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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Thomas S. Volpe
Tom Volpe Prior to earning degrees from Harvard College and the London School of Economics, Tom Volpe had worked as a furniture mover and paperboy, among other occupations. "I never had to wear a jacket... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Flying High
Subramanian and Pelet, on the runway with Aero (Courtesy Uma Subramanian) Subramanian and Pelet, on the runway with Aero (Courtesy Uma Subramanian) When Uma Subramanian (MBA 2008) joined Aero Technologies as CEO in March 2019, the company was “just a kernel of an... View Details
Keywords: April White; aviation; airlines; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Air Transportation; Transportation
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
content—including no disruptive advertising. “We’re not trying to eradicate YouTube,” says Vimeo CEO Kerry Trainor (MBA 2004). “We’re offering creators a different environment and business model that we think will be much more View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues
(MBA 1992), president of Staples.com. Keynote speaker Deborah C. Hopkins, EVP and CFO of Lucent Technologies, addressed the group via satellite four days prior to her company’s official announcement of a $2 billion cost-cutting plan.... View Details
- 10 Oct 2014
- News
Chicago Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
the next generation of leaders at the School—to better connect alumni with each other and with HBS in powerful ways as a School, as a community, and as individuals, as we... View Details
Keywords: HBS Campaign
- 11 May 2020
- News
Better Than Cash
Courtesy Ruth Goodwin-Groen Ruth Goodwin-Groen (MBA 2001) has a lot of work to do. “Our job will not be done until all people—old or young, rich or poor, male or female—are able to make and receive payments in a way that works for them,”... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
plan can be a model. But he thinks it should be looked at on a state-by-state basis — rather than as a one-size-fits-all, federally funded, mandated national plan — to accommodate the particular circumstances of each state. And he warns... View Details
- 24 Nov 2014
- News
New York Alumni Connect Around a 'Vision' for the New HBS
change throughout the world. “And the Campaign is about more than raising money,” he noted. “It provides an opportunity to inspire and engage the next generation of leaders at the School—to better connect alumni with each other View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
returned to Bain after graduation, one of her new clients was TAM Airlines. As part of a team charged with optimizing the airline's network and its budget, Sender really liked the TAM people she met. They were passionate about their work,... View Details
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
(cofounder, Intuit) and Peter Wendell (cofounder, Sierra Ventures). “I’ve used the techniques I learned at HBS every day in the last 40 years.” His Christian faith has also been crucial in forming Edify’s mission, View Details
- 19 Jan 2023
- News
Forged in Fire
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When he was just three years old, Chad Foster (PLDA 21, 2016) was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative condition that would ultimately leave him... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes
Considered one of Wall Street's most influential young executives, Mary Callahan Erdoes (MBA '93) has gained that stature by working hard at what she has always loved. “My father was an investment banker, and I think my interest in... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Meg Whitman, MBA 1979
service PayPal, launching a classifieds business, and acquiring Skype, a leading online communications firm. “We’ve had a chance to make business history and at the same time have an incredible social... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Looking back; looking forward
with power in practice, a remarkable campus, and an alumni community more than 70,000 strong. Equally important, it’s a chance to help set the agenda for management education View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
to make “transforming commitments” — managerial actions like exiting a legacy business, publicly committing to a new goal, or firing a powerful executive who defends the status quo. Such actions break the organization from the past View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
A Measured Approach
still in progress. The idea is “making the most powerful data tools practical and accessible to practitioners,” he says. To do that effectively, they need to be as close to the process as possible, Paul... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Batten Gift to Support Residential Campus
gift will ensure the continuation of the School’s unique residential campus, where living, classroom, office, and gathering spaces create a powerful community. “I believe education is the best means for... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
services they need. But what is difficult in this environment is we don't have direct consumer channels that are easy yet to find women who are doing all the purchasing and influencing decisions in this... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
“International Power 50” list of women executives in 2008, has won praise for combining a conservative financial approach with progressive policies. Raised in New Jersey, Carroll studied geology at Skidmore College, went on to earn a... View Details
- 26 May 2022
- News
Bidding Up
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Bob Wilson (MBA 1961, DBA 1963) attended high school in Lincoln, Nebraska, going on to Harvard College as a scholarship student. He didn’t love his undergraduate experience, View Details