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Commencement 2012 Address | About
generously? The second story stems from a conversation I had while on vacation in the Caribbean over Spring Break—where I half expected to run into some of you, to be honest. Over the course of a few days I struck up a friendship with the... View Details
- 24 Jan 2025
- News
The Network Effect
Karan Mathur (left) and Dina Model (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) When Dina Model and Karan Mathur (both MBA 2015) met through mutual friends during their first year at HBS, neither was envisioning a future business deal. “We didn’t realize that we had shared... View Details
- 31 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Five Important Steps before Taking the Entrepreneurial Leap
Quartner started her career in banking at Credit Suisse and Nina Mullen started her career in consulting at Bain) ended up starting a natural remedies brand, Hilma. Our process before taking the entrepreneurial leap: 1. Have an idea that you actually care about... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Class of 1975 in Review
think I would have predicted that Ken would rise to managing director of Goldman Sachs and that Giff would become a widely respected CEO before his tragic death in 1990. We all have similar stories of friendships begun or sealed at HBS --... View Details
Keywords: J. Hans Stumm
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
John McArthur
and maintain the same respect in my rewrite. I count myself lucky enough not only to have experienced his impact at HBS, but experienced it in a very personal and meaningful way. —Sunru Yong (MBA 2007) courtesy Office of John McArthur Dean McArthur taught me what real... View Details
Keywords: Dean
- Profile
Farah Ahmed
Farah beyond her expectations. "The amount of work HBS throws at you in the first year is so intense," she notes. "Balancing school work, recruiting, activities, and friendships is really tough. You may think you're good at... View Details
- 01 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Reflections on the Peek Weekend Family Business Cohort
three-day program, the intensity of the schedule allowed me to forge genuine friendships with individuals whose interests and aspirations align with mine. To this date, I have kept in touch with members from the Peek network, and I’m sure... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Embrace the Corona-Blur
entrepreneur, so we have been experiencing each other’s entrepreneurial ups and downs in our small apartment,” she says. It’s been a refrain repeated by her Medley clients as well: “We are seeing the implications of work choices on our mental health, our marriages, and... View Details
- 30 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
3 Growing Pains from my First Year at HBS: Academic, Social, and Career
that you can really trust and connect with makes life much richer. However, to be honest, I sometimes found it difficult to form the kinds of close friendship I had before because everyone is so busy engaging in so many kinds of... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
South Africa's Lucille Meyer: Shaping a Practical Presidency
and Zimbabwe, the SEP brings together Africans of all races to work and learn from one another. The networking opportunities are boundless, and new friendships are often continued upon completion of the program. Through team workshops,... View Details
Keywords: Morgan Baker
- 13 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
LGBTSA Spotlight: Alterrell Mills
one of my now good friends is a guy who told me he never really knew gay people prior and he wasn’t sure he would have sought out friendship initially. We spent a lot of time asking each other questions about our own experiences and why... View Details
- 26 Jan 2017
- News
Finding a Path out of Poverty
struggle between hope and despair,” Magwegwe recently told the online magazine Destiny Man. His first break came when a street vendor selling fruits and vegetables struck up a friendship with Magwegwe and learned of his dream to go to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 13 Jul 2017
- News
Making Friends with Mother Nature
instruction. Clifford also forged friendships that he would maintain throughout his life, including with Al McDonald (MBA 1956), who would become the lead US negotiator for the 1977 GATT talks in Geneva and later White House staff... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 02 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
Do Online Dating Platforms Help Those Who Need Them Most?
we already know. The functionality of these businesses is clear, but their immense popularity can be perplexing. After all, people managed to get married and maintain friendships for eons before the Web ever existed. So, are these virtual... View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- News
The Oz of Data Opens the Curtain
witness to it. That's priceless. If I could turn back the clock, I would spend more time getting to know more people, because I've found the friendships to be enduring and valuable." [Howe, in fact, keeps in touch with some of his section... View Details
- 12 Jan 2017
- News
Personalizing Women’s Path to Success
year later, she met Sheila Marcelo (MBA 1998), who was also attending with her husband, Ron Marcelo (MBA 1998), and a friendship blossomed as the two women bonded in the experience of being married students. (Marcelo would go on to launch... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- Profile
Michael O. Braimah
A natural affinity for commerce, coupled with friendships with Howard peers pursuing careers in finance, inspired Michael Braimah to seek an internship with Credit Suisse on Wall Street in the summer of 2006. Just as the first cracks... View Details
- 27 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Meet the PRIDE Club
came from a tech background after working in operations and product in Uber and ofo (a bike-sharing tech company) for four years. Alex decided to attend HBS to take a break from the hectic startup life and to explore different industries and build strong and meaningful... View Details
- 08 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Co-Founders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke
together. Building on the friendship they formed at HBS, their MBAs, and learnings from their careers to date, Schoonbeek and van Poecke founded Key ESG, a software solution that helps businesses measure, manage, and report Environmental,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Leadership on a Global Stage
visits for a mix of friendship and advice whenever he gets back to Boston. Jefferson has put his unique mix of military and academic leadership training to work in a variety of positions. His career path demonstrates his instinct for... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley