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- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
Taylor Wiegele and Sierra Smith on Shark Tank (photos by ABC) How did you come up with the idea for Zorpads? Sierra Smith: “We started Zorpads as part of a school project for FIELD 3 (which apparently no longer exists as required... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)
remember, I actually worked in startups for almost 10 years before moving to bigger company roles. So longer term, I’d love to bridge back to the startup world by investing in and joining the boards of early-stage companies in the VR and... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Goodbye and Hello to MBAs
In June, members of the Class of 1998 packed up their belongings and set forth from Soldiers Field, full of promise and ambition, to launch their careers. This fall, a new group of enthusiastic students from 62 different countries... View Details
- 28 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Omowale Casselle (MBA 2009)
new and see those early wins that come along with gaining initial traction for a concept you believe in. The challenges are that, because SAMPLEit is a startup, things don't always go up and to the right. Occasionally, there are setbacks,... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)
me, this meant not doing as much extracurricular activities as many other students—and being very selective about what I did do (I was one of the writers for the ‘HBS Show’ in my second year and worked on a business plan for a nonprofit).... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 25 May 2016
- News
FIELD 3: Taking Down Barriers
module that requires student teams to design and launch a microbusiness. Biederman and several sectionmates came up with HourlyNerd, a platform that dynamically links talented business professionals with companies that need ad hoc... View Details
- 14 Apr 2021
- News
The First Five Years: Mike Gandy Auzenne (MBA 2016)
Courtesy Austin Scee Courtesy Austin Scee Editor’s note: In college and through his time at HBS, Austin Scee (MBA 2001) volunteered as a mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America in Atlanta, Georgia. One of his mentees was Michael Gandy, who was 9 View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
waited seven to ten years before setting up their own shops, today’s graduates are taking the plunge much sooner. In 1997, the first-ever HBS Business Plan Contest yielded a formidable number of participants... View Details
- 07 Nov 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Tiffany Pham (MBA 2012)
What’s the story behind MOGUL? “When I first moved to America, I did not know a word of English, but it was by watching films, reading books, and listening to the radio that I ended up learning how to speak the language. Through that... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
In this special First Five Years post, four alumni recently named to the Forbes 2019 “30 Under 30” list—Akash Pradhan (MBA 2017), Kiran Gandhi (MBA 2015), Anthony Tucker (MBA 2017), and Anish Pathipati (MBA 2016)—talk careers, HBS, and... View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)
Julianne White (MBA 2017) is vice president for food acquisition at the Greater Boston Food Bank. How did you become interested in the food industry? “I grew up with a lot of ties to agriculture. I was raised in a small community where... View Details
- 18 May 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Anjali Vaidya (MBA 2010)
Where did you go after you graduated from HBS? “I spent three and a half years working at Google on mobile advertising and have been at Yahoo, also working on mobile monetization, since October 2013.” What are the most important things... View Details
- 12 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Minal Mehta (MBA 2011)
Photos courtesy of Minal Mehta When did you and your cofounders come up with the idea of a Bollywood-inspired dance and fitness program? "I grew up splitting my time between swimming pools and dance studios.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The First Five Years: Emmanuel Straschnov (MBA 2012)
When did you and your cofounder come up with the idea for Bubble (Bubble is a visual programming tool that empowers anyone to build software, apps, and websites without writing any code)? Josh Haas, my cofounder, came View Details
- 13 Jun 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Momchil Filev and Ben Faw (both MBA 2014)
and ranked. In February 2018, tronc, the company formerly known as Tribune Publishing, purchased a majority stake in BestReviews.com. What inspired you to launch BestReviews.com? Ben:“We both grew up reading Consumer Reports regularly and... View Details
- 29 Apr 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
human dynamics are strong, magic can happen.” Can you describe your first cold call and how you responded? “It was first-semester RC year in TOM, with Pian Shu. I hadn’t spoken in a while, so I expected it might be coming. Even so, it did... View Details
- 26 Jan 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Jill Applebaum (MBA 2015)
What inspired you to launch Spruce & Co? “My mom is a total germophobe, and throughout the years I’ve picked up on some of her anti-germ tendencies. After living in tech-obsessed San Francisco for five View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
Lovepop Woos The Sharks
our whole team was going to be focused on making sure the website was up and fielding customer service calls. We were all hands on deck—we even had a whole bunch of extra people come on to help us out. We just set View Details
- 02 Sep 2021
- News
Back to School
investment banking to become a seventh-grade math teacher at Harlem West Middle School, teaching for three years before taking positions in school leadership at Success Academy Midtown West and Harlem Central Middle School. The experience... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Harvard Endowment Grows to $32 Billion
The Harvard endowment grew by 21.4 percent to $32 billion for the fiscal year ended June 30, up $4.4 billion from the year before, according to the annual report by Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Endowment