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- 02 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship in General Management
previously. How did you go about securing your summer internship? I first learned about the General Mills internship at a company presentation during a career day in October. I signed up for additional coffee chats offered by the company... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
Lovepop Woos The Sharks
LovePop. You’ve been in front of VCs before. How does this experience differ? It’s so different. My experience with pitching VCs is in a much more casual environment. It’s at a coffee shop, at a conference room table—it’s never you... View Details
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
Coffee Infogroup of Eugene, Ore. "Starbucks provides a safe place to have your first latte," he says, explaining that specialty coffee is still a young industry with plenty of room to win new... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 18 Mar 2014
- Blog Post
BaubleBar Brought to Life, and Other Tales of Joining a Start-up
key to be both patient and passionate. You’ll send out a lot of emails and have a lot of coffee chats. As long as you really do your homework for every conversation, know the company, and bang on the door as many times as you need to – it... View Details
- 28 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Making a Comeback
linear, making you linger and pause and consider, rather than an easy search-and-grab. If you think about the origins of Starbucks, it was a process filled with friction: The barista would ask about your family and educate you about View Details
- Profile
Michael R. Bloomberg
the luckier you get.”BE PERSISTENT. “Persistence really does pay off. When starting my company, I would go downtown and buy cups of coffee. Then I’d take the coffee up to Merrill Lynch—our target audience—and walk the hallways. “Hi,” I... View Details
- 16 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
A Day in the Life as a ‘Spreadsheet Ranger’
sound of birds and the sun peering through my blinds; I soon head over to the neighborhood gym, located in the garage of the Law Enforcement quarters. 8am – Coffee is brewing at the office. My co-consultant and I have an office in the... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 29 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
To New Beginnings: Reflecting on Transitioning Careers and Starting a Family while at HBS
their position in the firm, and a location near my husband’s next duty station. For me, the industry that met all of those criteria was consulting. As recruiting began, I went to every coffee chat, lunch, dinner, and event that I was... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Vision: To Go-Go
funding led by Andreessen Horowitz and the Brazilian venture fund Base Partners. In addition to developing its own brands, Foodology has begun cultivating partnerships with established industry players such as Amor Perfecto, a leading Colombian View Details
- 26 Jul 2017
- Blog Post
“Uncertainty Makes It More Interesting.”
who’s in charge of what?” Their marketing strategy pitches Tim Hortons in the middle, offering white collar and upper class professionals a superior alternative to convenience store coffee. Unlike many convenience store coffee shops, Tim... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 13 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Building a Village: Learning and Living at HBS
articulate the profound impact this community has had on me as a wife, mother, and friend. But, as I sit here snuggling with my 2.5-year-old after returning from a coffee date with ten other moms and their little ones, it's all become... View Details
- 30 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
The Health Care Initiative at HBS
coffee chats with CEOs, and treks to New York and San Francisco to meet with cutting edge companies. The club is one of the largest at HBS, and in my perhaps biased opinion, one of the most well-organized clubs on campus. I love meeting... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
New Releases
than 1 percent of all senior executive posts. How does one explain, then, the success of Kenneth Chenault, president, COO, and CEO-designate of American Express, or of Ann Fudge (MBA '77), president of Maxwell House Coffee Company and... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 29 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Is the Digital Age Making Us Petty?
receiving $2.56 for a cup of coffee or 26 minutes to catch up with a friend carries more weight, in terms of relationship harm, than being shortchanged or only given 20 minutes. “Between someone who gives $5.99 and someone who gives $5,... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 13 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Paid Search Ads Pay Off for Lesser-Known Restaurants
it would be different.” An experimental field study was born. Yelp agrees to run free ads The genesis of the advertising project came while Luca was having coffee with Geoff Donaker, then COO of Yelp. Yelp, which hosts consumer reviews of... View Details
- 19 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation
focuses solely on corporate culture and identity of the new workplace. There's a lecture about the firm's history and another about standard operating procedures. There's a packet of information from human resources, emblazoned with the firm's logo, and maybe a View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 16 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
The Rituals of Case Method Teaching
traffic, getting a coffee and a bite to eat at Spangler, and “hermiting” herself in her office for a few hours allows her to arrive in class ready to teach and engage in discussion. “I speed read the entire case, consult my teaching plan,... View Details
- Web
Creating Inclusive Recruiting Events in a Time of Innovation - Recruiting
place, organizations planning to hire full-time employees or interns in the coming year are reviewing their recruiting processes and seeking to innovate. For some, recruiting events once held in large hotel ballrooms or quaint coffee... View Details
- 21 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
Coming Out and Finding Acceptance at HBS
whose religious beliefs made it challenging for them to condone our relationship asked me to coffee so he could more fully consider his stance. Several section mates have asked me how best to structure inclusive questions about gender on... View Details
- 18 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Climate Symposium 2023: Adopting Climate Solutions at Scale
Solutions in the Global South; Industrial Trade & Policy; and Developing and Scaling First-of-a-Kind Technologies. The day provided many different chances for the attendees to network, including coffee breaks in between panels and... View Details