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- 01 Aug 2014
- News
Cross-Class Connection
resonated deeply with our class members.” “I think there’s a real opportunity to share lessons learned with other classes,” says Jones, a managing director and head of Global Private Equity at Morgan Stanley. “There’s a misperception that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods
an exciting time for opportunity in the logistics industry. “It’s going to raise a lot of questions, none of which are without consequence for the Postal Service,” he says. Through his consulting practice and now as director and strategic... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
being too dogmatic about how you define your sweet spot as an investor; and (2) seek companies that seem extraordinary on some dimension, even if it is unusual or seems deficient in others. Rob Go (MBA 2007) NextView Ventures For the... View Details
- 01 Nov 2013
- News
Selling Crafts with a Story
office. They'd touch base for an hour, give each other homework, and then head to their day jobs—Koss working in private equity, investing in retail companies; Paranjape running a bricks-and-mortar lifestyle store. Then they'd hit the... View Details
- 31 May 2018
- News
Finding Freedom from Eating Disorders
was a lot of back and forth internally. But I think the moment for me when I realized I needed help was when the owner and founder of the private equity firm approached me and said, Lindsay, I've noticed a dramatic physical change in you.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
The Future of Stem Cells
medical advances. The effect of the ban, experts say, has been to slow research and drive it into areas where it is supported in patchwork fashion by academic institutions, individual states, private firms, and foundations. Stem cells... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 14 Jan 2022
- News
Power Play
founded SER Capital Partners, which focuses on sustainable investments, and brought in partners Sara Graziano (MBA 2011) and Chris Smith (MBA 2001), who contributed complementary skills from the energy sector, to establish the firm’s leadership team. Advani believes... View Details
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
When hotel manager Alessandro Benedetti worked for Kempinski chain locations in Spain and Switzerland, morning meetings were a time to go over the numbers and discuss strategy for the days ahead. But ever since Benedetti moved to Havana... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 20 Feb 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
economy. “For a long time, we’ve looked to the government to address almost all of the issues,” Elumelu says of the economic and social concerns in Nigeria and Africa. “The government cannot do everything alone. The private sector is in a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 14 Jun 2018
- News
Catalyzing Social and Economic Change in Rural Africa
impact investing was doing in other parts of the world, and we thought that it would be a very good trend to bring back investing to Africa, given what else was going on. “At the moment, our Impact Fund is focusing on rural development.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
L. Paul Bremer: In His Own Words
will require a fundamental transformation from three decades of economic mismanagement and neglect and a Stalinist industrial structure. Even before the war, joblessness was high and public infrastructure was in a shambles. It is going to... View Details
- 02 Nov 2015
- News
Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
challenging, painful at times, and really satisfying. I knew I always loved business, but it gave me the toughness and confidence to know I could go out and perform at a higher level.” At HBS, Royster also found his entrepreneurial... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 14 Jan 2021
- News
Better Than Cash
payments sector into a language that can be understood by policymakers, politicians, and all those who will use the system. “We need to break down the barriers and make it accessible for everyone who is going to be a part of the digital... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Steve Barger (MBA 1974)
Growing up, Steve Barger spent his summers picking crops in Oregon until he was old enough to work in the cannery his father ran. A graduate of Williams College, he has two children and is married to his hometown sweetheart. Barger is president of Northwest Cascade, a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era
renewables, in particular solar and wind, means that our electricity system is going to be Capex-driven, and the marginal cost of power will essentially be zero much of the time. Matching demand closer to supply, rather than the other way... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us
potential for almost any service business that connects with customers over the phone. “That market is too broad for a startup,” Sambvani concedes, so the team spends a lot of time debating which of the following three ways forward makes the most sense. 1. View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
and costs. I don’t know what our energy system will look like in the future, but the future will be better than we can imagine because technology is going to improve, and the rate of improvement is going to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
initiatives that go beyond compliance with national standards. We also started undertaking innovative programs on wastewater effluent reuse as part of our water recycling efforts, as well as energy-efficient projects to reduce our carbon... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
A Casual Approach to Success
One of the advantages of getting up before 4 a.m., F. Warren Hellman (MBA ’59) says with a smile, is that you aren’t expected to go to cocktail parties. Every day at that hour, Hellman can be found running six miles through his San... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Immersion Program Digs Deep
NEW FRIENDS: Stephen Kraus (MBA ’08) meets students of Shanghai’s Weihang Migrant School, a privately funded school for the children of rural-to-urban migrant workers. HBS ramped up its commitment to the winter break Immersion Program... View Details