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- 01 Sep 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Mark Pincus (MBA 1993)
early on how to separate your instincts from your ideas. Because your instincts as an entrepreneur are probably always right and your ideas are probably mostly wrong. We tend to solder those two together and... View Details
- 27 Oct 2016
- News
Pathfinder
exception. The difference is that the Pittsburgh native has been with BCG for 28 years and counting, rising to president and CEO in January 2013. “I feel like I’ve been able...to work with some of the best companies in the world on these incredibly hard problems...and... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble
look, I decided that something here is interesting—and probably sustainable. Bitcoin feels increasingly mainstream. What’s behind the lingering skepticism? I think the question is whether there is a fundamental use case. If somebody can... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Light Looks Back on Forty-Year HBS Career
School’s Bureau of Business Research published in the 1920s, and I’m sure cases at the end of the 21st century won’t look much like they do now — we’ll probably be viewing them on some sort of handheld device. But I’d guess that they’ll... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Noted & Quoted
"When I decided I wanted to go to Wall Street, I probably got rejected 200 times ." —Entrepreneur and University of Toronto professor Reza Satchu (MBA 1996). With brother Asif Satchu (MBA 1999), View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 09 Feb 2016
- News
Powering into the Future
professor, where they have invented a new way to move power without wires. The company’s called WiTricity—wireless electricity—and it couldn’t be more exciting. “We have so many new electronic devices in our lives that we are all dependent upon, and I think View Details
- 10 Feb 2016
- News
Helping Young African MBAs Go Home
sharing information on what to expect.” YAM is an asset to companies that want to recruit from the diaspora of African talent that has gone to the US. “Now people reach out to us to recruit,” he says. “Every month we send out a newsletter, and in each one we View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Wide Angle
coordinated, wide-ranging, government-led response, which sadly is not what we’re seeing right now. But as the timing of this extends, we're going to have to rely on structural remedies—things like income support, continued payments to individuals, payments to small... View Details
- 06 May 2008
- News
Small World? Read Nil about It
well-documented. They are the generation that will probably preside over and witness the death of newspapers in their lifetime. So here’s a question, especially for those Bulletin readers with international experience or business... View Details
- 02 Apr 2020
- News
Patriots Plane Delivers a Million Masks from China
knew, in search of an alternative. The governor ultimately identified someone who could help get the masks produced in China and navigate the other on-the-ground tangles. “‘The question then became: how do you actually make the pickup work,’ Baker said, noting it would... View Details
- 14 Dec 2015
- News
Building Platforms of Life for the World’s Poorest Children
right you are going to be ill, your brain probably won’t develop, you’ll be physically stunted, you won’t be in school or you won’t be able to pay attention in school. So we are working in the poorest communities and trying to build that... View Details
- 22 Mar 2017
- News
Don’t give up your power
we’ve made a mistake, as opposed to taking the lesson from the mistake and then moving on. “There have been many situations throughout my business career where I’m the only woman, and probably twice as many where I’m the only person of... View Details
- 11 Oct 2019
- News
Balancing Act
“That’s probably the opportunity leaders overlook most often.” The third step was being explicit with the recruiting team: “It’s not about saying ‘I prioritize diversity but ultimately I’m going to hire the best person for the job.’... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Cathy A. Nichols
overtones," Nichols recalls with a hearty laugh. It seems that on her first day at the School, a male student asked her how she could feel good about enrolling at HBS. Wasn't she depriving a man, probably one with a family to support, of... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 05 Feb 2016
- News
The Wheel of the World
struck every quarter hour. He liked it, and a few years later found that he had four more clocks to put into storage when he journeyed from Switzerland to attend HBS. “That’s probably not typical for someone just graduating from... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Peter C. Wendell
the last decade. First job I was the summer maintenance boy at our local swim club — mowing lawns, cleaning toilets. You probably couldn't start much lower. Inspirations The entrepreneurs who start the companies that we fund. They're the... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
A Janus-Faced Reflection
capriciousness of markets lately, we have also as a class had a full dose of the capriciousness of corporate power, in the form of mergers, acquisitions, reengineerings, and downsizings. (Indeed, we probably fostered some of the caprice.)... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Burunda Prince (MBA 1987)
math in my high school, she navigated a lot of bureaucracy so I could take classes at Georgia Tech. She said, “You can’t be an engineer and be done with math.” I’ve never, ever believed that any of my experiences have been for myself alone. If I can support... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Diagnosing DC’s Dysfunction
policies; leadership that unites and inspires; and respect for the Constitution and rights of all citizens. While this probably sounds familiar—and depressing— Gehl and Porter emphasize that it is entirely fixable. Their strategy for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
The Dark Side
Sun for five years, Yelland learned what his readers wanted, including fare such as scandalous pols and topless royals. “The Sun is probably more plugged into British consumers than almost any other business in the country,” said Yelland.... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment