Advice - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2023
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Case Study: Staking a Claim

Illustration by Nhung Lê Kate Terry (MBA 2005) knows that no one attends their fifth-grade career fair and comes home hoping to pursue a career in insurance—but that’s exactly where she wound up. “I really fell in love with it,” she says. As cofounder and CEO of... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Insurance Carriers and Related Activities; Finance

01 Mar 2024
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Case Study: Testing the Waters

acknowledges. Once you build that distribution network, though, it’s a much bigger, addressable market. Should the company continue to focus on hydration or expand into other categories? The Answer: My advice to Lauren would be to stay... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

01 Sep 2023
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Research Brief: Making Way for Moonshots

Josh Krieger (Courtesy subject) Josh Krieger (Courtesy subject) Many innovations in modern medicine have come about due to cutting-edge drugs—advances that required both a scientific leap and a willingness to take risks. And while most pharmaceutical companies would... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

18 May 2023
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India's New Money Managers

follow the advice but the women—who saw the positives—still sought advice from their husbands and fathers before making any financial decisions. This meant that men were easier to access and convert, which... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

11 May 2023
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How FOMO Became a Fixture

is commercial, creative, and way more organized than me, she was instrumental in guiding me through this process. "When I called Suzann for advice on what to do with FOMO, I knew it might be tricky since my original article was not a... View Details

01 Oct 1999
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Banking on Success

sales and earnings. Some of these businesses will have very interesting futures; as for others - I'm not so sure. What is the best business advice you've ever received? Before I started working as a runner on Wall Street, my dad told me... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

11 Apr 2024
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Mission Control

all." In this episode of Skydeck, Platzer and I talk about how he built that mission, how it culminated in the founding of Spire, and what advice he'd give to anyone who is still searching for their own mission. READ MORE DM: When you... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

informed by research and their work with hundreds of schools, scheduling experts Nathan Levenson and David James explore how strategic scheduling can turn a “good enough” schedule into one that supercharges learning and engagement without additional costs or more FTEs.... View Details

Keywords: podcasts

02 Nov 2022
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Strong Finish

investment from Sontag’s firm, Prelude Growth Partners, Sol de Janeiro’s sales more than doubled. Yang credits Sontag’s investment—and well-timed advice to invest in talent acquisition and inventory, not office space—for that success,... View Details

01 Jan 2004
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D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954

importance of teamwork and communications skills." ADVICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS "No matter what job you take when you graduate, your first months and first couple of years will mark you. You'll be creating a reputation for yourself. If you... View Details

15 Feb 2024
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Startup Shepherds

By their count, Catalina Daniels and Jim Sherman (both MBA 1991) listened to approximately 300 startup pitches in 2016, the first year the HBS classmates worked side by side as angel investors in New York. “You meet a lot of very smart people, with what sound like good... View Details

Keywords: April White

15 Jun 2021
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Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock

accountability in business practices. “I don’t understand why more companies aren’t doing this already,” confesses Zeitz. With advice from Stavros, Harley Davidson rolled out a broad-based ownership plan in early 2021. “We are... View Details

Keywords: April White; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Oct 2002
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Michael F. Cronin

that needs our capital and strategic advice but also has a solid organization and lots of operational know-how.” As a scholarship student at Harvard College, Cronin was president of the Harvard Student Agencies (HSA). “Unlike most of my... View Details

22 Sep 2022
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The Beauty Guide

mentors, they were all accomplished men who offered sound advice in both business and life. “Now that I’m in this position of seniority, I feel a huge responsibility to pay it forward,” says Freyre. “Given that there are not many Latinas... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Jun 2022
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In My Humble Opinion: Home Base

technically Dowling’s responsibility, but there was a clear hunger for assistance. The day one of the firm’s superstars showed up in Dowling’s office unannounced, asking for advice now that he and his wife were expecting, Dowling realized... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jan 2005
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Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971

than quantitative analysis. Cases and business are also about human beings, and I always keep that human element in mind." ADVICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS "As you set out on your careers, take a long-term view and have a sense of direction as... View Details

01 Oct 1998
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Dinh Thi Hoa: Up from the Ashes of War

Today, 25 years later, Hoa is still living in Hanoi and doing her part to help her impoverished country establish a modern, productive economy. As managing director of Galaxy Company, a successful consulting firm, her advice on doing... View Details

Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr. (MBA 1992)

05 Feb 2019
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The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)

who’s working with not one, but two family business at the same time, what advice do you have for fellow alumni planning to join the family business? “I would highly recommend anyone joining the family business to 1) be qualified to hold... View Details

01 Oct 1997
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L.E. Simmons

community activities, and personal development," he says. In recent years, however, he has cut back on evening business commitments to allow himself more time with his wife and two young children. If either of his children were to decide to follow in his footsteps, the... View Details