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28 Sep 2015
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Rockin’ for a Cause

senior vice president at Symantec by day, and by night—well, at least seven or eight nights a year—a no-holds-barred guitarist, vocalist, and emcee for a band that donates its earnings to local schools. The Wildcats first came together 15 years ago to play at View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Symantec

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HBS Course: Real Estate Private Equity - Research Resources

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PE data includes investments, portfolio company and firm profiles, exits and fundraising information. Moody’s Analytics CRE Search millions of real estate data points that cover every commercially... View Details

01 Dec 2012
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Recognizing Volunteers and Donors

International Reach Class of 1992, Section G For its 20th Reunion, the Class of 1992 reached 74 percent participation, surpassing the previous record by 4 percentage points and raising more than $7 million. Among the fundraising... View Details

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Can Private Equity Reach Regular People? One Company’s Mission | Working Knowledge

Business School Professor Victoria Ivashina looks at the digital platform’s “quest” to expand access to PE funds from pensions and endowments to high-net-worth individuals and even less wealthy “retail investors.” There is the desire by the alternative industry to... View Details

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact New Paradigms in Nonprofit Fundraising and Marketing Amelia Angella 27 Apr 2017 On April 12,... View Details

01 Sep 2007
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A Man of Influence

encompass political consulting. After doing some work for LBJ, the vice president asked Valenti to run President Kennedy’s reelection campaign fundraiser in Houston — hardly friendly territory for an Irish-Catholic Yankee. Pleased with... View Details

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Funa Maduka

paid off: recruited as an assistant in the Clinton Foundation's HIV/AIDS Caribbean program, Funa found herself responsible for advising ministries on nine islands when her director fell ill. Meanwhile, a chance encounter at a Hillary Clinton View Details

07 Aug 2018
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DreamBox Learning Breaks New Ground

A recent article in Fast Company details the $130 million fundraising round by educational technology company, DreamBox Learning, and profiles the company’s president and CEO, Jessie Woolley-Wilson (MBA 1990). Woolley-Wilson traces her... View Details

01 Dec 2017
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A Shared Vision for a Better World

experience. “I feel like I was given a great gift.” Harrold has reciprocated by consistently supporting HBS for 40 years. Over the past decade, he has also served as a class fundraising volunteer, encouraging classmates to follow his... View Details

01 Sep 2012
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Results and Recognition

the Board of Dean’s Advisors. “We are confident our support will fuel more innovation at HBS.” Outstanding Results! Thanks to the generosity of almost 12,000 alumni and friends—and the help of more than 1,000 dedicated volunteers—our View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

28 Feb 2017
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Why I Love My Job: Sierra Smith Talks Her Fashion Startup Internship

with Catherine on what we determined as the biggest opportunities. This resulted in building an inventory management system and running a seed fundraising effort. What was your favorite part of working for Plan de Ville? The best part of... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

01 Dec 1996
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October Reunions Break Records, Strengthen Ties

year's Reunion classes broke fundraising records: the Class of 1956 reached the highest HBS total ever for a 40th Reunion, and the Class of 1971 contributed the largest 25th Reunion gift of any class in Harvard University history. "Those... View Details

Keywords: Mary Jane Higgins; photos by Brooks Kraft

01 Sep 2008
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When You Speak, This Group Listens

cross-section of MBA, Executive Education, and Doctoral alumni. Before joining the board for three-year terms, each of us had volunteered in a variety of capacities, including serving in key roles in HBS clubs and associations, mentoring current students, planning... View Details

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

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George F. Baker - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

School agreed not to limit its 1924 fundraising appeal to Harvard graduates, but to cast a wide net to leaders in business—including George F. Baker, Director of the First National Bank and one of the “builders of the American business... View Details

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Wendy Lim

representative for Section J, Class of 2006. Her formal duties include helping with fundraising and “encouraging participation among classmates.” Informally, she notes that she’s “attended about five HBS weddings a year on average. The... View Details

01 Oct 2001
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Margaret Hanson Costan: A Whole New World

developing world, and fundraising for the Bank. "My whole life used to be about efficiency," says Costan, a Montana native who graduated from Stanford and studied theology at Oxford prior to attending HBS. "That's not really possible when... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan

29 Mar 2023
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Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria

a panelist to the HBS alumni fundraiser organized by Nancy Hammerman (PMD 69, 1995) and Nuzhet Atabek (PMD 69, 1995). MARCH 8 Nancy Hammerman (PMD 69, 1995) and Nuzhet Atabek (PMD 69, 1995) are hosting an event with the HBS Association of... View Details

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Abby Falik

and appropriate technologies. HBS has been a part of the start-up at every step. “My classmates still form the core of my support base,” Abby says. “They’ve held fundraising events, organized volunteer chapters – and even helped interview... View Details

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Activating a Legion of People | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

fundraising activities, corporate outreach, and an emerging area, conservation finance, which includes growing sustainable revenue streams through mechanisms such as carbon offsets. Impact Much of my work at the United Way focused on... View Details

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Venture Capital and Private Equity - Course Catalog

to source for and screen investments Managing growth Evaluating a portfolio Pro-rata investing’s pros and cons Creating a new firm and fundraising for a first-time fund Compensation and control within a firm Succession Course Content... View Details

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