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- 08 Jun 2021
- News
New Funding for Female Founders
Ventures, Defy Partners, Greycroft, and Lerer Hippeau. Prima said it will use the funding to continue product development and support operations. The company sells its products online and through retail partners including Sephora,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Climate Change as Must-See TV
scientists to investigate human causation of climate change. Video Embed Dan Abbasi (MBA 1998) hopes to enlist the HBS alumni community in the political movement for climate change. He calls his fellow alumni "probably the most powerful... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Books
Work, by Don Cohen and Laurence Prusak, is the first book to examine and explain the role that social capital — the value inherent in human connections, including trust, personal networks, and a sense of... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Accelerating Scientific Discovery
day, where it is the focus of Feng Zhang of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. “The world is now very excited about the possibility of curative medicines originating from CRISPR-Cas9 technologies invented at the Broad Institute, where Feng Zhang has given us the... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
Doriot’s Impact on Europe The article about General Georges Doriot in the June issue is quite informative about his great accomplishments. Left without mention, however, was the first venture capital firm in Europe, called European... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
involved in projects abroad for over twenty years, Fischer observes that his company must compete for human capital with larger, more established concerns as well as other small companies that have begun to... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Driven
ranging from neuroscience to political science and paleontology to economics. In the first of the book's four sections, Lawrence and Nohria consider the evolution of the human mind, including the "Great Leap" in intellectual View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Authentic Leadership
"This is really a human development course. We believe, to the extent that you are more authentic and more clear about what you're about, you'll be more likely to step up when there's an opportunity to lead,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Lessons from Private Equity
potential of your company Developing a road map to get to that potential Accelerating current organizational performance Harnessing and rewarding top talent Leveraging cash as productively as possible Fostering a results-oriented mindset.... View Details
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
The pair worked with club sponsor Faye Thorek of Thorek/Scott and Partners to produce the virtual panel event. Stark, an executive coaching and leadership development consultant and founder and president of Stark Coaching, served as... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success
inclusive viewpoint, observing, "There is no inherent conflict between capitalism and the needs of society." More specifically, he continued, the inner city must be brought into the mainstream economy, not classified as an area in need of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Better Hiring Through Brain Science
Illustrations by Marcos Chin Illustrations by Marcos Chin Hiring companies employ Pymetrics to source additional talent and filter massive applicant pools as well as to boost retention and serve as a development tool. “We follow the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Winter Break Just Got Educational
IMMERSION EXPERIENCES: Students who traveled to New Orleans spent time working on Habitat for Humanity redevelopment projects. Winter break this year gave some 200 MBA students an opportunity to participate in one of three pilot,... View Details
- 25 Mar 2015
- News
The Greening of Houston
R. Brown Convention Center, which had been mostly parking lots, into Discovery Green, now known for its kayaking and performance spaces. The Partnership has just finished a $53 million capital campaign, which is being used to add 14,000... View Details
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- 10 Aug 2015
- News
A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges
prepares highly qualified professionals for high-level roles in the social sector. “We’re focused on developing leaders at all levels for the world’s greatest challenges,” she says of ProInspire, which was recently named one of “7... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Thomas S. Volpe
Best part of the job I constantly meet new entrepreneurs who — win, lose, or draw — are fascinating human beings. To be successful you need to be a memorable person, and entrepreneurs are almost invariably memorable people. Role Models My... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Book Review: The Old West
more than 10 percent, and India's more than 6. It won't be long, says Daniel Pinto (MBA 1993), cofounder and chief executive of Stanhope Capital, one of the largest independent investment firms in Europe, before the West falls to the East in the economic power... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 03 Oct 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns
the development via NASA to an era where industry leads has sped up the pace of growth and primed the space sector for investment. Co-founder of space technology company Escape Dynamics and a longtime investor in the industry, Garriott de... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Private capital, public good
Tracy Palandjian (AB 1993, MBA 1997) is spearheading the development of social impact bonds (SIBs), a financial innovation designed to tackle some of the world’s most intractable social challenges. Alongside Sir Ronald Cohen (MBA 1969)... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
Alumni Books Boeing Metamorphosis: Launching the 737 and 747, 1965–1969 by John Fredrickson and John Andrew (MBA 1959) Schiffer Military History Welcome to the world of corporate decision-making, workplace gambles, and myriad human... View Details