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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
company, would you take it?” Cuban asked , before a dramatic commercial break. Kang quickly answered, “No,” taking no money from the investors. She calmly explained the ambition of Coffee Meets Bagel—and that of every startup in the new... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
develop across cultures, West was seeking a different science-driven commercial realm in which to test some of his semiconductor observations. In 1998, he began looking at the life sciences. “People in the industry were crying out for a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
early 2020. But it will happen. “I tell my kids, one day you guys are going to ride a metro,” Mawilmada says. “Just know that I was a part of it in some small way.” Development in Colombo’s historic Fort district, the city’s commercial... View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Honoring a Legend
Inventions at Georgia Tech’s ATDC incubator, with a mission to commercialize a set of scientific breakthroughs for improving silicon photovoltaics. Through his Freeing Energy Project, Nussey is writing a book to help people outside the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
The Sky’s the Limit
launch last fall with “two ex-Microsoft guys.” All three are pilots, and fittingly, their first product is a flight-planning software program called Voyager. “It’s for general aviation pilots — private pilots and commercial charter... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Action Plan: Portfolio Strategy
people’s lives.” And he did, first as a consultant to the airline industry and then as chief commercial officer at a low-cost Brazilian airline. But when the company’s IPO was called off and it was sold, Sadiq took a step that has come to... View Details
- 15 May 2020
- News
New Menu
trajectory of these young food businesses, in addition to all the potential pitfalls. Big Ideas Ventures focuses on the transition points as a company moves from product to a commercial kitchen and beyond. "We dedicate a lot of our time... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Shaping the Way Business Does Business: HBR at 75
business practitioners. After a few turbulent years in the late 1980s marked by organizational and personnel changes, in 1993 HBR officially became a part of the new HBS Publishing Corporation, an entity that combines the School's many View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
“The Globalization of Markets.” In it, he described “a new commercial reality — the emergence of global markets for standardized consumer products on a previously unimagined scale of magnitude.” In a world made much smaller and more... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
arena, where he was president and CEO of GE Commercial Insurance, and into something with strong growth prospects. Four months later, Parker’s wish came true: He became president and CEO of GE’s new Homeland Protection unit. In July 2005... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
On Credit
penned one of the most damning indictments. In The Commercial Agency “System” of the United States and Canada Exposed (1876), he writes of credit reporting work, “It can only be performed...by the ill-at-ease, struggling, acrid spirits of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
commercializing the innovation, and together they cofounded the company in 1987. Today, Montague is the world’s leading producer of full-sized folding bicycles, and its products have proven durable enough to be air-dropped for use by... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
less than 10,000 pounds, VLJs typically have a range of about 1,200 nautical miles before refueling, accommodate three or four passengers, cruise at about the same altitudes as commercial airliners, and have the capacity to land on... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
A Wider Net
putting his ideas into action. At a high level, he has led a restructuring of the organization’s all-volunteer board, creating technical and commercial committees to focus on strategy and better involve the board members in the goal of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Lego Stays on Script
Illustrations by Chris Gash Illustrations by Chris Gash It sounded like a cynical money grab, a 90-minute commercial that no adult would willingly watch. But The LEGO Movie, released in 2014, surprised audiences worldwide with its clever,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Plunging Into the Net
unknown future in a brand-new universe. "It's a tough world out there," notes Sahlman of Internet startups. "A lot of people have failed. A lot of companies won't make it." Rayport and Applegate note that of the hundreds of thousands of View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
attorney, put up seed money and became a silent partner. (Jardine is no longer involved in the company; his ideals soon clashed with the realities of a commercial venture.) Soon after, Coup and Kim moved to Boulder, the laid-back college... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
seize up, and that the interest rates charged to issuers of short-term commercial paper and corporate bonds would leap upwards, leading to a painful squeeze for all kinds of private-sector borrowers. Not many people foresaw that this... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
We're all working as a team to beat the odds, and when we have a commercial success, it's like hitting a home run." "The era of the swashbuckler with a hunch who hits it big and goes broke on alternating Sundays has been the stuff of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
company’s culture on three cornerstones: quality, performance, and valuing the individual employee. As for strategy and the bottom line, the commercial areas he focused on were the medical-services business and the fiber division—even... View Details
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