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- 04 Jan 2024
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Great Heights
challenge that experienced mountaineers say is greater even than Mount Everest. “It was the biggest, most vast, most intimidating mountain I had ever beheld in my life,” Kostova says, recalling the first time she set eyes on Denali. “I... View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford
- 11 Oct 2023
- News
Soldier On
responsibilities of a leader at a moment like that? PJ: I think the majority of my leadership training comes from my time that I spent in the Marine Corps as an infantry officer. We were always taught that the leader should be at the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The Internet's Next Frontier
business leaders navigate this rapidly evolving next frontier of the internet, build new ventures in it, and adapt existing business models so that companies and organizations can take advantage of opportunities that are emerging because... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Seth Klarman, MBA 1982
President, The Baupost Group Download Klarman profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1957 Born, New York City 1979 Joins Mutual Shares full time 1982 Baupost is launched 1990 Creates Klarman Family Foundation... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Use bailout money for new ventures, not old ones
- 01 Dec 2019
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Bridging the Gap
brought an extra white shirt for the afternoon; the first would be gray by the time they got back to the office. A manufacturing hub for everything from Buster Brown socks to Chris-Craft boats—with plenty of steel and coal foundries to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
faster adoption? Kennealey is convinced that advertising—as easy as it would be in the short-term—is the wrong path. “We see ourselves as the independent voice at the time of transaction,” he notes. Given that Nester is committed to the... View Details
- 03 Nov 2023
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Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum
informative, engaging and thought-provoking.” The HBS Club of Seattle reported that their GNN gathering was officially its “best attended” event with more than 100 alumni in attendance. The cocktail reception featured wines by women... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 18 Jan 2018
- News
The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast
work it. Let's give ourselves a set time period and work really hard at how we change that. Now, that's not something I did, but being able to help identify the people who can help change public opinion, in this case, within the View Details
- 19 Jan 2024
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The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix
companies have a binary choice. That they can either move quickly or they can build trust. In fact, you can do both, Morriss told me. You must do both. And really, she says, most of our problems deserve a more urgent response. Morriss and... View Details
- 26 Jan 2022
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Making Peace with Anger
46 employees, and an estimated value of $25 million. Today, Walker & Dunlop is a publicly traded company with a market cap close to $5 billion. While Walker has led massive growth at the company, he realized several years ago that the way... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
development projects that are imposed from above, with little concern for local needs. By the time she arrived at HBS, Dlodlo was herself the single mother of a two-year-old daughter, a circumstance that made business school a grind:... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Multimedia Martha: Sharon Patrick Cooks Up A Winner
Inc. When did you first meet Martha Stewart? Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in 1993. I had completed my time at McKinsey and Rainbow, where I had become a startup and turnaround person. I was finishing a year off, and I was undertaking... View Details
- 24 May 2017
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John J. Brennan, MBA 1980
Express Chairman Emeritus, The Vanguard Group It’s 6 a.m. on a Sunday and Jack Brennan is making pancakes for his grandson, Jack, taking advantage of an opportunity to spend quality time with his namesake as the rest of the family sleeps.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 1998
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Simmons Family Endows Professorship
The only way to truly appreciate what you have is to work for it," says Roy W. Simmons, the 82-year-old chairman of Utah-based Zions Bancorporation, one of the most successful bank holding companies in the country. Simmons speaks from... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
objectives of a public company should be and who should decide objectives and strategy. It was one of those times when I thought the answer was obvious, but it turned out that some of my respected... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
leaders. “The fact that we as a school are strengthening our understanding of businesses around the world and bringing that understanding into our classrooms affirms the HBS mission,” says Winston. “We’ve come a long way from a time when... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2011
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Who Was George F. Baker?
years. Under his conservative leadership, the First National Bank prospered. His business acumen extended to serving on the boards of more than forty corporations. Even so, TIME magazine asked in 1924, “Who Is George F. Baker?” At 84, he... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 11 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael Kim (MBA 1990) of MBK Partners. Often referred to as one of... View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
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Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
in Africa. “Why? Because they’re getting returns,” she says. “We’ve shown that you can merge impact work with investing without sacrificing returns. But you can’t just arrive and set up. Africa is 54 separate and distinct countries. You need View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley