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- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Acquiring Business Skills To Advance A Career Trajectory
As a boy in Asheboro, North Carolina, George Sondecker (MBA 2016) developed a fondness for launching rockets that evolved into a passion for working in the aerospace industry. A fellowship provided by gifts to the HBS Fund is helping him... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Accelerating Therapies
and Chief Technology Development Officer Isaac Kohlberg, and HBS Professor of Management Practice Vicki Sato about how to bridge the work of the Accelerator with that of MBA students who are passionate about the life sciences. Professor... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
precipitate a war between the countries. Quench Your Own Thirst: Business Lessons Learned over a Beer or Two by Jim Koch (JD/MBA 1978) (Flatiron Books) The founder of the Boston Beer Company, makers of Samuel Adams Boston Lager, offers his perspective on business,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
Fenton remains driven by his vision of a system-wide, scalable model for education reform that recognizes the achievement potential of all students, regardless of background or circumstance. Passion for another kind of far-reaching change... View Details
- 30 Sep 2014
- News
Life Lessons on the Open Seas
love, instantly,” he recalls. His passion for the water prompted him to start training to sail competitively—and to leave his job in wealth management at Goldman Sachs in order to skipper his first therapeutic sail, for eight disabled... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 19 Jan 2023
- News
Forged in Fire
Harvard, over a hundred leaders who have failed. Not one has failed because they weren't smart enough. They failed because they lacked emotional intelligence. They weren't aware of who they were at a deep level. They lacked passion for... View Details
- 11 Jan 2016
- News
Guiding Students to Out-of-School Programs and Resources
impact on both students and their parents. “Harvard really gave me the ability to translate my ideas—which I had many of—and make them into visions. So, Harvard was a wonderful complement to the other experiences I had in my life, and it really allowed me to bring out... View Details
- 16 Dec 2010
- News
The Emergent Arab World
Maurice Obeid (HKS/HBS 2012) made clear in a passionate opening statement. In his remarks, Obeid, who is from Lebanon, echoed some of the personal anguish expressed by Arab-American Sharjeel Kashmir (PLDA 4, 2007) in the current... View Details
- 04 May 2017
- News
Going the Distance
12, bought his first sailboat with money saved from collecting and recycling his neighbors’ newspapers. Although he dreamed of being a marine biologist, Frey’s academic passion was engineering, which sprang from working in a machine shop... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 25 Sep 2008
- News
Been There, Seen That
possible threats to market capitalism. He will also lead sessions on the topic at the upcoming Business Summit at HBS in October, when no doubt new and pressing dangers will be the subject of passionate discussion. But sadly, at the end... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
An Authentic Leader
not going to have an appreciation for the customer. How do you create long-term value? Real value is created by a motivated organization that is pursuing a mission that has a passion for the customer and a sense of excellence. Motivated... View Details
- 19 Mar 2019
- News
Mission Critical
development. “I was fortunate to find my passion and actually wrap my career around it. LifeShare is an organ procurement organization federally designated to recover organs and tissues for transplantation. We cover the entire state of... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
HBS Business Plan Contestants Pin Their Hopes on the Internet
with the right investors," advised Burgstone. Satchu added, "Choose a business model you can be passionate about 24/7, then focus on the product and listen to the customer." View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Social Enterprise Conference Draws 800 Participants
plenty of opportunities for networking. The Social Enterprise Conference was jointly hosted by the HBS Social Enterprise Club and by the Kennedy School of Government. As conference cochair Caitrin Moran (MBA ’06) told the Harbus, “We’re very happy with how the day... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Avon CEO Jung on Leadership
reinvent yourself.” “The skills that you had last year,” she declared, “aren’t necessarily going to be good enough to play the game this year.” Jung then turned to hallmarks of leadership. Character and integrity are rightly at the top of everyone’s list, she observed.... View Details
- 15 May 2023
- News
From Scientist to Business Leader
cohort of 15 students to enter the joint MS/MBA program, Kim interned for Boston Consulting Group, working with health care clients. She also explored the current landscape of hearing loss therapeutics—“something I'm so passionate about... View Details
- 13 Jun 2013
- News
Learning Curve
partnership schools. "It's very difficult work—like running a marathon in mud," Tuck says. "But when you make progress, it's real progress. Education is not just a civil rights issue; it's an economic sustainability issue. We need as many talented, View Details
- 22 Nov 2024
- News
Healthcare Club Hosts its 25th Annual Conference; Alumni Step Out for Global Networking Night; Meet the Club Leader: Andrea Fantacone
Healthcare Alumni Conference Marks 25 Years The HBS Healthcare Alumni Association (HBSHAA) hosted its 25th Annual Conference at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge on November 7, and once again offered an exclusive agenda that was jam-packed with industry thought leaders... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 07 Apr 2021
- News
Road Work
death made the next big VC deal or M&A transaction seem much less important. Instead, Friedman reoriented his life, focusing more on philanthropy—and also getting back into one of his favorite childhood pursuits: motorcycle riding. Ultimately, this renewed View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award
parents a break, and here I am,” he says. “Who’s doing that today for people who don’t speak English, who aren’t white? Education is a deep passion of mine.” Lessons learned: “My mother was a schoolteacher, so you did not misspeak ‘good’... View Details