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18 Oct 2017
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4 Advantages of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

engineering at the University of Texas at Austin (UT) was a no-brainer. I immersed myself in tech not only through my studies but through internships at Apple and Sandia National Laboratories. However, there was something else tugging at me, an interest fostered by my... View Details

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2001) had always known his childhood interest in the environment would be part ... Checking in with 2019 Goldsmith Fellows: Fall of First Year 31 Oct 2019 Harvard Business School awards Horace W. Goldsmith Fellowships of $10,000 each to... View Details

02 Jan 2019
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Not Waiting for Progress

financial services with the Capital Group Companies, attended the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, with some HBS friends. A believer since childhood in the power of storytelling on the big screen, Diamond was struck by the lack... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

January 2005 (Revised August 2006)
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Lean Forward Media

By: Teresa M. Amabile and Victoria Winston

Jeff Norton and Michelle Crames, the co-founders of Lean Forward Media, face several options for producing the world's first interactive DVD film for children. Their vision is to build a company whose products simultaneously entertain children, engage them actively in... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Early Childhood Education; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Management Practices and Processes; Risk Management; Partners and Partnerships; Opportunities; Creativity

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January 2010
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Pratham - Every Child in School and Learning Well

By: Srikant M. Datar, Stacey M. Childress, Rachna Tahilyani and Anjali Raina

The case focuses on how Pratham, a non-governmental organization, provided quality education to underprivileged children in India by collaborating with the government. It focuses on the problem Madhav Chavan, the founder, is trying to solve, the contributing factors... View Details

Keywords: Non-Governmental Organizations; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Social and Collaborative Networks; Performance Evaluation; Change Management; Organizational Design; Early Childhood Education; Management Systems; Strategy; Quality; Education Industry; India

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04 Dec 2023
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My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service

in October, and texting everyone I knew about it. “There’s no way this is a real job,” I joked with my friends. You get paid to live and work in a national park? Doing management consulting? No way. As a native Californian and landscape photographer, so many of my... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

08 Sep 2021
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Socioeconomic Inclusion at HBS: Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)

to social issues. Once he arrived, he dove into his required courses and new environment. That experience, however, was jolting—very little about the campus and culture were familiar, either from his low-income childhood or as an adult in... View Details

19 Nov 2014
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The Power of Yes

and share them with the world to inform new ways of attacking these perennial problems.” Dichter’s paternal grandparents escaped the Holocaust by fleeing from Poland to Shanghai and then to the United States; his father was born in Shanghai, his mother in Rio de... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Ann Chao

forward to in your career? I look forward to being a bridge between people and cultures - business and creative, the US and Asia. My dream since childhood has been to write stories that inspire people, and I love to see the spark in... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media

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Building a Village: Learning and Living at HBS - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

29 Oct 2019
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Merging the Worlds of Finance, Investing, and Environmental Impact

business & environment opportunities and risks. BEI helps to connect current MBAs with these alumni for learning and careers. We recently spoke with one such alum about his career journey. Martin Aares (MBA 2001) had always known his View Details

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Shabrina Jiva

younger brother and sister. "Even from a young age, our parents asked for our input on business topics and decisions." After a childhood spent as a helping hand who did everything from counting money to waiting on tables,... View Details

01 Jun 1999
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Sheila Lirio Marcelo

and the school year, advising clients as well as evaluating mid-cap companies for Monitor Clipper Partners, the company's LBO investment arm. "I learned how to juggle and prioritize lots of activities from an early age," says Lirio Marcelo, a Filipina American who... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

26 Sep 2018
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Funding the Earth’s Natural Infrastructure

accessible for future generations,” he says. For Coady, a DC resident who traces his interest in environmental protection to childhood summers spent exploring the wilderness of Upper Michigan, the Crow’s Nest preserve is the most personal... View Details

Keywords: April White

08 Sep 2015
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On the Road: HBS Midwest Tour

rolled through Cincinnati reminding me of my childhood (we don’t get the same big thunderstorms in Boston). I loved being in Detroit and seeing the revitalization of the downtown area—there was lots going on and I even managed to catch an... View Details

01 Sep 2008
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An American Story

trait. Although he didn’t arrive in the United States until age 10, Ted Levitt didn’t look back, rarely discussing what must have been a difficult childhood for a Jewish boy during Hitler’s ascendancy. After serving in World War II, where... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

18 Jul 2016
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Coming to HBS after Military Service

I had the opportunity to pursue a childhood dream of working as a ski instructor in Vail, Colorado - as well as participate in veteran specific pre-MBA programs in both investment banking and technology. These opportunities gave me a... View Details

01 Feb 2000
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New Releases

course The Business World: Moral and Spiritual Inquiry Through Literature. Finding Your Religion offers guidance and inspiration to people who may harbor negative childhood associations with religion or feel daunted by the seeming... View Details

10 Oct 2014
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Chicago Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

team. “I owe much to HBS,” she continued, “my ability to start and build my own investment fund, to launch a nonprofit initiative in early childhood education, and to get an Illinois news organization off the ground. All of these... View Details

Keywords: HBS Campaign

13 Aug 2024
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Leading With Curiosity: Mayowa Kuyoro (MBA 2015)

Exploration Kuyoro spent her childhood in Nigeria before continuing schooling in the U.K. After completing her degree in Engineering at the University of Warwick, she was eager to continue her education and study the intersection of... View Details

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