Launch - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2019
News

Developing Leaders Who Bridge Business and Engineering

she says. “We’ve both been enormous fans of the possibilities in Allston for many years,” says Nunnelly. “It’s so incredibly important to the future of Harvard, the city of Boston, and the entire state of Massachusetts. We anticipate this gift will be one of many... View Details

02 Mar 2016
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David Moss is Rewriting History

conduct his boldest experiment yet: taking the case method into high-school classrooms to revolutionize how we teach teenagers about American democracy. This past fall, Moss and his team launched the case method in 11 public, charter, and... View Details

Keywords: April White

23 Mar 2023
News

Winners Crowned in 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition

Competition, cohosted by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and HBS Alumni Relations, serves as a launch pad for innovative new ventures from HBS alumni, providing access and exposure to potential investors, mentors, and advisors. The... View Details

01 Mar 2023
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Toward a Life Well Lived

years after graduation,” explains Perlow. The following year, she led 17 students in an independent study project that asked hundreds of alumni to consider what they wished they’d known while at HBS and what they’ve learned since then. These efforts culminated in the... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Dec 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

get its case history, diagnose its problems, and only then solve them. Invented by the scholars who launched Harvard Business School, this medical model will still cure companies today. During the last 30 years, business schools embraced... View Details

Keywords: podcasts

01 Mar 2024
News

Come Sail Away

When Michael Sard (MBA 2018) arrived at HBS, he owned about 50 Hawaiian shirts. “It was one of the few items in a man’s closet that could have a ritual to it around going out, like a tuxedo does,” he says. Purchase options, however, seemed limited to two extremes:... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; manufacturing; career path; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

09 Feb 2021
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Investing in Entrepreneurship

become great oaks. The companies that are spawned provide employment, pay taxes, and advance the standard of living—all actions that are great for America.” Missy Crisp, a Vassar graduate who earned an MBA at night from Hofstra University while working as a teacher and... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

30 May 2023
News

Finding PRIDE

students to connect via an untraceable off-campus phone number. Those founding members launched what would become a decades-long tradition—a community within the community. The group’s name, originally borrowed from a similar group at... View Details

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

21 Jul 2022
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A Warren Buffett Protégée Strikes Out on Her Own

In a recent profile, the New York Times detailed the career of Tracy Britt Cool (MBA 2009), which has culminated in the launch of her new investment firm, Kanbrick. Britt Cool’s business career began in childhood, working at her parents’... View Details

26 May 2016
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Mary Callahan Erdoes, MBA 1993

Morgan Global Investment Management, Portfolio Manager 2005 Named CEO, J.P. Morgan Private Bank 2005 Joins Board of Directors, U.S. Fund for UNICEF 2009 Named CEO, J.P. Morgan Asset Management 2013 Launches Women on the Move initiative at... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance

24 May 2017
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David G. Bradley, MBA 1977

year is 2017, providing evidence that while Bradley’s manner may be from a bygone age, he’s firmly planted in the 21st century. When Bradley was just 26, he founded a legislative and regulatory research business. “I’d done nothing but study at that point,” says... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

31 Jul 2023
News

Striving for Imperfection

number of launches per year from, say, three or four a year to more than 20 a year. As they’ve been doing that, they’ve experimented with new technologies like 3D printing of rocket parts, like reusing rocket parts, like using new... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

05 Feb 2019
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The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)

further acquisitions to take PCL to the next level! With the ever-changing industry that we operate in, I look forward to the new challenges along this journey.” Can you tell us about MAYU and what motivated you and your wife to launch... View Details

01 Mar 2005
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Turkish Delight

time between Brookline, Massachusetts, and a “base of operations” in Paris that makes it easier for Gadiesh to travel for work. After leaving Bain in 1984, Byford put his entrepreneurial talents to work, launching two electronics... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 May 2013
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Thomas S. Volpe, MBA 1976

early stages of numerous successful start-ups, including Genentech’s dramatic public launch in 1980. Currently, Volpe continues to invest in entrepreneurial ventures, serves on numerous boards, and travels frequently to the Middle East on... View Details

01 Dec 2022
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Full Court Press

decades thereafter, the NBA’s activity on the continent focused on grassroots development. Its international Basketball Without Borders program, which launched in Africa in 2003, featured athletic development and training as well as... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Oct 1996
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Trading Up — Kenneth D. Brody (MBA 1971)

and produce good jobs for American workers." Brody, who grew up in the Washington, D.C., area, has decided that the city is an ideal place to raise a family and base his new business ventures. He has launched a third career as an... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2022
News

Singing to the Corn

better absorb water and nutrients. Below the topsoil is subsoil: lighter in color and much denser, with more sand, clay, and rocks in its composition and very little organic matter. Below that, bedrock. December 5 marks World Soil Day, an effort View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Vance Jacobs; Agriculture

01 Jun 2022
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In My Humble Opinion: Home Base

Dowling launched Workparent, a coaching and consulting firm that supports organizations and individuals by providing practical tips and techniques that help workers excel at home and on the job. To date, the company has advised parents on... View Details