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- 27 Jul 2020
- Book
Reflection: The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity
little frightening because, you know, this is the time when I’m supposed to sit down with a pad of paper and really think ahead, and you’d much rather be busy because it’s so easy to focus on the latest emails,” one manager said. “Some of... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Profile
Era Jain
skills to complement my technical background and provide me with a launch pad to kick start my entrepreneurial journey. Coming to HBS is like.... Taking risks with no downside. HBS has given me the freedom of two years to try out things... View Details
- 25 May 2023
- News
Brazil’s Nubank Turns 10
Not a Neobank." The company went public in 2021; Warren Buffett is among its backers. "The Brazilian user base, which represents 95 percent of the company's total, is seen as a giant launching pad for Nu's long-term goals—starting with... View Details
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
and instructors. Social Enterprise Track, 2014 Saathi Amrita Saigal Kristin Kagetsu Social Enterprise Track Winner Provides affordable sanitary pads made from waste banana tree fiber to women in rural India Tomato Jos Mira Mehta Nike... View Details
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New Levels of Capitalism: Finance - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
stocks, padding construction costs, and accepting bribes for political favors. 22 When financial markets collapsed, the railroads exercised their considerable political influence and the state forgave loans or renegotiated payments.... View Details
- 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
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Your Social Entrepreneurship checklist | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
three years of graduation. (deadline on October 1) The New Venture Competition Alumni Track: The New Venture Competition Alumni Track serves as a launch pad for innovative new ventures from HBS alumni, providing access and exposure to... View Details
- 02 Mar 2021
- HBS Case
The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?
that this multimedia case becomes the way the Tulsa Massacre is taught everywhere in the world,” says Desai, “and it becomes a launching pad for people to begin having conversations around race and reparations that can only be had when we... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 29 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
For Entrepreneurs, Blown Deadlines Can Crush Big Ideas
projects over time, you should gain some sense of how fast the complexity is increasing. Pad your timelines aggressively to account for the larger number of things that are going to go wrong.” "Before a high-stakes product launch, Apple... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 18 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Unethical Amnesia: Why We Tend to Forget Our Own Bad Behavior
write about a personal past experience that fit one of five categories: unethical, ethical, positive, negative, or neutral. The participants mostly wrote about commonplace actions (cheating on an exam or padding an expense report, for... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Exploring Career Passions through Short Intensive Programs – Moving Beyond Direct to Consumer
a faculty member’s area of expertise or passion. We caught up with Professor Len Schlesinger, who taught the Moving Beyond Direct to Consumer (DTC) SIP with Matt Higgins of RSE Ventures. They designed this SIP to serve as a launch pad for... View Details
- 20 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?
dangerous—18 astronauts and cosmonauts have died during spaceflight as of 2018. Accidents can set a company’s program back months or years. One of Virgin Galactic’s test pilots died during a flight mishap in 2014, and a SpaceX vehicle exploded on the launch View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
NFL Players Hit the Books
Thirty-five NFL players traded their shoulder pads for notepads in late February to participate in an Executive Education program designed by the HBS faculty to help them prepare for careers after football. The NFL Business Management and... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
SHE builds confidence, promotes education, and creates jobs
Elizabeth Scharpf (MBA/MPA 2007) founded a business that improves the health and hygiene of millions of women. But her goal is much bigger: empowering women by fostering entrepreneurship. Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE) brings affordable sanitary View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Entrepreneur’s Rwandan Start-Up Gets HBS Support
miss school each year for this reason, estimates UNICEF. “Our goal is to turn what has been an obstacle into a business opportunity and vehicle for economic growth in Africa, Asia, and Central America,” says Scharpf. The Rwandan venture will manufacture and market... View Details
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Stephanie Parker
considerable power and influence? Apparently not, or at least not me. Mine will be a life of service. You won't find me padding around on the soft carpet, sipping coffee in an ivory tower, engaging with others in ways which are long on... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Starting Lineup: Values Proposition
designed to be inexpensive and widely available. Saathi, the winner of the 2014 HBS New Venture Competition in the social enterprise track, began distribution in 2016 and launched its #OneMillionPads program to donate pads to the women of... View Details
- 05 Apr 2016
- News
Don’t Send Your Kids to College. At Least Not Yet.
a bridge, a launch pad and a new rite of passage. It’s the students who find the courage to step off the treadmill—replacing textbooks with experience and achievement with exploration—who are best prepared for life after high school. And... View Details
- 11 Apr 2017
- News
Keeping the Missions Under Control
of a requirements interpretation and making sure, again, that the astronauts are safe. But that provider is providing the service to NASA to get them from the launch pad to the International Space Station. So those roles have changed.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Students Ready to Make an Impact
interactions with faculty and alumni, competitions, and programming provide a launch pad for these students. Further, all MBA students take a required course that introduces them to thinking like an entrepreneurial manager. This section... View Details