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Prita Kumar
Prita Kumar, the founder and CEO of Booya Fitness, built a pretty solid foundation for her eventual startup venture long before arriving at Harvard Business School. Growing up in Houston, Kumar and her sister were both into sports and... View Details
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Influence of the China Trade and the Heard Legacy - A Chronicle of the China Trade
Western presence on the fringe of the empire resulted from the pressure of profit- minded foreign merchants,” Stephen Lockwood reasons. “It was entrepreneurs like the Heards who stood at these pivotal positions between two worlds writing... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
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Digital Health Care: Empowering Consumers
that idea with help from successful entrepreneurs in a variety of fields. What do you see for the future of the health care sector? Lately, I’ve become optimistic. It’s a big struggle to turn from an... View Details
Keywords: April White
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IFC: Singapore; Shaping a Global Innovation Hub - Course Catalog
also examine the role of Singapore in the evolving geopolitical environment. We will spend time on the various ways in which the Singapore Government has helped create the infrastructure, workforce, policies... View Details
- 02 Apr 2012
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Do Online Dating Platforms Help Those Who Need Them Most?
in-your-face," Piskorski explained. "Guys who are short and a little overweight are also shying away from this feature, suggesting that the feature is not helping those who search for others most." Piskorski hopes that View Details
- 12 Jul 2019
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The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
California, at the Plug and Play office, which is an accelerator based in the area, and there was some entrepreneur who was presenting I think like a smart dog caller or something like that. And we both sort... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
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Keeping the Faith
It has been said that the note of a Tibetan singing bowl is the sound of inner peace. That’s not something you might expect to hear in the MBA classroom. But it rings through Hawes Hall at the beginning of each session of The Spiritual Lives of Leaders, a second-year... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
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The Accidental Pioneers
the resident experts when case discussions focused on household goods such as laundry detergent. "Maybe without intending to do so, they were making it evident that we were different," she observes. "I didn't want to be singled out. I... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
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1.18 Field Global Capstone | MBA
itinerary for the immersion, which will include dress code recommendations for other scheduled group activities (e.g., site visits, cultural activities). External Participants Friends, family (including partners and children), and/or colleagues who may be visiting or... View Details
- 06 Aug 2020
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Who Will Give You the Best Professional Guidance?
of any or all make sense. Here is my perspective on the many ways available to get professional help. Adviser Most business advisers are domain experts or experienced operators in a particular area such as product, marketing, sales, and... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
- 01 Jan 2003
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Greylock
opportunities to working with founders and managers to sponsoring over 120 successful initial public offerings. As well known as the venture capital industry is today, that was far from the case in 1965, when Greylock opened a small... View Details
- 11 Dec 2020
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Economic Jitters Push Pandemic Job Seekers to Big Companies, Not Startups
market against the more incumbent and larger companies, particularly during times with great uncertainty.” About the Author Rachel Layne is a writer based in the Boston area. [Image: coldsnowstorm] Related Reading Why a Blended Workforce... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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Terrance McGuire
needs to be urgency in both disciplines.” For McGuire, a self-described “eternal optimist” there has never been a better time to be an entrepreneur or venture capitalist. “I watch... View Details
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Creating Brand Value - Course Catalog
appropriate for: Marketing professionals charged with creating, nurturing, and managing brand value; Entrepreneurs looking to create their own brands in the consumer/retail space; Consumer/retail general... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
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BioMine Strikes Gold
Entrepreneurs Win in Global Competitions BioMine CEO, Privahini Bradoo (MBA '08) Related Links View photos from the contest Meet the 12 regional finalists Listen to the faculty webinar series Learn about the... View Details
- 12 May 2015
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How Crowds and Experts Kickstart the Arts
the discrepancies in funding would better show what succeeds where and why. But the overall lesson for artists and entrepreneurs remains a valuable one—their commitment to funding, whether cleverly... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
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Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong
established markets - is sounding a wake-up call for corporate strategists. How did you first become interested in these disruptive technologies? It was the sudden demise of Digital Equipment Corporation that first drew my attention. How... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
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Lasting Impressions
but I knew I wanted something different." At the Carlyle Group, says Mathias, "I've been able to create a portfolio of interesting business activities in a way that has allowed me to combine my personal and professional interests." Both... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Jun 2018
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The Long Run
everyone from a Morehouse School of Medicine professor to an entrepreneur offering nonaddictive alternatives for pain relief to Georgia’s public health commissioner. Langford runs the meeting with a light hand, welcoming late arrivals and... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
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Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path
In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Robin Greenwood, the George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking and Anne and James F. Rothenberg Faculty Fellow, saw another catastrophe... View Details
Keywords: April White