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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
pedigree, becoming a VC wasn’t the original plan. Instead, Tim Draper wanted to be an entrepreneur. He had some good ideas, he says, which ran the gamut from digitizing music (back in the early 1980s) to a new global stock market to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
John Mulroney: Center Stage at the Opera
acknowledges that his role is important, but with no formal music training, he has no illusions that he could run the whole show. Yes, money is essential, but "a big, fat checkbook, without an artistic director? I couldn't do it. I... View Details
- 09 May 2013
- News
Road Trip
companies they will be visiting, and what makes them interesting case studies: Red Ants Pants (White Sulphur Springs, Montana). USA-made work clothes designed to fit women, including 70 sizes of pants. Founded in 2006 by Montana Entrepreneur of the Year Sarah Calhoun.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)
Special treat: A Parisian pear tart with ice cream. “A sweet tooth is just one tooth. I have a sugar mouth.” Good times: Listening to music, playing piano and guitar, dancing with family and friends. “I like musicians such as Angélique Kidjo, Bono, and Bob Geldof who... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
A Casual Approach to Success
Hellman takes a casual, often humorous view of his accomplishments. He’d rather talk about his love for bluegrass music than The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., an organization his firm made headlines with when it invested $240 million in it.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Breaking Down Barriers: The Electronic Wallet
help users compare product prices, keep track of their purchases, and store information. For example, a music buff who has conveyed information about her online CD purchases to Ticketmaster could be notified when one of her favorite... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
Chairman, Wolfensohn & Company, LLC Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION University of Sydney, 1954 B.A., Economics, Music University of Sydney, 1957 LL.B. LESSONS FROM HBS “The School gave me the opportunity... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
underlying price of the asset is increasing. It lures people to overextend credit and to overinvest on the prospect that they too will benefit before the music stops. In this case, the music stopped, and as... View Details
- 12 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Minal Mehta (MBA 2011)
the best music and dance of Bollywood and infuse it with an interval training–based cardio workout to create a fitness program that is both physically and mentally invigorating for our class participants. We have designed a unique... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
mistake, they put a little note in the jar about it. And when it’s full, everybody celebrates. I thought that was great. In every musical composition, there are notes and pauses. And the pauses are as important as the notes in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
readable page-turner, for avid Sinatraphiles as well as more casual fans of his music and films. It examines the positive and negative forces that made Sinatra, Sinatra. Logra Tu Dream (Achieve Your Dream): How 50 Successful Latinos &... View Details
- 13 Oct 2016
- News
Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease
unwinds by playing the harmonica, often with an audience of just one: Baron, his Bernese Mountain Dog. “My wife and kids have stopped listening, but that’s OK,” he laughs. “The music takes me to a simpler place and keeps me grounded.... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
planet, she was touring as a supporting act for New Kids on the Block—a boy band beyond their glory years. Part of what explains her meteoric rise is her talent. But it's not sufficient to just have talent. Her manager did an excellent job, rolling out her View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
balance between work and home life, and expressing oneself using theater exercises. At Coopers & Lybrand and Goldman Sachs, consultant Benjamin Zander, for example, conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, has used music and... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 23 Aug 2017
- News
Developing Leaders Behind Bars
Personally, I was also there to learn more about the population of incarcerated people – now up to 2.2 million just in the United States. What surprised you most about the prison and the people you met? After an hour of security processing, I was led into a gymnasium,... View Details
Keywords: Robert Bochnak
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Screen Tested
been anything but a shower singer, but I’ve always loved musical theater. I was in the HBS Show my first year and co-wrote the show in 1999, BGIE Nights, which was a takeoff on Boogie Nights.” HBS takeaway: “Professor Myra Hart brought in... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
The Physical Campus in a Virtual World
studying on our campus. In the same way that recorded music is a complement, not a substitute, for attending a live concert, and in the same way that watching a ballgame on television can’t really compete with the experience of sitting in... View Details
Keywords: Nitin Nohria
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
14 for '14
courtesy of John Piscitello "The endless choice of the 'long tail' is filling listeners with a sense of clutter and boredom. Highly produced, ear-catching pop music feels refreshing in this environment, so look for a small number of top... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Street Singer
became aware of a power that I could depend on. And as I learned to be active in my faith, I felt like I gained more and more strength and clarity.” For Harris, music is another facet of spirituality. Her first experience with singing... View Details
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Jen Wong (MBA 2004) joined Reddit as COO in 2018, the user-generated content site wasn’t exactly a burning building...but it might have been... View Details