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Shibani Joshi

I grew up as the eldest child of immigrant parents who chose to live out the American dream in the oddest of places, Oklahoma City. A great portion of my life was spent trying to live up to the expectations of my parents, molding my... View Details

01 May 2013
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Sid Yog, MBA 2004

of things that you didn't think you'd be able to. It enables you to take greater risks. It enables you to dare to do mighty things. It enables you to translate dreams into reality." But it's not enough to translate his own dreams; Yog... View Details

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Jamie Wilkie

I want to do the hard work of empowering managers and making the strategic choices to get the company back on track. I want to identify untapped business potential and work tirelessly to bring out the best in others. While my peers dream... View Details

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Apeksha Kothari

strive for more. I want to dream more than others have said I should, But to never let these dreams consume me, And to laugh it off when giving my everything doesn’t quite work out. I want to master my mind,... View Details

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Josh Solera

who was too ill to come outside, but who loved our food. I fetched his soup and sandwich, and he handed me a hundred-dollar bill. "Keep it," he told me. "Use it to grab your dreams and don't let go. And when you are my age,... View Details

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Irene So

First of all, I want to buy my dad a big, fancy new car. When I was growing up, he always wanted a Lincoln Continental. Year after year he tooled around in his old Plymouth Reliant, dreaming that it was a Lincoln, and year after year the... View Details

31 Jan 2018
News

A Visible Example of What’s Possible

Linda Oubre (MBA 1984) is living the same dream she hopes her students can realize. “In a world where only 18 percent of business school deans are women, and less than one percent are African American, I live the life of someone who no... View Details

10 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 10, 2009

or nationality. Many of our decisions about fellow workers are thus premised on faulty data—harming judged and judgers alike. When Dreaming Is Believing: The (Motivated) Interpretation of Dreams... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Marie-Laure Goepfer

Antigone. She is this fragile dark-hair small young woman that nobody never really noticed. At first sight, she has everything to live a quiet and wealthy life. Yet one day, against order and establishment, she quits everything to stay true to the View Details

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Amer M. Lahham

I am standing on a Jerusalem hilltop, moments from signing the treaty of peace in the Middle East. I look east and I see Palestine, I look west and I see Israel. Accord is finally here. This moment has been a dream since I made my first... View Details

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Nelya Nikonova

about my future professional path, with hopes of creating a family and finally figuring out where home is. I dream of having my dear parents nearby and attaining at least some of their strength, generosity, and wisdom. As I try to do... View Details

06 Apr 2016
News

Raising a Glass to Life-Long Entrepreneurship

about six weeks after Sam Adams hit the market, it got picked as the best beer in America, and the whole company was two people. So, I thought, all right, this is going to be bigger than I thought. But, yes, somewhere in my wildest dreams... View Details

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Layeeka Ismail

she always had a dream to come to the US. She knew an education would get her here and she ended up pursing her PhD in India. At the end of her program she was ready to move to Canada for her postdoc, but she was pregnant with my older... View Details

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Alexandra Rethore

courage and another to embody it consistently as a grown-up. I have learned this the hard way at HBS as I have kept trying to reconcile my dream to work in the art market with financial hang-ups and uncertainty in identifying the path.... View Details

01 Dec 2000
News

WSA Conference Set for January

dreams for tomorrow. Scheduled panel discussions will focus on industry issues, work/life balance, and career advancement. Attendees will be listed in a directory of conference participants to facilitate communications after the... View Details

01 Mar 2023
News

Family Matters

their families. “That meant everything,” she says. At the time she began her classes at HBS, Thompson-Woode had a one-year-old daughter and was helping her parents through financial difficulties as she had been doing since high school. MAKING View Details

Keywords: April White

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Drew Richard

ways. I miss the camaraderie I had in the military, but being here has helped me develop strong bonds, a strong social-support structure. I’ve always dreamed big, but HBS is helping me see my ambitions less as View Details

01 Jun 2010
News

Devilish Plot

Devilish plot: This year’s HBS Show, The Devil Wears Crimson (here in rehearsal), centered on an anonymous gossip blogger who wreaks havoc at HBS as she tries to uncover who caused the financial crisis. When she learns that her boyfriend’s faulty math is to blame, she... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2023
News

Fostering a Supportive Community

ability to feel like they can fully participate in the experience. MAKING DREAMS ATTAINABLE READ MORE STORIES MAKING DREAMS ATTAINABLE READ MORE STORIES After months of work, in April 2020, the task force... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Mele

Naomi Sims

After as short, distinguished career in modeling, Sims decided to pursue her real dreams of being an entrepreneur. An outgrowth of her modeling experiences, Naomi devoted her efforts to manufacturing “realistic” wigs for black women.... View Details

Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

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