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As we wind down 2023, there’s talk everywhere of generative AI and how it will fundamentally alter the world as we know it; but how does that translate for your corner of the business world? Is TikTok something you need to take seriously? (Is it time to dance?) We... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Dec 2023
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Wide Horizon

There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

01 Dec 2023
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Endless Possibilities

offers five choices, with 70 percent choosing monogamy (other options include “ethical non-monogamy” and “open to exploring”). “Tinder won’t tell you who to date or how to date,” says Iosotaluno, a longtime consumer tech executive who was... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Sep 2023
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Solving for Z

With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

06 Jul 2023
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Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations

starting point. It wasn't like, let's go put a clock in baseball. It's never had a clock for 150 years. It's, this is what our consumer wants us to do. What are some options to accomplish that and work backwards from that. And that's why... View Details

22 Nov 2023
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So You Want to Join a Startup

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: At age 29, Gus Bessalel (MBA 1988) decided to leave consulting for a decidedly less glamorous life as an entrepreneur, working out of a storage room in the bowels of an underground hotel... View Details

15 Jun 2021
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Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock

Illustration by Lincoln Agnew Pete Stavros (MBA 2002) got his first lessons in labor relations as a kid at the dinner table, when his father, who operated a road grader at construction sites, told the family about his day. The elder Stavros earned an hourly wage and... View Details

Keywords: April White; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Dec 2023
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In My Humble Opinion: Plugged In

In a career spent investing in innovative startups at Intel, leading National Grid’s innovation and investment operations, and founding a nonpro t dedicated to advancing women and minorities to positions of top corporate leadership, Lisa Lambert (MBA 1997) always has... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jun 2023
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Pet Project

Maev recently launched an Amazon option for one-off orders (as opposed to Maev’s subscription plan), with the strategy of using Amazon as an awareness channel rather than for actual distribution. But how should the entrepreneur think... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2024
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Case Study: Testing the Waters

performance, Picasso felt apprehensive about the added sugars and artificial ingredients in Pedialyte or other options like Gatorade, with sugar content close to that of a soda. She looked into the science of hydration and discovered that... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

07 Nov 2022
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Victoria’s Secret Buys Alumni-Founded Adore Me

garment industry in France, so I frequently heard friends and family complain about the options for buying lingerie in the United States,” he said in a 2014 article from the “First Five Years” HBS alumni profile series. “I found that... View Details

Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

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