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- 24 May 2017
- News
Adebayo O. Ogunlesi, JD/MBA 1979
those skills prepared him for business and law school, as well as for his career in both fields. After being admitted to Harvard Law School, Ogunlesi realized that his aversion to numbers might hinder his success, so he submitted an... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Media Publishing In The Startup Lottery, veteran entrepreneur and Inc. 500 CEO Gus Bessalel provides an insider’s view of venture-capital-backed companies. You will learn how to navigate your startup career through stories, examples, and... View Details
Keywords: podcasts
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
provides and make the city cleaner, safer, and healthier. “We haven’t really changed the way we collect trash in decades,” Tisch says. She aims to fix that. Over the past year, Tisch has leveraged a combination of administrative and... View Details
- 04 Jan 2024
- News
Great Heights
came to career advancement in a field still dominated by men. Despite companies’ ongoing efforts to diversify, women make up fewer than a quarter of US tech workers. Meanwhile, women in technical roles are half as likely as men to be... View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Leading at State
a special limited partner at Greylock, began his career working in the Office of the Secretary of Defense under Robert McNamara (MBA 1939) in the 1960s. That experience left him with a deep appreciation for those in public service and for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Derek Ferguson
business program at the age of 16. Initially, Ferguson was against the idea of continuing on to get his MBA. “I thought I was going to be an entrepreneur and didn’t want to spend all that money,” he explains. Seeing the effect of HBS on a friend (“He presented himself... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
A Continuum of Innovation
reflect a continuum of innovation: incremental changes that ensure a transformative HBS experience. Read more about How is the MBA curriculum preparing students to manage, and even anticipate, the challenges and opportunities of the... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Remix
city. It was against this backdrop that Dixon turned her career ambitions to music. “I thought that by becoming a hip-hop A&R person I could change the world, empower black voices, and also make music,” she... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Fueling the Faculty Pipeline
Prakash Melwani (MBA 1986) Growing up in Hong Kong and England, Prakash Melwani dreamed of attending HBS. Realizing that dream, he says, completely changed his life. “I owe the School so much,” says Melwani, a longtime donor to the HBS... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
of economic development that lifts all boats isn’t quite happening—yet. The next wave of change that needs to take place in Chattanooga isn’t as straightforward as cleaning up the city’s air or developing its waterfront, impressive and... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
The Dow's high for the year was 891.66, there were long lines at the gas pumps, and Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Lehman Brothers were essentially one-office firms. "Most of us who went into banking thought it was going to be a demanding and exciting View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Seth Klarman, MBA 1982
career as an English teacher and then became a psychiatric social worker. His own interest in business started early: family lore has it that four-year-old Klarman organized his room into a commercial space, putting price tags on his... View Details
- 11 Mar 2021
- News
Leading with Heart
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Niren Chaudhary (AMP 191, 2016) has spent most of his career in restaurants, working in leadership positions at Yum! Brands and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts before becoming the CEO... View Details
- 25 Apr 2024
- News
Origin Stories
successful careers in industries ranging from venture capital, to energy, to beauty. John Hess: Family is the greatest treasure you have in life, and your good name is the greatest gift you have in life. Desiree Rogers: I was surrounded... View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Like-Minded
connect with one another along the way. Murakami was with OECD Tokyo Center, leading discussions on economic policy issues with government and business leaders in Asia, having spent 20 years in finance with companies like Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse. Seki also had... View Details
- 28 Feb 2019
- News
New Program Will Develop Leaders of Innovative Ventures
applicants. “Traditional career hierarchy has completely eroded, and for the better,” says Tom Roberts. “If you have the right idea, the right answers, the right content, there’s no reason you can’t go make a really substantial impact... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock
constant tension between employees and management. “We lived through a lot of strikes,” Stavros says. One of the changes the union was advocating for was profit sharing with hourly employees. “Can you believe I have no incentive to care... View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
Moderated by HBSWA member Sherri Sklar (MBA 1989), the November 28 discussion attracted 95 attendees from the HBS community and industry ecosystem and featured three panelists who have dedicated their careers to addressing plastic waste... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981
value of education, changing the world through entrepreneurship, and finding meaning by helping others. Dahod’s first taste of entrepreneurship came as a teenager, when he helped his physician father produce and distribute medication that... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
Mandela after the fall of apartheid. “David has acknowledged that it really changed his life,” says Tatum, who joined the NBA in 1999. “Mandela told him that sports had the power to change the world, and the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell