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- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Stephen M. Moret: A Campaign for Positive Change
poll. This spring, the second annual poll garnered an impressive 92 percent response rate among first-year students. Moret was first drawn to student affairs at Louisiana State University, where he had been admitted on a music scholarship... View Details
- 10 Aug 2017
- News
Into the Light
million people.” In October 2015, eight months after Poindexter’s first trip to Ghana, Energicity completed its first solar farm in a village near Kumasi. Two weeks after the power was turned on, Poindexter returned to visit the community. “There was a five-foot-high... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
New Releases
purchase on approval. This strategy, she explains, helped create elite patronage for the young Wedgwood brand. It was also one of the earliest recorded examples of "inertia selling" - a practice commonly used by book and music clubs... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Raising Eyebrows: A Failed Entrepreneur Finally Gets It Right by Dal LaMagna (MBA ’70) (Wiley) When LaMagna graduated from HBS, his entrepreneurial activities — including operating discos in drive-in theaters and working with the 1960s View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)
Special treat: A Parisian pear tart with ice cream. “A sweet tooth is just one tooth. I have a sugar mouth.” Good times: Listening to music, playing piano and guitar, dancing with family and friends. “I like musicians such as Angélique Kidjo, Bono, and Bob Geldof who... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
A Casual Approach to Success
Hellman takes a casual, often humorous view of his accomplishments. He’d rather talk about his love for bluegrass music than The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., an organization his firm made headlines with when it invested $240 million in it.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 19 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
music shop. They’re trendsetters. If we stay relevant to them, we can appeal to the broader demographic that’s influenced by trendsetters. SWEAT EQUITY: “The consumer sees a cool product and an awesome brand, but there’s a huge amount of... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
Chairman, Wolfensohn & Company, LLC Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION University of Sydney, 1954 B.A., Economics, Music University of Sydney, 1957 LL.B. LESSONS FROM HBS “The School gave me the opportunity... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Some Racquet
bachelor," the Newark, New Jersey, Star-Ledger (July 12, 2001) observed, "For 24 years, Korff has worked to shrink the widening chasm between sports fans and their heroes by turning his [tennis] event into a week-long food and music... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Screen Tested
been anything but a shower singer, but I’ve always loved musical theater. I was in the HBS Show my first year and co-wrote the show in 1999, BGIE Nights, which was a takeoff on Boogie Nights.” HBS takeaway: “Professor Myra Hart brought in... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
The Physical Campus in a Virtual World
studying on our campus. In the same way that recorded music is a complement, not a substitute, for attending a live concert, and in the same way that watching a ballgame on television can’t really compete with the experience of sitting in... View Details
Keywords: Nitin Nohria
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
14 for '14
courtesy of John Piscitello "The endless choice of the 'long tail' is filling listeners with a sense of clutter and boredom. Highly produced, ear-catching pop music feels refreshing in this environment, so look for a small number of top... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
The True Value of a Tweet
obesity is contagious: If my family and friends are obese, the likelihood of me being obese is much higher. Later studies refuted that claim because of the inherent problem of homophily, which simply means that birds of a feather flock together. If you buy a particular... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Conducting Business
In 2015 I moved from New York City to Madison, Connecticut, where I met, quite by chance, Ginny Vancil and her brother, Richard. I thought, How many Vancils can there be in the world? I asked if they knew Richard “Dick” Vancil, who was my first professor for my first... View Details
- 10 Apr 2008
- News
The Sum of Our Own Greatness
mission to be achieved.” Ryder hopes to make the film available on the Web, but that requires working out issues involving copyrights for music used on the soundtrack. For more Centennial coverage, check the special issue of The Harbus,... View Details
- 18 Dec 2019
- News
Thinking Smart About Numbers
Beach. The festive gathering started with a guided tour through the former Gilded Age estate, which was decked out in vintage holiday décor. The 50 alumni then enjoyed a celebratory tea-style lunch in the Café des Beaux Arts. HBSCSD Alumni gather around the piano for... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Doing Something Real
a number of cities to promote My Vast Fortune, which has received rave reviews from readers. Says one, music industry mogul David Geffen, "If you don't think finance, politics, or real estate can be funny, read Andy's book." View Details
Keywords: Andrew Tobias (MBA '72)
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
in music and entertainment. A graduate of Georgetown University, Fordham Law School, and HBS (where he earned his MBA with distinction and won a fellowship from the George F. Baker Foundation), Feeley worked for four years with... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 18 Jan 2022
- News
HBS Alumni Mentor Students; Shanghai Club Hosts Entrepreneurship Conference
live music by a string orchestra, a product ‘fashion show,’ and a few games with prizes.” Overall, Dai and Gong say the Entrepreneurship Forum was an overwhelming success, in terms of participation—a record high—and in its organization... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Learning from the Past
at Harvard College, Strassler had had little time to pursue that interest after graduating from HBS as a Baker Scholar. But now he was able to turn his attention to history - and to other interests in education and music - which... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner