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- 24 Apr 2014
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Creating connections among consumers
embraced technology and tools that make it easier for members to access reviews and deals. “Our members want help with hiring decisions that have a high cost of failure if done improperly, so they’re happy... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
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Streamlining the Supermarket
whom he’d known since high school. They were equally intrigued. “We thought, why don’t we use that technology to disrupt the grocery industry by bringing the same type of efficiencies to the supermarket?”... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Up by the Roots
When he graduated from high school in 1994, Will Hsu (MBA 2006) had no plans to take over his father’s ginseng farm—there just didn’t seem to be a future in it. Hsu’s Ginseng Enterprises Inc. was one of the largest operations in central... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 01 Jun 2012
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The American Dream
part of a field study, she worked out an idea for a digital library for users of computer-aided design (CAD). That became InPart Design, a company she sold to Parametric Technology for a reported $60 million two years after founding it.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
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BOOK: Ruling the Waves
that commerce craves, and the stability that society demands." Time and again, Spar writes, "once the technological frontier has moved beyond a certain point, power and profits seem to shift away from those who break the rules and back to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Martin Gonzalez - Quiet Courage
remission, and “feeling healthy,” Gonzalez has accepted a job in marketing with General Mills in Minneapolis, postponing for now his entrepreneurial dream — a venture that would introduce new engineering View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
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Customizing Couture Online
The way Áslaug Magnúsdóttir sees it, her new website, Tinker Tailor, which uses interactive web technology to customize high-end designer clothing, is an old-school approach to fashion. “Couture always was a collaboration between the... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
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The Play Alchemist
When Jessica Matthews (AB 2010, MBA 2014) was 19 and in her junior year of college, she and some classmates invented the Soccket, a soccer ball that generates and stores electricity during play. It was designed to provide a clean source... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Dec 2020
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Two Truths and a Lie About 5G
Illustration by Mengxin Li After years of speculation, 2020 was meant to be a big year for the implementation of 5G, the fifth generation of standards for broadband cellular networks. And somewhere between a pandemic and a mountain of... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 08 May 2015
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Ubiquitous digital connectivity is now essential to competitiveness
Marco Iansiti, the David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration, believes all businesses—both established and startup—must embrace digital transformation. Iansiti’s analysis of innovation in digital technology at View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
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Forward Thinking
You can ask the internet anything, but getting an answer via generative artificial intelligence consumes about 10 times more electricity than a traditional Google search. Consequently, the data centers where AI tools are trained and run are guzzling more and more... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
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Giving Kids Tech Tools to Make an Impact
Amy Kadomatsu (MBA 1998) believes every student can be an innovator and use technology as a force for good. As chair of the board of directors at Mouse, a youth development nonprofit that empowers students to create with View Details
- 02 Jan 2020
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Empowering Rural Communities
and his cofounders saw an opportunity to create a new kind of energy company—a hybrid of a traditional utility and a financial entity. Guzman Energy, a subsidiary of Guzman & Company, would not be weighed down by the same legacy investments in carbon-based power View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
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Short Takes
product prototype would have meant costly and time-consuming changes. In contrast, the second technology could adapt much more readily to design changes, including late-stage customer requests, thus allowing designers greater latitude and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Mar 2006
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Drive-In Nation
a dealer’s back lot, it will nonetheless embody a defining moment in a global race for supremacy. Manufactured by Toyota, this is the car that will propel the Japanese company ahead of General Motors as the world’s largest automaker, a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
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Ears to the Ground
division. When Ralph Clark (MBA 1993) took over as CEO of ShotSpotter in 2010, he inherited a groundbreaking technology and a broken business model. The company uses sensors, strategically placed throughout an urban area, to instantly... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
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At Cyberposium, Amazon's Bezos Debunks Internet Myths
movie theaters did with the advent of television. Myth #2: There are no barriers to entry on the Internet. What about the huge sums, asked Bezos, that Amazon and other e-commerce companies invest in their businesses? Barriers to entry are actually getting higher in the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
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Starting Lineup: Power Plays
by Business Insider in December, Callida’s implementation at a city municipal building resulted in a 31 percent reduction in HVAC use and costs. Oscilla Power Cofounder and CEO Rahul Shendure (MBA 2001); Founded 2010 Harnessing the kinetic energy of ocean waves, which... View Details
- 10 Jan 2017
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A Side of Data with Your Dinner
also makes it a dangerous time to be a restaurateur.” The danger is the diners’ high expectations amid ever-increasing competition for their dollars. “More than ever, technology must play a critical role in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
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Social Enterprise Start-Ups Recognized for Bold Ideas
pilot with 100 patients under way and aims to reach 5,000 diabetes sufferers over the next year—and many thousands more in the future. In recognition of Jana Care’s innovative use of technology to deliver low-cost health care to poor... View Details