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- 24 Apr 2020
- News
Spreading the Love
workforce protection. The company will continue to make the shields, but is now refocused on prototyping disposable gowns and protective coverings, which represent the most urgently needed PPE. The challenge, Rose says, is finding an... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Stacey Lawson (MBA '96)
drawings," says Lawson, who worked on a prototype for the product and a business plan as part of a field study with Associate Professor David M. Upton. She then spent five months lining up venture capital backing in Silicon Valley. "I... View Details
- 15 Feb 2023
- News
Grand Ambitions in the Great Plains
Photo credits: Meghan Kenny and Jonas Lee Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Meghan Kenny: Our prototype is called Hobbes. All of our major pieces of equipment are named after cartoon characters. Hobbes's... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Ink: The Three-Step Startup
themselves as entrepreneurs. “There’s a misunderstanding that you have to be from a certain place, to look a certain way, to have a certain type of background training, to have one type of personality—all these misconceptions about what the View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
A New Platform for Alumni Engagement
publication of Competing in the Age of AI, the book Lakhani coauthored with Marco Iansiti, the David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration. Salas was eager to be involved in this prototype of the Learning Network, and Lakhani asked... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Donna L. Dubinsky, MBA 1981
prototype PalmPilot, consumers—and investors—were giving up on handheld devices. Just as the pair were running out of options, U.S. Robotics saw their potential and offered to buy Palm and help them deliver their first model. While some... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
Above: Meridith Unger (left) and Nix’s business development director Sara Weber (MBA 2016) inspect a prototype (photo by Susan Young) Boston-based Nix is developing a disposable biosensor that gives users a real-time gauge of hydration... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research
Unit at HBS Vinluan’s research examines the relationship between the cognitive processes underlying racial categorization and stereotyping, as well as experiences of encountering stereotypes and discrimination. She examines these processes among individuals who are... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Get Creative
This requires companies to be astute about how they prototype and test. IDEO adheres to the “three Rs” rule: rough, rapid, and right. For example, when testing the ergonomics of a new type of telephone receiver, View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
challenges in building the operation was that the lack of existing models simply made it hard to explain. “People had prototypes for foundations. And they had prototypes for VC funds. This was neither.” Now... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Protagonist Goes Prime Time
the interviewee and the viewer,” says Page. A trip to the Bay Area in April captured the concepting phase, and a second trip to Peru in May, the prototyping phase. On this final trip, the video crew carried only a GoPro and a handheld... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Vibrant Brand
thousand dollars he collected from fifteen friends, Clinkscales put together a prototype of the magazine. With a cover story titled "Divided We Fall" and with the 24-year-old Clinkscales listed as editor and publisher, the debut issue of... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
so. When Verdant began deploying prototype turbines in the East River nearly 20 years ago, for instance, the company’s actions raised immediate concerns among fishermen and federal regulators. And while the startup proved that its... View Details
- 02 Mar 2023
- News
Carbon's Second Act
on carbon conversion and turning his garage—temporarily—into a laboratory. TB: I ultimately came upon an electrochemical type of process which turned out could be pretty easily prototyped at a very small scale in one's garage—buying some... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers
create a prototype of an off-road vehicle, recruiting local mechanics and welders in the coastal town of Kilifi. That laid the foundation for the company’s latest model, the Mobius II, a sleek SUV designed and made in Kenya, with rugged... View Details
Keywords: Amy Yee
- 26 May 2022
- News
Northern California Club Honors Noom; LGBTQ Alumni Share HBS Stories
product attempts that missed the mark on health outcomes—including a prototype of a smart bike and apps for fitness and calorie tracking. “In order to have a healthy outcome, our users need to adopt a healthy lifestyle—daily,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
vocals, and precision highs. We’re pretty excited about that, and we think our customers will be too. We’ve recently brought our product development process in-house, so instead of sourcing products in Asia, we can take a concept from a blank sheet of paper through to... View Details
- 01 Feb 2018
- News
HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86
faculty office building) and Baker Hall (now Esteves), a residence hall for Executive Education participants. Typically, he left nothing to chance. According to a 1993 article in Harvard Magazine, “Professor Uyterhoeven resurrected the idea of the mock-up, constructing... View Details
- 19 Sep 2012
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On a Sound Track
vocals, and precision highs. We’re pretty excited about that, and we think our customers will be too. We’ve recently brought our product development process in-house, so instead of sourcing products in Asia, we can take a concept from a blank sheet of paper through to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
real bicycle that would fold — something to use for serious cycling that was sturdier than available folding models. He designed and built a prototype in his spare time (while fully employed as an architect) and discovered that others... View Details