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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
The Small Business Difference: How Smaller Companies Manage with Less
Slayton (MBA 1990) discussing the situation he faced in 1997 when he took over as president and CEO of a small company called MySoftware. The firm was a struggling Silicon Valley business that developed and sold software for a variety of... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
“I find crisis can create excellent opportunities for cleansing, de-cluttering, and finding new avenues,” writes Vicente Barreto, a native of Portugal who lives in London. Recent guests have included Emily... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Connecting past to present
Tim Sullivan (MBA 1991) helps millions of people reconstruct their families’ past and connect it to their present. As president and CEO of Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online family-history resource, Sullivan leads a company that has... View Details
- 20 Apr 2020
- News
To Build Connection in Quarantine, Clubs Go Virtual
meeting for the very latest on the coronavirus pandemic. In his work as the CEO and Chief Medical Officer of Enable Biosciences, an award-winning early and accurate disease diagnosis company in San Francisco, Seftel had been aware of the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Donna L. Dubinsky, MBA 1981
Cofounder, CEO & Board Chair, Numenta, Inc. Former CEO, Palm Computing, Inc., & Handspring, Inc. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION Yale University, 1977 B.A., History LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "Integrity... View Details
- 11 Feb 2021
- News
Retraining for a Post-COVID Workforce
Tracy Palandjian (MBA 1997), could create a lifeline for many of these low-wage workers, according to an article in the Boston Globe. Social Finance’s pilot program helps train low-income people for jobs that are in high demand.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
important challenge of saving capitalism from itself.” Achieving that and successfully tackling the other major problems, Summers said, offers “more opportunities to create more prosperity and better lives... View Details
- 02 Dec 2019
- News
A Long-Standing Commitment to Global Understanding
I realized this was something I was passionate about and that, up until then, I had been influenced by other people’s expectations.” This insight led to a decades-long interest in global business for Barry, president and CEO of the... View Details
- 25 Jan 2012
- News
Is Tax Reform Viable?
creates businesses, jobs, and prosperity? Sorry, I can’t buy that. Earned income has the potential to create the same sort of economic value as investment income. As for the argument that my investment was... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
her yard. Interested in a “green” career post-HBS, she found it difficult to locate the alumni and networking opportunities that would provide a leg up on the job hunt, so she joined forces with Fishman to View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Thomas A. James, MBA 1966
Entrepreneur Of The Year, Financial Services 2013 James Center for Molecular and Life Sciences opens at Eckerd College Tom James's entrepreneurial bent was apparent early on. An avid coin collector, at the age of 15 he began to buy and... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
One-on-One with William H. Donaldson
called upon Wall Street and corporate executives “to create a new environment of integrity and accountability.” He seemed uniquely suited to lead that effort. Donaldson was cofounder, with two HBS colleagues, chairman and View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Starting Lineup: No Reservations
$1.5 billion in sales last year. There are also rumors of an IPO. Chorus Hospitality Founder and CEO Michael Tisch (MBA 2014) Founded 2015 “A service-focused management partner,” Chorus Hospitality invests in and View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Four Professors to Retire
technical person - whom I call a 'maestro' - to help find the solution. As the CEOs get up to speed on the technology, they suddenly begin to see the opportunities that computer systems provide by... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Supplying Demand
company's leader is justifiably proud: twelve years ago, he was minding one store - located just down Soldiers Field Road from HBS. Today, he oversees an empire of almost one thousand stores - not bad for someone who was unemployed only thirteen years ago. As Tom... View Details
Keywords: Paul Michelman
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
will help it thrive in captivity? Three professors in the School’s Entrepreneurial Management unit who focus on the study of creativity recognize the romantic allure of believing it’s a rare quality bestowed on a chosen few, but all agree... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Dot-Mom
operation today, Olson decided to step down as chief executive. With two young children at home, "I personally came to the conclusion that being a CEO is hell," Olson told the New York Times (February 7, 2002). "It wasn't what I wanted to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
High Yields
Illustration by Chris Philpot Hobbyist drones might make headlines with their crashes on the White House lawn, but the market for unmanned vehicles is rapidly expanding beyond the niche: Over the next decade, according to industry trade group forecasts, commercial... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Creation of parks connects people to nature and each other
Will Rogers (MBA 1985) recognizes the power of the natural world. As president and CEO of the Trust for Public Land, a national nonprofit that works to conserve land for use as parks and gardens, he helps ensure that nature sticks around... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
What's Cookin'
Diego–based chain of more than ninety buffet-style restaurants serving fresh salads, soups, pastas, and breads, CEO Michael Mack has implemented a flexible system that allows hourly employees to change their schedule with as little as one... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia