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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
an astronaut. After selling Stylus, he briefly indulged a long-held passion by studying jazz piano, before settling into a spectacularly successful career as an entrepreneur, building and selling three tech... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Predictable Surprises
and Gore heroes for solving a problem that, at the time, very few knew existed. Shouldn’t we be able to look to our political and business leaders to make decisions that are in our long-term best interest, regardless of how popular those decisions are in the View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Scott D. Cook
about," he notes. A proud father of three, Cook now serves as Intuit's chairman of the executive committee of the board, having handed over the role of CEO in 1994 "to someone who is actually good at it," he says with a laugh. First job View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
some point change or reinvent the business, it would be history. Every generation of my family went through some kind of a major business crisis. My grandfather started the company in 1906 in China selling chinoiserie goods, porcelain,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Ron Shaich’s Café Society
not reach its full potential unless it had all the financial and human capital our company could muster. I suggested to our board that we sell all our other businesses and “double down” on Panera Bread. It wasn’t a popular decision but... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Alumni Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books 20+ Years of Urban Rebuilding: Lessons from the Revival of Lower Manhattan after 9/11 By Patrice Derrington (MBA 1991) and Rosemary Scanlon (PMD 42, 1981) Routledge Following the destruction of the World Trade Center and the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Screen Tested
A seasoned media executive, Sarah Harden (MBA 1999) was serving as interim CEO of the media company Hello Sunshine when she was brought up short by an early conversation with company founder Reese Witherspoon. “Reese told me that before... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Fast Lane to Country Lane
furniture, it worked out perfectly,” says Lackley. “Mark’s the idea guy, and I’m the businessperson.” Lackley left Open Market before her wedding and began to help Mark with selling commissioned pieces of furniture. She briefly returned... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
much in the employer’s interest to also be there for them. I ask you, does it maximize profit to treat customers well by selling them products that represent good value for the money, or is it best to charge them as much as you can while... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 02 Nov 2015
- News
Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
for compact discs, with section mates Bill Heye and Paresh Shah. “We were the CD tower guys. We produced thousands of them, selling the first ones for $199 at City Schemes and Brookstone. Then everyone got in the game, and retail pricing... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 13 Jun 2017
- News
Finding Common Ground
understanding of each other’s challenges and goals. That idea became the Bee Understanding Project, which included producing a documentary short film that won a Telly Award. A Career Full of Challenges If CollaborateUp’s work sounds... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
he continues. “This company’s service allows e-mail messages to be sent from anywhere in the world to a post office near the addressee’s home, printed out as a letter, stuffed in an envelope, and delivered in just a few days. They’re even View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
Lodwick and Zach Klein, creators gain more in revenues and control by using its Vimeo On Demand platform to sell content directly to audiences worldwide, reaching more than 170 million viewers each month. Creators pay a premium for its... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
One-on-One with Peter Cuneo
our characters to consumers. But we were short of cash. As a result, our movie licensing deals with studio partners were not always to Marvel’s advantage. Coming out of bankruptcy is like finishing chemotherapy: You are theoretically... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us
explain how we have arrived at this point, he says: Businesses everywhere are short staffed, and call volumes are at record levels, so the human-to-call ratio doesn’t work in the customer’s favor. Plus, with wages as high as they are,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The First Five Years: Emmanuel Straschnov (MBA 2012)
to start the company together and I went back to Boston to sell my furniture; I started working with Josh the following Monday. What makes Bubble unique? Bubble is different from other website builders, because it has much more... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
Hsieh, and Lyft founder John Zimmer, centers around a team-based curriculum. To date, DU has nearly 500 alumni from 50 countries, with more than 250 startups created, including a medical device company, an apartment listings app, and an exchange for users to View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Status Update
celebrities, developers, and news publishers. She also leads mergers and acquisitions. “Facebook’s mission is about giving people the power to build community and bring the world closer together,” she says. “In the short time I’ve been in... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
office in China to manage sales and marketing. Our revenues have increased by more than 44 percent in the past year. So operationally, the business has changed a lot in a short period of time. What are some of the challenges that come... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Q & A: Herb Kohl
one hundred grocery and department stores. Kohl focused on philanthropic activities after selling the business in 1979 and purchased the NBA Milwaukee Bucks in 1985. Elected to the Senate seat vacated by William Proxmire (MBA '40) in... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young