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- 27 Oct 2016
- News
Paying It Forward
something like 800 cases—well, I was dying to do that. And it was a good bet because that was what led me to launch StopLift. Before HBS, I knew nothing about retail.” Almost 14 years later, the Cambridge, Massachusetts—based StopLift now employs nearly 200 View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace
people in all kinds of jobs, from the roustabouts who were doing the dirtiest work to the engineers and control room operators. Many were veterans of offshore work environments where proving their worth meant putting themselves in real... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
notes. "When you are on a flexible schedule, you aren't considered part of the regular workforce. People can assume that you don't want a career or that you don't care as much about moving forward." Such treatment often leads women to... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
and the costs sometimes associated with implementing "green" strategies - strong government regulation at home and abroad will continue to be necessary in order to motivate many businesses to become more environmentally accountable. He... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
force of the last few elections. While George W. Bush may have come to Washington promising to unite us, not divide us, he won reelection by doing the opposite. Instead of finding ways to bring people together, he exploited our divisions... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
COVID-19 response. In a recent blog post, the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative connected with several first and second year fellows to hear about their work. “Being able to see the impact my work is creating on people on a day-to-day... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
And while the role offered Howard the opportunity to apply her company-building skills, the company’s mission, “democratizing finance for all” was the main draw. “Knowing from my prior career experience just how many people don’t feel... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
Mosul. We supported the infantry soldiers who were securing the smaller towns on the roads leading to Baghdad from Kuwait. I didn’t get to fly, but I was given a leadership role. There was a lot of gratification in knowing that I was able to View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
opened to what process flow is, and they see it everywhere they go.” He adds that “my favorite part of the case is the bar operation. Since people are seated in groups of eight, often with strangers, it sometimes helps to have them drink... View Details
- 26 Jan 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Jill Applebaum (MBA 2015)
about how people think and what motivates them, and I was completely wrong. It really inspired me to create and facilitate a work environment where people are inspired and... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Transforming the lives of the needy across Pakistan
Having grown up in Pakistan, Tarim Wasim (MBA 2005) and other Boston-based students and professionals started the Association for the Development of Pakistan (ADP) in 2003 to support the best local nonprofits. Wasim, a Baker Scholar at HBS, was View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Earl “Butch” Graves Jr. (MBA 1988)
between hard work and good luck. Leading us through the pivot into the digital era has been gut-wrenching at times. People didn’t care about the 50 years of work that had come before. It was a process of dissolving while evolving. In... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
and growing and sustaining the enterprise. "We can't teach people how to come up with ideas, but we can teach them how to analyze ideas already available to them," he explains. "We also teach that entrepreneurs must react quickly not only... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
the Student Association (SA) and began one of the most active tenures of any SA president in recent memory. "I was motivated by the people at HBS and wanted to make a positive impact on the community,"... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
our capital so that we can get a return on it. Potentially, we can even garner some strategic advantage from the relationships.” When evaluating offshore deals, cost saving isn’t the primary motivating factor, explains Breyer of Accel... View Details
- 02 Mar 2020
- News
Cheese Whiz
Indian paneer, Palestinian Ackawi, and a range of Hispanic cheeses, such as asadero and Cotija. “Business is pretty simple,” Scharfman told the Wisconsin State Journal. “Identify a market need, figure out how to do it, get access to capital. I add a fourth, which is... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
of Total Motivation by Neel Doshi and Lindsay McGregor (MBA 2013) (HarperBusiness) The authors show how to use cutting-edge psychology to unlock people’s innate desire to innovate, experiment, and adapt so as to produce higher sales, more... View Details
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
truly customer-centric, Kristy and I have to be working hand in glove,” says Flatley. It’s something she learned as she rose through the ranks of PepsiCo: The people who own the insights, she says, are closest to the consumer. “I see her... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
person you couldn’t take your eyes off for a minute. He got me motivated to start a business.” His lectures were so memorable and controversial — he once lectured his students on how to pick a wife — that many former students who have... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal
that. They were an extremely sophisticated group who knew about the world, and they really motivated me.” One of only a few African Americans in his class, O’Neal says simply: “Not a lot of people looked... View Details