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- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Leading the Way
online education. These are not the kinds of initiatives that we can implement incrementally. Their impact comes from the focus we bring to all our endeavors: an understanding of what makes us distinctive, a commitment to our mission, and... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
and a shoebox containing $2,000, the firm's total finances. Less than twenty years later, her California-based producer of manufacturing systems software, ASK Computer Systems, had reached $450 million in revenues. Kurtzig, who is now the chairman of E-Benefits, an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
creatine kinase, she found, likely pointed to DMD, the most common form of muscular dystrophy. By morning, she had made her own diagnosis; later that morning, the doctors confirmed it. Tracy didn't tell Benjy about the pediatrician's call and her View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Does My Résumé Work?
grow up. If you are unsure of your ideal job or industry, advised Davis, “back away from specifics. Instead, try to picture elements of work that best match your skills and ambitions.” Take advantage of self-assessment tools such as the School’s View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Respond to a Worthy Cause
runner-up in the social enterprise category of the HBS Business Plan Contest. They used the $5,000 cash prize and the same amount in services from The Bridgespan Group to turn their business plan into a reality. They garnered support from... View Details
- 22 Sep 2016
- News
Words and Pictures
sociocultural anthropology at UNC, Chapel Hill, and founded wdydwyd? — an online meme through which 2 million people have answered the question, Why do you do what you do? Some alumni have added new reflections on their original... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
Broadcasting shortly afterward, however, Dodi's division was dissolved. Still under contract, she found herself with eight months of paid "vacation." "The time off helped me get the kids settled into a new culture," she says. In August 1997, Dodi became president and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Case Study: A Souped-Up Strategy
Bookalokal is a social dining platform that launched in Brussels in 2012. The initial concept: Connect travelers with locals through home-cooked, gourmet meals in people's homes. Prospective diners search through Bookalokal's online... View Details
- 31 Mar 2023
- News
How Can We Solve the Teacher Shortage Crisis?
road. JF: There's been a lot of discussion about the efficacy of online learning and remote learning, Zoom teaching. And you're delivering Reach to your students—not to their students, but to your students—on a remote platform, all... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
Selectric typewriter. But soon desktop computers were introduced, and they revolutionized the way business was done, helping the economy evolve from a manufacturing base to one driven by services and information. The Information Age had... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
imbalance. Gates noted that about half of the foundation’s annual grants, or $1.6 billion, is devoted to global health, with around $800 million each devoted to grassroots financial services in the developing world and to education in the... View Details
- 01 Feb 2018
- News
HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86
restructured John’s Island’s management company, Community Condominium Services, Inc., by reducing costs while improving services and its hurricane protection practices. At the John’s Island Club, he was a regular speaker and co-chair of... View Details
- 20 Dec 2018
- News
Baker Library Webinar Features Resources for Alumni
analyses, business launch data and company comparisons, as well as how to use a variety of online search tools (eBaker), and how to connect with a team of research staff at Baker who can help them find anything they might need. The Baker... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
which is a pretty incredible 10-year journey. Flint: What was the vision at the outset? Zatlyn: Well if you read the first sentence of our business plan competition that we had to write: Cloudflare is a service that will accelerate... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
I will report on their activities and recommendations in the August issue of the Bulletin. In the meantime, I encourage you to stay in touch with one another and with the School by accessing the information currently available online and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Patch Work
would bring interested citizens from around the country to Washington for face-to-face meetings, were thought to be highly effective but had to be planned far in advance and were costly. Online petitions and email form letters were easily... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
A Creator in the Era of Disruption
or service that was previously not available in the economy, or at least not the formal one. Two is they are often offering a product or service for the mass market, not just the top of the pyramid, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Success for the Underserved
A Chicago native who now lives in Atlanta, Aaron Gray (MBA 2009) has been an analyst at Goldman Sachs and an executive at Home Depot, and has worked in venture capital and at tech companies as well. But now he's got his own online... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives
schools and faculty from around the world, including Spain, Costa Rica, Thailand, and Rwanda. Using a combination of online resources such as discussion groups, video, and a customized “iSite” featuring readings and assignments, hundreds... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
create informed, online test prep through Khan Academy. Free, accessible coaching, Khan reasons, will help “level the playing field”—giving every student, everywhere access to elite-level SAT coaching. J.R. Simplot’s White Russet is... View Details