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The HBS Summer Fellowship Program provides an opportunity for students to develop skills and knowledge while having significant responsibility and high impact. This summer, HBS is supporting a record 162 Social Enterprise Summer Fellows, with many organizations and projects focused on COVID-19 response. The Social Enterprise Initiative connected with some of the fellows to hear more about their work this summer and going forward. [...]
Students enrolled in the HBS/HKS three year joint degree program come from a wide variety of backgrounds. Many are interested in pursuing careers that span the public, private and non-profit sectors—and seek to leverage the synergy that exists at the intersection of all three. [...]
There are many ways to puzzle together an impactful experience at HBS – it’s “choose your own adventure” and “create your own path”. It’s students and alums asking big questions about how to have an impact – which can look very different for different people. I’ve been heartened to learn the extent to which every entrepreneur is thinking about being a leader. Each one having tremendous impact in the communities in which they work in addition to having outsized financial impact. Some of the best things about the experience I’ve had were created or co-created by students. [...]
This post is part of the Social Enterprise Initiative 25th anniversary blog series, which highlights some of the faculty, staff, students, and alumni who have been a part of SEI throughout the years. In this post, Misan Rewane (MBA 2013, NVC 2013 Winner) shares her insights on founding and leading a social enterprise. Misan is the cofounder and CEO of WAVE (West Africa Vocational Education), an organization dedicated to tackling youth unemployment in West Africa. [...]
"A year after graduating from HBS, I was living in San Antonio and looking for a geographic change. I wanted to find a job that would allow me to make an impact in urban communities and to do so with a great team of people. I saw that The Mission Continues was hiring, and because they do that type of work with veterans, the job seemed like a perfect fit. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity, so I reached out and applied. The rest is history!” [...]
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