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- 15 Feb 2023
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Grand Ambitions in the Great Plains
possible, and then either utilize that or store that CO2 somewhere. Our approach is what you call a solid sorbent-based approach. When we say sorbent, it's a carbon sponge, essentially. Sponge doesn't sound too technical, but that's kind...
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- 01 Sep 2005
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WATER Ltd.
multinationals.” The municipal water sector in Third World countries is also in need of support. The World Bank, which advocates privatization, reports that a third of public utilities in developing countries lose up to 40 percent of...
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- 01 Oct 2002
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Class Notes Extra
obligated to use that talent to help others.” During a hiatus from full-time employment to raise three children, she has utilized her talents to help save the lives of enough Russian children to fill four elementary schools. In 1996, at a...
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- 04 Sep 2019
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A Climate Change Optimist
says. Green America’s sustainable supply chain networks provide peer learning, support, and connections to innovations. “I love the market-solution focus of what we do,” says Gravitz, noting that, in recent big utility buys, solar and...
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- 09 Mar 2021
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Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
Chattanooga, Tennessee, where the local electric utility came together with foundations and educators to ensure digital access for all citizens. They addressed a specific issue, connectivity. They did not take the stance that, “We're...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2017
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Talent: The Best Employee Perk?
had a better business model than Blockbuster. It reached the top and has stayed there because it attracts, retains, and effectively utilizes many of the best people in the business. ‘The best thing you can do for employees—a perk better...
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- 01 Oct 1999
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White knight in the rye
want them returned. He may want me to destroy them. He may not care at all." Norton, who paid $169,411.25 for the letters, has never met Salinger. The founder of Peter Norton Computing, makers of Norton Utilities software programs, Norton...
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- 01 Jun 2000
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The Business of Biotech
process will become much more efficient. With the data we're collecting now, we'll have virtual clinical trials that will bypass actual humans. The number one challenge is going to be utilizing these vast quantities of data to create...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Business Answers the Call
sector, was quickly given a major role implementing an important new “customer service” outreach to parents. Utilizing input from principals and parents, a “parent coordinator” was hired for every one of the city’s 1,200 public schools to...
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- 27 Apr 2017
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Enabling a Transformational Educational Experience
Saurav Patyal (MBA 2018) (photo by Susan Young) Saurav Patyal (MBA 2018) (photo by Susan Young) FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT: HBS Fund The HBS mission—to educate leaders who make a difference in the world—resonates deeply with Saurav Patyal (MBA 2018). “My goal is to View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
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Starting Lineup: Power Plays
MORE Folsom Labs’ Paul Grana on what it means to live a “quantified” life on the Skydeck podcast MORE Folsom Labs’ Paul Grana on what it means to live a “quantified” life on the Skydeck podcast Illustrations by Drue Wagner The Company The Leadership The Pitch The News...
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- 10 Aug 2017
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Into the Light
More than 1.2 billion people worldwide live without access to electricity. Another 2 billion have limited electricity, just a few hours of often unreliable power a day. “It’s really hard for most of us to imagine a life without electricity,” explains Nicole Poindexter...
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- 22 Feb 2017
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Funding Solar’s Future
Photos courtesy Double Time Capital Photos courtesy Double Time Capital A recent Fortune article profiles Double Time Capital, an investment firm focused on utility-scale solar farms in North Carolina founded by Rye Barcott (MBA 2009) and Dan McCready (MBA 2011). Both...
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- 20 Nov 2014
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3 Boston Startups Named to TIME's Best Inventions of 2014
- 01 Sep 2004
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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...
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- 01 Sep 2003
- News
An Electrifying Tale
Prior to earning her MBA, Maryanne Cataldo (MBA ’92) decided to leave Washington, D.C., and her job as an economist in order to plug into a different career. She moved to Boston and joined an electrical workers union as an apprentice. “I said, ‘Now that sounds like a...
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- 01 Mar 2013
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Delivering the Power to Dream Big
Bart Howe (MBA 2011) envisions a time when tablet computers are self-charging and when buildings will generate their own power. Ubiquitous Energy, a company he cofounded that is creating a new generation of solar cells, puts these innovations within reach. The...
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- 01 Apr 1996
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Stewards of the Seventh Generation
energy and make a profit." "The challenge was to find ways to conserve energy and make a profit." Few industries would seem to be more at odds with resource conservation issues than the electric utility business, where profitability has...
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- 15 Oct 2019
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Innovative Thinking Fuels Nascent Startup Scene
reason is last-mile delivery challenges in a region where people often lack formal street addresses, a problem solved by UAE-based startup Fetchr, which utilizes smartphone GPS coordinates for delivery. Vitoria Ivashina, Lovett-Learned...
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- 01 Sep 2008
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An American Story
helped edit his dissertation, “World War II Manpower Mobilization and Utilization in a Local Labor Market.” “His sentences sometimes ran on and on in the Germanic way, so I would tighten them up a bit,” she remembers. In a tough job...
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