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- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Wide Horizon
There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
- 05 Oct 2023
- News
On the Move: Massimo (Max) Magni (MBA 2003)
Our “On the Move” series highlights HBS alumni who are taking on new roles and responsibilities. Here we speak with Massimo (Max) Magni (MBA 2003), who has been named Macy’s new chief customer and digital officer. In this role, Magni will take charge of Macy’s digital... View Details
Keywords: Retail Trade
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Game On
It’s raining in Sarasota. And not a light sprinkle but a proper, Florida drenching, so the outdoor courts at the Pickleball Club’s Lakewood Ranch location are deserted. Inside is a different story. Most of the 12 courts are in play. With four people to a court, all... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Frances Haugen: (MBA 2011)
I went to a Montessori preschool. My parents were very big on the idea that children are people and treated me with great seriousness. If they asked me to do something, I was allowed to ask why. Debate was a big part of my high school experience. Coaching debate... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2024
Photographed by Susan Young; Edited by Julia Hanna MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients.... View Details
- 04 Apr 2024
- News
The Making of a Medical Milestone
launch my first drug commercially. Over the past years, however, I’ve played a role in starting four companies, where three were taken public and one was sold. As such, I’ve gone from very big to very small... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
The Musts of 2023
rights. And his big conclusion was that there isn't enough money in the world to change a society that doesn't respect women. That this is something that happens through mass communications. And I think it's probably one of the reasons... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
with a schedule and scope of future expenses, can equip the buyer with clearer expectations about a home’s total cost over time, Kennealey observes. “You may want to put down a big down payment, but if you know you have a new roof coming,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
running and investing in large companies were doing quite well. But working- and middle-class Americans were struggling, as were many small businesses. The most promising efforts we found to restore shared prosperity were local, cross-sector collaborations.” Launched... View Details
- 16 May 2024
- News
On the Job
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. We all have early memories of on-the-job learnings—those moments that had a lasting impact on how we see the world of work and our place in it. This... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
- 26 Jan 2022
- News
Making Peace with Anger
hardest thing for me to tell people about. And in admitting that I had a very significant failure, what it did was it made me more human to both my colleagues and my friends. I sat down with four business school classmates—great, great... View Details
- 06 Jul 2023
- News
Home Economics
donors—“you don’t naturally have a feedback loop”—and you have to build strategic alliances. “No nonprofit is going to achieve big objectives alone,” Laidler-Kylander explains. Trickle Up invested in 41,000 women living in extreme poverty... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 31 May 2023
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2023
A. Schwarzman (MBA 1972) Reshma Kewalramani MD, FASN (GMP 18, 2015) CEO and President, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Big move: “I was almost 12 when we flew from Bombay to the United States. My impressions of the West came from the movie Grease... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
balancing my left and right brain. It probably also explains why my last four cars have been sporty SUVs. —Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991) Back to top “Johnson & Johnson: The Tylenol Tragedy” J&J was confronted with a major crisis in October... View Details
- 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
- 19 Apr 2024
- News
Alumni Host Energy CEO Summit in Houston; Austin Club Co-Hosts SXSW Reception
Clubs News Clubs News Houston Alumni Host Annual Energy CEO Summit The HBS Club of Houston presented its fourth annual Energy CEO Summit on April 3, which featured four of the industry’s top CEOs discussing trends and challenges around... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 25 Apr 2024
- News
Origin Stories
him. John Hess: I grew up in Perth, Amboy, New Jersey, so I’m a Jersey boy and I’m proud of it. My dad never went to college. He was the fourth of four kids and the first three siblings went to college. They had the money, the Depression... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Demola Gbadegesin - In the Right Direction
on their business plan as well as with the contacts they already have in place, Gbadegesin is realistic about the difficulties ahead. “We know it's a big risk, but we're committed,” he says. “If you don't give it a try, you can't know if... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
‘Your tribal corn.’” Walker told Keen that big ag was displacing indigenous seeds in India with GMO crops, a story later told in the 2016 documentary Seed. At the time, Keen was serving as a representative on the Cherokee National... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
first of 15 Jr. NBA programs focused on youth development; in 2017, it opened NBA Academy Africa, one of four NBA Academy programs around the world that features elite training for high school-age prospects, in Senegal. Yet fulfilling the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell