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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Len Schlesinger Returns
other. Right now I feel very much like a kid in a candy store who is trying not to overeat. What are you looking forward to working on? I continue to be intrigued by the role of entrepreneurial activity inside large corporations. Right... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2019
no.” Fast money: “My husband, Barry, and I raised a million dollars in two weeks to start Bluemercury in 1999. The initial idea was to build an e-commerce company, but then we changed course and focused on freestanding beauty stores where... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Stiletto Science
MIT grad Brian Hughes (MBA ’79) is bringing technology to bear on what may result in a giant step forward for womankind. Imagine, gushed the Austin, Texas, American-Statesman (July 8, 2004), a high-heeled shoe “so cozy you can wear it all day, dance all night, and go... View Details
- 28 Sep 2021
- News
Alumni Connections Drive Career Opportunities for Students
to a second chance at having a fuller experience at school since at Harvard College, I often felt like I had to have my head down.” Westphal has no regrets about that time, especially as he succeeded academically, winning the Harris Prize... View Details
Keywords: Becca Carnahan
- 17 May 2011
- News
From Banking to Baubles
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Phelps), companies (P&G, Target), and social organizations (Saddleback Church, the civil rights movement). He offers a framework for changing bad habits: identify the routine, experiment with rewards, isolate the cue, and have a plan.... View Details
- 25 Sep 2019
- News
Leading the Evolution of E-Commerce
tech incubator, Store No. 8. “I love the early stages of businesses,” Fleiss told the New York Observer. “I think it’s where I’m my best self and where I have the most value.” This time around, Fleiss has the infrastructure and resources... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Toy Story
centered on quality, FAO Schwartz now focuses on higher-end toys. The company is also designing its own products with its own brand and has acquired a children’s clothing company. The chain is now down from forty stores to just three, in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
company returned to signage as well, but this time used licensed partners NeoLux (Korea), Midori Mark (Japan), and Motion Display (Sweden) to sell its trademark Ink-In-Motion displays for point of sale promotion. Wilcox recalls another near-death View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations
introduction in the early ’90s of low-fat cookies and other healthier snack foods under the SnackWell’s brand for Nabisco. In the first year, SnackWell’s grew to a $400 million business. Store managers had such a difficult time keeping... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Sister Soldier
there for the Battle of Raqqa in the summer of 2017, which is where the book starts. I had my first experience interviewing one of the commanders then, who was walking around like she’s in Central Park but pointing at a car bomb that was... View Details
- 08 Jun 2018
- News
My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Back by popular demand, we offer a second collection of alumni recounting their experience at their first jobs. READ MORE Hey, everybody, it's Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
military, legal, and humanitarian strategies. Brain Gain: Technology and the Quest for Digital Wisdom by Marc Prensky (MBA 1980) (Palgrave Macmillan) Both the human brain and technology have strengths: cognitive function for sense-making and complex reasoning, and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Giving Back
It was in grade school that Jim Gibbons (MBA ’94) began to lose his sight due to macular degeneration, a retinal condition; by his junior year at Purdue, his vision loss was complete. Today, Gibbons is president and CEO of Goodwill Industries International, a network... View Details
- 05 May 2017
- News
Barnes & Noble Names Demos Parneros CEO
challenge is the sales performance; that’s no secret,” Parneros told the Times. “We’ve got to figure out ways to change things up a little bit and increase traffic.” Parneros told the Times that he sees strengths in the company’s expansion in educational products and... View Details
- 11 Dec 2014
- News
Fashion's Retail Revolution
Áslaug Magnúsdóttir (MBA 2000) in the New York office of Tinker Tailor, her new online couture business. When HBS first turned a scholarly eye to retail in the early 20th century, department stores were king. Institutions like Filene’s... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Case Study: Sound Check
interaction might look like, imagine that a golf club manufacturer sells a nine iron online, then invites the buyer to upload a video of their swing for critique by a pro. Or a music store sells an instrument, then offers the buyer online... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
the most? I’ve taken different skills from different places. I spent some time at a small entrepreneurial venture in Dallas, where I had hands-on experience in manufacturing, supply chain, and selling. I worked for a while as a hotel... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
beginning. Before Roshan launched, demand for its service was so high that a prelaunch informational leaflet began selling in the Kabul bazaar for $1. Police were called in to control the crowds waiting outside Roshan’s flagship store in... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Reinventing Radio Days
guaranteed new music they’ll enjoy, unlike recommendations based on more superficial data, such as purchasing patterns. Music stores were SBT’s customers, but Kennedy’s innovative idea was to reinvent SBT as a personalized Internet radio... View Details