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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Jump-Start
using the Lean Startup methodology, for the 19 cash awards given out this year. There were also 12 venture capital firms (listed below) that stepped up to help fund the program run by HBS’s Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship. All the participating firms were eager... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
Howard, Fitzhugh joined Pepsi in 1965, where he developed the first marketing efforts directed at African Americans. Credited with creating the concept of targeted marketing, he also attracted and mentored black executives and created two... View Details
- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
nonetheless. She cofounded Minds Matter, a now-nationwide mentoring and college preparatory nonprofit that launched her on a lifelong mission to improve public education. Named Woman of the Year by the California State Assembly in 2014... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
James E. Burke, MBA 1949
all about making decisions, and you don't make decisions without making mistakes. Don't make that mistake again, but please be sure you make others.'" As Burke moved up the ranks of the company, focusing initially on advertising and merchandising, he also benefited... View Details
- 18 May 2023
- News
Cultivating Can-Do Attitudes
Wilfong notes. Four years after her initial commitment, Can Do expanded to include a mentoring component, as requested by the students themselves. "‘We need to be able to get through high school,' they told me," Wilfong recalls. She... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Complete Package
time zones. It really is a big family. We bonded over the three years of learning.” Her nickname: “Big sister,” because she is a mentor for other entrepreneurs. Her mentors: “In the past, you always looked up to the older, experienced... View Details
Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; sustainability; packaging; leadership; women; Manufacturing
- 21 Sep 2018
- News
HBS Association of Southern California Boosts Support for Startups
with mentors and identify potential investors. The Entrepreneurial Series: Idea and Pitch workshops kicked off on September 13, with three alumni-led companies in various stages pitching before four fellow alumni mentors. The workshop was... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Building a Movement
was a concern by people in business when they first got engaged in social enterprises—when they participated on boards, for instance, or gave money, or mentored people running these organizations. They looked at the capacity within these... View Details
- 30 Jan 2018
- News
Four Alumni Named as Presidential Leadership Scholars
problems and improving the civic or social good. Over the course of the year, the Scholars will travel to each participating presidential center to learn from former presidents, key former administration officials, and leading academics. They will pursue individual... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- News
Embracing Chaos
Cummins, he helped establish India's first college of engineering for women, and at Microsoft, he helped create a computer literacy program that has trained 35 million children and nearly a million teachers in India to use computers. He's also View Details
- 26 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni Explore a Changing Hong Kong; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Singapore
about 100 HBS alums mentor 400 students from local universities and polytechnics every year. During my tenure, I want to build on the work of my predecessors and make the HBS Club of Singapore a platform for HBS alums to make a difference... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 31 Jan 2025
- News
New York, Boston Alumni Volunteer to Boost Small Businesses
“There wasn’t really a scalable model when we started,” says Meurer. “It was just like, let’s help these small businesses, and we jumped in.” With time, Meurer says the SBPI evolved into simple, effective program. “We match alumni volunteers with experienced View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 26 Feb 2021
- News
Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation
ask the panel all of their questions.” The presentation then focused on how to build a board resume and establish a network of mentors in the desired industry. Hart says the webinars were a chance to educate potential future board... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Gerald Chertavian, MBA 1992
Up stems from his experience as a volunteer in the Big Brother Big Sister program. After earning a degree in economics from Bowdoin College, Chertavian worked at Chemical Bank in New York City, where he volunteered as a mentor to... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 07 Dec 2020
- News
Lifting The Stigma
few years to apply. He did, receiving his undergraduate degree in 2010 and founding the College-Bound Mentoring Program with his roommate while both were still students. Delle continued to rack up achievements before and after HBS, until... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Class of 1942 Chair Honors Paul Lawrence, Promotes Leadership
work in the field. Perhaps best known for his landmark volume Organization and Environment (with HBS professor Jay W. Lorsch), Lawrence also produced the definitive work on matrix organizations (with Stanley Davis). Lawrence, who retired in 1991, remains active with... View Details
- 25 Sep 2019
- News
Leading the Evolution of E-Commerce
$1 billion. In 2017, when Fleiss left, it had 6 million customers and $100 million in revenues. It was time to try something new. That something new became Jetblack, a text-to-shop service that Fleiss launched this year with longtime View Details
- 01 Jan 2010
- News
Marvin S. Traub, MBA 1949
careers of many of the designers that are today’s most popular brands: Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, and Donna Karan, among them. At the same time, he mentored dozens of employees who went on to lead major stores and brands. After retiring... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Proposed Chair Would Honor African-American Business Pioneer
marketing efforts targeted at African Americans, thereby helping to establish that community as a lucrative mass market and contributing to the development of the concept of targeted marketing in corporate America. A lifelong mentor to... 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 passion for coaching entrepreneurs... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell