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- 01 Aug 1998
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High Honors
president. Pounding away steadily, Fudge eventually broke through. The scene couldn't have been more symbolic of Fudge's life. As an African-American woman, she has been breaking down walls since she was a child, quietly dismantling the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Stan O’Neal
believer in the U.S. financial markets, O’Neal says that “despite some breaks in the system, the financial markets efficiently allocate capital to the best opportunities. This is the foundation of our society.” With offices at the World... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
it was all about, but the rest of them would shrug and go ahead with the job and draw their pay and bitch to the shop steward about coffee breaks and work standards and seniority and how come I got moved over onto the damn grinder and... View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Joanna M. Jacobson, MBA 1987
coaching the CEO of a charter school management organization. "I love working with spectacular people and helping break down the barriers that stand in their way." View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
more sports for kids like me and the youth in Africa,’” says Williams. His face breaks out into a smile. “No one ever came to me when I was a banker, shook my hand, and said, ‘Thank you for building that dam.’” Two days before the 2022... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
Tilden’s cofounders, the year ahead will be a big one. They took a break one afternoon at HBS last fall to share their story, along with a tasting of the product. Sitting at a long table in the Spangler dining room, Wood pulled open the... View Details
- 22 Jul 2024
- News
Viral Marketing’s Early Muse
year but got nowhere—so in 2009 he produced a music video, “United Breaks Guitars,” and posted it to YouTube. The video went viral, received widespread coverage in traditional media outlets (Wall Street Journal, CNN, and others), and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
MBA Material
Some of the 78 participants in the HBS Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP) keep the conversation going during a break in activities. This past summer, the one-week program marked its 25th year of introducing promising college... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
She decides to sleep on it. Come morning, Foalea is charged with leading a team of peers to turn one of these kernels of an idea into a business—in one day. This is Startup Lockdown, a small student-created, student-driven program that turns Spring View Details
- 07 Jul 2016
- News
Creating a Viable Future in Rural Africa
member of the American Refugee Committee. Ruhr says rarely a week goes by that she doesn’t call to mind an HBS mantra: “Just break it down.” “Anything that seems overwhelming. I tell the staff, ‘It’s just ‘next step and next step, and you... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Decisions through the Ages
teenager trying to raise money to buy a computer. By getting readers to analyze the issues involved and breaking projects into steps, it helps youngsters (and adults, too) to develop initiative and logical decision-making. View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Consultant on the Go
publicity and staying on task. While accumulating some 500,000 frequent-flier miles a year, Charan pursues his passion: helping executives solve problems. The northern India native would rather talk — in plain English — about how to break... View Details
- 09 Nov 2022
- News
Public Good
“I’ve got to listen and learn before I make major changes.” Hudson’s background includes 25 years of experience in the corporate world, most recently in the field of medical technology. After a year-long break following a successful IPO,... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Gregory Slayton (MBA '90)
Last summer Gregory W. Slayton (MBA '90) took a break from the rapid pace of Silicon Valley. The peace and quiet of a family vacation allowed him some time to reflect and, incidentally, he mentions, to start three companies. Slayton seems... View Details
- 11 Apr 2020
- News
Reading Together, Apart
as a quasi babysitting service, enabling grandparents to bond with their grandchildren while parents take breaks to shower or make an important call. Another is that kids are using the app for virtual playdates. They can play tic-tac-toe... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Recognizing the Value Proposition
Greylock Partners, one of the country’s first—and foremost— venture capital firms. “I don’t think the term ‘venture capital’ was in anyone’s vocabulary when we were students,” he notes. Joining Greylock and overseeing its early involvement in the software industry was... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
they spent their winter breaks from college on a scale from 1 (“no regret at all”) to 7 (“a lot of regret”). Some of the students were contacted a week after returning from their winter break; other students were asked to look back on how... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
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Research Brief: The Fresh Start Effect
rest of life and create an opportunity to make a psychological break from the past, Beshears says. These moments, such as a new calendar year or a birthday, lend themselves to high-level thinking in a way that the average Tuesday just... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Thumbs Up Down Under
(www.sitesalive.com). On November 27, Great American II sailed into Melbourne Harbor, breaking Mandarin's record by some 29 hours. "This is the first land we've seen since New York, but I tell you, it never gets dull out there," Wilson... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
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Edwin Yu: Bidding on the Future
The conventional wisdom is that Asian businesspeople tend to avoid confrontation and take only calculated risks. Edwin Yu is clearly breaking that mold. Last April he came out on top in the first boardroom proxy fight in South Korean... View Details