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- 01 Feb 2000
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Jerry Shafir: A Simmering Success Story
the two set about the tasks of renting suitable manufacturing space, scrounging defunct factories for affordable machinery, developing recipes, and building a business from the ground up. It was a slow process, marked by sixteen-hour View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Hollywood Story
Ruth Epstein (MBA ’88) never went to film school, but nine years at Goldman Sachs proved to be great training for her new career in Hollywood. With fifteen-hour workdays filled with legal and financial negotiations, and the uncertainty of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
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In My Humble Opinion: Vittorio Colao (MBA 1990)
or ‘I am OK with this,’ which means I disagree completely. Even Americans don’t get this in the Brits.” Workday habit: Every two hours or so, a minibreak of three or four minutes to read a news article or make a personal phone call. “It’s... View Details
- 26 Jan 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Jill Applebaum (MBA 2015)
before! We sold out of our holiday sets for the season right after Cyber Monday (which was a good problem), but we’re continuing to experiment with how to better predict demand.” What’s a typical workday like (or is there really no such... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
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A Long and Winding Road
and hips and repaired with laser surgery. Laptop computers, the Internet, and cell phones make the 24-hour workday a virtual reality. As we journey even deeper into middle age, will we decide to restructure the priorities we've placed on... View Details
Keywords: Wayne R. Vibert (MBA 1973)
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops
husband was a terrific source of support, uncomplaining even when her entrepreneurial responsibilities lengthened her workdays and ate up her weekends. “I couldn’t have done it without him,” she says. Or, of course, without that best pep... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
average of 3.2 hours each workday with their children, while employed fathers spend 2.3 hours each workday. Source: The Families and Work Institute's "1997 National Study of the Changing Workforce." Karla (Rose) Middlebrooks Keeping to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
too—his suggested maxims are lab-tested. “I really do have to take my own advice,” says Pasricha. How can we be happier at work? One of the biggest “minimum effective doses” is just spending a couple minutes at the beginning of your View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Tried and Tested
the workday to have a similar effect. Each paper opens up new behavioral work that I hadn’t thought about previously and sets me on a different path. KC: Broadly, I think you could see some of these results and still feel dispirited about... View Details