Children - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2025
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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

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photos by Vance Jacobs. OPEN CONCEPT: Lambert at Quail Ridge Dairy in Fort Morgan, Colorado.

09 Feb 2016
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Providing the Care That Seniors Need

out of Harvard Business School, I became a real estate developer with a specialty on medical campuses. Almost simultaneously, my mother-in-law developed what we know today to be early-stage Alzheimer’s disease and I found myself caught between my day job on medical... View Details

02 Jun 2021
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On the Road Less Traveled

buried his mother long ago. Did he really want to unearth any more potential pain? Hajim: You know, life is pretty good. 1996, I was running my own company. We had a wonderful house in Greenwich. I had three children and everything was... View Details

01 Sep 2018
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Turning Point: Power Outlet

around was a fact that had stayed with me ever since I heard it: Black boys as young as 10 years old are no longer viewed as innocent children but as a potential threat and aggressor. That made me feel like I was on the clock with my own... View Details

12 Apr 2012
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HBS Welcomes Eleven Alumni Startups

children in real-life situations as they learn experientially through play in familiar environments using a mobile device. canada PIXIE is a website that connects passionate, small product companies, designers, and artisans with their... View Details

Keywords: Bulletin Staff; Alumni New Venture Contest

09 Apr 2019
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Finding a Fix for Food Allergies

for EAT; Kelly and Andrew Mulderry (both MBA 2000),who helped network; Michael Weinbach (MBA 2000), who hosted a panel for more than 3,000 employees at JP Morgan; and Wynee Sade (MBA 2000). “It was one after another after another,” says Greg. “I bet 15 to 20... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Jan 2008
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John Doerr, MBA 1976

ages 11 and 17, Doerr puts family as his top priority. Growing up in a tight-knit middle-class family in St. Louis, John Doerr was influenced by his entrepreneurial father. “My parents worked hard to give all five of their children... View Details

11 May 2017
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Going with the Flow

cord and placenta. Next, the company made history by providing the first cord-blood stem cell transplant in treating sickle cell anemia. Today, more than 30,000 children have been transplanted with cord blood from units, privately from... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

09 Apr 2025
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The Working Parent Revolution

children at this point. What support have you relied on in order to meet your responsibilities both for your family and at work? SK: Look, dating back to when my children were young, I certainly utilized [a]... View Details

01 Sep 2003
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Gregg Petersmeyer

understanding of the importance of helping one another.” After graduating from HBS with his wife and classmate, Fitzie, Petersmeyer was working for General Atlantic Energy in Denver when tragedy struck in 1985. Fitzie succumbed to cancer, leaving Petersmeyer bereft and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Mar 2003
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Alumni Bookshelf

There to Tuck You In by Marty Epstein Sederman (MBA 1992) (Magination Press) In this children’s picture book, Sederman tells the story of a child whose father travels often for work and provides tips on easing the difficulties that View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2014
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2014

poverty for some 10,000 young people—and counting. Chertavian visiting a Year Up grad at HBS Chertavian visiting a Year Up grad at HBS Chertavian playing ping pong with one of his three children Chertavian playing ping pong with one of... View Details

01 Sep 2004
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Lisa Churchville (MBA 1979)

and, of course, the doors opened by an MBA from a prestigious northeastern business school, it has been a great ride. When I compare myself to my mother, we both fulfilled very different demographic norms. She had four children in the... View Details

Keywords: Broadcasting (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2004
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Merck’s Gilmartin on Vaccines, Global Health

that policymakers concerned with global public health must pay “dramatically greater” attention to vaccine-related issues. He pointed out that 3 million children worldwide die each year from diseases for which vaccines already exist. Even... View Details

Keywords: Merck; public health; global public health; vaccines; Health, Social Assistance; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Sep 2007
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Riding It Out

children since 1999, the year the couple had launched SmartPak Equine, a horse supplement and vitamin business. SmartPak eventually branched out to include nutritional care for dogs and other supplies and became a $40 million company. But... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; dog food; pets; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

04 Sep 2019
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A Measured Approach

machine learning model, which enabled the organization to locate between 50 and 200 percent more out-of-school children for no additional cost. “That’s the sort of success case that gets us really excited, where we can unlock so much... View Details

Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov

01 Mar 2017
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Lego Stays on Script

Illustrations by Chris Gash Illustrations by Chris Gash It sounded like a cynical money grab, a 90-minute commercial that no adult would willingly watch. But The LEGO Movie, released in 2014, surprised audiences worldwide with its clever, subversive story line, winning... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

04 Dec 2014
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Hacking Health Care

for children with cystic fibrosis that teaches them skills to deal with their daily treatment regimens. The pace is scrappy and the conversation engaging. Since launching in 2012, HH hackathons have been held in major cities around the... View Details