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- 18 Nov 2013
- News
Diving into the 'Shark Tank'
the air. But a producer emailed her back to assure it was in fact no mistake, and this past Friday, the Khalife sisters got to pitch their idea to Shark Tank's estimated 6.4 million viewers. On Monday morning, we talked to Donna about the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
judgment—and further removed the risk from dating with a double opt-in. A couple matches only if both parties swipe right. If only one person expresses interest, the other person never knows about it. Last year Tinder reported an View Details
Keywords: April White
- 05 Jan 2022
- News
Untapped Potential
Courtesy Tom Ferguson “Climate change is really water change,” says Tom Ferguson (MBA 2014). From the deadly floods that deluged western Europe in the summer of 2021, to the once-in-a-century drought conditions that have ravaged Brazil for three years, to the View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Future of VR is Animated Bunnies
forecasts: According to the research firm SuperData, the sector, driven by early adopters, is on track to make $3.7 billion in revenue this year, and the firm estimates it could swell to more than $28 billion by 2020. But Maureen Fan (MBA... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Real Conflict
prices are significantly lower than its competitors. Assuming the company’s prices are 8 percent lower — at the low end of the estimates from various studies summarized in a recent report by Global Insight — and applying that to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
The State of Play
industry had reached a steady simmer before the pandemic, hitting an estimated $61.8 billion in 2019, and is roaring back to life now that people are eager to emerge from their houses and indulge their senses in something new.... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
The Eyes Have It: Business Plan Winners Pursue Global Vision
It is estimated that one billion people around the world need vision correction but don't have glasses because they are too expensive or simply unavailable. The resulting losses in productivity and self-sufficiency may reach as much as... View Details
Keywords: eyeglasses
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Steve Schwarzman
business, politics, media, and the arts. With a personal fortune estimated by Forbes to surpass $3.5 billion, Schwarzman has come a long way since leaving Lehman Brothers in 1985 to cofound Blackstone with start-up capital of $400,000.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Entrepreneur’s Rwandan Start-Up Gets HBS Support
miss school each year for this reason, estimates UNICEF. “Our goal is to turn what has been an obstacle into a business opportunity and vehicle for economic growth in Africa, Asia, and Central America,” says Scharpf. The Rwandan venture... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
This entrepreneurial energy is following a decidedly terrestrial opportunity. The nonprofit advocacy group Space Foundation estimated that the global size of the industry reached $330 billion in 2014, with an annual growth rate of 9... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Starting Lineup: No Reservations
around the world. Blue Apron Cofounder and CEO Matt Salzberg (MBA 2010) Founded 2012 This meal-kit company delivers all the ingredients you need to make a home-cooked dinner. Reports say that the company is on track to surpass $1 billion in revenue in 2017, in a sector... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Alumni Books
Fortune magazine estimates that 75 percent of all strategies and projects fail; this book offers a proven system to ensure being among the 25 percent that succeed. It provides interactive analytical tools and a step-by-step process to... View Details
- 11 Dec 2019
- News
A Righteous Path
Leimsider has helped Safe Passage clarify its strategic goals. “We have a very specific understanding of what our job is. Our mission here is not simply to do as much good as we can, but to completely eliminate the problem in our area.” He View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Big Business of Little Loans
money? That weighed on them. So far, so good. This year Able is on pace to lend $100 million, with zero defaults in its nearly two years of operation. Baehr and Davis estimate that Able has saved borrowers $31,000 per loan on average as a... View Details
Keywords: Nancy Miller
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
offers a powerful alternative for identifying value-price gaps. The authors provide everything the reader needs to utilize the discounted cash flow model successfully. And they add an important twist: They suggest that rather than forecasting cash flows, investors... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Knowing the Score
widely considered “easy,” even though it was our section’s good fortune to have the estimable Linda Hill teaching it. The valuable, practical wisdom she imparted provided a working framework for understanding the behavior (and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Why We Do—or Don’t—Donate Time and Money
What is the role of volunteerism and other charitable giving in the United States? About one in four adults volunteer every year. About one in two adults give more than $25 to charity every year. The estimated combined value of their... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 26 May 2022
- News
Bidding Up
Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson is key for understanding how these objectives can be reached. JH: This is how the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences introduced Bob Wilson and Paul Milgrom’s work on auction theory when it was announced they’d won the Nobel—work that has... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
A Better Way to Go on Strike
W hen President Clinton imposed a cooling-down period in the American Airlines pilots' strike, he recognized that a strike would impose huge costs on those not involved in the labor dispute - from travelers and airfreight shippers to resorts in Florida and the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Flying High
different routes. “We know our customers by name,” she says. “And in the future, I think that the expectation of all customers will be that airlines know who they are and offer more personalized service.” Subramanian estimates that the... View Details
Keywords: April White; aviation; airlines; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Air Transportation; Transportation