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- 16 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence
own rank relative to others completing the same test. The researchers then provided participants with feedback about their performance. They found that both men and women discounted good news about their scores in subjects that their... View Details
- 30 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Do Mergers Hurt Product Quality?
had survived even after multiple mergers and acquisitions—Hoover vacuum cleaners, for example. Analyzing the data, the team found that when two companies merge into one, their preexisting product lines... View Details
- Profile
James Reinhart
When he tried to figure out what to do with the clothes he no longer wanted, he had his “Aha” moment. thredUP, founded in 2009, was doing well with its original concept, swapping men’s and women’s clothes. The new venture was... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Donna L. Dubinsky, MBA 1981
high impact." After a series of promotions, she became a member of the founding executive team of Apple software spin-off Claris, where, as VP international, she grew international revenue to 50 percent of... View Details
- 25 Jun 2019
- News
After the Storm
24 hours and start formulating my end. So, yes or no?” Once the decision is made to send a team of volunteers, the organization’s goal is not to be first on the ground, but last. They look for places off the beaten path that might fall... View Details
Keywords: Paul Flannery
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Barbara Bry: Business is Blooming
national business reporter for the Sacramento Bee and the Los Angeles Times. In 1986, largely because of the difficulty of raising a young daughter while coping with journalism's demanding hours, Bry accepted an offer to run the newly View Details
- 14 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
From Colombia to the District of Columbia: Making an Impact with Paulina Llano (MBA 2022)
Paulina Llano (MBA 2022) has traveled the world for education and business, but Cali, Colombia will always be home. In fact, it has been her family’s home for the past 300 years, so the city, and the country as a whole, are deeply engrained in her heart. At the same... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
HBS-Harvard Collaboration Fosters New Ventures
Since its founding in 2011, the Harvard Innovation Labs (HIL)—a collaboration between HBS and Harvard University—has nurtured some 2,500 ventures founded by students, alumni, and faculty members from all 13... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
the successful founding teams I interviewed were made up of classmates, sectionmates, and even study groups from HBS. Michel and his Military.com cofounder, classmate Anne Dwane (MBA ’98), met on their first... View Details
- 15 Nov 2021
- News
Charles P. Waite (MBA 1959)
Charles P. Waite (MBA 1959) Two institutions completely changed the life of Charles P. Waite, says Patti Waite Bishop about her late father, a venture capital pioneer and founding partner at Greylock Management: the US Army and Harvard... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
EnTRIPreneurs
their insights about grassroots entrepreneurship to America's larger entrepreneurial community. Two stops on the itinerary: 1. Red Ants Pants (White Sulphur Springs, MT) RAP sells USA-made work clothes designed for women, including 70 sizes of pants. View Details
- Career Coach
Annette Rodriguez-Ferrer
Annette Rodriguez brings over 20 years of seasoned expertise in private equity, across business services, consumer services, and healthcare. She has dedicated her career to building teams and investing in and developing best-in-class... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products; Entrepreneurship; Impact Investing; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Health Care; Retail; Startup - Founder; Entrepreneurship; Startup - Joiner; Entrepreneurship
- 12 May 2015
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship in General Management
about securing your summer internship? I first learned about the General Mills internship at a company presentation during a career day in October. I signed up for additional coffee chats offered by the company to learn more, and emailed some alumni I View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Flexibility Is Key to Product Development in Internet Time
work out all of the interactions between modules every time you add a new function," asserts MacCormack. The authors also found that a design team with experience developing multiple product generations is... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 29 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
"There's No Substitute for Finding the Right Role": James Correa, MBA 2015
knew he wanted to "manage a team and help people develop," and that HBS, as the "premier leadership institution in the world," would be the "best way to learn the general aspects of business." As graduation... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
In the Driver's Seat
NASCAR racing is one of the more popular spectator sports in the country, but it's a tight little fraternity that's tough to join and expensive to belong to — maintaining a competitive team costs about $15 million per season. But die-hard... View Details
- Profile
Aimmy Asavatevavith
hand, she found that Thailand was not necessarily a welcoming environment for speaking as freely as a leader may want. “I came from a culture where it's not encouraged to talk back to those who are more senior than you.“ Four years into... View Details
Keywords: Retail/Hospitality
- 06 Jan 2020
- News
Home Grown
Bauerly (MBA 1996, MPA 1996) and his team know that investing in their own state will only make the state—and Granite Equity, in turn—stronger by contributing to quality jobs, community commitment, and the bottom line. Granite Equity... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 12 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Minal Mehta (MBA 2011)
members at BollyX, or with the people who come take my class. "When working with startups, you have to be able to motivate people in ways that may not be connected to financial resources, which is challenging. I have found that giving... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives
DZD. “The thing about founding a company in life sciences is that what you are trying to do has never been done before.” Aikili founder Laura Kelley (MBA 2019) agrees. “There’s a certain amount of passive skepticism required in this... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young