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Cristina Ros Blankfein

premise” locations—bars, restaurants, lounges—that will carry BeMixed. For Blankfein, a Miami native and the daughter of two radiologists, Be Mixed is an unanticipated journey. A graduate of Harvard University, she spent three years... View Details

01 Apr 2001
News

Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer

Suzy Wetlaufer (MBA 1988) describes working at the city desk of the Miami Herald, where she was a reporter for two years, as “tremendously fun and exciting.” However, she adds, “I just never got comfortable invading people’s privacy —... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2006
News

Profiles from the Class of 2006

she just burst into laughter,” says Karsenti, who was born in Paris and raised from the age of three in Miami by parents who were both entrepreneurs. “I just loved business. I remember going on a family vacation and being outside a bakery... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Margie Kelley;Lewis I. Rice;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

16 Nov 2020
Blog Post

Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020

paired with a beverage start-up based in Miami and helped the company make the pivot from B2B sales to DTC sales in the face of COVID disruptions by analyzing its marketing and the sales data. NOTE: Full list of client partners included... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

16 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant

still command the respect of his players” played a significant role in the team’s decision to move on from McAdoo. Cam Cameron of the Miami Dolphins was similarly let go after just one season at the helm, in which View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

02 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 2

overview of project-financed investments over the years from 2009 to 2013. Examples of project-financed investments include the Kashagan oil field development in Kazakhstan (1997), the $1 billion Port of Miami Tunnel (2007), the $54... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?

two seasons. Another recent young head coach hire, 38-year-old Brian Flores, was lured to Miami in 2019 after being credited for helping Bill Belichick’s New England Patriots neuter the Rams’ potent offense in Super Bowl LIII. Young... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

May 2018 (Revised October 2018)
Case

Urban Us

By: Mitchell Weiss and Phoebe Peronto

Shaun Abrahamson and Stonly Baptiste aimed to invest in what they called "urbantech superheroes." At Urban Us, the seed-stage urban technology-focused venture capital firm the two started in 2012, they looked for startups innovating around the future of cities. By... View Details

Keywords: Public Entrepreneurship; Govtech; Urbantech; Seed Investing; Urban Us; Shaun Abrahamson; Stonly Baptiste; Remix; One Concern; Starcity; SeamlessDocs; Venture Capital; Public Sector; City; Urban Development; Entrepreneurship; Miami; San Francisco; New York (city, NY)

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February 2024
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Can Cities Beat the Heat? (A): A Comparative Analysis of Climate Actions and Change Enablers in 14 U.S. Cities

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small

Throughout the early 2000's, emphasis was placed on initiatives to adapt to and mitigate climate action in cities. This series presents overviews (snapshots) of 14 U.S. metropolitan regions to help identify similarities, differences, and opportunities for developing... View Details