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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
(MBA 2019) Kenneth Chenault (MBA 2019) Kevin Chenault (MBA 2021) Kevin Chenault (MBA 2021) To answer their question, the group inaugurated the ARF as a GoFundMe project that raised $40,000 within 12 hours. The fund has since evolved into a nonprofit that streamlines... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 27 Oct 2016
- News
Paying It Forward
how fortunate I am, especially in light of my dad’s history. I’m also happy that my son Ricky has started taking an interest in helping too. For example, he led a workshop introducing the kids to Scratch programming, and donated his own... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
The Baby Business
market. As an individual, you don’t want to stand out on a street corner and tap people on the shoulder and ask them if they’d like to donate their eggs or their sperm to you. You want an arm’s-length transaction. That creates a nice... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
One-on-One with Edwin Reed
affordable-housing development, and commercial revitalization. Total revenues for Allen will soon top $25 million per year, with about half coming from donations to the church (the cathedral’s average weekly collection is $235,000) and... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
for projects in areas such as agriculture, public works, and social programs. Loans total some $17 billion annually. Using capital donated by wealthy countries, the International Development Association, founded in 1960, provides some $6... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
Protecting the Power Grid
chairman and president; sectionmate Paul Schwarzbaum (MBA 1988) agreed to serve as a director. “We aim to protect industrialized societies against the long-term collapse of infrastructure through technical and regulatory solutions,” says Popik, who View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
The Burning Man Project
to be shared in perpetuity, they donated their shares back to a nonprofit. The money involved is pretty staggering. We sell tickets. They're $400 each this year. That changes year to year. And we have to lease the land it's on from the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Navigating Uncertainty: Dean Datar on HBS’s Path Forward
With Harvard navigating an array of pressures, Jana Kierstead, Executive Director of the MBA and Doctoral Programs and External Relations, spoke with Dean Srikant Datar about how HBS is responding to new challenges while maintaining its focus on strategic priorities.... View Details
- 01 Feb 2018
- News
HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86
five grandchildren. A celebration of Uyterhoeven’s life will be held in Vero Beach on Tuesday, Feb. 6, at 10:30 a.m., in the John’s Island Golf Club Ballroom and at Harvard Business School on Saturday, May 5 at 10:30 a.m. in the Spangler Center. In lieu of flowers,... View Details
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
supply-demand issues—the need for donated bone marrow and stem cells that is so challenging for patients with diseases like leukemia—and that there were more people in need than there were in supply,” she says. “What was liquid gold, for... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 30 Apr 2025
- News
A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado
DC Panel Looks at Social Enterprise in a New Government Landscape The HBS Club of Washington, DC teamed up with the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) on April 2, to present an alumni panel discussion on social impact titled “New Perspectives in Social Enterprise,”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
On Credit
future historians, as few of those reports survive. In 1933, the firm merged with its closest competitor, J.M. Bradstreet & Co., to become Dun & Bradstreet. Dun & Bradstreet donated the credit volumes to Baker in 1962. “They say they will... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
it is more important than ever. Nonprofits rely on corporations, foundations, philanthropists, and ordinary citizens for funding, all of whom have far less money for donations than they did prior to the financial meltdown. The donors... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
fashion closet, thousands of books, original artwork for magazine covers — “and it was the sale of the century,” says Moore with pride. “It was also a wonderful redistribution of the wealth within the building.” In addition, the sale raised $10,000, which was View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
an additional $100,000 donation to the H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professorship, a capstone contribution for the three-year, $5 million fundraising effort that included earlier gifts from PepsiCo, alumni, and corporate donors. "H. Naylor Fitzhugh... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
the Lululemons, YogaWorks, Wanderlusts, and donation models such as Vaccaro’s can coexist and thrive, says Deshpandé, all proliferating into increasingly narrow segments of a seemingly limitless market. In the end, maybe that’s the real... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
quite a lot. People donate a lot. There's just this energy of helping each other and Mapan, for example, embraced that energy so that we can deliver products. And that will create the value that then eventually creates profits. I do... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
around common objectives." The Met's admissions policy is unusual: The museum, as Deborah Winshel puts it, "relies on the good grace of the visitor" for admissions revenue, with a suggested donation of $10 for adults. "We are a tremendous... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
market value rather than let his heirs unknowingly commit the collection’s disposal to their next garage sale or as a donation to Goodwill. If you’re in a similar situation, you’ll want to know this story. This book includes many color... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
insignificant, faculty and student organizers emphasize that the contest’s value lies well beyond such monetary rewards and services, which are donated by corporate sponsors and the HBS Entrepreneurship Program. “The measure of success is... View Details