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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
June 2006 at the age of 81, the Bulletin’s Class Notes were flooded with dozens of tributes from alumni who recalled his passion and commitment in the classroom and his lasting influence on their careers. “I was clueless going into... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Teresa Clarke: An Advocate for Education in South Africa
Clarke left her position as a vice president at Goldman Sachs to set up a regional office for Abt Associates in Johannesburg in 1995. Not long after settling in her new surroundings, she “bumped into” Ongeri, whose office was in the same building. “I was View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Eileen M. Rudden
in order to maintain equity in our society, so most of my volunteer activities have been in the area of education. Hope for your kids What more can you want for your children than that they find people to love and work that they are View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Charles Stoddard (MBA 1969)
I advise people that running a business is going to be excruciating and exhilarating. To be successful, a person must have perseverance and a passion for the business. View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
assistance in developing countries. The nonprofit’s inspiration came from Goodwin’s HBS classmate Sam MacHour, whose experiences in Liberia and Burundi convinced him of the need to confront the underlying causes of poverty. While at HBS, MacHour made a View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
their aspiration. Over dinner, Seth spoke passionately to the group about capitalism and the responsibilities of business leaders. His words resonated with many and I am delighted to share them here, for all the School’s alumni, with his... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
access to funding. It wasn’t a startling, night-and-day change from the private to the nonprofit sector; it was more a normal, evolutionary process. Any successful organization starts with people with a gleam in their eye, who can get View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
impact. Having worked at Endeavor as an HBS Leadership Fellow after graduation, Ko had no doubt that she wanted to stay on past her fellowship year. “I really believe you need to be passionate about what you do. Being intimately involved... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
whole approach to decision making. It made me want to get the smartest people I could find who disagreed with me so I could stress test my opinions. I used to think there was making money and there was philanthropy. Then I realized there’s just, What do you want to do?... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
in North America. Most recently they scaled part of the barren, rocky Andes between Chile and Argentina. The outdoors is their shared passion and where they feel most alive. It’s also their business. In 1998 Kim and Coup cofounded GoLite,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020
how this enduring passion has colored his relationships with his family and friends, shaped his romances, and, for better or worse, marked every era of his life—indeed, marked his sense of life itself. Not the Seasons I Expected is that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Leading Boston and Beyond
have found their passion in municipal government. “You’d be hard pressed to find any position where you are a senior manager of a $3 billion organization that impacts people so directly,” says Koh. “There is no greater meaning in life... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The Class of 1977
university presses. As volunteer vice chairman of New York–based Do Something, Inc., Dave Mazza is one of many classmates to put his skills to work in the community. Dave combined his career's worth of executive search contacts with his personal View Details
Keywords: Desmond Wong
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
began with the Giants’ cross-bay rivals, the Oakland A’s. As a political science major at the University of California, Berkeley, Baer fed his passion for journalism and sports by serving as business manager and sports director of the... View Details
- 31 Jan 2023
- News
Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups
security, responsibility, and vigilance, while male founders are asked about scaling and the future. “I’m very passionate about this,” said Garg. “I went to MIT, I went to a technical high school, I’ve always been in math and science, and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
in seven years. Kewalramani quickly fulfilled her goal of being a "triple threat," working as a researcher, practicing physician, and instructor, but soon realized her true passion lay in making medicines to help patients. She joined... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Growing Home
and the Mito city administration, and also the strong passion of the people of Mito. DM: What impact has the project already had? What are the positive changes that you see in the city and the region at large? YH: Mito had not been seeing... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
TV channel in the world makes it all worth it, however. "We hooked up MTV in Berlin in November 1989," he says. "Forty-eight hours later, the Wall fell." Coincidence? "All over the world, MTV does play a hand in the passion of the... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 14 Apr 2021
- News
The First Five Years: Mike Gandy Auzenne (MBA 2016)
world?” MGA: “Just go for it. Don’t wait around for what you have envisioned as the perfect opportunity. If you are passionate about something, then figure out a way to make it part of your life. I’m more risk-adverse than most (according... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Unleashed
expression of “courage” (number six). By the time McCord left the company after more than a decade in her role, Netflix was behaving exactly as she and CEO Reed Hastings had designed it to behave: curious (number four), innovative (number five), and View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint