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- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
Edify has assisted 1,100 private faith-based schools, loaning each a minimum $5,000. Founded and run largely by locals who grew up in these disadvantaged communities, these schools use the money for improvements (such as a computer lab)... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952
After three years, the pair sold their portfolio to Sutter Hill Ventures, and Johnson looked for a company to buy. Instead, he ended up back in the venture business, founding Asset Management Company in 1967. Over the ensuing decades,... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Case Study: Inside Story
backing from Bling Capital, DCM, and Precursor Ventures. Saga grew its initial customer base during the pandemic as families searched for ways to stay connected across the distance, Lin says. Through the app, a user can share weekly... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
José Royo
General Management course, and he has conducted research with Assistant Professor Robert D. Austin. Royo credits his parents, who instilled in him a sense of responsibility about giving back to the community, for his ambitious... View Details
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
There’s no problem the business world can’t solve. That’s the thinking of Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2008), who believes companies—and the great minds who run them—can find sustainable solutions for humanitarian crises. “For whatever reason,... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Crucible: Give It Up
helped show me what is important in life versus what we think is important. Wealth creation, running a business, and the ego that goes with that, are not all bad; but if that’s what you’re living for, then it’s not necessarily all good.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
My Real Career
income statement. My office is now my closet, a haven where I hide from my four kids and the cleaning ladies who run my house. My suits are nothing but a dusty memento of my former life, occupying the black hole behind my maternity... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Action Plan: Casting Call
Bert Berkley (MBA 1950) calls it “the dumbest thing I’ve ever done in my life.” Having served in the US Army during World War II for three-and-a-half years, he was offered (and accepted) the chance to go home one day early if he signed up for the Army Reserves. Called... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; hobbies; balance; meaning; longevity; aging; Paper Manufacturing; Manufacturing
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Duncan M. ("Greg") Murray (MBA 1964)
join a groundbreaking urban redevelopment project and went home to Halifax in 1966. After the real estate aspect of the project was well along, I returned to the marine portion of my roots and became the first employee (and operations manager) of Halifax’s... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
first is people who run on the hedonic treadmill and never quite realize why they don’t feel satisfaction. Second is people who run on the hedonic treadmill and know why they don’t feel satisfaction but are... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 22 Nov 2017
- News
How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team
had a long career in sports management, including an earlier stint running the business side of the Knicks, the WNBA's Liberty and the NHL's Rangers as the president of Madison Square Garden sports. But as inherent as competition is to... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
institution; a number of volunteer student organizations were formed to reach out to the surrounding community; and the term "social responsibility" found its way into case discussions with some degree of regularity. "Looking back, those two years are probably a little... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2025
rich, poor. I put a book on hold and when it arrives, it’s kind of magical.” The big L: “For me, leadership means making decisions even when they’re hard and nobody else wants to, and doing it with integrity. I can compromise on issues, but not on the integrity of what... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Homeschooled
It's got to have breadth and depth, and be a quality, trustworthy resource.” Khan Academy has developed daily schedules and learning plans for students of all ages, runs webinars to support teachers and parents, and offers homeroom... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Predictable Surprises
government departments, but also between two presidential administrations. It seems that there were also elements of political bias at work there. Yes, but to shine the spotlight on the Democrats’ failings for a minute, back in the... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Jeffery E. Sagansky: That's Entertainment
start a network from scratch?" In a stellar career that has also included stints running several movie studios and a national theater chain (as well as leading the initial U.S. rollout of Sony's PlayStation), Sagansky has always had his... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Code name: Miesiąc
darkness, several men appeared in front of them and then several more behind them. It was the Służba Bezpieczeństwa or SB as it was commonly known. “You run left, I’ll run right,” Maj told Janek. Maj took... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
John Mulroney: Center Stage at the Opera
picked up his desk and a few chairs and moved across Independence Mall to his new office at the Opera Company. "I was back at my same desk but in a different business," he says. The contrasts with the private sector were stark, but not... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Kilimanjaro
athletic adventurers — the majority had run marathons — spent six days trekking through a variety of landscapes, weather conditions, and challenges to reach the summit at 19,340 feet. At a slide show of the trek that climbers gave in... View Details
- 15 Nov 2011
- News
750 World Wonders and counting
bright blue feet,” he says. “It’s the one place on earth where you feel like you’ve travelled back one million years in a time machine.” Main Wilson attributes his energy and inspiration to his father, Dennis Main Wilson, a well-known... View Details