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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Derek Ferguson
Derek T. Ferguson (MBA 1990) could be mistaken for a minister by fellow commuters on the train from Connecticut to Manhattan. Yet his calling is not to the pulpit, but to the midtown headquarters of Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group, a privately held View Details
- 09 Feb 2015
- News
Remembering John Whitehead (MBA 1947)
later as deputy secretary of state; guided the citizens of New York City through the protracted process of rebuilding and revitalizing following the terrorist attacks of 2001; and applied his philanthropic principles and vision at HBS in establishing the View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
with significant rewards," says Stacey M. Childress (MBA '00), director of the School's Initiative on Social Enterprise (ISE), which coordinates the fellowship program. Childress, herself a former fellow who... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Breaking the cycle of poverty in urban areas
Silbert. “It seems counterintuitive, but it’s possible to be undernourished and overweight.” She adds: “If we all work together and commit resources, we can break the cycle of intergenerational poverty in urban America.” During her student days at HBS, Silbert joined... View Details
- 30 Mar 2022
- News
Giving Hope and Comfort
items—the soap and the shampoo—that were most prized by the organizations that received the donations. A social worker from Catholic Charities who called Feingold to thank him explained that few people think to donate such expensive... View Details
- 04 Feb 2011
- News
Using Crowdcasting To Find Treatments
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Bold Idea Takes Off
when she won the Social Enterprise Pitch for Change business plan competition for Global Citizen Year (GCY), a nonprofit she envisioned to provide American teens with a “bridge year” between high school and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Students Reach Out to Haiti
Several student relief efforts sprang up in the wake of February’s earthquake in Haiti. Partners In Health, which has been working in the country for over twenty years, was the beneficiary of choice for many of the first-year section charity auctions. As part of his... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Lydia M. Marshall: Gumption and Grace
former boss at Citicorp, her social worker mother, her physician grandfather, her husband -- she is also justifiably proud of her own accomplishments. After nine years in consumer banking at Citicorp, in 1985 Marshall was hired as a... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
NYC Club Hosts Nonprofit Summit
More than 275 leaders from New York City’s most influential social service organizations gathered on September 23 for the second annual Social Enterprise Summit, hosted by the... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Community Investment
that entered the business world at a time when, as one classmate puts it, "we certainly heard more praise for socialism than capitalism" - respond to questions about their personal and professional involvement in View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Generation Next
corollary are the US industrialists of the 19th century, who built legacy charities and cultural institutions alongside their business empires. Outside work, Nisa supports Dasra, an Indian social enterprise... View Details
- 22 Jul 2014
- News
Hungry for Change
Editor's note: Rob Zeaske was appointed director of the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative in July 2020. Read more. As CEO of Second Harvest Heartland, a hunger-relief organization based in St. Paul,... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 12 May 2021
- News
Aid from Afar
As HBS student Shyamli Badgaiyan watched the COVID-19 crisis surge in India in recent weeks, the Delhi native felt anxious and helpless. “I found myself thinking of ways to help from afar—an instinct I would later learn many students across the country were also... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Entrepreneur’s Rwandan Start-Up Gets HBS Support
SCHARPF: Seeking cost-effective raw materials in Rwanda. Elizabeth Scharpf (MBA ’07) is on a roll. Determined to put her MBA skills to work addressing socioeconomic and public health problems in developing nations, she has launched a View Details
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Giving Hope and Comfort
volunteer with the organization. In 2021, the organization gave away 2 million items to more than 225 other nonprofits. He estimates that staggering number will meet less than 10 percent of the true need in Massachusetts. "A solution isn't a solution unless it's the... View Details
- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
manufacturing hives and offering village-level demonstrations and training. A social enterprise that has won multiple international awards, Honey Care also provides a guaranteed market at fair trade prices... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Springboard Boosts Funding Prospects for Women Entrepreneurs
podium at HBS on November 9 during the Springboard: New England 2001 venture capital forum to pitch their businesses to some 200 investors in the audience. Organized by the Washington, D.C.- based nonprofit Springboard Enterprises and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
conjunction with the Social Enterprise Initiative, gives nonprofit leaders the tools to look at their operations from a strategic level. The giving goes both ways, however. The faculty—including Alnoor... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Student Snapshot
Second-year student Carlin (“Carly”) Janson divides her time between studying at HBS and managing the Catalyst Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship (Catalyst Alliance), the Cambridgebased social View Details