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- 05 Apr 2018
- News
A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art
of how few people—neither the ones depicted on the wall nor the artists who had made them—looked like her. “I noticed it and I puzzled over it for a long time. People, in some way, want to see themselves and, up until recently, there have been lots of exclusions,” she...
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Jill Radsken
- 07 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends
should the government play in subsidizing or regulating access to capital for startups? A: I wrote a book about five years ago called Boulevard of Broken Dreams around government efforts to promote venture capital and entrepreneurship. As...
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- 05 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
What You Need to Know about SVMP
barriers in industries like consulting, education, finance, entrepreneurship, and tech. They have been a crucial support system since leaving SVMP. We all celebrate each other's successes and facilitate introductions or referrals to help everyone land their View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania
fantastic that HBS supports students who are going to take a slightly riskier or—at least in the short term—less lucrative path,” DeBere says of the fellowship. “It gave me the flexibility I needed to pursue the opportunities I wanted to.” View Details
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April White
- 25 Jun 2014
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A Man on a Mission
and—inspired by a guest speaker, an electrical engineer who said he made $300 a week, a distant dream to a boy in his circumstances—an electrical engineer. But given his family's financial limitations, college was not a realistic hope for...
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- 25 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Walking Away from a $3 Billion Deal
students consider topics such as deal sourcing, due diligence, deal structuring, governance issues, and the all-important question of how private equity firms create value. And in a mini-module on fundraising, "ABRY Fund V" examines a situation every student...
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- 23 Jan 2008
- Op-Ed
A House Divided: Investment or Shelter?
their ilk sprung up. For a machinist at an automobile plant, the American dream was to own a 3-bedroom expandable Cape Cod cottage. “Americans who lacked the prescience to pick up shares in Google or Amazon could buy a house.” The anchor...
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- 26 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Morgan Hermand-Waiche (MBA 2010)
pursue your dream career; I'm in NY.'). "After a lot of introspection, I realized that I was truly passionate about entrepreneurship; and even in the hardest moments, when I was facing the wall in difficult operational and financing...
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- 14 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
New MBA Course Asks Students: What’s More Important—Purpose or Profits?
Dreams “I truly enjoyed teaching the SPF module and getting into interesting conversations with students on issues we might not otherwise discuss,” said Paul Healy, James R. Wilson Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate...
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- 04 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
The First Alumni of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
dream job at Google, acceptance into Y Combinator, or raising VC funds. Class of 2020 Alumni Chair Tapley Stephenson helped send the first ever MS/MBA Alumni Newsletter this semester, too. The newsletter included updates from campus, an...
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- 03 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
The HBS Show Must Go On
environment, without the fear of being mocked or laughed at. We are pushed to stretch a different muscle that helps us think more innovatively in other scenarios. And, as consumers, we are taken out of the world for a brief moment and allowed to laugh, to View Details
- 14 Dec 2016
- Blog Post
Career Paths: From Finance to Social Enterprise
switching more likely, it still requires much effort and perseverance. For prospective students wanting to switch careers after business school, it’s important to realize that there will be stepping stones to getting to your ultimate, View Details
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Alumni-Authored Books | Baker Library
Transforming Your Business to Thrive in the Me-Centric Consumer Revolution . Nava Correa, Arturo: Logra Tu Dream: How 50 Successful Latinos & Latinas Turned Their Dreams Into Reality. Nwuneli, Ndidi: Food Entrepreneurs in Africa: Scaling...
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Bibliography - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Advertising Pictorial Publicity Challenge of Color Breaking Down Barriers Dream Realities Route of the Exhibition Research Links Bibliography Related Resources Credits Copyright © Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College Harvard...
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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Karen Gordon Mills
fruition about two years ago when Mills's husband, Barry, a Bowdoin College graduate, was offered his dream job: the presidency of his alma mater. The couple packed up their three sons, now ages 9, 13, and 16, and left New York for what...
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- 20 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018
moms are high achievers at work. Now it turns out they are happy, too. Amazon vs. Whole Foods: When Cultures Collide Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods seemed a Wall Street dream come true. But then Amazon's data-driven efficiency met...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Valuing an MBA: Beyond Dollars and “Sense"
motivated, diverse, socially minded peers with big dreams for one another. Personally, I am grateful for a community here that has challenged my thinking, honed my aspirations, and shared unforgettable new experiences. We are lucky that...
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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ink
professor Michael A. Cusumano identify the common magic mojo management practices of a trio who were individually very different people but who shared a similar drive. “All three were enormously ambitious and dreamed big dreams—not so...
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- 03 Mar 2010
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?
is) a disconnect between the identity (employees) experience in their workplace and the identity valued in their organizations' business models." Dr. Kervokian asks, "What exactly is the new American dream ?" Mark Clark...
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by Jim Heskett
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Angela R. Hicks Bowman
Most would-be entrepreneurs realize their startup dream after finishing their MBA. But for Angie Hicks, the founder of Angie’s List, the road to successful entrepreneurship began well before she headed to HBS. In 1995, Hicks arrived in...
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