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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
A Class Act
eloquence (and glibness, satire, whimsy, and good humor, to name but a few characteristics), but their loquaciousness combines with an ever-increasing roster of alumni (49 new correspondents added in 1999 alone) to create an ongoing... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 17 Oct 2019
- News
Venturing Away from Venture Capital
Fortunately, says Lerner, the opportunities for entrepreneurs have probably never been better, in part because the cost of starting a business has never been lower and in part because the mania for investing... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969
of its contracts. "Suddenly, I was losing a lot of money," she says "It took us three years to be profitable again." Stringent cost controls and aggressive outreach to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Conducting Business
In 2015 I moved from New York City to Madison, Connecticut, where I met, quite by chance, Ginny Vancil and her brother, Richard. I thought, How many Vancils can there be in the world? I asked if they knew Richard “Dick” Vancil, who was my first professor for my first... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Heartland
Let me tell you what’s fantastic about offal.” Jordan Kraft Lambert (MBA 2016), Colorado State University’s first director of agricultural innovation, is a full-body talker, and the topic of organ meat has her fired up. The parts of the cow typically seen as... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Competitiveness at Risk
there’s already a consensus in the country about how to tackle the challenges. So America is at a crossroads. We can revitalize the economy, or we can sit back and wait. Waiting will only raise the cost and difficulty View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
financial details of the stallion business are simple enough but require some explication. If a horse is successful at the track, its owners are courted by breeding farms that hope to manage his career at... View Details
- 25 Mar 2018
- News
Modernizing Infrastructure Management
In this interview, Joseph Heieck (MBA 2014), CEO and President of gWorks, describes how his company makes it easier for municipalities to track their infrastructure needs—and stay resilient. “I was in the Navy for a long time, but I am... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- News
Clearing the Path to Citizenship
five months’ rent on an immigration attorney to navigate the bureaucracy. “This is a story told by millions of immigrant families every year,” observes Wang. As a child, he had accepted the significant View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
(such as failing health, fears of growing older, and grieving lost loved ones) and shares positive ways to meet your financial needs. And “Fresh Maps,” complete with advice from a range View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
group that first voiced skepticism, demanded accountability, and catalyzed dissent. Andrew Zimbalist is the leading researcher on the hidden costs of hosting megaevents like the Olympics and the World Cup.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
business endeavors through the lives of ten titans of commerce. Beginning with the Tudor merchants who transformed England’s economy via trade with the New World, the author traces an entrepreneurial golden... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion
focused on the phenomenon of bankruptcy. A consultant to or board member of numerous corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies over the years, Hayes... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
W. James McNerney Jr., MBA 1975
General Electric 1997 Named President and CEO, GE Aircraft Engines 2000 Named Chairman and CEO, 3M 2005 Named Chairman, President, and CEO, Boeing 2015 Named CEO of the Year by Chief Executive magazine 2016 Retires from Boeing Retired... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
costs and benefits of work-life choices, and protect you from much grief. Don’t confuse urgency with importance. A ringing phone seems urgent, but the call may be totally unimportant. How do I choose what to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
essential investing guidelines. In this book, you’ll also find eye-opening discussions of: whether bonds are an appropriate investment vehicle for long-term investors; the costs of excessive liquidity in the... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
And these innovations are now influencing the original model. Alex says it’s no coincidence that Uber has begun to experiment with financial services offerings and that its fastest-growing segment is UberEats. Alex: Second, is this notion... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
works. The book is available at no cost to climate outreach and education organizations. Unfettered Journey By Gary F. Bengier (MBA 1981) Chiliagon Press Unfettered Journey is the story of Joe Denkensmith,... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
Hajim (MBA 1964) and Glenn Plaskin Skyhorse On the Road Less Traveled is the story of Edmund Hajim, an American financier and philanthropist who rises from dire childhood circumstances to achieve... View Details
- 04 May 2018
- News
How to Win the Kentucky Derby
listeners out there who are interested in horse racing, but believe it is beyond their financial means. And I wondered if you can describe the nitty gritty details of how the racing partnerships that you... View Details
Keywords: horse racing