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- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
four-year colleges.” Raised in a low-income community in southern New Jersey, Huebner experienced firsthand the difference in her public school college preparation with that of her fellow students at the University of Pennsylvania. “Had... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Jimmy Lai Chee-ying: Rags, Riches, and Risk
broadsheet aimed at working-class readers that shook up the more established newspapers, forcing them to scramble to compete. In 1999, Lai dabbled in the Internet, setting up Admart, an online grocer that failed, losing $140 million in... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Research Brief: May I Ask Your Advice?
online lab studies and a field experiment, all of which confirmed that asking for feedback produces more vague and limited responses, while asking for advice results in forward-thinking and actionable input. The difference boils down to... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Project Runway
Stacey Estrella (MBA ’93), a corporate communications executive at a Silicon Valley software firm, started sewing for fun just two years ago. But her beautifully crafted dresses and suits helped her beat out thousands of other hopefuls to... View Details
- 21 Sep 2015
- News
Funding Progress Back Home
“Harvard gives you powerful tools for getting things done in the world,” observes Eric-Vincent Guichard (MBA 1990). “Over time, you more fully appreciate the responsibility that goes with that education.” Guichard, who grew up in rural Guinea, is founder and CEO of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Jeffrey Deitch (MBA 1978)
Haring, and Jeff Koons, among many others. “I like to collect works by artists I’ve worked with and who’ve been good friends.” + ONLINE web-only content Advice for aspiring art collectors from Marc Weidner (MBA 2007) Advice to novice art... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Case Study: Let’s Dance
method teaching and learning She and Mike Kamowski, a software engineer at Rotten Tomatoes and Flixster, started to build out a top-of-the-funnel solution for the dance community in 2018. Bopsidy launched the following year as an View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
A For-Profit Business That Makes Education Accessible
Atlantic Philanthropies, who is among the world’s most generous philanthropists. The experience left Feerick asking, “What if I gave the best years of my life to building something with enormous social impact?” Feerick has answered that question with Alison, the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Early Impact
Bridgitt Bertram Evans (both MBA 1986), The Heckscher Foundation, and Andrew Paul (MBA 1983) — and others is allowing members of the Harvard community and beyond to take their ideas as far as they can go. The HBS One Harvard Fund, a... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Crowdfunding capital for small business
James ("Brad") McGee (MBA 1987) cofounded iCrowd to bring entrepreneurs together in online communities to network and to help provide the financial and commercial resources businesses need to thrive. He... View Details
- 20 Sep 2013
- News
Connections Add Up
Nan Morrison and Sally Wood It takes a village to raise a game-changing non-profit, and Nan Morrison (MBA 1987) and Sally Wood (MBA 1983) have found a community of support among their HBS friends and fellow alumni. "I'm proud of my whole... View Details
- 26 May 2022
- News
Northern California Club Honors Noom; LGBTQ Alumni Share HBS Stories
CEO and cofounder, Saeju Jeong, accepted the award and shared the company’s success story during the online “fireside chat” organized and cohosted by HBSANC board member and dinner chair Ben Dubin (MBA 1997) and HBSANC president and board... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 18 Mar 2014
- News
The Oz of Data Opens the Curtain
car, or making sure the doors are locked at night, or that we eat right every day. If we do that, every experience we have will be richer, because we are communicating better about our preferences." To that end, Howe, who took the helm at... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
The Birds and Bees in China
The fact that they are one billion in number confirms that the Chinese have at least a passing familiarity with the means of reproduction. Yet Leslie Kenny (MBA 1997) has built a thriving online business based on a Chinese desire for more... View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS
relatable—they can help listeners understand what makes HBS distinctive and how it’s making a difference in the world,” explains Brian Kenny, HBS’s chief marketing and communications officer and host of “Cold Call.” Two to three times a... View Details
- 09 Jul 2019
- News
The Road to Impact
need,” Offensend says. EDC partnered with U.S. VETS to create a marketing strategy to reach out to the 19,000 female veterans in the Southern California area, through an online portal. Responding to how vets used the site over the course... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Leveraging Veterans’ Competitive Advantage
employers are looking for.” Like recent college graduates and other young job seekers, however, veterans new to the civilian job market often lack networking skills and an awareness of opportunities that may fit their qualifications. To connect veterans with employers,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Price Is Right
generally guided by one of two types of norms-exchange norms and communal norms. In exchange norms, benefits are conferred to the partner with an expectation of timely reciprocation. Benefits in communal... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 22 Sep 2016
- News
Words and Pictures
sociocultural anthropology at UNC, Chapel Hill, and founded wdydwyd? — an online meme through which 2 million people have answered the question, Why do you do what you do? Some alumni have added new reflections on their original... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
MBA Program:Rapid Innovation in '96
first January cohort (who entered in January 1996 and proceeded straight through the program without a summer job) said they enjoyed the greater sense of community made possible by being part of a smaller group, while receiving the same... View Details