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01 Jun 2005
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South Asian Women at Work

Conference on India and Its Neighbors, a student-organized gathering held on the HBS campus in February and sponsored by the HBS South Asian Business Association. Shahla Aly, now a general manager at Microsoft, came to North America in... View Details

Keywords: sari; dress code; corporate attire; women

27 Jan 2011
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The Joys of Cooking

THE JOYS OF COOKING: Bibi Kasrai (MBA '96) has hit an entrepreneurial sweet spot as the Harvard Cookie Girl. After years in high-tech marketing and non-profit fundraising, Bibi Kasrai (MBA ’96) found a way to blend her talent for business... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

05 Mar 2020
News

Green Light

2012, Phil Strause (MBA 1967), a former boss from an early career stint at Deloitte, sent Lo a business plan for a vertical farming company. She forwarded it on to the German investor, whose family, it so... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Scott Nobles

01 Oct 2001
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New Economy Notables: John Doerr

because if we go into business together, we'll surely get into trouble. Next, what is the vision, the technology, and are we addressing a really large unserved market? Then, is the financing plan reasonable,... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

19 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

Unit at Harvard Business School. "For example, procurement policies could serve a demonstration role that would stimulate private demand by making people more aware of green buildings. They might also cover the start-up costs of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

01 Mar 2009
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Letters to the Editor

untested, financial system,’ one that has proven to be unexpectedly fragile in a way that nobody really understood.” This is the Harvard Business School? If the basics of the financial system are not understood here, then perhaps the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Cynthia Samanian

through the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, including the Minimum Viable Product Fund (MVP) and Business Plan Competition. Overall, these experiences at HBS gave me the confidence to pursue my goal of... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology

15 Nov 2020
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Fostering Innovation in Social Enterprise Across Harvard

cofounded the Social Enterprise Track when she was a student, observes that the growth in cross-Harvard teams has only strengthened the NVC over the years. “The business plans have benefited tremendously... View Details

06 Dec 2021
News

New Wave

investors, but it’s really a struggle—especially for early-career entrepreneurs,” says Hiroko Muraki Gottlieb, a senior researcher in Business and Climate Change who co-edited a 2020 report on advancing science for sustainable ocean View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen

14 Nov 2019
News

Keeping Red Lobster Fresh

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Courtesy Red Lobster Dan Morrell: Kim Lopdrup (MBA 1984) is a turnaround expert. Early in his career, he helped revive Dunkin Donuts’ American coffee business and then... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

19 Jul 2021
Blog Post

Building a Powerful Network of Talent at American Tower

organization and get to know who we are as a company,” Linder shared. The new recruiting strategy worked. American Tower spoke with more students than in years past and will be bringing on two full-time hires from HBS this summer. In the future, they View Details

Keywords: Technology; Telecommunications

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RCS Policies - Research Computing Services

maintenance time after aging a designated number of days (at present, 60 days) File deletion may happen if scratch is nearly full, when announced with 1 to 2 business days notice. Files are not backed up Not always) Files may be touched... View Details

31 Jan 2019
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A Global Mission

Art DeFehr (MBA 1967) didn’t plan to become a businessman. The Canadian-born DeFehr always imagined life as a diplomat—until he ran afoul of the FBI. As a college student in Indiana, DeFehr had become involved in anti-Vietnam protests and... View Details

Keywords: April White; human rights

14 Apr 2021
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The First Five Years: Mike Gandy Auzenne (MBA 2016)

We work with two gyms currently, and we’re planning to partner with some after-school programs to bring instructors to them.” What are your short- and long-term goals for PowerUP? MGA: “We currently serve 100 kids, and we are aiming to... View Details

March 2021
Case

Founders Factory

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and James Barnett

In January 2020, Founders Factory (FF) Executive Chairman Brent Hoberman and CEO Henry Lane Fox were considering FF’s expansion strategy. FF operated as a venture capital (VC) fund built around an accelerator and incubator, and organized around sectors within... View Details

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Matt Segneri

supporting and retaining New Orleans entrepreneurs. "We helped them select the most viable ventures among more than 100 applicants for the "504ward" $200,000 business plan competition — one of... View Details

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Data for Impact: Impact Measurement from Startup to Fortune 500 C-Suite - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Data for Impact: Impact Measurement from Startup to Fortune 500 C-Suite Course Number 1641 Associate Professor Benjamin N. Roth Assistant Professor Natalia Rigol Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits Paper Educational Objectives View Details

01 Jun 2000
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Going Public: Christopher S. Yeh

"consumers now understand that business needs their personal data and will pay for it. We see ClickRebates as the leader in this emerging field of consumer-to-business e-commerce; we've even trademarked a term for it: C2B." Yeh View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Aug 2001
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J. Ronald Fox (MBA '59)

Pentagon, a panoply of books and articles, and a pair of successful business ventures, he considers his teaching at HBS to be the highlight of his career. "I never got over the excitement of being in the classroom," says Fox, who first... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; J. Sterling Livingston; George P. Baker; Government

01 Mar 2003
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Northern California Initiative Reaches Out to Women, Girls

Schwartz notes. The group’s spring calendar features a financial program dubbed “Everything You Wanted to Know about Financial Planning but Were Afraid to Ask.” Schwartz and Thompson- Verga are also collaborating to create a Women in... View Details

Keywords: Amy Burton; the Women's Initiative; HBS Association of Northern California; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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