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21 Aug 2015
Blog Post

My Fear of Student Debt: Funding the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

How do you decide whether taking on student debt outweighs the professional and personal benefits of graduate school? This decision was hard for me. I spent four years after my undergraduate studies working for low pay at non-profits... View Details

17 Aug 2021
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New Associate Director: Courtney Fairbrother

Massachusetts Water Resource Authority, installing and maintaining renewable energy systems across the state. I also worked for a non-profit think tank, the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), on renewable energy policy and convening of... View Details

21 Jul 2023
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Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow

utilizes their MBA skills to bring significant value and capacity to both the business and its community. Leading into his first year at HBS, McClain was a Summer Fellow with the Harlem Children’s Zone, an education non-profit that aims... View Details

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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

practice, and consulting. Flora Taylor is a Lecturer in the University of Pennsylvania's Non-Profit Leadership Program. Zachary Green is an Associate Professor of Practice at the University of San Diego. Diane Forbes Berthoud is the... View Details

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Naiyya Saggi

were top of mind for them. Classes such as Business at the Base Of the Pyramid and Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital in Healthcare led me to question basic assumptions about how societal change could be created. Outside HBS, working with the Harvard wide Hauser... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Consulting

18 Apr 2011
News

Capitalism Meets Conservation

world-class team of expedition guides and professional chefs, and enjoy the comforts of home-away-from-home accommodations. Patagonia Sur works in concert with non-profit conservation agencies, including the Patagonia Sur Foundation, also... View Details

Keywords: Accommodation; Hospitality; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

11 Jan 2021
Blog Post

Finding My Place at HBS

picture (from April 2018) I feel fortunate that I launched my organization right after graduation. I am Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Trey Athletes, a non-profit youth sports startup that empowers athletes to be leaders, role models, and... View Details

14 May 2024
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Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - How to Build a Culture of Intrapreneurship

Mujeres Empresarias, Ejecutivas y Emprendedoras del Uruguay), a non-profit focused on advancing women’s economic development and entrepreneurship in the country. In her interview, Michelena stresses her view that innovation extends beyond... View Details

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Navigating the Reality of Non-Profit Leadership in a Post-Pandemic World Chekemma J. Fulmore-Townsend 10 Aug 2021 Chekemma J. Fulmore-Townsend is President and CEO of the Philadelphia Youth Network. Chekemma att... Investing in Education... View Details

28 Mar 2023
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Meet Professor Elisabeth Paulson: A Conversation on Life, Research, and Teaching

your research that can positively support public and non-profit organizations? My research uses data and analytics to design or improve tools (e.g., policy interventions) that will contribute to social good. Broadly speaking, to... View Details

09 Feb 2017
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Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring: Anddria Varnado (Clack-Rogers)

with HBS Community Partners, completing pro-bono consulting projects for local non-profit organizations with alumni of all classes. These experiences have been mutually rewarding, in addition to leveraging my business expertise for social... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

29 Oct 2015
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Bloom Energy

greenhouse gas emissions. We are currently producing power for many Fortune 500 companies including Google, Wal-Mart, AT&T, eBay, Staples, The Coca-Cola Company, as well as notable non-profit organizations such as Caltech and Kaiser... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

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Sustainability in CPG and Retail

across the global food system. Read IFC Sustainability news. The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) This global non-profit organization focuses on transforming consumer goods supply chains to deliver more sustainable... View Details

14 Dec 2022
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Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Reducing Plastic Pollution on a Global Scale

and towards more sustainable materials. The two interviews featured below frame the issue from different perspectives as they discuss the point of view of consumers as well as that of business leadership: María Emilia Correa is the co-founder of Sistema B, a View Details

Portrait Project

Tony Deifell

activities with partners such as The Home Depot. I believe this sort of social enterprise work can have a tremendous impact on the non-profit sector, making organizations more sustainable and scalable. As I read my Portrait Project essay,... View Details

20 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/916029-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 917-413 Issues in Non-Profit Governance Non-profit governance at its core is very different from... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Advancing Social Enterprise | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

entrepreneurial way, measuring impact and having fun while doing it. HBS offers a global focus for people who are interested in exploring the intersection between the non-profit and for-profit worlds. Impact Having the talent and... View Details

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PRIDE | MBA

PRIDE All recognized student clubs are part of a 501(c)(3) non-profit tax exempt organization, called Student Clubs of HBS, Inc. Each student club at Harvard Business School (HBS) is open to all matriculated HBS students and their... View Details

18 Aug 2014
Research & Ideas

Have a Better Idea To Improve Health Care?

share $150,000 and the opportunity to present their ideas at the Forum's invitation-only conference in April 2015, which attracts senior executives from big pharma, for-profit and non-profit hospitals, major insurance companies, and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

25 Aug 2015
Blog Post

Why an MD/MBA from HBS and HMS?

and non-profits are intrigued, though somewhat disturbed, at the idea of mixing clinical care and business. Similarly, my friends in business are perplexed as to why I would willingly accept five years of graduate school debt. I have to... View Details

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