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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Secrets Behind a VC Success Story
Jim Breyer (MBA ’87) never intended to make a career of venture capital. But he turned out to be pretty good at picking winners and helped propel Accel Partners into the ranks of the top VC firms. more Case-Method Godfather Chris... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
South Asian Women at Work
Smart but passive. Good technicians, but not likely managers. Women from India and Pakistan frequently must combat stereotypes about how they function at work. But they should resist labels and pursue the careers of their dreams, said... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Faculty Research Online
HBS Working Knowledge is an online forum for innovation in business practice, offering a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their Web links. The Value of a ‘Portable’ View Details
- 07 Jan 2020
- News
Models of Success
education and support they needed to use sports as a lever to change their lives,” Feickert says. That revelation led her to cofound Trey Athletes, a social enterprise that creates cohorts of high-potential high school athletes and... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act
An extraordinary career based on the development of innovative, cutting-edge technology products was launched twenty years ago from the front row of an Aldrich Hall classroom. Crunching numbers for case studies late into the night was... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 13 Jul 2016
- News
From Money to Ministry
though he didn’t realize it at the time, leading those services would signal the beginning of a shift in his career path. The banker and Naval officer would ultimately become an ordained Episcopal priest. On his second tour of duty,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 23 May 2018
- News
The Work-Life Balancing Act
preparation. What does each person actually want? Men and women now often have more freedom to choose work inside or outside the home. Depending on your social circles, there can be overwhelming pressure to prioritize either work or family — navigating an ambitious... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Jackie Adams
Adams Photo Courtesy Business Wire For more than twenty years, Jacqueline J. Adams reported on important people, issues, and events as a correspondent for CBS News. A Boston native, Adams began her career in her hometown in 1972 as a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
GE's Jeff Immelt
Immelt Photo courtesy General Electric Just a year after taking the helm of General Electric, Chairman and CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt (MBA '82) addressed a capacity crowd in Burden Auditorium on topics that ranged from the state of the economy, to GE's future, to advice on... View Details
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
Empowering Rural Communities
Chris Riley (MBA 2008) didn’t have any experience with renewable power when he cofounded Guzman Energy in 2013. Riley, who had spent most his career as an officer in the US Navy and later as director of investment banking at Guzman &... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
HBS Introduces Global Networking through Technology
information - name, degree, and class year - classmates can easily find each other. "The HBS e-mail address will never change; alumni may move, change jobs, or change online service providers, but as long as... View Details
- 19 Jan 2024
- News
Blockchain for Good
career in investment banking at Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and several private equity firms, where she held C-suite positions. Feeling disillusioned, she left for the charity sector for a number of years, where she worked until her... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Action Plan: Just Breathe
In the late aughts, Joe Burton (PMD 75, 2000) looked like a success story. In 2006, after a successful career in consulting and the C-suite of numerous public companies, he was named COO of McCann Worldgroup, overseeing $1.5 billion in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Alumni Books
A Vision for Venture Capital: Realizing the Promise of Global Venture Capital & Private Equity by Peter A. Brooke (MBA ’54) with Daniel Penrice (New Ventures) This book chronicles the career of Peter Brooke, who has been called “the... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Addresses Racial Equity
color, diversifying boards, and leveraging diversity in organizations, as well as one called Thrive, which is designed to encourage career advancement for underrepresented minorities with 5 to 7 years of experience (with an emphasis on... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Technology Making HBS More Accessible
believe more in today’s vision for HBS.” The Quazzos, who met while working in New York prior to attending HBS, have contributed to the School’s entry into online learning with gifts supporting HBX. “HBX offers a tremendous opportunity to View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Feedback
experience, so I quit the Air Force and came to HBS to get my credentials in preparation for a career in business. I pray that attitude in industry has been overcome today. The Marine captain [Maura Corby Sullivan (MBA/MPA 2009)]... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
9/11, Jeff Immelt had already built an impressive nineteen-year career at GE in its plastics, appliance, and medical systems divisions. With revenues in 2007 of $173 billion and more than 300,000 global employees, GE has seen significant... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Alumni have long been asking for an opportunity to extend their educational experience. In response, the School has developed two programs to meet the needs of alumni at specific times in their career cycle: the Entrepreneur's Tool Kit... View Details
Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Inbox: From Das’s Desk
commitment doesn’t wane even after graduation. As I have met with many of you all over the globe in the last eight months, I have been blown away not just by your achievements in so many aspects of your careers and lives, but also by the... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas