Family Planning - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2000
News

Laura Scher of Working Assets

into a much-needed windfall for a host of cash-strapped nonprofits. Since cofounding Working Assets in 1985, Laura Scher has helped the company channel nearly $20 million to organizations such as Greenpeace, Oxfam America, Amnesty International, View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

12 Jul 2021
News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

up the next morning and asked, ‘What can we do to help?’ This is a wartime environment, and businesses need to step forward however they can,” said Harl. Originally planning to make and sell units at cost, a shield producer in Maine... View Details

01 Oct 2001
News

New Economy Notables: Thomas S. Volpe

Securities. Far from retirement, Volpe spent the summer with his wife and two teenage sons at their house in Maine, cooking up plans for his next venture. "I've always believed if you can get at the front end of a big wave," says the... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Finance

11 Dec 2023
Blog Post

Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy

both of which she’d later use at the helm of the beauty brand. Yet, as Leahy notes, she didn’t plan out a career in beauty. Instead, she tested out different hypotheses and followed her curiosity. Some early stops in her career included... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

Profile

Mallika Ahluwalia

welfare grant policy," Mallika says. "It gave me exposure to many different stakeholders." But the job also revealed weaknesses in the program's approach. "On the one hand, the monthly food rations were essential – most of our View Details

11 Jul 2016
Blog Post

Career Resources to Consider Before You Arrive at HBS

search. But what about those already in your network? Do they know that you are going to get your MBA? Have you talked with classmates from college, current and former colleagues, as well as childhood friends and acquaintances about your plans? Have you shared your... View Details

23 Aug 2017
News

Developing Leaders Behind Bars

of his photos and read his impressions from the experience below: How did your trip to the prison come about? Defy Ventures runs high-impact entrepreneurship and career training programs at prisons throughout the country. They were running a business View Details

Keywords: Robert Bochnak

01 Mar 2005
News

Changing Lives One Computer at a Time

close the digital divide that exists in low-income communities where many families don't have a computer at home. "It's such a compelling idea," says Edward Olebe (MBA '99), who has coordinated the project for the HBSAAA in New York. "Not... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Jun 1996
News

Class Acts

tireless student president also trained for and completed the Boston Marathon (a feat he repeated in this year's centennial anniversary of the race). How did he accomplish it all? "I got about three hours of sleep a night," smiles Dobron, who View Details

12 Apr 2023
News

Step Change

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna. I'm a writer and editor for the HBS Alumni Bulletin. In 2019, I met Egyptian alumna Amal Enan (MBA 2014) when she was on campus for her 5th reunion. Enan had already held a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

01 Mar 2019
News

The Fight Beyond

people, the Holts, had owned mills throughout the state for a century, but when his uncle R.L. Holt died in 1923, it was Green’s father, Walter, who took over the remnants of his wife’s struggling family business. Their soft-spoken second... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustration by Wesley Allsbrook

Career Coach

Minal Mehta

Minal (Harvard Business School ‘10, Stanford ‘03) has over two decades of experience in the technology industry. Most recently, she was the cofounder and CEO of AllTakes, a venture-backed online platform designed to foster secure and meaningful connections among users... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Technology

18 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation

change the world. The conversation, including five key insights from the P-TECH experience, has been edited for length and clarity. 1. Plan for change at scale Kanter: Just to develop the first P-TECH school, you had to deal with the K-12... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

08 Nov 2016
First Look

November 8, 2016

Founded in December 2010, NOW, based in Atlanta, Georgia, was serving clients in nine states. With 2013 year-to-date revenue of roughly $100,000, NOW was financed with $2.5 million of founder as well as friends and family equity. NOW's... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Dec 2010
First Look

First Look: December 21

theory about, and the practice of, technologically mediated communication, power, and interpretation in organizations. Zwischen Familienerbe und globalem Markt. Eigentum und Management von gro en westdeutschen Familienunternehmen im Wandel (1960-2008). (Between View Details

27 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 27, 2007

family to consider a liquidity event. The family's five-year lock-up arrangement with Interbrew has just expired. In March 2004, Interbrew has announced its plans to take a controlling stake in Brazilian... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Jan 2018
News

Finding Faith in an NFL Locker Room

understand what it means to want to provide for your family. And some of us have not come from the best means, so we're looking to do something to help our families and our communities. And the challenges that come along with balancing... View Details

18 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/118017-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 818-068 Impact Investing for Cancer It is early 2018, and Emily Park, managing director of impact for the Abreu Family Office, is meeting the next day with... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

14 Jul 2020
Blog Post

Creating Inclusive Recruiting Events in a Time of Innovation

With travel restrictions and physical distancing recommendations in place, organizations planning to hire full-time employees or interns in the coming year are reviewing their recruiting processes and seeking to innovate. For some,... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

15 Jun 2021
News

Diversifying HBS's Case Collection

Cases are a cornerstone of Harvard Business School’s pedagogy. In developing its Racial Equity Plan (REP), the School has recognized that, historically, too few of the protagonists in HBS’s case library come from underrepresented... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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