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- 24 Jul 2020
- News
Reimagining Chicago’s Schools
experience. Rather than using the data from standardized tests (which are unpopular with both parents and teachers), and applying it to a school or grade or classroom en masse, Intrinsic employs it to individualize student learning.... View Details
- 10 Oct 2018
- News
Building Paths to Success
southeast Australia, with supportive, attentive parents who created opportunities for success. His dad was the first in four generations to attend college and he worked as the high school principal. “We were very involved in the local... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News
committee's board of trustees was going to call: Bain Capital CEO W. Mitt Romney (MBA '74, JD '75). Although he is a Massachusetts resident, Romney's Utah roots run deep: his ancestors journeyed west with Brigham Young, his parents were... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 19 Feb 2021
- News
A Playbook for Progress
I called it different boats, because all of my team members, we were all experiencing the same thing, but we were in different boats. I had some, the parents were in the whitewater rafting boat. I mean, it was so tumultuous in terms of... View Details
- 06 Feb 2025
- News
How to Judge Your Next Job
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Clay Christensen was a legendary professor and thinker and his “Jobs to Be Done” theory—this idea that customers buy products to solve problems—was one of his iconic intellectual contributions.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
ways in every corner, in every neighborhood, in every sector around the globe. They are parents and friends and coaches and colleagues who serve and inspire us with their kindness, thoughtfulness, commitment, and skills. Thank you for... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Shattering Glass
inequality persists. And one of the most enduring ones is the idea that women opt out and would rather prioritize their parenting role. But if you really look into the research, you see that professional women are actually pushed out by... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Capitalizing the Corner Shop
that Jumia had jump-started. At both companies, Kehinde constantly heard from retailers about the same kinds of challenges his parents had faced running their businesses. “Our merchants were struggling to scale,” he says. “They would say,... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 23 May 2019
- News
Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, MBA 1995
and Mateo. While his father desperately wanted Rodríguez and his brother to attend Harvard (his brother earned a master’s degree at the Kennedy School), he says his own approach to parenting is more flexible: “As long as they are... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 18 Feb 2014
- News
Stick with Plan A
be an entrepreneur. Growing up in the Swedish-built mining town of Yekepa in northern Liberia, she started her first business when she was 12 — an after-school activities company; parents paid her to keep their kids busy. "I didn't know... View Details
- 11 Jun 2021
- News
The Power of Resilience
daughter, I was technically on maternity leave and that maternity leave quickly shifted into a medical leave, which was a blessing in disguise in its own way, that I was able to be home, truly dedicated to my treatment, to my newborn and elder daughter, and luckily had... View Details
- 02 Jun 2021
- News
On the Road Less Traveled
high odds, which Ed chronicles in his recent book On the Road Less Traveled: An Unlikely Journey from the Orphanage to the Boardroom. READ MORE Courtesy Ed Hajim Courtesy Ed Hajim In 1939 Ed Hajim's parents divorced and his mother was... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
to help finance his education. “My original goal coming to HBS was to eventually work for a big technology company. The fellowships have enabled me to stretch and pursue my entrepreneurial passions more,” says Wu. “My family comes from a humble background. My View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act
speech in which he thanked a number of people for their support over the years, singling out his parents for special mention. "A printer by trade, my father taught me the importance of prototyping," Bricklin noted. "If you run a printing... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
same-sex marriages. It's no surprise that Scher has dedicated her life to social causes. A native of Clifton, New Jersey, she grew up in a family that was "liberal and concerned." "My parents taught me that individuals can make an impact... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Steven Rogers
the corner store, and helped his mother, a single parent of four, sell furniture at weekend flea markets. Although his family was "periodically on welfare" and food stamps were a regular part of life, Rogers describes his upbringing with... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
life and mature spiritually. I'm much gentler and happier now." Stuart teaches marketing at the University of South Florida. photo courtesy James Stuart Richard C. Whiteley (MBA '68) "About twenty years ago the death of my parents and a... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
In 2017, Sarah Bond’s boss, Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox Gaming, warned her that working in the industry would be very difficult. Not just for the usual reasons that corporate America can be tough, but also because, as a Black woman in gaming—an industry with a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Case Study: Paper Chase
and followers see it. (3) Make and post videos of your cards in action on YouTube. Be sure to get onto Youtube Kids and pay to get on the homepage. My kids are addicted to watching videos of people opening presents. If you show how your cards are fun, kids all over... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Power Trip
20th century, who your parents were, whom you knew, and the community you belonged to were key factors. For business leaders, being part of the right society might also mean being either Episcopalian or Presbyterian. Regardless of the... View Details