Oct 2024
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Trailblazing Success with Global Reach and Impact: Scott Wallinger (AMP 82, 1979)

moving up to Staff Assistant for Technical Forestry to the Wood Procurement Manager. The job involved a variety of tasks, including managing a wood barging operation and transitioning from buying wood through dealers to direct purchases View Details

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Augustine Heard & Co.: Building a Family Business - A Chronicle of the China Trade

chance of success than at home. — John Heard reflecting on his first trip to China in 1841, from his diary, 1891 4 Augustine Heard & Co.: Building a Family Business Augustine Heard grew up in Ipswich, Massachusetts, surrounded View Details

12 Oct 2017
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Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time

Photography by Craig Hall Like many people who work for change in struggling urban neighborhoods, John Majors (MBA 2000) believes that high-quality education for all children is a vital link to future success. He’s also convinced that... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

29 Jun 2022
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Harvard Business School Announces the 2022-2023 Blavatnik Fellows

Harvard-affiliated postdocs as they build their promising life science ventures by developing their leadership talents and providing mentorship and community during their entrepreneurial journey. To date, Blavatnik Fellows have created 30... View Details

18 Mar 2022
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The Health Care Conference and the Convening Power of HBS

just yet. Two years later, after being accepted, I attended Admitted Student Welcome (ASW), which happened to coincide with the 2020 Health Care Conference. Once again, I was inspired by the Conference and the View Details

22 Feb 2024
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GCC Crossroads Aims for a Bright Future; Seattle Alumni Talk Leadership in Tech; Italy Preps for European Alumni Summit

Anderson and the HBSAAA organized the event in part as a response to the buzz around ChatGPT. It was also an opportunity to mark Black History Month by bringing together a diverse community of business leaders in the Seattle area to... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

26 Jun 2023
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ClimateCAP 2023 & ClimateCAP Fellowship

Fellowship is its vision to connect MBA students from different schools who are passionate about climate. The application is open to all MBA students across the world, which is an attractive proposition as you don’t often get the chance... View Details

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