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- 25 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lean Strategy Not Just for Start-Ups
have succeeded, one is still in its nascent stages, and one is "pivoting," Cook said. In lean-start-up lingo, pivoting means taking a major change of course based on user feedback—the idea being that it's easier to change the... View Details
- 17 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
Going the Distance for Investment Excellence
students come together and learn from each other. Sometimes you just know what’s right and pivot toward that.” In fact, HBS was the only graduate program Cameron applied to. He appreciated that HBS wasn’t a finance-only... View Details
- 24 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Dance to the Music: How Noa Torok Found Her Dream Job at SoundCloud
became a successful lawyer working for the Israeli Supreme Court. She had hoped she could combine law and business together, but, “I realized that being a lawyer meant working from the sidelines. And I want to call the shots myself.” After View Details
- 23 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
How I Sourced My Internship Outside of the US: Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu
out an internship and later a full-time role, even if they weren’t always in perfect alignment. An Opportunity for Reflection For Nyantekyi-Owusu, the decision to spend two years at HBS was driven by a desire to pivot and a need to... View Details
- Profile
Jacqueline Beato
a pivotal step toward the MBA by participating in HBS's Summer Venture in Management Program. The program immersed Jacqueline in a week of case studies. "After that," says Jacqueline, "I just knew that this is where you go... View Details
- Web
Career Journey | MBA
post-HBS role. Play Career Journeys | Haoran Jiang video Play Video duration: 2:26 Haoran Jiang Haoran Jiang (MBA 2024) emphasizes how coaching and self-reflection helped him prioritize family and fulfillment, pivoting from a misaligned... View Details
- Web
Influence of the China Trade and the Heard Legacy - A Chronicle of the China Trade
exchanges and influences occurred through many channels—from the Chinese art and antiquities that Americans exported home, the ways in which wealthy traders gave back to their communities, and the archive of records merchants left behind that reveal a View Details
- 02 Dec 2017
- News
Helping HBS Make Big Bets
students as summer and leadership fellows at Lincoln Center and now at ABT. And shortly before her 10th HBS Reunion this year, she hosted a private rehearsal and reception at ABT for leading donors in her class. “My time at HBS was eyeopening, energizing, inspiring,... View Details
- 30 May 2013
- Blog Post
Launching into “career discovery” mode
since my first blog, I can say I’m actually much further down the “career discovery” road than I thought I’d be. For me, Career Teams and conversations with EC’s have been the most pivotal tools in my search thus far. Career Teams was a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Three Decades of Change and Counting
heaven's sake, take advantage of it! I wasn't engaged with the African American community at MIT, so coming to SVMP was a pivotal point for me, both culturally and academically. Being around brilliant people and seeing all of these... View Details
- 24 Jan 2025
- News
The Network Effect
facilitate a $131.8 non-equity funding deal between the two companies. In March 2021, Model was a part of the Agios team that finalized the sale of the biotech’s oncology portfolio. For Agios, the sale was part of a pivot from cancer... View Details
- 14 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Our Top 5 Blog Posts of 2020
our Top 5 Blog Posts from 2020: 1. Best Practices for Creating a Successful, Virtual Internship In the wake of COVID-19, companies around the world quickly changed how they get work done, including planning to manage summer internships. View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 27 Sep 2021
- News
Sewn with Love
began raising funds to support small businesses within the fashion and garment industries that pivoted their manufacturing to create personal protective equipment and partnered with The RealReal, an e-commerce site for pre-owned luxury... View Details
- Profile
Julio Cedeno
method forced them to speak up and get out of their comfort zones, something I thought I could really benefit from as well." Finally, Julio realized that while suspending his career for two years "had a lot of costs, I saw that the full-time experience would... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy
- 27 Jul 2019
- Op-Ed
Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?
Microsoft took over a decade to bring to conclusion. A new direction? Whatever or whenever something emerges from Washington or the EU may be moot. According to a recently announced pivot in strategy—they call it a privacy-focused... View Details
Keywords: by George Riedel
- 16 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?
to add that her adult self does not advocate such extreme pet adoption measures, nor does Wagaroo!) When Exley was 17, she adopted a pit bull named Pepper from a local shelter. Photo Credit: Christine Exley Like many startups, Wagaroo View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
Being a Mom and a Founder at HBS
supportive of founders working on businesses while in school from providing Summer Fellowships, coaches, mentors, and advisors to offering funding through the Rock Accelerator and Rock Incubator Programs. The funding my business has received from the Rock Center has... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
John Doerr, MBA 1976
Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION Rice University, 1973 B.S., Electrical Engineering Rice University, 1974 M.S., Electrical Engineering LESSONS FROM HBS “The Human Behavior in Organizations course... View Details
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Oded Navon
pivoting from the public to private sector, and getting a Harvard MBA in particular would catapult me toward making large-scale impact. Coming to HBS is like... ...thinking you've reached the top of Mount Everest, only to realize there's... View Details
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Margo Cramer
athletic/outdoor apparel and remaining connected to another area of interest: track and cross-country competition. Then she pivoted again to her passion for social justice, particularly on the issue of gender violence, by becoming a... View Details