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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Providing lessons in financial literacy
2008, oversees finance, IT, sales operations, and marketing at CEE. “I love to come in and find ways to start and grow businesses, and create opportunities,” she says. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
The Wisdom of Crowds
profile. “He refuses to use his name to get a dinner reservation,” said his roommate, Matt Bakal (MBA 2004). Zagat intends to expand Zagat Survey’s Web business (building Zagat.com’s content and capabilities) and its corporate sales... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leaning in for a more equitable world
included roles as vice president of Global Online Sales and Operations at Google, and as chief of staff to US Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summers. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Starting Lineup: No Reservations
$1.5 billion in sales last year. There are also rumors of an IPO. Chorus Hospitality Founder and CEO Michael Tisch (MBA 2014) Founded 2015 “A service-focused management partner,” Chorus Hospitality invests in and creates culinary... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Internet Tsunami
had operating profits of $1.9 million on sales of $4 million. Mikitani, formerly a banker at the Industrial Bank of Japan, became a man with a mission after attending HBS: He founded Rakuten, he told the magazine, because "I wanted to set... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Business Plan Contest Has Many Winners
contacted the 705 alumni who took part in the Business Plan Contest between 1997 and 2004. The survey’s 269 respondents reported starting 254 enterprises, with nearly 200 businesses still up and running and generating $550 million in View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
A Bankable Trust
Florida high school and at Harvard College. And now her music is furthering her academic outreach efforts. Last fall, Harris released a holiday CD, "Carla's First Christmas." All proceeds from its sale are benefiting not only her... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Online Fashionistas
MAYBANK AND WILSON: Doing well while looking good. Courtesy Gilt Groupe Cofounded in 2007 by Alexandra Wilkis Wilson (MBA ’04), formerly of Louis Vuitton and Bulgari, and ex-eBayer Alexis Maybank (MBA ’04), Gilt Groupe is an online, members-only, luxury retailer that... View Details
- 01 Feb 2013
- News
Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line
playbook, but it has cultivated an additional source of revenue: the sale of conservation easements. Lyme Timber buys pieces of land targeted by conservation groups such as the Nature Conservancy and the Trust for Public Land, which pay... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
White knight in the rye
three, "had a right, really a duty to herself and her children, to safeguard their economic security," said Norton, adding that the sale and its circumstances were filled with "moral ambiguity." View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Slam Dunk
video, including games from some of the country's best playground leagues. "We want to be the No. 1 online basketball destination," said O'Neil, who cut his teeth in the sports business working in sales for the Philadelphia Eagles and the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Fixer Upper
she’s “sold 1” — as in $1 billion in sales. Baum is senior vice president and “Director of the Exclusive Properties Division” at the Corcoran Group, the top-selling residential real estate firm in a city where the average sale price for... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Gibson Hits a High Note
quality, acquisitions, and new markets, Gibson is back. Sales have doubled to more than $250 million since 2000. And the company is hiring another one hundred people to increase its handmade guitar output to four hundred a day, reported... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Staying the Course
Jessie Woolley-Wilson (MBA 1990) Jessie Woolley-Wilson (MBA 1990) In early March 2020, DreamBox Learning CEO Jessie Woolley-Wilson (MBA 1990) could point proudly to the growth of the online math company. In the last nine years, since the startup pivoted from consumer... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Courting the Poor
A BETTER MOUSETRAP: At a Magazine Luiza virtual showroom, sales staff use computers to help customers make their purchases. Photo COURTESY MAGAZINE LUIZA The inspiration for a new case can strike at any time. For HBS associate professor... View Details
- 12 Apr 2012
- News
HBS Welcomes Eleven Alumni Startups
northwestern us ClearCare serves the $60-billion private-pay homecare market in the US using a powerful SaaS technology that provides back-office efficiency and front-facing engagement of families and seniors. The sales process is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Hopping to It
period when sales are down sharply.” He’s also undergone a personal makeover, hitting the gym to shed fifty pounds, shaving his beard, and becoming more homebody than homeboy, enjoying domestic life with his wife and one–year–old... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Thinking Inside the Box
it was made, how well it was made, and who made it.” Today, Atlas has operations in three states, 350 employees, and about $70 million in annual revenues. The Centenaris think Atlas is a decade away from becoming a $300 million business, at which time they may sell, go... View Details
- 01 Jan 2010
- News
Allan W.B. Gray, MBA 1965
to his home country of South Africa and established Allan Gray Investment Counsel, a firm dedicated to meeting clients’ needs, including delivering superior returns through rigorous company research. While many financial institutions then employed huge View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Shop Talk, Different Avenues
disruptive business model: an online site that requires customers to register, featuring flash sales of discounted luxury goods for men and women in categories including designer clothing, accessories, home goods, food and wine, and... View Details