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- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
resources are stretched very thin, we've had to become very entrepreneurial," Britt explains. "To generate income we license toy companies, retailers, and park operators to use our Sesame Street characters, and we publish are own... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
grown from $100 million to $800 million, and the company went public in March 2024 at a valuation of $6.5 billion. In this special edition of Skydeck Live, recorded at spring reunions, Wong sits down with classmate and FOMO Sapiens... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
done by an individual operating alone," Zschau declared. "The old business model of self-reliance, of doing everything ourselves, is no longer applicable in a world that's changing rapidly and has global markets." Zschau went on to... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 22 Oct 2018
- News
Sharing a Passion for Art
exterior plantings chosen for their structure and color to glass walls and a rooftop engineered to direct northern light into the galleries, Voorlinden reflects van Caldenborgh’s vision of creating “a special experience that combines art,... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Kicking Off a Startup: Jennifer Rottenberg (MBA '96)
Women's sports is one of the hottest growth sectors in the business of sports. A case in point is the National Soccer Alliance (NSA), a new women's professional soccer league currently in the startup phase. With exhibition games, special... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 10 Oct 2018
- News
Working with a Giver’s Spirit
entrepreneurs to become really large and successful,” says Ayala. “The way they create this multiplier effect is by helping scale up a very special kind of entrepreneur that we call the ‘high-impact entrepreneur.’” Endeavor Philippines... View Details
- 08 Jun 2018
- News
My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
of the things that was special to me about that was that I did it for elderly people. My neighbors were advanced in years. And I loved talking with them, just to hear their life lessons and all about their experiences. That was something... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
Tech, an engineering campus established by Cornell University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology on Roosevelt Island in Manhattan. Construction won’t be complete until 2037, but the doors are already open on the first phase; and once it is View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Leading Boston and Beyond
as it happened, Nova’s twin daughters had interned in the Mayor’s office. Segneri worked with then-Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis to launch Operation Safe Delivery, a comprehensive safety plan for local restaurants and delivery... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
the company to make more of an outreach to such customers. IBM responded with a special advertising campaign that resulted in more business and spurred the company's thinking about potential, untapped applications and uses for its... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Shaping the Way Business Does Business: HBR at 75
the times. HBR has been a voice for the concepts and practices that have created the practice of management - a profession that was in its infancy when the magazine was inaugurated in 1922. This month marks HBR's 75th anniversary, a landmark that the magazine has... View Details
- 17 Mar 2017
- News
Clare B. Hawthorne (MBA 2012)
engaged network was—and continues to be—a big part of the HBS experience for me,” she says. Hawthorne remembers many HBS moments that continue to have an impact on her life. One was a case discussion a Technology and Operations Management... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
considered making another run at Wall Street. Instead, he decided his public-service chapter wasn’t finished. He landed a government agency position, which led to a series of advancements, culminating in serving as special assistant to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
manufacture LSD. You can’t get traction. Just don’t go there. (HBS Archives Photography Collection, Baker Library Special Collections) (HBS Archives Photography Collection, Baker Library Special Collections)... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
vice president of the school's 1,200-member marketing club, she also served as its director of special projects in charge of six committees. At the same time, she and another student partner operated a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
assignments; Requiring that a different degree of directors’ wealth be at risk through investments in company shares to ensure they have interests totally aligned with those of shareholders; Completely separating the role of CEO and board chairman. This last innovation... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
A Match Made in Heaven
thought was an impossible situation, I said, ‘Yeah, Martin, go.’” Six months later, Koch offered Roper a job as vice president of operations. A Baker Scholar, the England-born Roper came to Boston Beer in 1994 after specializing in... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
of the field, six of the unit's faculty are also affiliated with other units, including finance, organizational behavior, technology and operations management, and ethics. MBA courses having entrepreneurial content include Entrepreneurial... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
that uses specialized buoys to convert wave energy into electricity. When Shendure and his cofounder launched the company in 2009, for example, they focused on electromagnetic generator technology that had never been used for large-scale... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
Internet, and corporations are now buying their entire travel budget through specialized applications we deliver over the Internet." Technology has also changed the decision-making process for airline employees, giving them "the ability... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry