Interviews - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Oct 2017
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Finish What You Start-up

Angie Hicks (MBA 2000) is cofounder and CMO of the popular online ratings website Angie’s List. In this interview she reflects on the challenges––and advantages––of starting her company away from Silicon Valley: “Don't take yourself too... View Details

08 Aug 2016
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Writing the Book on Balance

Meredith Oppenheim (MBA 2001) is an entrepreneur and a working mother. In a recent interview with the Huffington Post, she talks about that balancing act and how it led to her coauthoring a children’s book, Really Ready to Read, with her... View Details

Keywords: Kickstarter; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Mar 2013
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Getting Smart About Philanthropy

Seven HBS alumni are among more than 50 philanthropic leaders who share their strategic thinking, insights, and wisdom in a unique set of video interviews being showcased on the new GiveSmart.org website. The "Conversations with... View Details

01 Feb 1999
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New Releases

against Netscape, as the two companies vied for leadership in the Internet-browser software market during the mid-1990s. Based on extensive interviews with key officers and employees of Netscape - including founder Marc Andreessen and... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Oct 2018
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For Profit and Nonprofit

Carla Harris (MBA 1987) is vice chairman of Morgan Stanley and a 2018 recipient of the HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this interview she talks about how her role allows the opportunity to work with nonprofits in a variety of ways.... View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Mar 2012
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Speak English, Please!

proficient in English, or risk demotion. “I was simply astonished,” said one engineer interviewed after the announcement. “Many Rakuten employees are allergic to English.” At Rakuten, an online shopping mall that does not sell to... View Details

Keywords: Kim Girard; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

11 May 2018
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Nigerian Tech Startup has Local—and Global—Impact

Photo via CBS News Photo via CBS News A recent CBS news story on Nigerian tech startup Andela—a software development firm—includes an interview with Seni Sulyman (MBA 2014), Andela’s president of global operations. Reflecting on his... View Details

06 Oct 2016
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“You Could Be Dead Any Second”

the end for Quin. Four of her fellow travelers were killed that day. She quit her job at Xerox, and returned to Yemen to interview the terrorists in prison and published a book about her experience. Then, in 2000, she flew to London and... View Details

11 May 2016
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World Bank Vice President and Treasurer: Negative Rates Not the Answer

said in an interview in Tokyo Wednesday. “What you find where you have had the expansionary monetary policy that has been useful, what you’ve also found is that it has led to maybe potential weaknesses in banks,” according to Oteh, who... View Details

01 Apr 2000
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Porter's Paradox

associated institutions in particular fields that compete but also cooperate." In a recent interview in Working Knowledge, a quarterly report on research at HBS, Porter was asked whether clusters and other local economic circumstances... View Details

01 Jun 1996
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New Initiatives in MBA Recruiting

students who have expressed an interest in their field." "We moved interviewing forward this year in response to recruiters' requests and to align our recruiting calendar with those of other MBA programs." "We moved View Details

08 Jun 2023
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Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner

who were in attendance. "They shared a bit about themselves and we all got to interview and joke with them, and welcome them," says Pérez-Riera. "The HBSLAA wants to promote Latinos, first to go to HBS, and then to get into the C-suite... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Oct 1998
News

Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship

(1970). In a 1988 interview in Manager magazine, Andresen said that his business philosophy was based on "diligence, toughness, and honesty" toward himself and others. "You have to have the ability to constantly criticize and evaluate... View Details

01 Apr 2001
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Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer

interview didn’t work for me.” A stint as a New England business correspondent for the Associated Press was a better fit. “Suddenly I was interviewing CEOs and covering banking scandals, and I thought, ‘Wow,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

30 Oct 2019
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Creating Agents of Change

Susana Eshleman (MBA 1998) is president and CEO of Children International. In this interview she talks about the goals and benefits of running an international nonprofit organization. “Children International is a global nonprofit... View Details

01 Dec 2003
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Thought Leader

Bernstein). After a stint writing Hollywood radio scripts for Edward G. Robinson, he returned to Harvard to study philosophy. He simultaneously enrolled at HBS “despite being a Ôfellow traveler’ with communist friends,” as he later told an View Details

01 Dec 2012
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The Accidental Pioneers

and interviewed with several firms. But she encountered a politely impenetrable wall that was common at the time: "They all said that they had no women partners and didn't anticipate ever having any," she reports. "We'd see that change... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia

21 Dec 2017
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Finding Opportunities to Grow and Lead

Ilene Lang (MBA 1973) is the former president and CEO of Catalyst, where she worked to promote women in leadership in business and beyond. In this interview she talks about finding and creating opportunities for growth and leadership. “I... View Details

17 Sep 2021
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Clearing the Path to Citizenship

independent immigration attorneys review the applications. The company also helps the client prepare for the interview and even celebrates the final approval with them—all at a fraction of the cost of a personal immigration attorney,... View Details

09 Feb 2015
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Remembering John Whitehead (MBA 1947)

For more on his life and career, explore these articles and videos: John C. Whitehead, Who Led Effort to Rebuild After 9/11, Dies at 92 New York Times Social Enterprise Visionary HBS Alumni Bulletin Interview with John Whitehead, MBA 1947... View Details

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