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- 01 Jun 2008
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The Prophet of Start-Ups
Doriot HBS ARCHIVES PHOTOGRAPHS COLLECTION As a young man, Georges Doriot dreamed of running a factory, a rare aspirational failure in his long, storied career. Rather, he ended up teaching thousands of HBS students how they should run... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
What’s Next
disseminated. We also are thinking hard about how we might extend the career and professional development group to be more helpful to our graduates (with a special focus on alumnae) through the various transitions that might occur over their careers. Social... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
much a start-up has to fail in order to be successful. It took us several iterations to get there. I was also surprised at the degree to which the private sector accepts or even values start-up failure compared with the nonprofit sector,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
the world, the failure of a society to develop is not due to its economic limitations in isolation but to the failure of nature and culture, technology, and economy to coevolve in unison under the rubric of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
started to report levee failures. “So we didn’t dodge the bullet,” an email said. And then communication stopped. Jim Atwood watched the aftermath of the levee failures on a battery-powered TV in a home he had built for himself on a... View Details
- 17 Jun 2021
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Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
know, failure is not an option.” A robust question-and-answer session followed the discussion. “It was excellent to hear the panelists’ perspectives on what both women and men can do to accelerate the pace of change and close the gender... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
infrastructure, San Francisco-based Schwab was determined to locate its information headquarters in a "nongeologically active" area. The company has housed its two data centers twenty miles apart - in different power grids - outside Phoenix. "A software View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
of US workers hate their jobs and don’t want to show up on Monday morning, and Slater lays some of the blame for this at the doors of leaders: When their selfish actions diminish the effectiveness of their teams, they commit the ultimate View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
concludes: Support employees’ progress in their work every day. Set clear and meaningful goals for them; provide direct help, versus hindrance; offer adequate resources and time; respond to successes and failures by drawing on the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
argue that they have introduced previously unvoiced perspectives into the public dialogue that could, in the long run, result in change. In any case, he is unfazed. “For Tim, failure is irrelevant,” says Paul Maeder. “His personality... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
Builder Personality Shapes Your Business, Your Team, and Your Ability to Win by Chris Kuenne (MBA 1989) and John Danner (HBR Press) Many factors shape the success or failure of a new business, but the most important factor is the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
on to the next new idea or product or opportunity within the organization. I was at back-to-school night for my first grader a little while ago. The teacher said that they’re trying to encourage the kids not to fear failure by having a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
class, we’ve come to think about entrepreneurs differently. “Today,” Sahlman says, grinning, “the implications of failure are de minimis. Assuming that you didn’t lie, cheat, or steal, or personally cause the collapse of the venture, you... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)