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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
the founder of the modern VC industry, but there’s been remarkably little written about him,” says Josh Lerner, a professor at HBS who specializes in the study of private equity. “He is the first person who basically ran an institutional... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
Energy Services, while Peter R. Formanek (MBA '68) and his AutoZone cared for car owners in need of quality parts and friendly service. This kaleidoscope of achievement was being replicated by HBS alumni virtually everywhere across the... View Details
- 15 May 2023
- News
From Scientist to Business Leader
cohort of 15 students to enter the joint MS/MBA program, Kim interned for Boston Consulting Group, working with health care clients. She also explored the current landscape of hearing loss therapeutics—“something I'm so passionate about... View Details
- 11 Feb 2021
- News
Retraining for a Post-COVID Workforce
at all until they succeed in surpassing a certain income threshold. The Globe article offers the example of Jeo Tovar, a 35-year-old father of three who earned about $30,000 a year as a personal trainer before the pandemic. “There’s no... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Katherine Switz (MBA 2000)
send you flowers for. When I was hospitalized, my mother gave me a copy of Kay Redfield Jamison’s An Unquiet Mind, a memoir of living with bipolar illness. Years later, that book was my inspiration for starting the Stability Network. I had one role model of a View Details
- 29 Apr 2025
- News
Challenge Accepted
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Nietzsche said it first: What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger. There’s a reason that saying has legs, nearly 140 years later. We all, at some point... View Details
- 08 Jun 2018
- News
My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
grown up in the business all of my career, and when I finished college and came back I was a full-time employee for the first time. After a year or so I was promoted to work under my dad as one of the department managers. And within a few months I realized that I was... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
South Africa's Lucille Meyer: Shaping a Practical Presidency
deliver everyday tangible results. To that end, Meyer, deputy director general for The Private Office, has guided Mbeki's merger of the president and deputy president offices to form the Office of the Presidency. The new entity, which Meyer oversees, provides daily,... View Details
Keywords: Morgan Baker
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
Businesses in Agribusiness, New Opportunities in the Health Care Industry, and Managing in the Marketspace. "This cooperation among various units has greatly enhanced EM's ability to deal with the cross-disciplinary research required to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
Massachusetts. During the bubble, the most valued skill was the presumed ability to predict what hot concept could go public fast. Now the pendulum has swung back to valuing entrepreneurial skills first and foremost. There’s also a renewed appreciation for the amount... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Covering the Issues
computer club, and the use of an interactive computer system to help place students in jobs. A 1979 article announced two new elective courses: Introduction to Computing for Managers and Management in a Computerized Environment. Personal... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
Education For many investors, alpha—risk-adjusted returns above benchmarks—is akin to the Holy Grail, particularly challenging to achieve even with a sound strategy. The author reveals the principles and methods employed in her investment strategies, along with... View Details
- 24 May 2023
- News
Balancing Acts
off—reflect a very personal perspective on what that word "balance" means, with some rejecting the concept outright. Also included? Some very practical tips and insights for anyone juggling a full schedule of commitments at work, home,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
Illustration by Jeffrey Smith Follow the Passion & Purpose blog A new book about dynamic young Harvard Business School MBAs, Passion & Purpose: Stories from the Best and Brightest Young Business Leaders (Harvard Business Review Press), presents some two dozen View Details
- 11 Apr 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)
Angeles from across the country to volunteer alongside local veterans and community members. I have a goal of making sure all the veterans and community members involved have a tremendous experience and walk away feeling a greater sense of View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
Hajim (MBA 1964) and Glenn Plaskin Skyhorse On the Road Less Traveled is the story of Edmund Hajim, an American financier and philanthropist who rises from dire childhood circumstances to achieve professional success and personal... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
some truly Olympian details to take care of, including planning for 2 million spectators (joined by 3 billion television viewers, or 60 percent of the human race); 15,000 athletes and officials from 197 participating countries; 30... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
and I thought that a friend was kidding around so I said, “Yes, and who the hell is this?” The reply: “Georges Doriot. You are a friend of Phil Platt’s? Did you know that he committed suicide on Martha’s Vineyard?” Phil was a very close friend and the View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
and other forms of amusement and recreation, no matter how much leisure we may have. After men and women have spent respectively an estimated five and eight hours a week on the care of the body and personal... View Details
- 11 Sep 2018
- News
Bringing Government Up to Code
through the application and it times out, you have to start back at the beginning. So let's say that you're applying for food assistance and you don't just have a personal computer at home. That means you go to the library, you use a... View Details