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- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Greylock
expertise as well as money, and thus the venture capital industry was born. Among those joining AR&D in 1947 was a returning U.S. Navy veteran named Bill Elfers. Just four years later, he became vice president and was soon the number two... View Details
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
And wise leaders use apprenticeship and mentoring to cultivate practical wisdom in others. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2011/05/the-big-idea-the-wise-leader/ar/1 Extreme Productivity Authors:Robert C. Pozen Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 5 (May 2011)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Boxer of Quirinal By John Barr (MBA 1972) Red Hen Press All animals struggle to survive. In John Barr’s poems, the success of the heron hunting, the albatross breeding, the inchworm spinning give proof of life. But for us that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
Khoja, now 56, never planned to go to Afghanistan. A veteran telecom executive responsible for launching service in developing countries around the world, he was working for Deutsche Telekom in Croatia in January 2002 when a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
million to $500 million, half the size of those raised during the tech frenzy, when billion-dollar funds were commonplace. Some industry veterans contend that there are still too many venture dollars chasing too few quality deals. “The... View Details
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
boutique Perella Weinberg Partners had grown into a firm that advised a roster of blue-chip clients on critical transactions and had over $8 billion of client assets under management. The three co-founders, all veterans of Wall Street,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
had increased 18 times and operating profits 13 times. In June 2000, Alan McCollough succeeded him as CEO. A 12-year veteran of Circuit City, McCollough expressed confidence in the future, citing trends such as the digitization of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Faculty & Advisors | MBA
is a serial entrepreneur and veteran venture investor with over two decades of experience in Mobile and Enterprise technology, including Healthcare IT. She co-founded Aspect Ventures in 2014, an early stage, mobile focused investment firm... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
a player at the beginning of his career, is another surprising success story. Here’s someone who looks like the kid from next door who mows your lawn, and he played like a veteran in a pivotal position under the toughest pressure in... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
consumer technology - no matter how amazing or elegant - means nothing unless it is useful, convenient, and readily accepted by customers. The fact that his wife's MBA degree didn't ease the drudgery of tracking the family's finances gave Cook, a View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
Bulletproof Problem Solving: The One Skill That Changes Everything, authors Conn and McLean—both veterans of McKinsey & Co.—offer a seven-step, systematic approach to creative problem solving, developed in top consulting firms, that will... View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
P&G veteran David Taylor would become CEO on November 1, 2015. Lafley would remain Chairman. At the time, Taylor respectfully declined to be interviewed by the press. He had a lot to think about. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
increases the amount of relevant knowledge of a market tends to make it more efficient and to intensify competition." "Anything that increases the amount of relevant knowledge of a market tends to make it more efficient and to intensify competition." Following... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
negative trend. For example, to welcome people back to its stores, J.C. Penney ran deep discount sales for Mother's Day and Veterans Day. By November 2013 the retail stores posted positive sales comparisons year over year, the first time... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
the district’s solicitor and financial consultant waive fees for refinancing debt from 2014 was rebuffed as agenda-driven by a 20-year veteran of the board. Cognetti’s response: “My agenda is to get us through this crisis and stop any... View Details
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
integration, such as hiring primary care physicians and hospitalists, and even proposing formation of a physicians' organization (PO)—a move its veteran private practitioners sharply oppose. In 2009, NWH is renowned for high-quality care... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
the ship apart and putting it back together again. It should be getting under way again in the spring, probably without me. I think I’ll be transferring to a shore station next. (JH, ed.) A former ambassador to the Netherlands and a 23-year View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
"the proven expertise of our most effective veteran executives is complemented by fresh ideas from newly hired managers. In turn, our newer personnel learn from the experience of our veterans." The company is already seeing the results of... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry