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- 07 Feb 2017
- News
Checking in with One Championship
“successful” on paper but not in his heart. After realizing his real passion was for martial arts, Sityodtong launched Evolve MMA, a mixed martial arts gym with three branches in Singapore. Out of that enterprise came One Championship, a...
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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham
Harvard Law School. The two moved to New York after graduation, and Thomas-Graham began her career at McKinsey, consulting on projects for retail and financial-services companies. In the 1990s, as the Internet juggernaut picked up speed, that range expanded to include...
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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Screen Tested
A seasoned media executive, Sarah Harden (MBA 1999) was serving as interim CEO of the media company Hello Sunshine when she was brought up short by an early conversation with company founder Reese Witherspoon. “Reese told me that before she did Big Little Lies, she had...
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- 18 Sep 2008
- News
HBS Olympians
While watching the spectacular and only slightly enhanced (digitally and chemically) Olympics, I found myself wondering how many HBS Olympians there have been over the years. I could think of only one—Paul Wylie (MBA 2000C), who won a silver medal in figure skating in...
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- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Fred Newman
Fred Newman remembers a particularly chilly HBS cold call. Completely unprepared to open a finance case, he used a different talent to get through it. Newman did his impression of a fly and buzzed out of his seat and around the Aldrich classroom until he hit the back...
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- 30 Oct 2020
- News
Lionsgate Names New Head of Inclusive Content
- 31 May 2013
- News
Seeing the Light
EVANS: A second career emerges from a lifelong avocation. Photo courtesy of Chip Evans For decades, Chip Evans (MBA 1973) was a Mad Man in Manhattan, doing account work for major Fortune 500 clients at iconic advertising agencies such as Ogilvy & Mather, Foote Cone...
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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Desperate Sections
In April, this year’s HBS Show, An Offer You Can’t Refuse, explored in song and dance what happens when, in a metaphorical sense, entire HBS sections face the prospect of wearing cement overshoes and sleeping with the Charles River fishes. It’s all because a sudden...
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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Case Study: Let’s Dance
Illustration by Avalon Nuovo Before launching her own startup, Lily Liang (MBA 2008) worked as a product manager in San Francisco’s tech industry, including a stint at the movie review site Rotten Tomatoes from 2012 to 2017. Those were especially heady years in the...
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- 22 Feb 2019
- News
Empowering a New Generation of Business Leaders
before guests were treated to a private tour of the massive media production facilities. Jaqueline Burgos (MBA 2014) opened the chat by introducing Professor McGee, a media industry expert and entrepreneur who was named one of the 50 most powerful African Americans in...
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- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Well-Tuned Life
CARLO AND OLIVIA FRANZBLAU: family harmony. At age 13, Carlo Franzblau (MBA ’88) was given the lead in his summer camp’s musical production of Bye Bye Birdie on the condition that he not do any solos. Ever since, when moved to song, he’s never been quite sure if he was...
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- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Noted & Quoted
"People like to see other people do outlandish things." —Barry Frank (MBA 1957), legendary sports-media dealmaker and producer of Battle of the Network Stars and American Gladiators. (Variety, September 24, 2012)
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- Profile
Ann Chao
different countries and industries to learn with and learn from. As a Social Studies/East Asian Studies concentrator with a strong interest in disability rights and education as well as entertainment and performing View Details
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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Keith Clinkscales (MBA 1990)
Keith Clinkscales (MBA 1990) began his 25-year media career at Vibe, a magazine founded by producer and musician Quincy Jones, before heading up Vanguarde Media, publisher of Heart & Soul, Honey, and Savoy magazines. “No matter what the medium, it is a joy and an...
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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Life of Bailey
For most executives, looking good and being fit are personal and professional goals. But as Richard Bailey (MBA ’81) notes, the business lifestyle, especially travel, often gets in the way. “Combine jet lag with hectic meeting schedules and gyms with weird hours and...
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