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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New News
things I learned at HBS is that when something is hard, you ask why. Looking at industry data, I saw a ton of untouched white space in targeted media, which was common in New York back in the 1800s. You had a newspaper for German New... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Vision: To Go-Go
operations, analyzing what is already available for delivery in target markets and mining its own data to see what works and what doesn’t. “The industry is hard. You need tons of money to get started. Almost all restaurants go broke after... View Details
- 13 Nov 2018
- News
Building a New Real Estate Investment Model
renting than any time in the last five decades, and Davis knew there was a market opportunity here. Yet Davis moved in the opposite direction of many real estate investors. He didn’t target big states with large suburban populations and... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Student Startups Help Fight COVID-19
dollars in prizes provided by the Bertarelli Foundation. The Umbulizer team has been in the Venture Program since 2018, consulting with i-lab advisors at critical development stages, networking with venture capitalists and other founders, and attending View Details
- 21 Oct 2020
- News
Cold Calculations
reflected from 30 percent to 45 percent and allow this new ice to mature into more reflective ice. “It’s a high-leverage solution,” says Payne. Currently, the loss of Arctic ice is responsible for one-third of global temperature rise. A relatively small, View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
New Initiatives in MBA Recruiting
These events offer a unique opportunity for companies to target a new group of HBS students, since most members of the January cohort will have their initial dialogue with firms over the summer." Fall Interviews Introduced This fall, when... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Case Study: Up in the Air
in central and eastern Europe, each employing five to 500 software engineers, are often locked out of larger enterprise deals. What’s more, their target clients and projects are relatively small, which means valuable resources are left on... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Case Study: Sneak Peak
1,000 retail outlets, including Target and Toys “R” Us. Revenue has grown rapidly with just one flavor, but after multiple discussions with venture capital groups, it became clear that investors were looking for companies that had reached... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Job One: Alumni Engagement
needs and expectations, using valuable information from the ongoing MBA and Executive Education surveys. Those surveys helped the committee identify program ideas targeted to specific age groups. The committee also developed a set of... View Details
Keywords: Peter Cooper
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
New Career Wanted
to learn as much as they can by “network interviewing” with those currently in their target field. “You want to get detailed information about roles and responsibilities, current trends and issues in the company or industry, and the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
data science (e.g., unbiased data and algorithms), better implementation (e.g., understanding the target audience and market conditions), and better policies (e.g., auditing algorithms to ensure they perform in an equitable manner). For... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Sister Soldier
there for the Battle of Raqqa in the summer of 2017, which is where the book starts. I had my first experience interviewing one of the commanders then, who was walking around like she’s in Central Park but pointing at a car bomb that was still smoking, saying, “ISIS... View Details
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
Case Study: Mind the Gap
software engineers, are often locked out of larger enterprise deals. What’s more, their target clients and projects are relatively small, which means valuable resources are left on the table. “That’s 700,000 software engineers, and... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong
service targeted at an established market, then rapid market entry and a quick sellout provide the best chances for success. For an entrepreneur wanting to build a business over time, the odds can be improved dramatically by finding a... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Action Plan: Just Breathe
Burton. “That means less stress, as well as better collaboration, communication, and teamwork.” As CEO, Burton practices what he preaches. All 30 Whil employees meet at 2 p.m. each day to benefit from targeted minicourses (five sessions,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
What I Do: Keith Cerny (MBA 1991)
programming and niche offerings in jazz and country and western. “Part of what we’re able to do is target small segments in parallel with our big symphonic and summer concert series,” says Cerny, who names the 19th- and 20th-century... View Details
- 19 Feb 2008
- News
The Scoop Behind the Silver Screen
elements are added.” Both businesses require vision and a healthy appetite for risk. Another similarity is permits, budgets, and a cast of people who come together to work on a common project for two or three years. Attracting a cornerstone client like View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Tipping Point
debut in Target and Fresh Market stores. Kahawa 1893 is experimenting with using blockchain for transparency in the tipping process. It also is exploring whether cryptocurrency might allow for more efficient tipping in a cafe setting. The... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa
visitors. “We are focusing on initiatives targeted to improve the economic prosperity of the people.” The message resonated with the HBS group, who visited 20 companies in Nairobi and Mombasa, Kenya; and Lagos, Nigeria, ranging from a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Floor It
the patient’s tissue and data, you will never understand what the new precision medicine targets might be or how to use available drugs,” says Giusti. To improve that access, the accelerator brought together leaders at direct-to-consumer... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li