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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Microsoft’s Ballmer Makes His Pitch
requires hiring “the best and the brightest,” one student asked why it appears that the first choice of tech whizzes today is rival Google. Conceding nothing, Ballmer parried that Microsoft just completed “our best recruiting year ever.”... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Club Leaders Get a Boost from Campus Conference
and one another.” Marcus notes that the New York club was an early adopter of the software, along with the HBS Club of Puget Sound and the HBS Tech Alumni Club. Since the New York club began using AlumniMagnet in October 2006, Marcus says... View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- News
How Amy Hood Won Back Wall Street and Helped Reboot Microsoft
A recent Bloomberg profile of Microsoft CFO Amy Hood (MBA 1999) offers an inside look at how the 16-year company veteran has worked to redefine the tech giant. Hood’s tenure as CFO began with an immediate challenge, as detailed in the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
What I Do: Minnie Ingersoll (MBA 2002)
it’s consistent from company to company.” Her new COO role at Code for America, a San Francisco–based nonprofit dedicated to improving civic tech and “strengthening America’s basic social safety net,” has proven this maxim true. “I... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Perception versus Reality
story. Mike Cassidy (MBA ’91) alone has four. Since graduating, he has launched and sold four tech companies, earning him the sobriquet “Start-Up King of Silicon Valley” (see article). His advice to would-be entrepreneurs: “Don’t hesitate... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Not limited to college graduates or people in business, this book reveals practices relevant to anyone starting their career in an organization, whether it be nonprofit, professional, or governmental. From Startup to Exit: An Insider’s Guide to Launching and Scaling... View Details
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
huge tech company. And the tech company had them as part of their bidding process, write an essay on their approach to ESG in their business. And thankfully this person was a leader in their field and could... View Details
- 04 May 2017
- News
How Sheryl Sandberg’s Sharing Manifesto Drives Facebook
another tech giant: Sandberg contends that she’s almost an accidental prophet of openness in the workplace. A decade ago, as an executive at Google Inc., she always worked from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Then her first child was born, and she found... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Status Update
Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom pushed that approach. I tend to run toward solutions too quickly. Many people do.” Tech time travel: “I fantasize about a Jetsons-style flying saucer that will teleport me above the San Francisco traffic, but... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 25 Apr 2016
- News
Trail Blazer
high-speed Internet service, in 1996. “We beat the telephone companies to market in six of seven regions,” says McMinn. He left to start another company, then returned to Covad in 2000 when the tech bubble burst. That was also when he... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Ready for Launch
law for “38 seconds” before starting two other tech companies. Michelle Zatlyn (MBA ’09): Saskatchewan native with experience in product marketing and product management. The pair hatched the idea for what would become CloudFlare during... View Details
- 05 Nov 2013
- News
Start-Ups Get a Start in New Orleans
says Carol Markowitz (MBA 2003), a corporate finance expert from Los Angeles whom Wilkins recruited to work at Idea Village. "The alumni network has also been very helpful." After serving as Idea Village's COO, he left in May to start TREPwise: a for-profit company... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
The Western Front
tech industry. “I’m not saying that Silicon Valley owns the franchise on smart folks and innovative folks,” says Hendrickson. “But you’ve just got to start somewhere.” So how does the buttoned-up Pentagon introduce itself to the Bay... View Details
Keywords: Jason Feifer
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Innovation: Revenge of the Nerds
HourlyNerd online marketplace, which recently received an upgrade, 6,000 MBAs and 3,500 businesses interact, with projects ranging from the creation of a marketing plan for Jenny the Juggler to strategic consultation for General Electric. Recent partnerships will... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Kenneth A. Goldman
technology finance here in Silicon Valley or have moved on to different positions or industries, so I'm now one of the few CFOs in high tech with my level of experience." Throughout his career, Goldman has sought jobs that would allow him... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Christopher S. Yeh
is based in Santa Clara, California, and managed by a CEO hired by Yeh. But this year, while carrying a full HBS course load, Yeh still spent about forty hours a week on company business, including regular travel to the West Coast. In addition, he was copresident of... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 03 Aug 2020
- News
A Clean Start
ultimately lies not on the R&D or the tech itself, but rather in the scale of the business. “Unlike most of the chemical or energy industry, where you have to build mammoth plants in order to be economically viable, we want to become... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Career Transitions, Continuing Education Focus of Washington, D.C., Club
led by Professor Nancy F. Koehn on her recent book, Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers' Trust from Wedgwood to Dell. Loughran's goal is to make the series a monthly event that will serve as "an ongoing continuing education course" for attendees. "Books" and... View Details
- 03 Dec 2024
- News
Magic Numbers
Courtesy Shalinee Sharma Courtesy Shalinee Sharma As a sixth grader in Buffalo, New York, Shalinee Sharma (MBA 2005) believed math just wasn’t her thing. There were only a few girls in the honors class at her new school, and Sharma soon realized that she was far behind... View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Just Breathe
Just as you might take ibuprofen to ease a fever, mindfulness can help settle awareness in the midst of challenging situations—whether at home, at work, or in any setting where people of color experience racism. That’s the premise of Black People Breathe: A Mindfulness... View Details