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Leonard S. Shoen
Foreseeing the demands of post-war relocation by veterans and their families, Shoen focused his efforts on the development of a cheap one-way truck rental unit, U-Haul. Shoen’s original and innovative ideas allowed him to cheaply and... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
- 27 Nov 2012
- News
The Beauty of the Network
Pao: A beauty business veteran leverages the HBS network to launch her own skincare line. Photo courtesy Patti Pao Patti Pao (MBA 1987) describes her two years at HBS as “spectacularly unsuccessful,” thanks in part to a culture clash with... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Turning Point: Step Change
Everett Spain (DBA 2014) (illustration by Gisela Goppel) Everett Spain (DBA 2014) (illustration by Gisela Goppel) When I think back on different moments that have shaped who I am, there are a few that stand out. In the first, I was a fourth grader in my hometown of... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Transferring Skills From The Military to the Private Sector
Rebecca Greenbaum (photo by Ann Hermes) Rebecca Greenbaum (photo by Ann Hermes) It was the “opportunity to be part of something bigger than myself” that drew Rebecca Greenbaum (MBA 2017) to the US Naval Academy. After graduating and earning a master’s degree, her early... View Details
- 19 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
The Road to Impact
shelf, and that doesn’t do anybody any good.” One of EDC’s current projects is a collaboration with US VETS, a nonprofit provider of services to veterans. Women vets are six times more likely to die by suicide than women who are not veterans, but they are reluctant to... View Details
- 04 Mar 2019
- News
The Anti-Shark Tank
In 2018, female founders received only 2.2 percent of the $130 billion venture capital pie, according to PitchBook; despite that fact, Lisa Blau (MBA 2003) and Amanda Eilian (MBA 2006) are both veterans of the startup world, having... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Air Time
will carry you through the toughest times.” — @yongkookkim Yong Kim (MBA 2007) Following @Rich_Wilson — Photographer, entrepreneur, and investor In February, veteran skipper Rich Wilson (MBA 1982), 66, became the oldest person to complete... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Sister Soldier
Author Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (MBA 2006) has been here before—speaking with palpable enthusiasm and urgency about women who have defied cultural norms and changed the world around them through acts of bravery and heroism. In her first book, The Dressmaker of Khair Khana... View Details
- Career Coach
Seamus Bann
PE/public markets from a non-finance background, 2) prepare for consulting interviews, and 3) navigate the coffee chat and networking fall experience. He's also passionate about supporting veterans through what can often be an... View Details
- 02 Nov 2010
- News
Commanding Officers
“Military to Business.”) Among alumni, Maurice Pinto (MBA 1960) and other HBS graduates have provided fellowships to assist MBA students who have military backgrounds. With Veterans Day on November 11, let’s remember that over the years,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
(MBA ’01), a 34-year-old, well-connected political neophyte and the only Iraqi war veteran running for Congress as a Republican. “Having a guy who was on the ground and had an extremely active role in Iraq, and who came back and made a... View Details
- Fast Answer
Business ownership: by gender, race and ethnicity
gender, ethnicity, race, and veteran status. The Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs (ASE) supplements the 5-year Survey of Business Owners (SBO) program and provides more timely updates on the status, nature, and scope of women-, minority-,... View Details
- 22 May 2020
- Blog Post
Remembering Well and Making Meaning of Memorial Day
nods behind masks as we pass one another en route to remotely administered final exams. To call it strange is an understatement. I’ve found this new normal, however – beauty and potential tinged by loss – analogous to how many veterans... View Details
- Portrait Project
Long Lu
Beat the drum that others will listen to. My grandfather was a general in the Chinese Air Force. A veteran of World War II, he taught me the core values of integrity, authenticity, dependability - and most importantly - courage to give... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Hot Tip
something relevant.” In 2000, Nkontchou, a veteran of Andersen Consulting and Merrill Lynch, started LiquidAfrica with $250,000 of his own money and $2.5 million from Modern Africa, a Washington-based private equity fund. Among his goals... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Swap ’Em If You Got ’Em
Hall (right): An online market for military personnel. Blake Hall (MBA ’10) grew up in a military family, became an Army Ranger, and was a platoon leader in Iraq for fifteen months. A conversation with a fellow veteran about the... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Tatsuyuki Saeki: Putting Stock in New Options at Nasdaq Japan
After 35 years with IBM, Tatsuyuki Saeki could have chosen to put his feet up and relax — perhaps after a few rounds of golf. But that just isn’t Ted Saeki’s style. Instead, the feisty 60-year-old veteran executive has started a second... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Chinese Premier Speaks at HBS
December. Business was one of several issues touched on by the 61-year-old veteran Communist Party technocrat, an engineer and geologist by training. The second-highest official in China’s hierarchy, Wen is charged with economic oversight... View Details
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Armed Forces Alumni Association | MBA
for the New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans Panels and Mentorship Opportunities for Interview, Resume and Career Preparation Club Website http://www.afaahbsclub.com Club Email Address afaa@studentclubs.hbs.edu Club Co-Presidents... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Man on a Mission
Girand Courtesy Jim Girand Jim Girand (MBA ’61), who’s been a high-tech entrepreneur since the 1960s, is also a veteran duathlete and former age-group national champion who hasn’t let a bout with prostate cancer slow him down. Indeed,... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance