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- Portrait Project
Lindsay Rosenblum
understanding of my “learning disability” morphed into a deep, irrational belief that I was a fraud, had cheated the system, and fooled the tester not just that day in 2002, but when I was tested again in 2006, 2010, and 2014. I don’t know what it was about this day,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Sounds Like a Plan
starters, simply stepping back, avoiding too much detail, and eschewing buzzwords might be a better way to go. He recalled that shortly after he and Gordon Bethune (AMP 111, 1992) took over Continental Airlines, “the first thing we did was we View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
When Last Seen
classroom; certainly his relaxed demeanor "as he sat in front of a fireplace framed by festive Christmas decorations" as the New York Times reported (December 5, 2000), must have reminded members of the Class of 1975 of their sky-decking... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Tickling the Ivories
discipline, creativity, and risk-aversion that contribute to innovation, Kao sat down at a piano and played improvisational jazz. According to a rapporteur at the session, Kao artfully demonstrated how “seemingly mistaken notes” can be... View Details
- Portrait Project
Ashiana Jivraj
The patient’s eyes darted around the makeshift dental practice in India, pleading for a discount to remove her last decayed tooth. She was only 35. I wanted to hand her the US$7 from my pocket but instead I sat there silently listening to... View Details
- Portrait Project
Phillip Jones
On June 26, 2015, I remember three things: My mother held tightly to my arm, my uniform stuck to my skin, and my cousin, a leader, dedicated father, and South Carolina state senator, was dead. That June day, I sat in the fourth row of the... View Details
- Portrait Project
Ceena Beall
On a hot July 4th, I sat in the garage with my "paw paw" waiting for the barbeque ribs to finish cooking. Amidst the small talk, I dared to ask: "What was it like living in the south before civil rights?" My paw paw... View Details
- Portrait Project
Matt Brady
I took my last breath on the side of a mountain, one summer's day in Afghanistan, when my Army helicopter was shot out of the sky. My name, along with 18 other Americans, joined a growing list of casualties from an escalating war on terror. As my wife View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Stormy Weather
the HBS experience. Attendees also sat in on a last-minute faculty panel, convened to address issues surrounding the current economic turmoil. Selected faculty presentations and a photo gallery of the weekend’s activities may be viewed... View Details
- Portrait Project
Joe Stenger
ebbs and flows with the demand for steel and coal, and in 1992, many of the factories that once provided the community’s lifeblood sat dormant along the banks of the Ohio River. Subsumed by poverty, the "soft bigotry of low expectations"... View Details
- Portrait Project
Jorge-Luis Leon
“Maybe you should consider other options.” These were the first words I heard after finishing my first SAT practice test. The dream of studying in a U.S. college started to crumble before my eyes. I listened to them say how I might not be... View Details
- Portrait Project
Abhi Sharma
I plan to change the odds. So there I was, procrastinating while trying to finish Friday's cases, when out of idle curiosity I decided to find out who else from back home had walked these halls, sat in these chairs, made these friends.... View Details
- Portrait Project
Colin Fraser
As I step onto the graduation stage on Baker lawn, I'm transported back to five years ago, a lifetime ago, nervously opening the door to Dee Leopold's office for my HBS admissions interview. Before I even sat down, she asked the one... View Details
- Profile
Stephen Mathew
My most memorable classroom moment was when a guest speaker who was the CEO of a large telecommunications company shook my hand and told me he sat in my exact seat when he went to HBS. What is one thing you brought with you to campus, and... View Details
- 02 Aug 2019
- News
Fulfilling Their Promise
tours, SAT and ACT prep courses, and scholarship opportunities. There are book clubs, discussion groups, adventure clubs, and Women of Purpose, a program created for women who have graduated high school and are now in a position to mentor... View Details
- 30 Jun 2016
- News
Sal Khan Takes Innovation Offline
multiple languages on subjects ranging from trigonometry to grammar to organic chemistry. In addition to its recent partnership with the College Board to offer free SAT test prep, the organization also educates students at its... View Details
- 14 May 2013
- Blog Post
"So Julie – what is it you want to do after graduation?"
indecisive response? After panicking the first few times, I sat down and thought through a response that is open-ended but that also highlights my thought-process on the subject and learnings to-date. Only time will tell whether this... View Details
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- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Getting There
as one of the largest tech startups in Southeast Asia. The cofounders sat next to one another in Business at the Base of the Pyramid at HBS, where case discussions focused their attention on building businesses with double or triple... View Details
- Portrait Project
Josh Latson
realized that I had not done much – my time had been spent building myself up and contributing little to the world around me. I thought again of those words to be etched in stone and my childhood worries soon returned. "Here lies a man who View Details
- 06 Oct 2016
- News
“You Could Be Dead Any Second”
linked to the kidnapping. After some resistance he agreed to talk, and did not decline when she asked to record their conversation. That evidence would later be used to extradite Hamza to the United States, where he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in... View Details