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- 22 Jul 2014
- News
Hungry for Change
preschool children in low-income neighborhoods. "I'm in this work because I've got the heart for it," he says. Now five years into his time at Second Harvest, he continues to find inspiration in managing a $120 million organization with... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
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Benjamin Wells
low-income students." After several years at the school, where Ben served as eighth-grade teacher, English Department chair, and director of a literacy program, he examined the bigger picture. "A lot of people who teach at the... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
indifference. Whether they are helping inner cities capitalize on their inherent competitive advantages, working to make assetbuilding financial services available to low-income families, analyzing the benefits of welfare-to-work... View Details
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Triston Francis
I’ve never seen anywhere else.” With his BCG internship, Triston has already initiated his post-graduate plans. Further out, he says, “I’d like to bring together the C-suite executives of companies that sell to low-income communities. A... View Details
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Business at the Base of the Pyramid - Course Catalog
majority of humanity, accessing goods and services, not through government or civil society, but through markets. Yet this remains largely unstudied. Through 24 cases, module summaries and guest protagonists, this course seeks to fill the gap. Composed of the emerging... View Details
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Building a Culture of Awareness and Accountability in your Organization - Recruiting
onboard recently graduated MBAs 13 Mar 2025 Launching leaders: HBS's new initiative fuels first-generation and low-income student success Shoma Simkin 05 May 2025 Meet the Tech Club Shira Amat 28 Apr 2025 How to onboard recently graduated... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Beantown as a Beacon
yet motivated workers were stranded below the job ladder. In 2000, he founded Year Up, which offers low-income young adults a yearlong program of corporate training, mentorship, internships, and real jobs. Based in Boston, Year Up has now... View Details
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A Catalyst for Commitment | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
work I want to be doing in the world.” Last year, Global Citizen Year placed 100 fellows in Brazil, Ecuador, and Senegal. And thanks to a recent partnership with Teach For India, the organization will expand its geographic reach and scale by placing fellows as teaching... View Details
- 02 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Curse of Double-Digit Growth
its current status as a low-income country to a middle-income one by 2030. “The timeline could be two or three years, or a decade later” While the International Monetary Fund predicted the country could achieve 6-7 percent annual... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
HBS-Harvard Collaboration Fosters New Ventures
technology to erase debt CEO and cofounder Rohan Pavuluri (AB 2018) was inspired to launch Upsolve, which helps low-income and working-class families overcome financial distress, after learning that a bankruptcy lawyer costs a prohibitive... View Details
- 23 Jan 2020
- News
Bringing Education Back Home
and started to talk about how we could improve the situation. “We ended up with an idea of starting a smaller university focused to low-income students coming from the really poor families who were high achievers during high school. We... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 07 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
The JD/MBA Seminar: The Perfect Practice Ground
business and legal topics of the presenter’s choice. This year, we have presented and engaged with our peers on a wide variety of topics—ranging from the college admissions scandal to state intervention in low-income housing to the... View Details
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Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020 - Recruiting
initiative fuels first-generation and low-income student success Shoma Simkin 05 May 2025 Meet the Tech Club Shira Amat 28 Apr 2025 How to onboard recently graduated MBAs 13 Mar 2025 Launching leaders: HBS's new initiative fuels... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
lives, provide a much-needed service, and, at the same time, make reasonable returns on our investment. It was a conscious effort on the part of Manila Water to provide the same level of service to all customers, including those in View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Clubs Put Skills to Work
program that provides a path to college, starting in middle school, for low-income students. In recognition of ongoing efforts, several alumni clubs recently received the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation Pro Bono... View Details
- 16 Oct 2013
- News
Progress Through Preservation
he says. The obesity epidemic? People need places to exercise, especially low-income folks who can't afford a membership to the local fitness club, says Rogers. So the Trust works to create parks and playgrounds in the nation's cities.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Young Alums Honored for Social Enterprise
people who are focusing on the HBS mission. Let’s not wait until they become CEOs; let’s acknowledge those who are doing it now.” Chen is leading the expansion of the New York City operations of Teach For America, a national nonprofit that recruits individuals to teach... View Details
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Tools | New Venture Competition
business plans are no longer submitted for the NVC, but are shared here for you to see more detailed information on the ventures. AppSuccess 2011 Finalist A collaborative web-based platform which matches low-income high school seniors... View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS
from entrepreneurs to historians to understand the ever-changing workplace. Beginning in April, the podcast started recording frequent COVID-19 dispatches on topics such as the pandemic’s outsized impact on low-income workers and the new... View Details
- 11 May 2020
- News
Better Than Cash
in sanitation or health or education, it starts with a payment system everyone can use.” Goodwin-Groen offers the example of a mother who has to pay for her children’s schooling once each semester. She needs to save money for several months to do so; in View Details