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- 3 PM – 4 PM EST, 11 Dec 2017
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
Entrepreneurship: Failing Well
Most ventures fail. Most lives are built on journeys that did not get to their desired destination. How can we think about failure as a necessary part of growth and learn to fail well? View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
An Advocate for Women's Equality
detailed in the recent book A Matter of Simple Justice: The Untold Story of Barbara Hackman Franklin and a Few Good Women (Penn State University Libraries), written by Lee Stout. Nixon's advocacy of women's issues, often at odds with his... View Details
- Portrait Project
Luke Henesy
"Mister, if we get that 80 percent," Carmeron said, "you better get that tattoo on your ribs, 'cause that's where it hurts the most." I agreed without hesitation. The odds of my students outperforming the honors kids,... View Details
- 05 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
VCs Survey Post-Bubble Opportunities
can control." Improving The Odds What are some other ways that VC firms can influence their rate of success, asked Sahlman. In an increasingly competitive environment, how does a firm differentiate itself? "The View Details
- 29 May 2013
- Blog Post
A self-discovery journey
is the endless list of resources that are available for everything. The career search is not an exception. A very structured process starts with the slow self-discovery of what matters most to you. A set of apparently odd exercises steers... View Details
- Web
Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders - Course Catalog
each protagonist we study navigated forks in the road and ultimately found purpose in their life. Developing a Personal Strategy: During the second part of the course, we analyze different strategies for success. You will decide which strategy works best for you and... View Details
- 22 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon
study group, PhDs/postdocs and individuals previously employed at small firms). Specifically, our results indicate that a one percentage point increase in the unemployment rate is associated with a 36 percent rise in the odds that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2020
- News
America’s Hottest New Dating Sites: Business School Campuses
Apache helicopters in Afghanistan. “I’ve never met anyone like this before,” she recalled thinking. The odds for meeting someone while at HBS, the article says, favors women. “A campus study of its business-school alums found that a third... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Data-Driven Diligence
built to accumulate smaller successes. “It’s really designed to tilt the odds in our favor a little bit, kind of like counting cards in blackjack,” Coats says. “If you play enough hands, you should win.” View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 01 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Choose the Best Deal
got a golden goose, your negotiating partner has to offer even better terms to get you to say yes. But if all you're holding is a dead duck, you may have to take whatever your counterpart offers you. You must figure out if going after one deal helps or hurts your View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Faculty Books
Smarter Risks in Business by Eileen C. Shapiro and Howard H. Stevenson (Portfolio/Penguin Putnam) Professor Stevenson and Shapiro (MBA ’81) show how to increase the odds on the business and life bets you choose to take, using a quick... View Details
- 20 Nov 2017
- News
Finding Common Ground
security, and access to health care. Crespin calls these concerns “problems in the commons,” that is, issues where stakeholders with different agendas and clashing cultures each own part of the problem and must each play a role in the solution. That makes collaboration... View Details
- 30 Nov 2016
- Blog Post
Why I Didn’t Think I’d Get in to HBS
HBS admissions with similar insecurities. When looking at class profiles, the HBS community is so impressive that we think will never get in; we think we are not worthy; we think the odds are forever NOT in our favor. And that’s not true.... View Details
- Profile
Andres Sarmiento
graduate committed to work full time in my startup and take it to the next level. What are you most looking forward to in your career? For a technical person, it's odd to say that what I look forward to the most is to work with people. I... View Details
- Profile
Ann Chao
industry are often at odds with one another; with my creative passion and business background, I hope to better understand and work with people on both sides, ultimately to deliver a higher quality product that is rewarding both... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media
- 11 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
What You Need to Know about Recruiting at HBS
it helps to spend some time coming up with your 7-12 career criteria. That way you can evaluate a job against the things that matter most to you, and cross opportunities off your list if they are fundamentally at odds with your criteria.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Curb Your Overconfidence
bargaining weaknesses, and you’ll increase the odds of proposing an offer that is acceptable to the other side. Curb Your Overconfidence Overconfidence can make the best negotiators overestimate their chances of success — and... View Details
- 28 Aug 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: History Matters
individuals who overcome significant odds to achieve success. Over the last seventy-five years, education has become more critical in creating a path to power; religion and family ties less so. Access to power appears to be widening. In... View Details
Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones & Anthony Mayo
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Crisis and Creativity
Texas Instruments were also launched during this time. In fact, the odds on the success of an appropriately directed new venture during a downturn may be higher than in a competitive boom. Entrepreneurs — inside and outside of... View Details
Keywords: Bhaskar Chakravorti
- 18 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals Without Mandates
seemed odd to study the socialization processes of faculty while at the same time being a faculty member caught up in the socialization process. How did you separate or integrate the two experiences? A: Historically, many seminal research... View Details