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- 01 Jun 1999
- News
A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News
they prayed." HBS's answer to Leno and Letterman, Larry Klein (MBA '80), who fully intends to keep his day job as an investment advisor, has recently packaged that and some two hundred other jokes to help financial professionals add a... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Stiletto Science
Amalfi brand. “I’ve run a rocket company, I’ve built transatlantic fiber cable,” said Hughes. “But if I go to a cocktail party and say, ‘Oh, I’m a CEO of a rocket company,’ after all the rocket scientist jokes are done, there’s not much... View Details
- 27 Jan 2011
- News
The Joys of Cooking
Harvard girl who went into charity. When he saw me delivering cookies to his wife, he called out ‘Honey, the Harvard cookie girl is here!’ I liked the joke and named my company that.” View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Liberal Smarts
experience influence this decision to focus on liberal arts? I majored in visual and environmental studies and specialized in filmmaking, and I joke with my colleagues that I made up for my sins in liberal arts by getting a business... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
For the Records
property, the Waterloo team found a suitable replacement five blocks away. If Qadri can help with the permitting, they have dreams of a record-bin bucket brigade, where Waterloo’s customers line the route to move the inventory to its new home, hand by hand. “I always... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
A View from the Top
with the demands of career and family. “It’s a trick, a skill, an art, a science that very few people manage,” he said. After the highs of achievement, Sahlman broached the darker subject of tough times. “You turned immediately to me. This is extremely worrying,” View Details
- 16 Oct 2014
- News
Innovating for International Aid
places that aren’t on most people’s vacation lists. “My wife often jokes that every vacation we’ve taken since we first met involves visiting an orphanage or refugee camp,” says Wu, who is driven by a desire to help others just as he and... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Savings and Loam
are being deployed on the lending side,” he says. Cummings, who jokes that he’s “going from pretend farmer to pretend banker,” submitted the banking charter and FDIC insurance applications in August 2021 and hopes to have a provisional... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Capitalizing the Corner Shop
simplified the application process, asking business owners for only a bank statement as part of their mobile-based loan application, and delivering funds to successful applicants within 48 hours. “The joke we crack is that with most... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Leonard Dick (MBA 1990)
bottom up: Staff writer, story editor, coproducer, producer, supervising producer, co-executive producer, executive producer, show runner. “Titles in Hollywood mean everything and nothing. Executive producer sounds very important, but there are seven or eight of us on... View Details
- 08 Jun 2023
- News
Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner
who were in attendance. "They shared a bit about themselves and we all got to interview and joke with them, and welcome them," says Pérez-Riera. "The HBSLAA wants to promote Latinos, first to go to HBS, and then to get into the C-suite... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
finds time to serve on boards—including at her husband’s beverage company—and oversee another startup in health care. Fisher jokes that her career has been about “liquid assets”—blood, water, and beer—but she says the common thread is the... View Details
- 12 May 2015
- News
A Flash of Insight
Cooper’s forward-looking approach doesn’t exclude further adventures, either. He is passionate about food and often jokes that his next move will be to attend culinary school. “It is said that a man’s life has three stages—one to learn,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
UNC's “Accidental” Dean
55924f11e238861c488df17b6d091a14 All Steve Jones (MBA ’78) really wanted was a part-time teaching job at his alma mater. Instead, he ended up as dean of UNC Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. “I’m sort of an accidental dean,” he View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
A Start-Up with Giddyup
after stints with Trilogy Software, BCG, and Local Motors. She also served for five years in the Marine Corps (including tours in Iraq and Afghanistan) as a logistics officer, rising to the rank of captain. It's a résumé that Ford jokes... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
A Trusty Board
What makes a good board member? "The three w's," jokes Carter Brown, "work, wealth, and wisdom." Brown, who reported to a board during his two decades at the National Gallery and who is a longtime trustee of numerous organizations, is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Up Side Story: HBS Show a Sold-Out Success
in love while entertaining the sold-out audience with humor, song, and dance. Each year since 1974, a group of hardworking students has pooled its writing, acting, and production skills to stage a Broadway-style performance that takes advantage of inside View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Good for Laughs
If there are jokes to be found amid the wave of corporate scandals, they’re usually on the shareholders. But hey, did you hear the one about the overcompensated CEOs? “They found out that making too much money is not nearly as bad as... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 13 Jun 2016
- News
Brenda Bence (MBA 1991)
four continents, including South America and Asia. Then, on April 1, 2002, she launched her own firm. “I always joked that if it didn’t work out, I would tell everyone it was an April Fool’s prank,” recalls Bence. “But the business took... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
becoming an engineer, a course he pursued at the University of Virginia. He now jokes about how he “moonlighted” as an engineering student while pursuing his passion for the theater and community service. Upon graduation, Williams knew he... View Details