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- 01 Jan 2006
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Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
School gave me the ability to have a broad overview that focused not only on the financial dimension of a business but on its many other facets, including management, strategy, manufacturing, and marketing. I began to rely increasingly on these View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Greylock
extraordinarily demanding group of fellow students and faculty. Developing the skills to listen carefully, think analytically, and communicate clearly is a requirement of leadership." CHARLES WAITE... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Ink: Start Small, Rise Above
degree in aerospace engineering and several years at a real estate development and investment firm. But they collaborated on multiple ventures over the last 17 years. The most recent is NowAccount, a fintech startup that helps small... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Student Startups Help Fight COVID-19
dollars in prizes provided by the Bertarelli Foundation. The Umbulizer team has been in the Venture Program since 2018, consulting with i-lab advisors at critical development stages, networking with venture capitalists and other founders,... View Details
- 21 Nov 2013
- News
Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins
of BlackBerry’s problems were sown well before Heins took on the CEO role. BlackBerry’s system had its roots in a mobile data architecture that came out of paging networks. By developing complimentary software that connected to email... View Details
- 30 Sep 2014
- News
Life Lessons on the Open Seas
to the program’s success, including learning how to think outside the box to solve complex problems, as well as developing strategies for marrying the for-profit and not-for-profit worlds. He cites Professor William Sahlman's principles... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill
based on Outward Bound's educational philosophy. That path brought him to HBS, with the goal of gaining the organizational skills to put his plan into action. If Georgetown was the catalyst for O'Neill's dream of helping kids before they... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
midst of starting Valiente College Prep, a Los Angeles charter school set to open in August 2015. “In America, we have millions of jobs that will need to be filled in engineering, science, and technology. We absolutely need to access and View Details
- 19 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
the most? I’ve taken different skills from different places. I spent some time at a small entrepreneurial venture in Dallas, where I had hands-on experience in manufacturing, supply chain, and selling. I worked for a while as a hotel... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books
develop a personal investment blueprint, design a solid financial plan to help you gain number clarity, hire an advisor who understands you and values your voice at the table, interpret the mumbo jumbo of investment language, and pull it... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
the newly designed Alumni Web site (www.alumni.hbs.edu), which was launched earlier this summer. In addition, a subset of the committee worked with the School to develop an in-depth, informative, and lively presentation about the current... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Entrepreneurial Venture
purchase. It was a home run with our customers. Instead of losing them, we developed immensely loyal customers. Sahlman: I took advantage of the opportunity to avoid upheaval by pursuing the only job from which you can't get fired!... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges
In 2001, Monisha Kapila (MBA 2005) went to India to help its people emerge from the devastating Gujarat earthquake. As she worked with artisans to reach new crafts markets, she knew she had found a perfect way to use her business skills... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: A Timely Tension
Soil Association, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and ClientEarth. The skills she developed in business were clearly a boon: “One was strategic-thinking ability,” she says, “and the other was... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Thomas A. James, MBA 1966
loan. Three months later he'd repaid the loan and made a profit of $10,000. At Harvard College, he combined his business and music skills by forming a rock band, the Maniacs, and also booking–and often playing with–six other bands. James... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
benefits for those communities over the lifetime of a mine and beyond. That means providing education and training to raise local people to a standard where they can access jobs. It also means seeking ways to augment other sources of livelihood and build the View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Minding The Gap
development and leadership development. The program is a joint venture with the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), originally in partnership with 9 large, urban school districts. (That number has since grown to 21.) "One of the... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
Alumni Books Intelligence Isn’t Enough: A Black Professional’s Guide to Thriving in the Workplace By Carice Anderson (MBA 2006) Jonathan Ball Publishers Professional development manager, coach, and consultant Carice Anderson shares her... View Details
- 25 Jul 2024
- News
Mentorship Program in Singapore is Still Lighting the Way to Success
date, about 150 HBS alumni mentors have helped more than 1,500 mentees develop skills like networking, entrepreneurial thinking and defining personal success. For six months of their penultimate college... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
50 Years & Counting
developing world as well. With HBS associate professor Mukti Khaire and doctoral student Alexandra Feldberg, McGinn is looking at a 30-year period of change in India driven, in part, by self-employed women entering into the country's... View Details