alumni groups - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Jun 2019
Blog Post

9 Lessons from the Class of 2019

marginalized groups on campus." Neel Ghose (founder of the Robin Hood Army): "Ghose brought his commitment to feeding the hungry to HBS, and during his time in the MBA program has increased his sectionmates’ awareness of the... View Details

29 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Merging the Worlds of Finance, Investing, and Environmental Impact

Established in 2010, the HBS Business & Environment Initiative (BEI) works to deepen understanding of the environmental challenges facing business leaders and inspire new ideas and practical, effective solutions. BEI has established a network of 5,000 View Details

01 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Investing in Career Switchers - Cyril Straughn-Turner & Invesco US

Hancock (MBA 2021). Straughn-Turner also worked closely with HBS Career Coach and Corporate Relations Director, Jonathan Shepherd, to access the resources, support, and education he needed. In addition, the Harvard Alumni Real Estate... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate

27 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Dance to the Music: How Noa Torok Found Her Dream Job at SoundCloud

sponsors of the music app she used every day. Subsequent research in the HBS alumni database gave her two possible contacts, the CEO and Lisa Elis, a graduate of the HBS Executive Education program. Via LinkedIn, Noa wrote Elis a “long... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

20 Apr 2017
Blog Post

Why I Love My Job: Ching Ching Chen On Her Passion For the Music Industry

opportunity? I am going back to Universal Music Group (where I interned for the summer) but will be working for one of its labels Capitol Records as Director of Business Development / Chief of Staff to the executive team. Tell us about... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

05 Aug 2021
Blog Post

Closing the Education Gap with Kei Takatsuka (MBA 2022)

Throughout her career journey thus far, she has learned a great deal about what is most important to her, the impact she wants to make on the world, and how to make it all happen by tapping into the HBS alumni network. From Neuroscientist... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Technology; Entrepreneurship

27 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Creating the Minority Renaissance for Venture Capital: Interview with Henri Pierre-Jacques and Jarrid Tingle, Managing Partners at Harlem Capital

minorities are able to get on and stay on the path to senior leadership, Tingle and Pierre-Jacques connected with friends who shared their passion for investing. Their group of six, including co-founder and current Harlem Capital Venture... View Details

30 Oct 2015
Blog Post

4 Takeaways from HBS

I never expected the school to care so much about my values. For example, in Leadership & Organizational Behavior (LEAD), a first year Required Curriculum course on how managers become effective leaders, we spent a class discussing select reflections of View Details

09 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Navigating Grey in the Ever-Evolving Tech Community

Leadership Development (ALD) discussion group for some of the most stimulating, vulnerable, and raw conversations I had while in business school. In a world in which your professional and personal lives are inextricably linked, the... View Details

22 Aug 2018
Blog Post

The National Park Services: A Mini-Business with a Twist

teams must collaborate to ensure they are creating a product that can be marketed and sold. The park divisions, similarly, have discrete and overlapping responsibilities. For example, while Law Enforcement and Interpretive Rangers have unique core skillsets, the View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

15 Jun 2021
News

The Value of Difficult Conversations

of the many lessons Desai hoped the case would impart: the importance of having difficult conversations and approaching them with empathy. Desai, the Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance, was inspired to write about the Tulsa... View Details

Keywords: April White; Tulsa Massacre

01 Jun 2016
Blog Post

Reflecting and Digesting

Work in an emerging market Do something I have no clue about Explore a new destination Throughout my search and conversations with Kurt Piemonte, an amazing career coach, I reached Global Fashion Group (GFG). A fashion e-commerce company... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Consumer Products / Retail

15 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Learning from Mistakes and Leveraging Personal Experiences: Tiffany Kent (MBA 2001)

I graduated from Harvard Business School at the tail end of the dot-com bubble and was fortunate to join Goldman Sach’s high-tech investment banking group after graduation. However, the bubble burst got me, and I was laid off for a short... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

20 Apr 2022
Blog Post

How HBS Prepared Me to Lead a Company on Day One

had anything to do with becoming a karate champion. But I’ve noticed that alumni feel even more strongly about the value of the HBS education as they develop in their careers. I believe that is because HBS’s noted focus on leadership pays... View Details

26 Jul 2017
Blog Post

“Uncertainty Makes It More Interesting.”

in-store. After just two weeks on-site, Felipe already appreciates the depth of his internship experience. “I enjoy being in a small firm where I’m involved in everything,” he says. “I’m part of the ‘sensory’ group that tastes foods,... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

11 Dec 2023
Blog Post

Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy

Corporate Strategy Development group and that was really life changing for me. I hadn't realized that corporate strategy at a place like Nike existed,” Leahy says. Nike was also where Leahy learned the power of building, growing, and... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

08 May 2018
Blog Post

Meet the Entrepreneurship Club

topics ranging from “How Should I Think About Equity For Me and My Early Employees?” to “PR 101.” Students are empowered to self-organize throughout the year in dinner groups around industry verticals and self-identified View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

17 Jul 2017
Blog Post

HBS Summer Interns: Discover Their Career Passions

renewable energy, Molly Middaugh accepted a position at Next Era Energy where she will be on their resource development team working on their battery-storage products. Rebecca Scharfstein, a joint-degree student at the Harvard Kennedy School, is working at The Boston... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Technology; Manufacturing; Consumer Products / Retail

06 Aug 2020
Blog Post

WHY WE STARTED THE HBS BLACK INVESTMENT CLUB

students interested in investing careers. On a tactical level, we plan to achieve this in several ways: Regular events with HBS Black investment alum to facilitate career advancement and mentorship for current students Creating asset-class huddle View Details