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- 01 Oct 2021
- News
HBS-Harvard Collaboration Fosters New Ventures
Thrive! helps communities of color Roughly 84 percent of children born into poverty will live in poverty for the rest of their lives. Thrive! is a software-as-a-service that helps local governments break the cycles of poverty in... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
David B. Price, Jr.: Aiming High
young children to HBS in 1974, a lot of people thought he was crazy. "It was a huge risk," he admits. "We sold our house, our car, everything —and still barely scraped by. But it was the most rewarding experience of our lives. We realized... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Profiles from the class of 2007
children around the world. That volunteer work evolved into a full-time position: From 2000 to 2005, D’Avella worked in the organization’s offices in Virginia, Rome, and London to support its missions in various countries and to build its... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice
- 14 Apr 2021
- News
The First Five Years: Mike Gandy Auzenne (MBA 2016)
about unlocking the lessons we learned through Big Brothers Big Sisters to instill structure and discipline to underserved children at scale. I know how my relationship with Austin impacted my life, and Austin observed, with his own son,... View Details
- 03 Jul 2018
- News
How a Passion for Travel Built a $43 Million Fashion Brand
responsibility has been in our DNA from the beginning,” Rawdon says, citing an ongoing partnership with The Global Fund for Children now in its 15th year. “Our magnitude is already large, but we want to get even bigger.” READ MORE View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Young Alums Honored for Social Enterprise
urban and rural communities. Fenton manages programs and financial operations for New Leaders for New Schools (NLNS), a national nonprofit aimed at improving education for all children by recruiting and supporting leaders for urban public... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
ramifications as well. “I knew that was the start of me not even thinking about marriage or children because I had made a commitment to my profession and to my company,” recalls Russo. It’s a commitment that her tradition-bound Sicilian... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
have plenty of money in my pocket and healthy maize for my family to eat," Mustapha said then. "My children are already looking healthier—I can barely lift my eight-year-old. He's the fattest in the village." On a continent more likely to... View Details
- 11 Apr 2020
- News
Reading Together, Apart
When Max Tuchman (MBA 2012) and her cofounder launched the storybook app Caribu in 2017, they knew their product would be a hit with parents who want to be able to read with their children each night, even when traveling—and with... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Doctor Is In
the time, I'd never heard of a physician doing such a thing," Slavin recalls. Slavin's specialty is adult internal medicine, which keeps him involved in everything "except children and surgery." It's deeply satisfying work, he says, to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
An Ethical Fitness Quiz for Negotiators
Reciprocity: Would I want others to treat me, or someone close to me, this way? Publicity: Would I be comfortable if my actions were fully and fairly described in the newspaper? Trusted friend: Would I be comfortable telling my best friend, spouse, or View Details
- 08 Mar 2013
- News
The Accidental Innovator
way learning should happen. You’re soon going to open a brick-and-mortar school? I totally believe in brick-and-mortar schools, and I want my children to attend one, but with a very different environment and setup. Unfortunately,... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
services jargon is really scary for newer investors to overcome. In the United States, we don’t teach children how to manage their finances in school. So even when people graduate from college or graduate school, many don’t have the tools... View Details
- 11 Apr 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)
song with the Vietnam War heavy on his mind, and spent much of his life as a social justice advocate who fought for prison reform, Native American rights, and for opportunities for children born into disadvantage, among other issues. No... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Life Lessons
Africa and as a Bain consultant. She is still actively involved with a Johannesburg home for abused children as a member of its management committee. At HBS, as copresident of the Africa Business Club, Mahlare has become interested in how... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
legislative process. Both can seek support from a select group of investors to help enact the proposals as law. This and Draper’s six-state push are not even his first forays into the public sector. After pulling his children from public... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
auditoriums at AMC Studio 30 offer the same full menu to guests 18 and over, as well as children accompanied by a parent or guardian. There's also an IMAX theater (AMC has more than any theater group in the world); the remaining 17... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
CEO Compensation Troubles
compensation committee wants to admit that its CEO is below the median. In fact, most want to place their CEO in the upper quartile. As a result, CEOs are like the children of Lake Wobegon — all are above average. Another upward pressure... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Eileen M. Rudden
in order to maintain equity in our society, so most of my volunteer activities have been in the area of education. Hope for your kids What more can you want for your children than that they find people to love and work that they are... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Changing Lives One Computer at a Time
innovation. Although the program usually consists of one teacher and the students, the involvement of adult facilitators has proven to be a powerful added benefit for both the children and the HBS volunteers. Dell will share the HBSAAA... View Details