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- 12 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Minal Mehta (MBA 2011)
Bollywood stage production. And when Bollywood was exploding across college campuses in my undergrad years at UC Berkeley, I was leading my dance team to sweep national competitions. It feels like BollyX had always been in the cards. "It... View Details
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Brett Lindsay Laffel
Growing up as the daughter of transplanted New Yorkers deep in the heart of Red Sox Nation proved formative for Brett Lindsay Laffel. "I was raised as a Yankees fan in enemy territory," Brett says. "In order to wear my... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Mom Corps
it has expanded into four additional cities and has drawn favorable coverage in a variety of national and regional publications. O’Kelly, who recently won an entrepreneurship award from Working Mother (September 11, 2006), told the... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
startup scene. In addition to moving home, she'd had open heart surgery and changed jobs several times. Meanwhile, Egypt had become a hotbed of startup activity. Last fall, Enan stepped into the role of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
Photography by Michael Stravato From cofounding the first aerial tramway high above Costa Rica’s rainforest canopy, to helping a two-person wind-energy startup become an industry leader, to making a quixotic run for US Congress, Michael... View Details
- 14 Oct 2010
- News
Jobs Bill Misses Mark
In an interview on the nationally syndicated morning news show The Takeaway, Lerner explained. “We all love small business, but if we really want to create new jobs, we’re turning over the wrong rock.” Citing a recent research paper by... View Details
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Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy - Course Catalog
sectors (e.g., the retail industry in Chile, or the startup sector in Israel) or particular policies (inflation targeting in Brazil), and others span multiple countries (Chinese investments in Africa, or climate change). The course itself... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- News
Clearing the Path to Citizenship
cofounded Boundless Immigration, a Seattle-based startup that streamlines the processes for applying for a marriage green card—permission for a US citizen’s non-citizen spouse to live and work permanently in the United States—and US... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
comprehensive micro-data allow us to study how the entry rate, the distribution of entry sizes, and survival rates for firms responded to changes in banking competition. We also distinguish the relative effect of the policy reforms on the entry of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Ameel Somani
1970s, government nationalization took it all, leaving the family with "nothing." But Ameel's father responded with entrepreneurship in Canada, creating a chain of optical/eye glass shops. "I've always been inspired by my... View Details
- 21 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 21
largely emphasizes the collective benefits of market creation and overlooks the costs borne by individual evangelists. Through an inductive multiple-case study of five startup competitors, we traced firms’ efforts to stake out a new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Good as Our Word
And finally, how would the firm acquire status as a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization, an SEC designation that is considered a key “must-have” by many credit ratings customers? In the classroom, Becker says, students... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Making Eco Easy
Competition (photo by Susan Young) That realization later led Paiji Yoo (who left HBS after her first year to pursue a mobile shopping startup she created) and her sectionmate John Mascari (MBA 2012) to cofound Blueland, which makes... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
September 2021 Alumni Books
entrepreneurs is Mary Kay Ash, a legend as a glass-ceiling breaker and a woman who built a very successful business with a go-to-market strategy of direct selling. Unlike Mary Kay Ash, however, not all aspiring business owners are willing or able to invest their... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Aug 2013
- News
A Cure for Cold Storage
wins, combined with a July 2012 paper that detailed the science behind the technology, attracted attention from the likes of the Economist and National Public Radio. Soon, Schrader no longer had to cold call the pharma companies—they were... View Details
- 18 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Career Advice: Transforming the Energy Industry
facing and as I interacted more with startups, investors, national labs, and universities, it became clear that there's much more going on outside. In order to be an active participant in this community, it was important for me to lean... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Bright Future for Green Business
gathered in Cumnock Hall. The world population is exploding, and resource use is skyrocketing, particularly in rapidly developing nations like China and India, said Nordan, president of the analyst group Lux Research. “If you do that math... View Details
- 11 Dec 2014
- News
Fashion's Retail Revolution
company Value Retail—and HBS alumni are the founders, chairmen, and CEOs of some of the sector’s hottest properties, from textile manufacturing leader Esquel Group to DIY makeup startup Mink. The business minds are suddenly as influential... View Details
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Energy & Environment Club’s Icelandic Adventure! - Blog - Business & Environment
Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business... View Details