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- 01 Sep 2023
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Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees
regulated as a medical device, the company turned more of its focus to the family-history consumer. (In 2017, 23andMe received its first authorization from the FDA and pivoted back to emphasizing the health aspects.) In both areas, says... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
authority, an unusual trait for the few Asians represented in the new batch of associates. “When he was sent over to Hong Kong to work for Goldman, it wasn’t the polished operation it is today,” says Tan. “Michael saw it as an opportunity... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Exchange: Help Wanted
Image by John Ritter The path to a job in the C-suite isn’t what it used to be. For many years, companies could lean on financial expertise and industry connections when recruiting candidates, but HBS professors Raffaella Sadun and Joseph Fuller say that so much has... View Details
- 06 Jul 2023
- News
Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations
numbers, and—in most games—umpires don't miss any calls on the field. And today, that expanded instant replay system is only employed once every other game. "We designed the system based on the data and not based on the perception," Marinak says. Marinak is now the... View Details
- 22 Nov 2023
- News
So You Want to Join a Startup
making it up as you go along when you're working in an early stage company. The focus is on building the product and trying to get customers, and a lot of times the HR aspects of the company get set aside. I also talk about in startups... View Details
- 23 Jan 2024
- News
A Wide Net
Growing up in Mumbai, Navroz Udwadia (MBA 2005) spent most of his time on the tennis court, where he was an internationally ranked athlete. Today, as cofounder and partner of Alpha Wave, a global investment group with a multibillion-dollar stake in India’s startup... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 17 Dec 2020
- News
Making Club History in Japan; Startup Accelerator Case Goes Virtual in Atlanta
protagonist for Hill’s follow-up case, which focused on the operational challenges she faced in launching The Farm. “It was the first startup accelerator for Comcast. We faced lots of new challenges, such as how to measure success. For a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
and operational data, with the goal of improving efficiency and quality of service. “The data improvements she’s talking about could be game changers,” says Cohen, who credits Tisch with being the first sanitation commissioner to View Details
- 16 Jun 2020
- News
Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.
- 20 Apr 2023
- News
How Joe Hinrichs is Getting CSX Back on Track
service to other companies focus on their employees," Hinrichs told the Journal. "They focus on employees' morale, their attitudes, how they're feeling about the company." Hinrichs came to CSX after a long... View Details
- 22 Sep 2023
- News
Capital Connection
capital for underserved communities. “I wanted to bring the creativity, expertise, and white-glove thoughtfulness that comes from Wall Street and apply that on a more local level,” Beckford says. “I wanted to focus on the View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Case Study: Staking a Claim
Illustration by Nhung Lê Kate Terry (MBA 2005) knows that no one attends their fifth-grade career fair and comes home hoping to pursue a career in insurance—but that’s exactly where she wound up. “I really fell in love with it,” she says. As cofounder and CEO of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Case Study: Testing the Waters
coconut water and pink Himalayan salt, with lemon juice and stevia for flavor. Seeing a big opportunity on her hands—an effective, functional product with cleaner ingredients than anything on the market—Picasso left her job at Jet.com to View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The War Within
When the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, Nataliia Zhyliak’s world was upended in a matter of days. At the time, Zhyliak, a psychologist in the western Ukrainian city of Kamianets-Podilskyi, was working at an education and rehabilitation... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
A Continuum of Innovation
As senior associate dean and chair of the MBA Program, Matt Weinzierl has a running list of questions that he and Jana P. Kierstead, the executive director of MBA and Doctoral programs, always keep in mind. They range from the curricular (How can we ensure that the MBA... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Vital Signs
to focus on listening to the patient and the invaluable human interactions. The National Health Service (NHS) hospitals and practices that have adopted the tool are reporting 20 percent productivity gains (between senior physicians... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974
the most respected firms in the industry. Focused on long-term value, the group has invested in more than 350 growing businesses and completed more than 125 public offerings. Since stepping down from day-to-day operations at Summit,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
investment in the city’s human capital, requiring work that is much more subtle, nuanced, and difficult to see. This is Chattanooga’s, and the nation’s, toughest challenge to date—one that will require the collaborative focus of leaders... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
difference between sitting in a classroom and pontificating about what the CEO should or should not have done versus the real-world challenges I was facing. I reflected back on J&J’s lessons on proactive communication, public engagement, View Details