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  • Career Coach

Jon Puz

Jon (HBS ’08) draws on his healthcare, technology and entrepreneurship experiences to help students and alumni. As an entrepreneur and executive, Jon has served in leadership roles with companies ranging from View Details
  • 13 Nov 2019
  • News

How to spend money to squeeze more joy out of life

  • March 2023
  • Module Note

Client Interviewing and Data Collection

By: David G. Fubini and Patrick Sanguineti
A module note for the Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills (MCAS) course, "Client Interviewing and Data Collection" introduces the essentials of client interviews and provides best practices for early career consultants and advisors. View Details
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  • Career Coach

Michele Chambliss

Michele’s over 20 years of experience as an engineer, management consultant, and strategic advisor bring a unique perspective to her work in student and alumni career coaching. Ranging from the strategic... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology
  • October 1996 (Revised April 2004)
  • Case

Eric Wood (A)

By: Myra M. Hart
Describes the early career of an MBA who went to work in a small business, bought the company, and is now contemplating an acquisition to expand the business. The issues involve personal/business finance and financial risk, as well as valuation and financial... View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Business Growth and Maturation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Risk and Uncertainty
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  • 10 Feb 2021
  • Blog Post

HBS Virtual Treks: How Student Clubs are Adapting to the New Normal

Career treks and conferences organized by student clubs remain fundamental elements of the MBA experience at HBS. Like other events, though, clubs had to move these signature treks online. The VCPE Venture... View Details
  • 26 Oct 2020
  • Blog Post

12 Weeks of VC Summer: Remote Edition

When it became clear that my summer internship with Maverick Ventures, an early stage Venture Capital firm based in San Francisco, was going to be remote, I had a lot of questions on my mind. What would it be like to work with a team I... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
  • March 2016 (Revised May 2018)
  • Case

Reinventing Best Buy

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
On March 1, 2017, Best Buy Company, Inc., North America’s largest retailer of consumer electronics and appliances, announced a third year of comparable-store sales increases and a 20.8% increase in domestic comparable online sales. These results were in marked contrast... View Details
Keywords: Best Buy; Hubert Joly; Renew Blue; Showrooming; Webrooming; E-commerce; E-Commerce Strategy; Online Retail; Multichannel Retailing; Omnichannel; Marketplaces; Turnaround; Consumer Electronics; Consumer Electronics Accessories; Appliances; Stores-within-stores; Store Experience; Store Size; Store Pickup; Store Management; Delivery; Delivery Models; Amazon; Amazon.com; Pricing Strategy; Business Subsidiaries; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Theater Entertainment; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Business History; Cost; Selection and Staffing; Reports; Technological Innovation; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Human Capital; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Product Marketing; Consumer Behavior; Demand and Consumers; Media; Distribution; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Distribution Channels; Infrastructure; Product; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Programs; Groups and Teams; Sales; Salesforce Management; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Resource Allocation; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Video Game Industry; United States; Minnesota; Minneapolis; Saint Paul; St. Paul
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  • 28 Apr 2021
  • Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

Cissy Chen (MBA 2019) reflects on her how experience at HBS shaped her career and inspired her to make a difference in her home region of Asia through impact investing. How has your education at HBS helped... View Details
  • 14 Jan 2025
  • Video

Applying to the 2+2 Program: Taking Advantage of the Deferral Period

  • 07 Jul 2015
  • Blog Post

From Teach for America – to HBS – and Back Again

A native Miamian, HBS alum Maxeme Tuchman (MBA 2012) spent the early part of her career working as a Teach for America corps member in her hometown. Maxeme later went on to work in the New York City Mayor’s... View Details
  • Career Coach

Rena Clark

Rena (HBS ’90 and Lamar University ’84) draws on her 30+ years of experience across private equity, operational management, entrepreneurship, philanthropy and higher education to help individuals navigate their View Details
  • 14 Aug 2023
  • Blog Post

Crossing the Bridge: A Reflection on the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program

facilitate positive social impact. Thus, I pursued a program that allowed me to learn expansively and ultimately identify a career path that would allow me to combine my passions and purpose. How have you leveraged your unique educational... View Details
  • Career Coach

Nicola Pugliese

Nicola Pugliese (Wharton ’93) leverages her experience in global marketing and brand management to support students and alumni pursuing careers in marketing, product management, business development, general... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products; Entrepreneurship; Publishing / Communications / Advertising; Retail
  • 13 Nov 2024
  • HBS Seminar

Filippo Mezzanotti, Northwestern University

  • December 2004 (Revised April 2014)
  • Case

Stan Lapidus: Profile of a Medical Entrepreneur

By: Robert F. Higgins and Sophie LaMontagne
Describes the career path and insights of Stanley Lapidus, a successful serial entrepreneur in the medical and life sciences industry. Lapidus is the founder of Cytyc Corp. (NASDAQ: CYTC) and EXACT Sciences (NASDAQ: EXAS) and is currently the CEO of his third start-up,... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Experience and Expertise; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Managerial Roles; Health Industry
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  • 22 Dec 2014
  • Video

Margarita de la Piedra Carrillo

  • 08 Dec 2014
  • Blog Post

A New Way to Recruit

When I was a student at HBS, I spent a lot of time discussing my career with classmates who were interested in learning about my experiences working in venture capital, or as a summer intern at a start-up.... View Details
  • Career Coach

Guy Kamguia

has over 10 years of experience across engineering, strategy, investing, and operations. He enjoys leveraging his diverse professional background to help others define their career roadmaps with concrete and... View Details
Keywords: Emerging Markets; Impact Investing; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Search Fund; Financial Services (All); Manufacturing
  • Career Coach

Pamela Harder

Melinda Gates Foundation, Hewlett Foundation), to K12 school districts & education-focused organizations (Pittsburgh Public Schools, Virginia early childhood education collective). Pam has worked with a number of MBA and MBA/MPP joint... View Details
Keywords: Consulting; Education; Emerging Markets; Government; Social Enterprise; Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Energy; Consumer Finance; Financial Services (All); Impact Investing; Financial Services (All)