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Annie Fulton

I can’t recall the first time I held a hammer. It must have been in Dad’s basement workshop, where I spent much of my childhood making things: a gymnastics set for my dolls, a birdhouse for Mother’s Day, a bed for my room. It was definitely before I was ten, when I... View Details

Alumni Changing the World

Abby Falik

Abby Falik, MBA 2008, founder and CEO of Global Citizen Year, is rethinking the traditional gap-year experience for high school graduates. In ten years, Global Citizen Year has supported nearly 1,000 fellows in experiential, community-level project work in Asia,... View Details

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Austin Dirks

My gaze fixed upon the exposed beating heart. There was an infant lying in front of me. Its heart rate 150 beats per minute. The monitor next to me beeping faintly with each twitch of the revealed organ. The skin, the muscle, the ribs, all pulled back, exposing an... View Details

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Ann DeWitt

After five years as a research scientist at 3M, Ann DeWitt was ready for managerial responsibilities that would require a new set of skills. "I wondered how I would make the transition," Ann says. "In slow steps or in one big leap?" Subsequent... View Details

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Andrew Dervan

Like many of his colleagues, Andrew Dervan entered medical school to fulfill a passion. And like many of them, Andrew says, "I'm frustrated with the system. One out of seven dollars in the US is spent on health care. It's just incredible that so much money is... View Details

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Amalia della Paolera

The most universal language I know is soccer. When I step into a pickup soccer game anywhere around the world, I enter into a brief, informal social contract. At first, male players eye me warily as I walk onto the field asking if I can play, too. But then, gradually,... View Details

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Allie Corless

Why was getting a business education important to you? Getting a business education was crucial for me because it enabled me to consolidate my interests and talents into one rewarding and challenging career. Prior to business school, I worked full-time as a... View Details

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Aaron Chadbourne

For Aaron Chadbourne, entrepreneurship began early. "As soon as I could talk, I was put to work in my grandmother's business – selling vegetables at a roadside picnic table piled high with corn." As Aaron grew up, he helped with every aspect of his family's... View Details

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Alexa Brownell

I plan to eat peaches catch fireflies sing loudly in the street laugh belly-aching laughs love until my heart bursts skinny dip in cool summer water sip salty sweet... View Details

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Alfredo Arreba

I have one clear professional objective in life: not to go unnoticed. I want to have a deep impact around me. I would love to become a CEO one day, but you don't have to be one to have an impact in the world. You can create, innovate and contribute at many levels... View Details

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10 Feb 2022
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African American Student Union Spotlight on HBCUs

The HBS African American Student Union (AASU) strives to be an extended family for its members from the moment they decide to attend HBS, through the transition to second year, and beyond graduation. Here we profile two AASU members who attended Historically Black... View Details

12 Nov 2021
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How HBS Enhanced My Career as a Product Manager

13 Sep 2023
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Entrepreneurial Insights: Lizzie Matusov, Co-founder and CEO of Quotient

01 Jun 2018
News

Up by the Roots

bakery cranks out cookies—New York now holds a demonstrable lead over Silicon Valley in terms of fintech investment in the United States. According to CB Insights, a New York startup that uses algorithms to collect and analyze data on... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Dan Page

01 Jun 2016
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Case Study: On the Table

Mexican firms. But Gaia Design has not grown the way that Philippe Cahuzac (MBA 2014) and his two cofounders—former coworkers at an online furniture company in Brazil—had anticipated. Compared with the United View Details

01 Dec 2002
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Straddling Two Worlds

New York City. Armed with a “healthy respect for what I didn't know,” he excelled as an investor and was soon asked to help start a merchant bank in London. He returned to the United States in 1973 and... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

17 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 17, 2007

films). Similarly, we also predict and find that should DVDs are held longer than want DVDs. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-099.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsNone this week PublicationsDoes Employment Protection Reduce Productivity?... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Union, refunds will be paid by check and mailed via the United States Postal Service (USPS). Participants may request a withdrawal without refund only if they have completed less than half of the Program.... View Details

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