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Kunal Modi

I learned the meaning of community by leaving home. When I was fifteen, my family moved halfway across the world – from Illinois to Singapore – where I enrolled in an American school. I had been uprooted from everything familiar – the... View Details

17 Dec 2015
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A Bridge to the Future

Written “life lessons learned” were gathered from 350 alumni, who provided heartfelt guidance for students to discuss, and seven faculty members chosen by the class offered TED Talk–like counsel about following one’s passions, making time... View Details

01 Dec 2003
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Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund?

a shadow over the entire industry. The alleged problems include managers of fund families who allocate investments among individual funds in which they may have a management or ownership stake. This allows some investors (particularly... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Nicole Ledoux

returned stateside to help build a new sell-side fixed income rates business for State Street Global Markets, trading swaptions and FX options. Nicole enjoys advising students exploring various functions in entrepreneurship View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Entrepreneurship; Investment Management; Financial Services (All)

27 Oct 2017
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The Best Business Advice I’ve Ever Received

religion, in terms of business techniques. And try to develop trusting relationships with people. And delegate as much as you can to your subordinates, View Details

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Pothik Chatterjee

I will open doors and step out of safe closets... Growing up in an Indian family and moving from Dubai to Paris in second grade was a disorienting View Details

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African American Student Union | MBA

are first welcomed to the AASU family at our annual fall retreat. From there, they are supported throughout the RC year with informative workshops, panels and alumni events. These events primarily focus on... View Details

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Tanveer Abbas

opportunities not open to the overwhelming majority of my countrymen. I also think about family and the impact I'll have on mine one day. In both areas, I want desperately to make a difference View Details

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Cindy Kellogg

that makes yoga seem like a scam. I will embrace the growing closeness and admiration I feel for my family as I age, mature, and move farther away. When I have teenagers... View Details

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Harman Kochar

If life could be planned I would have already – Eradicated Poverty from the World Controlled Global Warming Established World Peace Cured all Diseases Discovered the fountain of youth and last but not the least.... Built my mansion on... View Details

25 Apr 2023
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Harvard Climate Leaders Program

students with a hands-on opportunity to engage with others across Harvard who share a professional interest in climate-related work, to mentor one another in their development as practitioners, and to develop professional skills View Details

02 Nov 2015
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Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans

material wealth, but we believe it also leads to a powerful contribution to familial wealth, country wealth, and ultimately, wealth for the continent,” says Royster, cofounder of Maarifa Education, a... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

17 May 2018
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Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs

sales annually. “Two hundred families are employed and benefitting from his enterprise,” says Bhargava. The best part of the program, says Bhargava, and what keeps him going,... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024

Business Administration Aiyesha Dey James R. Williston Professor of Business Administration Charles C.Y. Wang Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration Associate Professors Chiara Farronato Glenn View Details

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2025 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

of family wealth? Why is material wealth a blessing for some and burden for others? How can philanthropy help raise healthy, happy, and productive View Details

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Leadership Transitions | Baker Library

Leadership Transitions The fourth generation of Lehman family in Lehman Brothers included Philip Henry Isles, a nephew of Robert Lehman. Isles, who died in 1960, was a partner and a director of the Lehman... View Details

09 Mar 2021
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Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic

income. Studies show that if students entering kindergarten don’t know their letters, they’re already behind and it becomes more difficult to catch up, so this is a really good use of resources. Employers could subsidize this as a benefit... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

07 Jun 2011
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Back to the Future

undergraduate, Alden did read economist Joseph Schumpeter on entrepreneurship and wrote his honors thesis on his father as an entrepreneur of the family company. At HBS, Alden notes that several courses were... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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For African farmers looking to escape poverty, honey brings sweet success

Yusuf Keshavjee (OPM 17, 1991) helps African farmers and their families escape poverty through beekeeping. He cofounded Honey Care Africa (HCA), a private-sector enterprise in Kenya that partners with local... View Details

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Matthew Sau | MBA

Matthew Sau Economics, Secondary in Computer Science Pforzheimer 2025 Cohort 6 It is an honor and a privilege to be a part of the Roberts Family Fellow program because of the close-knit View Details

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