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- 05 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Closing the Education Gap with Kei Takatsuka (MBA 2022)
engineers and mentor and educate them.” While working on these problems for the Kepple Africa Ventures portfolio companies, Takatsuka also came to an important realization. The third option she had considered coming into HBS, starting her...
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- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Vibrant Brand
rock scene, and last summer's launch of Blaze, a monthly that covers hip hop and caters to 12-to 24-year-olds, Vibe/Spin Ventures now reaches 1.5 million readers. Martha as Mentor As important as circulation figures are, Clinkscales...
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Susan Young
- 14 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Creating the Minority Renaissance for Venture Capital: Interview with Henri Pierre-Jacques and Jarrid Tingle, Managing Partners at Harlem Capital
college knowing, based on conversations with mentors and looking at my role models in business, that I wanted to go to business school,” he said. HBS was also always his top choice. “I chose ICV (as my next company after working in...
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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
unfortunately fail. The Harvard Business School MBA is outstanding and is an excellent foundation for further training by executive mentors in the business world. Let other business schools change their curricula, but let’s leave HBS...
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- 15 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction
Speed Trap, was poised for publication as I came up for promotion that year at Harvard Business School. However, in a reversal of the familiar prescription for scholars, my mentors told me, “If you publish, you might perish.” They were...
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- 22 Dec 2022
- News
LGBTQ+ Alumni Forums Expand; 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition Is Underway
Clubs News Clubs News The HBS Pride Alumni Association is expanding its slate of LGBTQ+ Alumni Forums after the successful launch of two initial forums in 2021 sparked broader interest among its members. Akin to having a personal board of directors, HBS Alumni Forums...
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Margie Kelley
- 03 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 2)
language or know anyone was challenging. Luckily, with the guidance of non-profit organizations, I was able to navigate my way to college and self-fund my education. I would not be at HBS if it were not for the support of mentors and...
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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
Fifth Avenue. “Widening opportunities and providing mentoring for young people of color are important aspects of the Homecoming Initiative,” notes Kenneth, a vice president at General Catalyst Partners. Commenting on this summer’s...
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Deborah Blagg
- 20 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Taking Your Shot in the Sports Industry with Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016), SVP, Head of Marketing for Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.
friends, and mentors who have helped him to build his career. Professors Anita Elberse and Joshua Margolis were Laitsas’ professors in the classroom and have become trusted advisors. HBS alum and fellow basketball player, Dan Sunwoo (MBA...
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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
Cambridge shelter for abused women and children. In addition, while working at CSFB, Brown began mentoring and supporting a high-school girl, Mary Sessoms, and continues doing so now that Sessoms is in college. “I’ve received significant...
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- 17 Sep 2018
- Blog Post
My Summer as a Venture Capitalist
the sidelines to see how they would run towards the goal. Another way I saw Underscore support entrepreneurs, is by providing access to a group of mentors who can provide connections, advice, and expertise called the Core Partners. An...
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Venture Capital / Private Equity
- 15 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
PART 3: Military Transition and the JD/MBA - Getting on the JD/MBA Path
think beyond classes and activities. The faculty at both schools and at the wider university is a remarkable group of accomplished people who want to help you and can mentor you through an otherwise difficult transition. Get to know them....
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- 14 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
Development. Assess how managers assign training and development opportunities, and ensure they use objective criteria. Increase women’s access to mentors and sponsors. Performance assessment. Educate managers about gender biases that can...
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- 02 Jan 2013
- What Do You Think?
Should We Rethink the Promise of Teams?
leadership observation Part of that guidance needs to be providing coaching and mentoring to the more dominant members of the team and most importantly knowing when and how to step in (to) provide guidance or intervention." Yadeed Lobo...
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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
Rs” of momentous early choices made within the founding team—many decisions come at the outset, often before any mentors are involved. In the pre-mentor phase, founders should prepare as we do in the classroom, learning about the fateful...
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- 16 Jan 2018
- News
Celebrating the Impact of Nonprofits
established. “I will be 87 in the spring,” he says. “It’s time to let the younger people—in their 70s— take it and expand it.” Even so, he remains a champion of the program and has started to mentor other clubs in launching similar...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham
firms, establishing the foundation for her eventual move into television and the executive suite. In 1999, feeling "the ten-year itch," Thomas-Graham talked to a longtime mentor who recommended that she meet with Jack Welch, then CEO of...
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- 01 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
How Scott Linzmeyer Crafted a Business He Loves at Reveler Beverage
Charlie Storey (MBA 1989), President of Harpoon Brewery, who remains a mentor to this day. The relationships and skills Linzmeyer developed propelled him to an internship at Boston Beer Company and later a consulting role at Harpoon and a...
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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Launch Codes
capitalized, loss-making technology company is what it took for me to learn that! —Steve Papa (MBA 1999) founder of Endeca; founder and current CEO at Parallel Wireless; longtime NVC judge and mentor Tenacity Amid Uncertainty I applied to...
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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
1991) @SteverRobbins: Too much online learning could kill revenue model for colleges, reducing long-term supply of knowledge creators. In short term, however, online learning is a potential huge boost to educated populace, IF learners work hard to master material....
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