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- 10 May 2023
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Alumna Snags an Emmy
my internship at YouTube during HBS that I realized I could make a career out of these interests. The YouTube TV team was just starting to form in summer 2015 with a goal of reimagining cable TV and I was really intrigued by the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
In the Driver's Seat
NASCAR racing is one of the more popular spectator sports in the country, but it's a tight little fraternity that's tough to join and expensive to belong to — maintaining a competitive team costs about $15 million per season. But die-hard... View Details
- 15 Nov 2021
- News
Charles P. Waite (MBA 1959)
Charles P. Waite (MBA 1959) Two institutions completely changed the life of Charles P. Waite, says Patti Waite Bishop about her late father, a venture capital pioneer and founding partner at Greylock Management: the US Army and Harvard... View Details
- 18 Oct 2024
- News
My Worst Job
team and, you know, how to wash dishes, all skills I carry with me today. At spring reunions, we asked the alumni to share stories of their worst experiences in the working world. And this episode includes all sorts of life-altering... View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
- News
A Diversified Portfolio
funded. Dodi doesn't think VCs do this intentionally, "It's just that people invest in what they know and in who they are most comfortable with. When it's a choice between one team and another, they'll tend to fund people that are more... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
All For One
hunt to Brandeau. “If you really want to learn about leadership and innovation, you should come to Pixar,” he told her. In interviews with CEO Ed Catmull and Pixar leadership, Hill found an inclusive, democratic management approach that... View Details
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
On a Mission to Have an Impact
After founding the online cosmetics service Eve.com, Varsha Rao (MBA 1995) is now heading global operations for Airbnb, helping customers of this mission-driven company gain richer travel experiences by connecting them more closely to the... View Details
- 04 May 2017
- News
Going the Distance
where he worked 13 years for Cisco Systems during its meteoric rise. His passion for engaging with customers led him to run a global support organization for Cisco’s biggest customers. While at Cisco, the company sent him to HBS’s Advanced Management Program, where... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Cracks in the Foundation
authors, HBS professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin, found reason for hope, arguing that continued erosion of US competitiveness is not inevitable. While there's much that government can and should do, they strongly believe that the... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
Jacek Makowski (MBA 1960)
strategic vision. He was a founding partner in a Lawrence, Massachusetts, hydroelectric plant which was the first venture to take advantage of the 1978 National Energy Act’s alternative energy incentives. Later, he and his View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students
Kerr: There’s a lot of alignment between general management and entrepreneurial management. We define entrepreneurship following the early work of Howard Stevenson at HBS as “the pursuit of opportunity beyond resources controlled.” What entrepreneurs and their View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
startup itself.” Pathipati: “I am a member of the founding team and lead the investment effort at North Island, an innovative private equity firm established by Glenn Hutchins (MBA 1983) (previously... View Details
- 05 Oct 2016
- News
Harvard to Open Life Sciences Lab
possible by a gift from Judy (MBA 1983) and Steve Pagliuca (MBA 1982), the lab will offer shared space for high-potential life sciences and biotech startups that are founded by Harvard faculty, alumni, students, and postdoctoral scholars.... View Details
- 07 May 2020
- News
Ensuring Student Equity
2008, the nonprofit has grown to a staff of 35, who work with 2,500 volunteers each year and 50 partner organizations. Before the pandemic, Grumhaus, a former investment banker at Goldman Sachs and founding View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
A Creator in the Era of Disruption
have the chance to build their credit history other than the loan that they were being provided. So, it felt as if you needed to build infrastructure to actually help the village move up in their economic livelihoods and loans weren’t it. Morrell: That insight led him... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives
DZD. “The thing about founding a company in life sciences is that what you are trying to do has never been done before.” Aikili founder Laura Kelley (MBA 2019) agrees. “There’s a certain amount of passive skepticism required in this... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 10 Oct 2018
- News
Building Paths to Success
Michael Traill’s (MBA 1987) change-of-life moment came early one sleepless Saturday morning in 2001. He found himself staring at the clock, which read 5:56 a.m., unable to sleep, too troubled by the plight of a boy he was coaching on his... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Back to the Future
Dumbarton Oaks energy conference inspired by Energy Future. COURTESY ROBERT STOBAUGH An eighteen-year veteran of the energy and petrochemical industries who had left business to enter Harvard as a doctoral student in international business at the ripe old age of 37,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Fine Print: Alumni Recommend Their Best Reads
Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harari I found myself frequently searching Google for things I read about in the book, which extended the time it took to read it, but I always view this as a great sign. Among the highlights for me: We all share... View Details
- 28 Sep 2021
- News
Alumni Connections Drive Career Opportunities for Students
network. HBS’s 87,000-plus alumni serve as change makers and an important resource for students. Early in the pandemic, the CPD team made an appeal to alumni and recruiting partners that resulted in nearly 1,000 new full-time and... View Details
Keywords: Becca Carnahan