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- 03 Jan 2017
- News
Using Technology to Tailor Learning to Each Child
Heather Staker (MBA 2001) is president of Ready to Blend, a firm that works with K-12 teachers to combine educational technology solutions with classroom instruction to accelerate children’s ability to learn and achieve. In this... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952
1967 Founds Asset Management Company 1980 Provides early capital for Amgen, joins board 1998 Appointed chairman, San Francisco Opera Association 1999 Funds BUILD, nonprofit promoting entrepreneurship to disadvantaged youth 2002 Receives... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
HBS Business Plan Contest
The School’s eighth annual Business Plan Contest proved that entrepreneurship is alive and well at HBS: Close to forty teams entered plans to be judged by a panel of experts. This year’s traditional track winner was Extend Fertility,... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Taking MBA know-how on tour across America
Knowing that not every American who has a dream to start a business can come to Harvard Business School, Casey Gerald (MBA 2014) decided to bring HBS to them. He and three classmates logged 8,000 miles in two cars during an eight-week road trip in the summer of 2013.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
Russo at home in her Brisbane apartment. She credits her domineering Sicilian father with teaching her the street smarts to succeed in business. PHOTO BY PATRICK HAMILTON /NEWSPIX/NEWS LTD. Every successful entrepreneur can look back and, with the clarity of hindsight,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
London Forum Highlights the Best of HBS
The 2005 HBS Global Leadership Forum in London proved to be a unique experience in ways that were planned — and even in some that were not — for nearly 600 alumni, faculty, and guests. By day, alumni listened to and learned from outstanding HBS faculty, government... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Helping one child led to improving the lives of thousands
Gerald Chertavian (MBA 1992) volunteered as a Big Brother and saw firsthand how urban youth suffered from a lack of job options. He wrote his HBS application essay about starting a program to connect those young adults with a growing need for entry-level labor. After... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
FIELD Updates Greet Class of 2014
transforming a set of blueprints into a stunning new Executive Education facility. Tata Hall is scheduled to open in December 2013. As the second class to experience the new, yearlong required curriculum of FIELD (Field Immersion... View Details
- 17 Oct 2014
- News
A future social entrepreneur in Pakistan
Rakhshan Zahid (MBA 2015) envisions her future as an entrepreneur in Pakistan using her skills to help solve social problems, such as the need for clean water, better sanitation, and educational opportunities. (Published October 2014) View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
A Creator in the Era of Disruption
loans and access to payments. Probably in my children's day, [it] will be something different. I never really sought out to be an entrepreneur, to be honest. I just sought out to solve an access problem that many, many people had in Indonesia and ended up realizing... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Fellowship to Honor Professor Jim Austin
Efforts are under way to create an endowed MBA fellowship to honor Professor Emeritus James E. Austin, cofounder and former chair of the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative. A member of the HBS faculty since 1972, Austin is a leading expert on management in developing... View Details
- 10 May 2019
- News
Shining a Light on Black Brilliance
thing is, the creation of this course has allowed us at Harvard Business School to retain and to continue our tradition of educating the world. Now we have case studies that have black protagonists that the world is desperate for, that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Janet Kraus, cofounder of Circles, a leader in concierge services, is HBS’s newest Entrepreneur-in-Residence. Founded in 1997, Circles became a $50 million company with nearly 1,000 people operating in Boston and Burlington, Ontario. After selling Circles in 2007,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
McCraw Wins Prize for Biography of Economist Joseph Schumpeter
way the book “skillfully connects Schumpeter’s landmark analysis of entrepreneurship to the history of modern business enterprise.” Schumpeter (1883–1950) taught at Harvard for twenty years and spent hundreds of hours at Baker Library... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Artist Christo Visits HBS
To illustrate entrepreneurship from a different angle, HBS professors Josh Lerner and Felda Hardymon and research associate Ann Leamon wrote a case about Christo and Jeanne-Claude, the husband-wife team known for their massive,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
@Soldiers Field
pitching. Organizers suggested drinking water rather than Red Bull, but noted "Medieval armor is permitted." Bert Twaalfhoven (MBA 1954) offered guests of the HBS Entrepreneurship Club a personal perspective on the positive power of... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Capitalizing on the power of knowledge
Yoshito Hori (MBA 1991), founder and dean of Globis University in Japan, on the power of knowledge and the opportunity to innovate. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Having an impact by starting and growing companies
Charlie Tillinghast (MBA 1963) talks about how his education at Harvard Business School prepared him for a lifelong career of starting and growing companies. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 28 May 2014
- News
Leveling the Playing Field for all Learners
a mission of providing a free, world-class education for anyone anywhere. “Khan Academy started with reproducing content and then, as it grew, our whole team [began] working with others to write exercises and simulation software. But we... View Details