Pivot - Publications - Faculty & Research

Career Coach

Wabantu Hlophe

Wabantu wants to help students build networks that can help them access new opportunities in industries off the beaten path. Having gained significant experience in clean energy investing, startups and consulting before HBS; and pivoting... View Details

Career Coach

Sandra Charipper

Sandra spent her career prior to HBS working in a variety of Recruiting and HR roles before pivoting into Strategy & Operations. During her time at a HealthTech venture capital studio, she worked with a variety of seed stage to Series... View Details

Career Coach

Kate Swain-Smith

Kate comes to HBS from a career is strategy and operations in government, both at the local and federal level. She enjoys assisting students who come from non-traditional MBA backgrounds, or those who are making a pivot and need to craft... View Details

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The Founder Mindset - Course Catalog

writing a founders’ agreement. You’ll learn tactics for dealing with difficult situations, like firing an employee, pivoting your business model, or selling/closing the business. The course supplements case studies and discussions with... View Details

Career Coach

Yanzhan Wen

Yanzhan has four years of management consulting experience within the industrials, chemicals, and healthcare industries. Recently, he made a career pivot into investment banking, interning at Lazard over the summer in their healthcare... View Details

Thomas S. Murphy

houses) including the 1986 pivotal acquisition of American Broadcasting Company, Murphy built a communications giant known for tight financial control and strong, lean management. View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

04 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Tapping into “Nontraditional” Private Equity and Venture Capital Talent at HBS

something else for a year, and I really wanted to make the pivot into climate,” Sheil explained. “I was worried that if I went directly to HBS it would be easier to be led astray by all the shiny opportunities that pop up here, so I went... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital

Career Coach

Henry Tao

Before HBS, Henry worked in multiple countries, including the US, Germany, Singapore, and China. Having started his career in an operational role at a global company and then later transitioned into investing, Henry can provide insights into career View Details

01 May 2013
News

Brahmal Vasudevan, MBA 1997

of financial aid allows less privileged students to achieve what they may not otherwise be able to do,” he says. Vasudevan has also been pivotal in lining up global partner organizations in Kuala Lumpur for the January Term of the... View Details

Career Coach

Phil Wong

operational foundation for running healthcare practices. Prior to pivoting into healthcare, Phil was a portfolio manager at a fund of hedge funds managing $1Bn+ on behalf of pension plans and insurance companies. His investing role... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Corporate Finance; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Health Care; Startup - Founder; Entrepreneurship

27 Mar 2020
News

CPD Taps Alumni Network to Help Students Navigate Crisis

Kristen Fitzpatrick (MBA 2003) Kristen Fitzpatrick (MBA 2003) HBS Career and Professional Development (CPD) has pivoted quickly in recent weeks to help first- and second-year students who are still in need of internships and... View Details

12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 15 Apr 2020
Webinars: Career

Is Your Career Recession-Ready?

Dick Vietor, Baker Foundation Professor, and former Unit Head of Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE), and Lauren Murphy, Director, HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD), address what's likely ahead in the global economy and how best to... View Details

05 Dec 2019
Blog Post

Addressing Unmet Needs in Health Care Using an MBA

you arrived at HBS, were you planning to go into a health care career? What influenced your decision to pivot into that industry? Before coming to HBS, I worked at Procter & Gamble as an operations manager. While my first job (only... View Details

16 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist

frontal assaults against armies that are ten times your size. Those are suicide missions," echoes David Peterschmidt, Inktomi's CEO. Rule Three: Plan And Be Prepared To Pivot It is a common fallacy that fast-moving companies like the... View Details

Keywords: by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak

01 Feb 2021
News

Locally Grown

exit.” The payoff has been the success of companies like Lightning Systems. Founded in 2008 to turn heavy vehicles into fuel-saving hybrids, the company faced extinction as zero-emissions systems gained prominence in the late 2010s. With investor support, the company... View Details

Career Coach

Tim Kluska

Tim is a finance professional and CFA who made a soft pivot to investment banking from the mutual fund industry. Tim worked at Vanguard for five years after serving four years in the US Marines. Tim is well-equipped and passionate about... View Details

Career Coach

Genesia Tang

Genesia is passionate about climate tech and sustainability, and spent her summer working for Blackhorn Ventures, an early-stage climate VC. She has also pursued career pivots multiple times, from consulting to tech operations to VC.... View Details

Career Coach

Adam Bronfin

situations. He enjoys assisting students who previously came from the industry and are looking to further their career in real estate at HBS and beyond. He is also able to help students looking to pivot from an unrelated field into real... View Details

04 Aug 2020
Blog Post

HBS Career & Professional Development Responds to COVID-19

alumni will fit within those industries. When we survey our students each year about what drives them to apply to our MBA program, moving their career forward is consistently listed as one of the top three reasons. Some students want to View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

Dance Dance Revelation

directors? If you don’t fall, you’re not trying hard enough: When was the last time we encouraged our employees to push an idea so far that their results or recommendations seemed outlandish? And how can we make them feel safe enough to View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Mele

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