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- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Peter Wendell (MBA '76)
opportunities." The key to any new venture, Wendell explains, is usually the quality of the people driving it. In 1982 Wendell cofounded Sierra Ventures with what then felt to him like a huge sum: $16 million. Today Sierra has almost a half billion dollars in committed... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
hope the School’s researchers will make a record of the number of MBAs from HBS and other leading business schools at each level of the companies and government agencies that have played a role in the demise of our financial system. How... View Details
- 22 Jun 2021
- News
Looking at Losses in Gender Equity in Post-COVID Canada
will require support for women at every level of the labor force. “We really are at a turning point for the global economy,” Collenette adds. “Post-pandemic, either we fashion a world where women take their rightful place in every seat at every table or we fail. But,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
keep a written record of the interactions with the patients and also do research to understand the scientific, socioeconomic, and cultural issues that influence the patients’ experience. They come away with a newfound appreciation for all... View Details
- 05 Sep 2017
- News
Living the Quantitative Life
well spent. You shouldn't need points on top of that and I will acknowledge that. But the numbers part of my brain is greatly helped by having the points and having some, even if it's not crazy and compelling logic, having some logic that, hey, I get to View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
the harder one becomes to imagine (and, perhaps, the easier one becomes to start). A third and final lesson is that when a crisis strikes complacent investors it causes much more disruption than when it strikes battle-scarred ones. For the historical View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
with a successful entrepreneurial track record and a Boston address. “I am a tech CEO.” With so few women in leadership roles in the information technology sector and a dramatic gender imbalance throughout the field, Kraus’s title is more... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
record of geological formations penetrated during drilling that includes technical details of the operation. Mud Logger: On call 24/7 to analyze rock cuttings from a well that is being drilled. Pay Zone: The stratum of rock in which oil... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
our business. We have built a business that is, despite our small scale, has a very clear track record of profitability, and have had the fundraising challenges And his response was "Well, you're not really a fast-growing business." And... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
NMNH, which has opened a record five new exhibitions in Fri's two-year tenure, realizes that in order to keep its title as the most-visited museum in the world, it must continue to create new attractions. Name: Robert Fri Title: Director... View Details
- 15 Apr 2022
- News
Funding His Purpose
patient served—would have access to the more flexible capital of a loan. Letelier started with his own money and began to attract grantors to fund SITAWI when he had a track record of successful projects. “My pitch to the donor was, ‘If... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Rob Price (MBA 1997)
Rock are the same as other enterprises: taking a strong brand and making it stronger. What’s very different here is that the concept is fueled by passion more than almost any other brand. About 10 years ago, my family started a garage band called Full Price. We View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
New Book Recounts Storied Class of ’49
gave of those earnings at then record levels to establish the MBA Class of 1949 Professorship of Business Administration. Stressing that the class provides solid role models for today’s leaders, Callahan gives detailed accounts of eight... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Recognizing Volunteers and Donors
International Reach Class of 1992, Section G For its 20th Reunion, the Class of 1992 reached 74 percent participation, surpassing the previous record by 4 percentage points and raising more than $7 million. Among the fundraising... View Details
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
almost every case, Watson found a problem that the doctor had overlooked. “We have so much data now for every patient,” Mehta says—up to 1,000 pages of records, for someone who’d been coming to the Cleveland Clinic for just two years—“and physicians have maybe 20 to 40... View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Start-Ups Make Their Pitch
Medical Devices, the regional finalists were: Boston: iSpecimen (Mike Pierce, MBA ’01, interim COO) is building a network that connects clinical laboratories and hospital electronic medical record systems at leading institutions. The... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
myself. I'm cautious when investing because we need to build sustainable businesses and create a competitive track record for the country, if we're going to improve opportunities for the next generation." [music] Targeted efforts like... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
it's possible to build a very attractive company that might ultimately be acquired or go public." The reason for the good news, Sahlman observes, is "there is more startup capital available today than there ever has been in recorded... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
requiring employers to verify the legal status of workers, deporting illegals who are in jail, and denying illegals taxpayer-funded benefits such as welfare, free education, and food stamps. He says that Edwards lies about his record on... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
New Idea: State of the Art
museum, visitors are also given a special digital pen that they can tap on various exhibits to record their experience and later explore online what they saw in person. But of all the new features, it’s a historic survey of human... View Details