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- 18 May 2017
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Pioneer Spirit
Photos by Jeff Moore Conventional wisdom says expertise gained through years of experience is the key to business success. Conventional wisdom has never met Ross Freeman (PMD 30, 1975). Freeman’s unfettered approach to life—“Well, I’ll give that a shot”—has taken him...
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Constantine von Hoffman
- 20 Jun 2016
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Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
Photography by Susan Young Even though government spending and philanthropic capital are powerful tools for helping people improve their lives and rise out of poverty, there are still problems with them. Regular infusions of outside capital are required to keep the...
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Constantine von Hoffman
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
When Jessica Matthews (AB 2010, MBA 2014) was 19 and in her junior year of college, she and some classmates invented the Soccket, a soccer ball that generates and stores electricity during play. It was designed to provide a clean source of light for the nearly 1.2...
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- 16 Aug 2018
- News
Working with a Giver’s Spirit
If you were looking for the perfect candidate to run a nonprofit that fights poverty through entrepreneurship, Manny Ayala (MBA 1992) is just the person you’d want. That was the opinion of Cindy Ko (MBA 2005) in 2013 when she was Asia-Pacific head for Endeavor, the...
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Constantine von Hoffman
- 16 Oct 2014
- News
Innovating for International Aid
It’s no secret HBS graduates are a hard-charging bunch who sometimes find it hard to take time off. Most eventually learn how to do this so they can recharge to do even harder charging—spending time at a beach, playing golf, climbing mountains, or the like. But Scott...
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Constantine von Hoffman
- 25 Mar 2015
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The Greening of Houston
Ask most people to name a city with a lot of parks and chances are Houston won’t be the first one they name. “For better or worse, our built environment is known for the lack of zoning,” says Daniel M. Gilbane (MBA 2005), senior vice president of Gilbane Building Co....
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- 05 Aug 2014
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A Diversified Portfolio
Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) and Edith Pripas Dorsen (MBA/MPA 1985) (photo by Kathryn Elsesser) Don't let its name fool you: the Women's Venture Capital Fund is about profitability, and not social activism. Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) and Edith Pripas Dorsen (MBA/MPA 1985)...
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Constantine von Hoffman
- 06 Sep 2013
- News
More Seats at the Table
Beth Stewart Corporate America's glass ceiling doesn't stop at the C-suite. Only 16.6 percent of Fortune 500 companies have a woman on their board of directors. Beth A. Stewart (MBA 1982) is uniquely qualified to change that. And she is changing it—one board at a time....
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- 25 Jan 2016
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Helping Young African Managers Find Their Way Home
You wouldn’t know it from most American media, but many sub-Saharan African nations have booming economies. And although the press may have missed the boat on this African success story, many business schools and business leaders know that one result of the boom is a...
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- 13 May 2014
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Inside Africa
“The tone most Americans bring to discussions of Africa is one of pity; pity for people who are poor and helpless,” says Teresa Clarke (MBA 1988, JD 1987, AB 1984). Clarke is working to change that: eliminating those preconceptions by introducing America and the rest...
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- 11 Jul 2017
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The Right Thing to Do
Playing by the Rules, Ethics at Work, a new series of video case studies of business ethics, aims to teach people that there’s a direct link between morality and the bottom line. Joe Badaracco, the John Shad Professor of Business Ethics at HBS, consulted on the series,...
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- 01 Dec 2013
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A Safer, Smarter Future for Tech Trash
BRADOO: Mining old tech for gold by Constantine von Hoffman When most people's phones break, all they see is a problem. Privahini Bradoo (MBA 2008) sees an opportunity. Bradoo...
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- 28 Mar 2016
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Drawing Connections Between Business and Art
Photography by Benjamin Parks/GPA Business and art can both be viewed as aspirational activities. Business aims to improve people’s circumstances. Art, on the other hand, tries for something less tangible by changing people’s understanding of the world. This...
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- 05 Aug 2015
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Mobilizing the Public to Fight Bribery
“Corruption is a great untapped market,” Henry Motte-Munoz (MBA 2013) says with a laugh. “Not many competitors and customer interest is quite high.” It’s a market he’s helping to disrupt using Bantay, an NGO he cofounded while at HBS, that uses technology—specifically...
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- 30 Oct 2017
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Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success
It isn’t news that US companies have a problem with diversity, especially in the C suite. Although African Americans make up 13.2 percent of the US population, only 1 percent—that’s just five people—are CEOs of Fortune 500 companies. That is a third of the total number...
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- 26 Oct 2017
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Can Farming Save the Planet?
Photos by Marc Romanelli Climate change rightfully scares a lot of people. The changes already occurring—from the die-off of coral reefs and shrinking polar ice to increasing global temperatures—are almost too much to take in. Conventional wisdom would tell us that any...
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- 02 Apr 2014
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Disrupting the Criminal Supply Chain
It is often said that two years at HBS prepares its graduates to lead a wide range of organizations and endeavors and to find solutions to a host of business and social challenges. Still, Kanwaljit Bakshi (MBA/JD 1999), known to friends and colleagues as Kayla Brochu,...
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- 22 Jul 2015
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Supporting a Return to Work for Women Execs
For women executives, having both career and family can mean making hard choices. When it comes to caring for family, more women typically choose to take on this responsibility than men, and, in doing so, accept that it might not be possible to keep their career...
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- 09 Jan 2014
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Tapping into Opportunity
SHENKAR by Constantine von Hoffman For many of us, water isn't something we give much thought to. Why should we? Turn on the tap and it's there. If you have to pay your town or...
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- 01 Mar 2013
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Bringing It Back Home
difficult for them." —Constantine von Hoffman covers business and finance for CBSNews.com and IT security for CIO magazine. HBS Clubs Make the Connection Nonprofits are among the most streamlined of...
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