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Dave Vitello

different perspectives that take us out of our comfort zones.” With seven years of experience as an accountant at Deloitte, and a family in tow, Dave says, “I’m a little older than the average HBS student in age but a lot older in stage.... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

Career Coach

Fran Davis

Harvard College and through the Extension School. In addition to her work at Harvard, Dr. Davis maintains a private practice for career consulting and individual, couples and family psychotherapy in the Boston suburbs. View Details

Career Coach

Phil Wong

operational foundation for running healthcare practices. Prior to pivoting into healthcare, Phil was a portfolio manager at a fund of hedge funds managing $1Bn+ on behalf of pension plans and insurance companies. His investing role... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Corporate Finance; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Health Care; Startup - Founder; Entrepreneurship

01 Dec 2015
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How Do I Get Your Job?

interned for him between my first and second years. He was an early mentor who offered me my first job. MB: What led you to start Roadside Attractions? ED: When I worked at Fox Family Films, my boss at the time was producing a documentary... View Details

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Brendan Mosher

As part of a family running a vegetable farm in the Hudson River Valley, Brendan Mosher had dreams of going to college, playing football, and eventually running his own business. Then 9/11 struck, and Brendan felt called to serve his... View Details

07 May 2018
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What I Learned from Visiting All 54 African Countries

well. Morrell: Part of your upcoming plans include a return to the States. What are you looking forward to about your return to the States? And similarly, what are you dreading? Tapon: I'm looking forward to consistent utilities. In other... View Details

24 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 24, 2006

Working PapersManaging Functional Biases in Organizational Forecasts: A Case Study of Consensus Forecasting in Supply Chain Planning Authors:Rogelio Oliva and Noel Watson Abstract To date, little research has been done on managing the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Oct 2014
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Committed to helping others

Eryn Schultz (MBA 2015) is concerned about access to healthy food and critical services for low-income families and plans to dedicate herself to helping those less fortunate. (Published October 2014) View Details

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Maliha Khan

In college, Maliha Khan kept her family's textile business at arm's length, preferring to follow a path that would lead to a PhD in political science. But as she approached graduation, the business changed dramatically. "Pakistan dropped its export quotas,"... View Details

Portrait Project

Hannah Vazzana

Smile. I planned my wedding from the time I was three years old. That's 26 years of expectations. Was I disappointed that day after years of fantasies built upon one another? You might imagine so, but that day, videotaped only in my head,... View Details

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Charitable Remainder Trust - Alumni

Giving Charitable Remainder Trust Giving Charitable Remainder Trust A charitable remainder trust (CRT) provides you and/or others a lifetime income, with HBS receiving the remainder. Administered by Harvard, a CRT is an excellent way to support your View Details

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OWN: The Power of Company Ownership - Course Catalog

companies are privately held, or they are publicly traded but controlled by founders (e.g., Google, Facebook), families (e.g., Ford), or charities (e.g., Novo Nordisk). In all these cases, a relatively small number of owners exercise... View Details

Portrait Project

Miriam Serban

My journey to the career I have today started with a note I left under my parents’ pillow, a note in which I promised them I would make them proud. I was seven years old when I left my parents’ house in a Romanian village to live with a friend of a View Details

01 Feb 1999
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Moving Mountains

Charlie Barco passed away unexpectedly in 1994, he left a strong operation in the capable hands of his wife and daughter. "My parents understood the importance of long-range planning in a family business,"... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

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Sarah Mullen

I plan to CREATE... a successful business that provides a valuable service to my customers – where I can see the fulfillment and satisfaction on their faces and know that the outcome has somehow improved their day and, hopefully, their... View Details

06 Nov 2009
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Health Reform Paths Not Taken

health plans would penalize their members for hard-won concessions from employers. Given the torrent of ink and days of air time devoted to both topics, HBS professor Regina Herzlinger offers a refreshing alternative. She sees no need for... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Health, Social Assistance

Samuel C. Johnson II

Taking the helm of the family business in 1966, Johnson began a diversification plan to lessen the company’s exposure to the introduction of “no-wax” floors. He aggressively moved the company into the... View Details

Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

08 Dec 2015
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Living the Legacy

HBX CORe, a three-course online program that teaches the fundamentals of business, he knew his children would benefit from the content and the high quality of instruction that had set the foundation for his own career success. Ray recommended HBX CORe to his children,... View Details

10 May 2019
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Bringing Art to the People It Depicts

government agencies and Life magazine, taking intimate photos of regular people, such as families in the segregated South, and celebrities such as boxing great Muhammad Ali alike. “Art is not meant to be in your personal space,” Dean told... View Details

Keywords: photography; Gordon Parks; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment

06 Feb 2020
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HBS Alumni Join Forces on Virus Outbreak in China

items to hospital and response personnel, while another seeks to raise funds from HBS alumni to support the families of victims of the virus. The Wuhan Task Force, aims to quickly source and distribute medical protection items, including... View Details

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