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- 01 Jun 2012
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Ideas
Web Extras Watch Professor Wasserman explain key insights from his book, Founders Dilemmas Listen to a webinar recording for alumni entrepreneurs Faculty Q&A with Professor Noam Wasserman When Noam Wasserman (MBA 1999) spent his MBA summer internship working for a VC... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Yurt Man
the skin-ripping heat.” Observed Zwern, “Every CO2 molecule out there came from a carbon atom somebody burned. With mirrors, lensing, and focusing, we can use the sun directly instead of in the form of ‘batteries’ like wood and coal that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Venture Capital, Post-Dot Bomb
At Cyberposium, a student-run technology conference held last November at the School, HBS professor Bill Sahlman sparked a frank discussion on the current climate for venture capital investing. “In the future, I see a median rate of return of zero or less,” Sahlman... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
The Mind Speaks, Marketers Listen
word — to grill them about their tastes, buying habits, and favorite brands — [Zaltman] seeks to converse directly with their brains instead,” the Times observed (February 23, 2002). The Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique (ZMET), the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
we could wrestle with and articulate, what this case method was all about,” observes Willis Emmons (MBA ’85, PhDBE ’89), director of the C. Roland Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning at HBS. “We welcomed 38 new faculty to the... View Details
- 11 Oct 2022
- News
Righting the Ship
management,” observes Stuckey. “If a process or system is not producing a desired outcome, then consider redesigning the machinery producing the outcome.” With the new model in place and execution numbers at all-time highs, says Stuckey,... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
Noam Wasserman (MBA 1999) spent his MBA summer internship working for a VC firm, he observed important universalities in the decisions that founders faced. He also saw that the “fundamental implications of those decisions were getting the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Making It Count
is very significant damage,” observes Cohen, who is the author of IMPACT: Reshaping Capitalism to Drive Real Change. “It’s also a sign of a broken system,” he says. “Capitalism has created huge benefits to populations across the globe... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 27 Oct 2020
- News
HBS Votes
observes Malik. “Confidence in our government is at a 60-year low, and many people are looking to business to solve the problems facing our society.” Malik believes making election day a holiday is a way for businesses to allow their... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Rediscovering America
to improving U.S. foreign relations? In the business world, we have observed that when an organization is trying to introduce a new way of doing things, some people will like the idea from the beginning, some will be totally opposed, and... View Details
- 04 Feb 2020
- News
In Harmony
School,” he responded. Sills knew he wasn’t being truthful but nonetheless hired him to be the opera’s finance director. Later, he would be promoted to executive director. “This was the first time I challenged the path that seemed laid out for me by societal norms,”... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion
every class since the first graduation in 1975 gathered with their families at Orlando's Dolphin Hotel in late October to observe the program's milestone with the first-ever OPM All-Class Reunion. OPM graduates from 17 countries attended... View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
- News
A Diversified Portfolio
of angel investors in early 2009 and noticed, "I was the only woman in the room." She also observed that the companies under review had all-male leadership teams. She knew that the level of gender discrepancy among investors likely meant... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Making a World of Difference
his involvement in the circus to his other interests, Slifka observes that "the circus is something you feel with your belly, not with your head. And belly stuff is where humans connect." His eyes light up and his smile broadens as he... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dare to be Different
nonfiction, lots of different genres — which means that I always have lots of strange stuff in my brain. You reflect on the Web as a marketing channel, including the interesting observation that in the broadcast media, people are used to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
observations or ask the hard questions of hopeful entrepreneurs. “I want you to think about whether you really are an entrepreneur,” he says to a young woman who hopes to launch a mirror makeup app using facial recognition technology. And... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
raised equity financing of $3.5 and $1.3 million in July and November 2008, respectively. “We have a significant database of customers and the ability to operate the Eclipse commercially under our flight certificate,” observes Herp.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
popcorn machine and dispensing soda, which makes Lopez's habit of hanging around AMC theaters a necessity. "I love, love, standing in a corner with a Diet Coke in my hand," he says. "If it's a well-run theater, it's poetry in motion. And if it's poorly run, you can't... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
industry segments that depend on the NFL." Surveying the league's 32 franchises, Grubman observes that each has arguably become a global brand in its own right."The size and complexity of the local franchise as a business has exploded in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
A View from the Top
you don’t know what it’s like to be hit.” Donna Dubinsky: “Wisdom combines the powers of keen observation and strong listening skills. We leave HBS with good talking skills, but sometimes our listening skills need some work. It’s... View Details