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- 08 Jun 2018
- News
My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
same department in my new dealership. He did, until he retired for the second time. The great lesson learned for me was, anyone can go fire someone. It takes more effort, but the rewards are so much greater, to solve the problem that... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
market rarely rewarded his efforts, and GE struggled. In Hot Seat, Immelt offers an introspection of his tenure. The most crucial component of leadership, he writes, is the willingness to make decisions. But knowing what to do is a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
MORE For a deeper dive, check out our three-part Skydeck podcast series on carbon capture. Skydeck podcast MORE For a deeper dive, check out our three-part Skydeck podcast series on carbon capture. Skydeck podcast When the United States Congress passed the Inflation... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
outstandingly well in their field. And if they do, the rewards will come. But if a man is good and loyal and does not achieve a so-called good rate of return, I will stay with him. Some people don’t become geniuses until after they are... View Details
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
that we’re smart in the things we’re attacking, and to try to solve real-world problems that make an impact.” Watson General Manager David Kenny (MBA 1986) adds: “The tech sector tends to reward short-term thinking.” But Watson is... View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
"It has been very rewarding doing this work. These companies have been through so much horror, and then they have to figure out how to start up all over again. They really appreciate even the littlest things we do for them. It's inspired... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
management for individuals. Startups that reward the entrepreneur's ability to "hustle," such as those involving business-to-business selling, are also better bets. "If you want to sell a mass-market product, you won't be able to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
relatively low price of $1.1 million, develop it specifically for DMD, and let the VC investors reap the rewards when and if the drug was successfully commercialized. To make that happen, Williams said, the Secklers would have to shift... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
$15-billion corporation. McGowan's vision transformed the monopolistic long-distance telecommunications business into today's highly competitive industry. "I recognized the risk," said McGowan, "but gambler that I was, I also calculated that the View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
Meredith Weenick. "It was really rewarding to walk into an organization and immediately start using skills I'd learned in school, while also making a direct contribution to HLW's operations and strategic planning." Neera Nundy agrees: "I... View Details
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
companies and has a financial stake in Moderna.) There was a dollars-and-cents logic to this, since the big rewards that can be had in the pharmaceutical industry come with big financial risks. “There’s really no other industry where you... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
the School, even as HBS alumni continued to distinguish themselves in the realm of entrepreneurial practice. In 1982, acting on a marketing survey they had conducted as second-year students, David W. Thompson (MBA '81), Bruce W. Ferguson (MBA '81), and Scott L. Webster... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
professional career, enjoy the long-lasting reward of happiness. This is the American Dream—and yet basic questions at the heart of this competitive journey remain unanswered. Does competitive success, even rarified entry into the Ivy... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
John McArthur
of Research, I was on the receiving end of many such missives. He often rewarded service to the School with gifts; at the end of my time in the Research assignment, for example, he gave me a ship’s bell clock and barometer. At Christmas,... View Details
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- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
Daniela Barone Soares (MBA 1997), Chief executive, Impetus Trust, London, England There are innumerable possible, equally rewarding career paths outside the more "traditional" ones. Success is an internally defined concept: External... View Details