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- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Up to the Highest Heights
(Above: photo by Rick Pryce) Bill Tai (MBA 1987) is as renowned for his devotion to kiteboarding as for his savvy investments. Ten years ago, the “Kite VC,” as he is known in Silicon Valley, married his two... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
Tom Tierney and Jeff Bradach Photographs by Webb Chappell Related Links Read about one graduate’s work at Harlem Children’s Zone View a recent case on Youth Villages A decade ago, Jeff Bradach (PhDOB 1992) and Tom Tierney (MBA 1980)... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
learning how to assess a player’s potential. DeWitt Jr. graduated from Yale University and HBS, but he had enrolled in Baseball U. many years earlier. At age six, as a batboy for the St. Louis Browns, he met Babe Ruth; when he was nine, Browns’ owner View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
She’s Got Your Back
small—almost like an insurance policy.” Angie’s List has deep HBS roots. Cofounder and venture capitalist Bill Oesterle (MBA 1992) struggled to find service providers in Indianapolis to fix up his historic home, finally turning to Unified... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
graduation. Bill Clinton, move over. « Back to the top of the page Rockin' Round the Clock — Rajil Kapoor by James E. Aisner In a popular Boston nightspot, more than a thousand people (including a large... View Details
- 09 Sep 2016
- News
MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Bill Tai (MBA 1987) has built a whole professional community—that notably includes the likes of Richard Branson and Elon Musk—around the sport of kiteboarding. His... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
guy, one idiot—that's me—and millions of earthworms," he explains. Romantic notions of the simple life disappear during a visit to Wolf Creek Farm, which encompasses 1,600 acres of land and over 600 head of cattle at the edge of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. "This... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- News
Pittsburgh Alumni Annual Meeting Features PPG’s McGarry
Clubs News Clubs News Outgoing HBSA Pittsburgh President Bill Slivka (MBA 1976) (left) stands with guest speaker Michael McGarry (AMP 169 2005), Chairman and CEO of PPG, at the Association's Annual Meeting. Outgoing HBSA Pittsburgh... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Model Teamwork
commitment of two motivated veteran volunteers. Longtime class leader (and former HBS Fund Chair) Mike Johnston was joined by new cochair Bill Spears last summer. Invested in the future of the MBA Program,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Research Brief: Capitol Gains
representatives from the 101st to 110th Congresses. After assessing the main purpose of each bill and classifying each according to 49 industry categories, they watched how legislators voted when their home state's GDP was significantly... View Details
- 18 Mar 2021
- News
Authentically Leading with Blind Ambition
over $45 billion in contracts in the business world. Overcoming his own struggles and inspired by Bill’s teachings at HBS, Chad discovered blindness was a “gift” from which he developed the mental stamina and resilience to live his best... View Details
- 11 Aug 2011
- News
Heard on the Street and the She-E-Os
After its first a cappella group, The Tycoons, disbanded ca. 1970-71, HBS had to wait almost 20 years before two new a cappella groups, Heard on the Street (HOTS) and the She-E-Os, were founded in the late 1980s: HOTS in 1987 by View Details
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Running a Decathlon
Bill and Sandra Patton (photo by Tony LaBruno) While serving on the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee in 1979, William Patton Jr. (PMD 21, 1971) met Orange County superintendent of schools Robert... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Honoring a Legend
Atlanta Entrepreneurs Honor Nussey’s Impacts on Tech and Solar Catherine Cates (MBA 1983) & Bill Nussey (MBA 1996) Steve Kirschner (MBA 1986), Bill Nussey (MBA 1996), & John Yates (event host) Nussey... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Fall Speaker Series for Club Members
Six senior HBS faculty members, including Bill Kirby, Clay Christensen, and Bill George, will discuss their latest research with alumni this fall in the new Virtual Learning Series, sponsored View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Five-Star Research
a star. Elite reviewers—a Yelp-awarded certification—have nearly double the impact of other reviewers. In another study looking at movie reviews, Luca found that consumer reviews could correctly predict expert reviews 85 percent of the time. (And yes, this is a real... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- News
Carbon Neutral
Eacho, left, and Minnick (Getty Images) Congress is at a standstill over carbon. One side wants to regulate emissions as a pollutant; the other fears that any move to regulate oil and gas will impede growth and cost jobs. A compromise once pushed View Details
Keywords: Michael Blanding
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Elevator Pitch: Rec Checks
Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Concept: A social app (with Bill Gates as lead investor) that helps users find and share great experiences. Likewise... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Service Leadership Fellows Named
Eight members of the Class of 2005 left Soldiers Field last spring with one-year fellowships coordinated by the HBS Service Leadership Fellows Program. The program encourages graduating students to gain experience in nonprofit and... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952
Founding Partner, Asset Management Company Download Johnson profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1928 Born, Quincy, Illinois 1950 Earns BS, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University 1962 Launches Draper and Johnson Investment Company... View Details