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Jerry Yang
Yang and fellow Stanford University doctoral student, David Filo, created the precursor to Yahoo! to aid them in their use of the burgeoning world wide web. What began as a simple hobby eventually turned into one of the few success... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
- 17 Nov 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Are Optimists or Pessimists Better Leaders?
assume that things will either turn out well (the optimists) or turn out badly (the pessimists). So here's a question to ponder: Is it better to have an optimist or a pessimist leading your family... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
My Pandemic Year
a cold call. We bought time by saying, “I’m sorry, professor. My Internet isn’t great today. Could you please repeat the question?” Video Embed The advantage of Zoom was being able to turn up for classes in our attire of choice, whether... View Details
Leonard S. Riggio
Riggio founded the Student Book Exchange in 1965 and turned this small book store into a leading retailer. He acquired the venerable Barnes & Noble bookstore in New York in 1971 and adopted its name for his expanding company. Through... View Details
Keywords: Retail
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Map & Directions | About
tollbooth, bear right toward Cambridge. Continue through the first set of lights and get in the left lane. Turn left onto Soldiers Field Road just past the second set of lights and before the bridge. Turn... View Details
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia
Why have various countries of the former Soviet Union taken such dramatically different economic paths since the Union's breakup? This has been a lingering puzzle of the post-Cold War period. Lithuania, for instance, has turned its... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 27 Nov 2023
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Opportunities for Green Entrepreneurship in the Face of Policy Inaction
Enlisting support from local communities, she developed a process to turn the weeds into a material that can be used to weave diversified products. Today, MitiMeth trains artisans in this process, providing income earning opportunities... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
After Ozempic
affiliate in Plainsboro, New Jersey. That all changed when its breakthrough drug for type 2 diabetes, Ozempic, hit the market in 2018. By some biochemical mystery, it also turned out to be a powerful tool for weight loss—which led to the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Hollywood and Humility
found a niche: It turned to Wall Street and private equity for capital while establishing its own talent relationships and keeping creative control over MRC-produced content. Asked about his philosophy of dealmaking, Wiczyk replied, “Do... View Details
- 29 Oct 2019
- News
Is This Disney’s Next CEO?
all, turned Disney’s film business into the envy of the industry. Last year, the division earned a record $3 billion profit, the most ever for a Hollywood studio.” The piece opens with a mention of Mayer’s habit of returning to HBS to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Life of Ted
Today liked it so much the paper named it one of the best business books of 2008. “Ted has really lived ten lifetimes,” Burke said. “He just turned 70, and I can say he hasn’t slowed down at all. I would fly to his plantations to do... View Details
- 08 Dec 2014
- News
Creating career paths for underserved young adults in Atlanta
Belinda Stubblefield (MBA 1989) is executive director of Year Up Atlanta, a nonprofit program founded by Gerald Chertavian (MBA 1992) that prepares students for success in professional careers and higher education. “We’re turning lives... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Fighting Back from a Knockout
described the rating as “a knockout blow” and vowed that his administration would fight for its constituents and would turn the city around. Declared Laffey, who teaches a college finance course and is a former president and COO of Morgan... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
The Governor’s Admission
estimate that, despite its modest size, Lynch’s Granite State exports more than $2 billion annually in goods and services. Lynch, who was inaugurated in 2005, entered politics after resuscitating national furniture-maker Knoll, Inc., where he View Details
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Lauren Booker
impact on society." A scholarship from the Jackie Robinson Foundation introduced Lauren to Goldman Sachs, her scholarship sponsor. The relationship turned into an internship opportunity, which in turn... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Ink: Home Cooking, Secure Retirements, and Restoring Humanity to Finance
part of the world that I knew nothing about.” MORE Zhang reveals her travel secrets on the Skydeck podcast Excerpt “Every eight seconds, another American turns sixty-five—that’s some ten thousand people per day. By 2030, nearly 20 percent... View Details
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Nick Shurgot
I read a story recently about a troubled young man from the inner-city who had turned his life around and was set to be the first person in his family to graduate from college. He credited his success to his motto, which was, "Never... View Details
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Emily Kramer
thousands of other fans energizes me. Listening to an old favorite album grounds me. Turning up the volume relaxes me. Sharing a song recommendation with a friend excites me. I plan to emulate the musicians I admire. Like an undiscovered... View Details
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Asaf Gilboa
"My Beautiful Girls, I'm writing this letter from the hospital, a few hours before you're expected to come into the world. And all I can feel is a cocktail of excitement mixed with fear..." Twelve hours after sealing this letter, my world was View Details
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Where flavor development begins - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
baths” at the Kraft Antigo plant. This is the first step in the development of the distinctive Swiss flavor. The “wheels” float around in a salt brine solution for three days, are then placed on shelves for several months to cure, where they are View Details