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- 01 Feb 2000
- News
He Begs to Differentiate
operate. As a result, branding becomes more and more important - differentiating what they do and what they sell. That's good for us, because we're in the differentiation business." WPP is one of the world's largest advertising and... View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- News
The Oz of Data Opens the Curtain
car, or making sure the doors are locked at night, or that we eat right every day. If we do that, every experience we have will be richer, because we are communicating better about our preferences." To that end, Howe, who took the helm at... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
position. The job has taken me to some forty countries around the world, usually accompanying the prime minister on official visits while presenting the investment opportunities in the country, or meeting directly with potential investors. Invest Macedonia’s role... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
question was, do we get out of it or increase our stake? In view of the long-term trends that we are seeing, generics is a field that is here to stay. And if we want to be in that field, we need to be able to compete with the best. The generics business is less... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Launch Codes
but a lot of them,’” says Gernon. After earlier posts in health care tech and brand marketing, Gernon worked with a number of successful startups—including MotherNature.com, which had a $50 million IPO. More recently, she discovered a... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Launch Codes
away from you quickly. In the early days of WAVE, with a fairly small team, it was easy for me to model the expected behavior. But as we started to scale up, and our original culture ambassadors became the minority to the new hires, we learned that codifying and View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
One-on-One with Tom Oreck
Oreck’s guidance, New Orleans–based Oreck Corporation had steadily grown into a national brand known for its lightweight, powerful vacuums. As it prospered, the company acquired a manufacturing plant eighty miles east in coastal Long... View Details
- 27 Sep 2021
- News
Sewn with Love
established to mobilize the American workforce quarantined at home, and began offering their MadeByUS kits that include everything—from assembly instructions to precut gown panels—for anyone with a sewing machine and knowledge of fabric patterns who was willing to help... View Details
- 25 Apr 2023
- News
Class of 2022 Startups Sweep Alumni New Venture Competition
and Sylvan Guo, for Hue, an e-commerce technology platform that helps brands and retailers to showcase short-form, customer-generated video reviews on their websites. The virtual audience then awarded the Crowd Favorite prize of $5,000 to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
working on the exact same concept for years. “Multiple patents had been filed,” says Nolan. And after the Nest launch in 2011, they had to watch as the now-ubiquitous brand somehow got people excited about home heating again, became a... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Skydeck Voices: For My Next Act
been a faculty member for 33 years after a career on Wall Street. And now I'm taking over a brand new university that’s just been established. Find your core mission. Find the thing that you're passionate about and throw yourself into it... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Alumni Eager to Help Shape School’s Future
community is one among many of the School’s great assets, and we are also an important constituency among many whose interests the new Dean will need to consider when charting a course forward for the School. To help with that effort, the... View Details
Keywords: Ann Kelly
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry
African coffee supply with African coffee demand. Now five years old, Neo has nine locations around Lagos, its own branded capsules for Nespresso machines, and plans to grow. To do that, the Dozies will have to nurture a coffee-sipping... View Details
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
redefine the meaning of success in business. B Lab’s mission is to assemble a global community of Certified B Corporations, which are companies that meet certain prescribed standards of social and environmental performance, public... View Details
- 26 May 2022
- News
Northern California Club Honors Noom; LGBTQ Alumni Share HBS Stories
the HBSANC’s two major annual fundraisers, primarily aimed at supporting its Community Partners programs throughout the Bay Area. The other is the Annual Leadership Dinner. The HBSANC leadership successfully executed a virtual event that... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Business Answers the Call
of personality, coupled with the leadership of his successor, a former investment banker, extraordinary structural changes were made in the Seattle system. Nielsen retired from the school board in 2001 but remains active with a community... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
force a black man who has walked comfortably in the black and white communities to realize he is not free in either place and needs to work for a level of interracial justice in which all of us can be true to our roots and feel at home... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Brick by Brick
he returned. The group focused on growth. LEGO building sets became increasingly complex. A line of LEGO-branded children's clothing debuted, and a division of the company pitched book, movie, and TV ideas. While the number of branded... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
not photoshopped to perfection but are flawed, vulnerable, and in-your-face. This total transparency generates a level of authenticity and intimacy with audiences that traditional marketing tactics cannot match. He also discusses the people, products, and View Details
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
to understand what some of these things meant. In Lagos, I'd never seen a water fountain before. And so when I heard the word fountain, there's only one thing and it's the one you throw coins into. And obviously, I got involved in being a part of this amazing View Details