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01 Oct 1999
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Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act

the single most important factor in the rapid proliferation of personal computers. Bricklin, who took a shine to computer programming while still in high school in the 1960s, earned an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering and... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

01 Sep 2020
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Righting the Ship

Fourth, Shackleton made his men believe that they could do it, that they could all get back to safety alive. How did he do this, create such self-belief in his team and thus make them part of the solution?... View Details

01 Mar 2015
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Case Study: The Speed of Light

from the firm’s Cranford headquarters, allowing its eight-person team to provide fast, personal service. The company also takes an “engineering approach” to services, investing in skilled technicians rather than relying on less costly... View Details

Keywords: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Jan 2003
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James E. Burke, MBA 1949

within a year of the crisis, thanks to decisions by Burke and his team to recall millions of bottles and replace them in a matter of weeks with pioneering tamper-resistant... View Details

01 Jun 2015
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Screen Grab

meaningful revenue for them.” As an example, Trainor cites High Maintenance, a Vimeo-produced web series created by husband-and-wife team Ben Sinclair and Katja Blichfeld that follows a nameless pot dealer... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment

02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word

federal prosecutors declared us a criminal enterprise? I was sick as I notified our investors and briefed our board. We mobilized an attorney to the East Coast. The investor group met as scheduled the next... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

01 Dec 2004
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Retirement's Changing Face

HBS alumni have a complicated relationship with the notion of retirement. The simple vision of leaving one’s career at the age of 65 and moving to a sunny clime to while away the days playing golf may work well for some. But an... View Details

Keywords: Personal Services

01 Oct 2002
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Sam Hayes

musician, Hayes plays the pipe organ and cello, “but only with family” — a select group that consists of his wife, Barbara, and their three daughters View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

14 Dec 2015
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A Leader’s Call to Action

management role at the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation that included a team of 42 union and administrative workers spanning four counties. At 34, she was assigned line responsibility for electric line... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 1996
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An Entrepreneurial Journey

billion in annual revenues. Continental merged with US WEST Media Group in November 1996. "Working with US WEST, within the next five to eight years we will be delivering to people's homes a whole package of services, including video,... View Details

18 Jan 2022
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HBS Alumni Mentor Students; Shanghai Club Hosts Entrepreneurship Conference

live music by a string orchestra, a product ‘fashion show,’ and a few games with prizes.” Overall, Dai and Gong say the Entrepreneurship Forum was an overwhelming success, in terms of participation—a record... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

28 May 2019
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2019

financial guts of the business world when I was a teenager.” Big fail: Missing the cut for the high school volleyball team. “I asked the coach what I needed to do to make the team the next year. She told me, View Details

13 Mar 2018
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Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission

they found a good place to hide in the mountains. The next day, though, that team was attacked, and here, Brady tells the story of the last-minute decision that kept him from the subsequent, ill-fated rescue... View Details

05 Apr 2018
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A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art

many of the artists that Joyner and her husband, private equity investor Alfred Giuffrida, collect are enjoying increased visibility. Major museums in the United States (and beyond) are reevaluating the artists’ careers View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

21 Dec 2022
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HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

Julia Kirynova, CEO of Smart Holding; Volodymyr Kostiuk, Executive Director of Farmak; Andrei Pivovarsky, Managing Director of WOG Holding BV; and Arina Korchmaryov, VP North America Business Group of... View Details

01 Oct 1996
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Lasting Impressions

activities. I still view work as an arena where I can thrive and grow, but in 25 years I've gone from being a rookie on the team to being a star player, and now I'm really... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

01 Dec 2019
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John McArthur

several years ago, and to thank him again. I try to remember his example and to look out for students who might be feeling like a misfit here. Because our admissions team... View Details

Keywords: Dean

01 Dec 2010
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Innovation Takes Center Stage

can also be a difficult place for these groups to do their best work, said Nohria. “This has to be a place in which the best talent from all over the world can come and fully thrive,” he added. “In my own... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

01 Oct 2000
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The Entrepreneurial Venture

Sahlman: Good venture capitalists are process literate: They have been through the game many times, they know where the traps are, and they know how to avoid them. They also have a strong set of relationships that they can bring to bear... View Details

01 Dec 2007
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The Wise Men

Group (he remains on the boards of Cumberland Farms and the Marine Biological Laboratory). Retired from the classroom since 1997, he continues to guide student field study projects. “Contact with students... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna

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