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20 Apr 2020
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To Build Connection in Quarantine, Clubs Go Virtual

about the virus. I thought that it was important information and suggested we should share it with our membership.” Lundgren suggested organizing and moderating the online program for club members, and Seftel agreed without hesitation.... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2015
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Screen Grab

and managing director at BCG Digital Ventures, Walter Delph (MBA 2003) works with companies to develop apps, connected devices, and online content—including video—that will engage customers on a level that goes beyond the straight sell.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment

28 Jul 2021
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Squarely in Their Corner

easy-to-use online tools for payments, payroll, and loans was a natural fit, thanks to her background. “I felt the strongest purpose and calling in Square in helping that entrepreneur,” Ms. Ahuja told the Wall Street Journal, “because of... View Details

Keywords: mentorship; entrepreneurship; fintech; career; work-life balance; Finance

09 Mar 2021
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Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic

making the budgets available. Then, beyond that, the private sector can play a really important role. There are a number of companies in India where there’s a mandate to set aside 2 percent of profits for corporate social responsibility.... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

22 Feb 2022
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Vision: Learning Curve

after undergrad. But Gupta also spent several years at the Pratham Education Foundation, one of India’s largest educational nonprofits—work that earned him a Horace W. Goldsmith Fellowship for social enterprise leadership at HBS. Mahajan,... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; education; entrepreneurship; startup; India; Educational Services

01 Jun 2003
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South Florida and Minnesota Launch Community Programs

Partners Program in Northern California, as an essential source of expertise to get their groups up and running. Ana Maria Camargo (MBA ’93) of Boston’s Community Action Partners, Judy Benardete (MBA ’95) of the HBS Social Enterprise... View Details

Keywords: Alumni groups; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2014
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Making Big Data Fashionable

get designs to consumers in as little as four weeks—and at an affordable price. In 2012, Moon—who has a background in fashion design, investment banking, corporate strategy, and social commerce startups—launched Trendalytics, a visual... View Details

Keywords: Christine Lejeune; fashion; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2017
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A Safer—and Speedier—Way to Name Your Startup

search results. “If you only care about providing your service or marketing your product in the United States, you might decide to filter out other countries,” Master says. “With that said, any name that appears online is intrinsically... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Sep 2024
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Fueling Innovation

community-building events. GLOBAL RESEARCH CENTERS AND OFFICES HBS’s 11 global centers and 7 regional offices are the nexus for the School’s international research and activities. This ever-evolving and expanding network of outposts... View Details

04 Dec 2014
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Hacking Health Care

vision is Hacking Heath, a Montreal-based social collaborative that hosts weekend brainstorming sessions, or “hackathons,” to spur innovation in the industry and, ultimately, save lives. “The end game is to transform health care with more... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Apr 1997
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How Green Is the Valley: HBS Students Explore Booming California Industries

sponsored concurrent fact-finding trips to the area. Designed both to introduce students to northern California's booming industries and to help them in their job searches, the January trips also included a networking event with HBS... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

01 Jan 2007
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Sir Martin S. Sorrell, MBA 1968

the traditional skills of making sixty-second television ads are challenged by the growth of digital or participatory media? How do you manage a client when TV, newspapers, and magazines are being attacked by online presences?" One... View Details

01 Apr 2011
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My First HBS Class

(On Piskorski, see also here.) The day’s case, written by Jeff Bussgang (MBA ’95C) and Professors Piskorski and Tom Eisenmann, was about foursquare, a location-based social networking game. (For Bussgang’s... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

28 Sep 2021
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Alumni Connections Drive Career Opportunities for Students

Network Westphal tapped into the alumni network and reached out to VC firms. One of the connections he formed was through a sectionmate, who introduced Westphal to a friend in VC in Brazil. During this... View Details

Keywords: Becca Carnahan

12 Jun 2014
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The First Five Years: Minal Mehta (MBA 2011)

work with agencies to execute marketing campaigns, with BollyX, I find myself doing everything from social media posts, website copywriting, event planning, and cold calling, to strategic planning and project managing. Without a huge... View Details

Keywords: fitness; Arts, Entertainment

05 Apr 2018
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A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art

artist’s personal creative journey. Much of it contains little reference to or inspiration from themes of race, social struggle, or migration; rather, some of the artists chose to comment on events of their time or a sense of identity.... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Dec 2014
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Rethinking the Fashion Beat

fully staffed online magazine, BoF has emerged as one of fashion’s most respected and read sources, delivering reviews of runway collections, profiles of industry insiders, and news and analyses of markets both established and emerging to... View Details

Keywords: Alyssa Giacobbe; fashion; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2022
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December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

or friend over the long haul, this book is your essential companion, from beginnings, through the ups and downs, to farewells. You’ll have the support of caregivers who are walking your path, and the inspiring wisdom of counselors—hospice chaplains, View Details

01 Dec 2017
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Flight Path

watched his first drone race in 2015 behind a Home Depot on Long Island, the underground phenomenon had been going on for at least a few years, driven by message boards, social media, and enthusiastic amateurs. “It wasn’t sophisticated,... View Details