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- 13 Feb 2019
- News
We’re All Going to Get Hacked
the network, that’s easy, calls the bad guys. They type their way in, and all of a sudden the data starts to fly. I don’t know this for a fact, but I’ll bet you they had policies that said the HVAC network should not talk to the... View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- News
Finding a Fix for Food Allergies
for EAT; Kelly and Andrew Mulderry (both MBA 2000),who helped network; Michael Weinbach (MBA 2000), who hosted a panel for more than 3,000 employees at JP Morgan; and Wynee Sade (MBA 2000). “It was one after another after another,” says Greg. “I View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ink
the trio mastered five rules of strategy: Look forward, reason back. Figure out where you want your company to be in five years, then reason back to identify steps to get you there. Make big bets, without betting the company. Be bold, go... View Details
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Life Is a Startup
we’ve been able to go and forge is someone you really want to bet on because they have both pieces of what it takes to be a successful founder. Flint: It sounds like it requires a level of self awareness to achieve that balance, right?... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
Perhaps we're in the midst of a larger technological and information- driven transformation, a rare inflection point in industrial capitalism, in which there's been widespread exuberance and some bad bets made to this point, but in which... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 27 Oct 2016
- News
Paying It Forward
something like 800 cases—well, I was dying to do that. And it was a good bet because that was what led me to launch StopLift. Before HBS, I knew nothing about retail.” Almost 14 years later, the Cambridge, Massachusetts—based StopLift now... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 18 Jul 2014
- News
Team Players
something niche, something trying to push the envelope," she says, "a nimble, all-hands-on-deck, collaborative environment. And in New York." There you have it: Two of Super Bowl XLVIII's MVPs are now free agents. They're rested, and they're ready. And don't View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Ron Shaich’s Café Society
had taken place between 1950 and 1980. By the 1990s, consumers were seeking products and experiences that made them feel special. We decided to bet on this view of the world and put our beliefs to work at St. Louis Bread Company, which we... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes
questions early and often. Are bonds a good bet for those who want to reduce their reliance on equities? I have a lot of sympathy for those who are just getting into bonds now, but I still believe they should have a position in investors'... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 16 May 2017
- News
Facing the Board
have seen too many companies lose their edge by diversifying to large too quickly,” Blank said, recommending BlackRock focus on growth through the licensure of Aladdin. Dewey noted that with no hard finances on what revenue Aladdin could bring in, that View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
New Releases
institutional bets on them. He was an investor in other people's ideas, and the support he gave was often indispensable." Thus, they have dubbed him an "intellectual venture capitalist." The editors point out that it is no coincidence... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Unleashed
without wasting precious time by asking anyone for permission. (We’ve tried and failed to find her full name.) The gesture created so much buzz at the wedding that it got the attention of some executive guests. The following week, those same guests decided to take a... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Inside Out
sitting in or that you own or manage, and we bet with just a little effort you could find out precisely how much energy it uses in a typical year. That’s because it essentially only takes one or a handful of cheap sensors and a couple of... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
people who are willing to make high-risk bets on innovation in emerging markets,” says Bannick. “We need people who are willing to support the development of a sector, not just a firm.” “Pioneer” can be an attractive title, adds... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
justify the lower returns. If the answer is yes, then buyers aren’t overpaying even at today’s record-setting prices. If the answer is no, the market may be in for a round of downward price adjustment. O’Connor places his bet on a return... View Details
- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
making big real estate bets that could shape the city’s future. He’s all in on Detroit. You could say Cummings married into Detroit: His father-in-law was Max Fisher, a pillar of the business and philanthropic communities known as “Mr.... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
the others at Menlo Ventures when she was hired in 1994. “I was really grateful that my partners took a bet on me because I did not have the traditional background of a venture capitalist,” she says. Although she didn’t have the typical... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
electronic ink — not end products,” Wilcox says, “and we bet everything that electronic publishing would become a big industry.” The move came too late, and by January 2004, the remaining technical issues had exhausted the last of the... View Details
- 31 Jul 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens
and you can do other things and frankly maybe you should try something new." And so I got back to New York and I tried to quit my job and I ended up... It took a while to extract myself, but I just decided that I was going to bet on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
John McArthur
It was a big step toward integrating me into the HBS community. I will be thankful to him for his kind gesture for as long as I live. —Ricardo Nicanor Jacinto (MBA 1986) McArthur excelled at identifying promising generators of ideas and placing large institutional... View Details
Keywords: Dean