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- 01 Jun 2000
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Going Public: Christopher S. Yeh
Chris Yeh figures that in a more traditional era, he might have become a product design engineer or perhaps even a writer. But by the time he finished college, he says, "the Internet was just too hot" compared to anything the offline... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Transforming the landscape of agriculture in Nigeria
Mezuo Nwuneli (MBA 2003) is focused on improving the quality of food, its production, and its distribution in his native Nigeria. Nwuneli is cofounder of AACE Food Processing & Distribution, a company he launched in 2009 with his wife,... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Digital ID network empowers individuals, disrupts the data brokers
a way to verify their eligibility. As a result, he cofounded ID.me, a secure, user-centric identity network. Hall launched ID.me in 2013 with fellow HBS classmate Matthew Thompson (MBA 2010), a former Army Ranger. The company is a pivot... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
gym, for example—and sustaining it over time, says Sean Eldridge (MBA 2009). He and his cofounders at Gain Life, an early-stage startup based at the Harvard Launch Lab, have an app for that. By combining behavioral science and marketing... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
help address the climate change crisis by removing excess carbon dioxide right out of the atmosphere. The promise of this approach has launched a raft of companies that not only capture but also store and even reuse the carbon—creating an... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
400 and Counting: Surge in HBS Cases with Women Protagonists
in new HBS cases and videos over the last five years. The targeted effort to boost the number of female executives featured in cases and discussed in classrooms at HBS and beyond was launched by the School in 1997. Leadership support for... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
A Creator in the Era of Disruption
services. In many emerging ecosystems, the numbers are flipped. In sub-Saharan Africa, it's over 60%. It's also how they think about offering the product and service, [and] to who, and that impact is really built into the fabric and the... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students
2021 Kevin Chenault planned to focus on a film production company that brings underrepresented voices to life, but changed direction following the murder of George Floyd and subsequent demonstrations. He and his brother, Ken Chenault Jr.... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
New Virtual Classrooms Expand Digital Learning
deliver programming by then newly launched HBX (now called Harvard Business School Online). Fast forward six years and online learning—and the need for it—has evolved significantly, leading the School to expand and move the operation onto... View Details
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
ultimate goal of selling transmission capacity to generators of renewable-energy seeking to get their product to market; or to utilities looking to access the lowest-cost clean power in the country. To make that happen, Skelly spends much... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Case Study: On the Record
enable a competitive advantage, I recommend that the company should focus on establishing its brand. —Ngassam Ngnoumen (MBA 2002) I question whether vinyl is a cool trend or a sustainable product line. Sure, it’s kind of cool. But if it’s... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
and War, by Nathaniel Philbrick In 1979, Mal Mixon parlayed $10,000 of his own money to engineer the purchase of an Ohio-based wheelchair maker that nobody else wanted. Today Invacare is the world's leading manufacturer and distributor of medical View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Case Study: Moment in the Sun
stimulates the body’s circadian rhythms, cuing the production of cortisol during the day to keep you alert and melatonin at night to ready your body for rest. “It’s based on about 15 years of scientific research from NASA, the NIH, and... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 20 May 2020
- News
Keeping Families Connected
content on their respective screens. Launched in 2016 as a story app for young children, Caribu has since expanded to offer a variety of activities for kids up to age 13. The platform was named one of TIME magazine’s best inventions of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
systems from Purdue. He joined the HBS faculty in 1976 and helped build the School’s curriculum in the nascent area of computer-based technology. With a few savvy, prescient students, he launched the Computer Industry and Technology Club... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Quantum Leap
different architectures, they lack a shared technical language, which makes it near impossible for anyone without a PhD in physics to access their potential. Aliro was launched to help dismantle some of these challenges, serving as a... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
right out of business school," Sahlman says. "They don't yet know enough about hiring and firing or managing. They don't know enough about selling and marketing or production and operations." He advises freshly minted MBAs with... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
development during World War II, spearheaded the construction of an HBS-like business school in France (INSEAD), and, perhaps most notably, launched the modern venture capital industry. His remarkable life is the subject of a new... View Details
- 19 Jun 2014
- News
Turning "Black Gold" to Green
says he loved the idea of boosting domestic energy production while recycling existing sources of CO2, because he had come to HBS looking to merge his interests in business, energy, and the environment. The son of a commercial fisherman,... View Details
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Getting New Ideas off the Ground
A serial entrepreneur and innovator, Nicholas Grouf (MBA 1995) helped create the technology for online personalization, cowrote the first policies around Internet privacy, developed bundled low-cost computers and online access, launched... View Details