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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
and execution. Is that approach contrary to the conventional wisdom that you build businesses by building relationships? Absolutely not. I have over 5,000 contacts in my database. One of the reasons I’ve been able to succeed is that I have an amazing View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Jeffery E. Sagansky: That's Entertainment
enthusiasm, "and the Nielsens are our daily report card." A veteran of NBC and CBS, where he helped develop hits such as The Cosby Show, Cheers, and Touched by an Angel, Sagansky, president and CEO of Paxson Communications Corp., is now... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Digitalization: The Key to the Future of HBS
experience, reach more people, and build communities across HBS. Why is this important for the School? If we’re going to be the world leaders in business education, we can’t afford not to have this as a core competency. We have to be... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
Development: The African Renaissance." The conference, to be held in Cape Town in March, will be a two-day intensive seminar on the economics, politics, and investment opportunities of southern Africa. It will also provide a chance to meet and View Details
Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
suggest ways in which the School and the larger alumni community might work together to provide maximum value to HBS graduates. The Alumni Communications Committee is chaired by Byron Carlock (MBA '88).... View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Blockchain for Good
made at all.” Fast-forward to 2020 and the pandemic, when Dyer and her friend, entrepreneur Kene Ezeji-Okoye, again saw a system badly in need of updating. Existing payment networks were extracting big fees from individuals and merchants,... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Not Your Typical Business Conference
Lead: Women and Leadership," sponsored by the New YorkÐbased HBS Network of Women Alumnae (HBSNWA). The gathering included women from the HRPBA Class of 1958 all the way up to the most recent graduating MBA Class of 1997. All had set... View Details
- 03 Dec 2019
- News
Two Tales of Connection: Over Meals and Mentoring
Clubs News Clubs News Building Bridges, One Meal at a Time Like most HBS alumni clubs, the HBS Club of Toronto is always on the lookout for new ways to engage its members to connect with each other. So when the club realized about a year ago that typical View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Eileen M. Rudden
spanned various stages of computing evolution — from mainframe to personal computer to local area network to the Internet. After working in a grassroots community organizing project ("One of those social... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
After the Storm
that’s happening, and I just was like, you know, how am I and how are we going to do all of this? And with kids, you don’t get second chances. You’ve got to get this right.” Dan Morrell: When Constance Jones (MBA 2008) joined the Noble View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Case Study: Ready for an Upgrade
considering the value of physical billboards in these micro aerospace communities as an alternative way to reach their ideal customer. Their question: When is the right time for Stell to experiment with marketing, and how should they... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Brown and Company) Beginning in 1979 as a cable channel televising sporting events in Connecticut, ESPN is arguably now the most successful network in TV history. The authors tell the inside story of this amazing rise, drawing on over 500... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
The Weather Channel: The Impossible Rise of a Media Phenomenon, by Frank Batten (MBA '52) with Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (51st PMD), is the story of a cable network that succeeded when all the experts predicted it would fail. Former chairman... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Shanghai. As we look forward to those upcoming events with anticipation, let me give you a quick status report on the important, ongoing work that our Alumni Board committees are undertaking this year. The Communications Committee,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
another farewell, bound for every corner of the globe, they mark the completion of a degree and the beginning of a new relationship with one another and the School. (“It’s sad that we can’t all go to work for the same company,” one graduate remarked ruefully.) Yet the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Do Good: Eat Chocolate
She raised $300,000 from family and friends, making full use of the HBS network and tapping into angel investing groups, since raising about $1.5 million more. With annual sales well beyond the $1 million mark, Endline notes that... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; candy; chocolate; Crop Production; Agriculture; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
A Creator in the Era of Disruption
of his native Indonesia. The first iteration of the company was a network of community leaders who sold “top-up”—or these additional cell phone minutes. The top-up industry was not unusual, but the 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
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
Sports in America have always had a magical, transcendent allure. Life may be ambiguous but slam dunks and touchdown passes create their own heroic reality and final truth at game's end. Sports are a bond that brings entire communities... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 30 May 2024
- News
Women’s Association Goes Nationwide; Connecticut Club Hosts Beshears
power and impact of the HBS alumnae community and create a global network that advances our professional and personal goals.” Several hundred HBS alumnae participated in 30-minute virtual listening sessions... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley