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- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
Harvard Club of New York City. “I learned quickly that I didn’t need to be an expert. But I did need to have great people.” Top photo courtesy Taran Swan; bottom courtesy Essence Magazine HBS professor Linda... View Details
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- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
wild cheer when the scene settled to reveal a safe landing. “It was one of the most memorable and electric moments I have ever experienced,” Cornell says. READ MORE Maiden Voyage UAE’s ambitious, alumni-led space program gets off the ground An Alumni View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
advancement more difficult. A 2013 survey of HBS alumni explored this question in greater detail, finding that a majority of both men and women had made at least one accommodation to integrate their professional and family lives,... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Learning from the Past
at Harvard College, Strassler had had little time to pursue that interest after graduating from HBS as a Baker Scholar. But now he was able to turn his attention to history - and to other interests in education and music - which... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Getting on Board
specific skills and impartial judgment.” Stautberg and Carolyn Chin (MBA ’71) were featured speakers at a recent HBS Club of Greater New York presentation on board membership strategies. Chin, a consultant... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
An Investment in Tomorrow's Leaders
Fellowships School’s Socioeconomic Inclusion Task Force and First-Generation Students Club (see related story), HBS aims to help students feel part of a supportive community. “We want them to immerse... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Global Centers Broaden Understanding of Business and the Pandemic
development. India Research Center—The center debuted in April 2020 its “Alumni on Air” series of monthly webinars cohosted with the HBS Club of India during which alumni from South Asia share their... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
from the London School of Economics but decided to forsake the predictable routine of law and work as an investment analyst in London and on Wall Street. At HBS, Varma pursued his dream of becoming the business manager of a Formula One racing team, an unusual quest... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- News
Willing Hands
place," he explains. "The team just needed a coach to get them organized to run the right plays." He cites HBS for providing that know-how, and more: "Do we need to be able to build a decision tree and create a net present value on a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
that boom to strengthen dysfunctional political systems," says HBS senior lecturer Michael Chu. "It's a real tribute to the Brazilians that they used that decade for a lot of important things—and out of Brazil has emerged some real... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
author shares strategies on applying boldness and challenging the status quo to seize opportunities, face struggles that pay off, manage mistakes, and give back to one’s community. Applying personal tales of pushing limits and his experiences with Boys & Girls View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
Robert Piccus and his colleagues for organizing the Hong Kong event and by introducing William S. Lear (MBA '68) of the HBS Club of Chicago, the host of next year's global conference. Lear presented a video... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 12 Jan 2017
- News
Personalizing Women’s Path to Success
caught the entrepreneurial bug. She realized she was passionate about solving problems with new and innovative solutions. Three years later, the newly married Skeete Tatum applied to HBS to pivot to venture capital, and convinced her... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
counsel from faculty advisors Clay Christensen (MBA 1979) and Kent Bowen. Karim Lakhani provided insight into crowdsourcing and “innovation engines”; Nancy Koehn offered leadership advice and inspiration. They pursued every possible funding opportunity, including an... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
With a long tradition of sponsoring nonprofit community leaders to attend Executive Education programs, the HBS Club of Buffalo viewed the Managing Healthcare Delivery program (MHCD) as an ideal means of... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
waited seven to ten years before setting up their own shops, today’s graduates are taking the plunge much sooner. In 1997, the first-ever HBS Business Plan Contest yielded a formidable number of participants and mobilized a strong... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
friend. Masha had just graduated from HBS and was working at a medical-device company in Massachusetts. Okoloko's call came at the right time. Professionally, Masha was eager to join a start-up; personally, he'd resolved to move closer to... View Details
- 18 Jul 2014
- News
Team Players
marketing team, she was introduced to Debora Lehrer (MBA 2012), then a second-year HBS student on spring break. Lehrer had spent more than four years prior to HBS with the international division at Major... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
pretty businesslike in your judgments,” he says, noting that even a backup player generally earns an annual salary of $1 to $2 million. “The financial skills I learned at HBS have been extremely useful in that sense. You need to be able... View Details
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
HBS Alumni podcast, ICV Partners cofounder Willie Woods (MBA 1993) discusses what companies can do to improve Black representation in their ranks. “The approach I'm talking about is a team,” Woods tells Skydeck contributing host Chitra... View Details