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Field Course: Business Plans for Innovating in Health Care, Q2 - Course Catalog

make tangible progress on their business plans and seek advice from course mentors. Q: Can I take the class if I just have an idea, but I have not started yet? A: Innovating in Health Care (Q1) is a... View Details

01 Dec 2019
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3-Minute Briefing: Leslie Hale (MBA 2001)

all the boxes. Here was somebody who was going to coach, mentor, advise, and give me opportunity. I got some important advice early in my career: stay on the revenue-generating side of a business. Oftentimes women are encouraged to View Details

Keywords: April White; real estate; leadership; diversity; African American; career paths; women in business; Real Estate

06 Feb 2025
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How to Judge Your Next Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Clay Christensen was a legendary professor and thinker and his “Jobs to Be Done” theory—this idea that customers buy products to solve problems—was one of his iconic intellectual contributions.... View Details

25 Feb 2020
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Ink: Your Best Self

a colleague. And technology disruption has really changed industries and driven new competition. The folks I’ve worked with describe that external environment as always tugging on them. How did you develop the advice in the book? The five... View Details

Keywords: April White

22 Mar 2017
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Don’t give up your power

Author, singer, and Morgan Stanley vice chairman Carla Harris (MBA 1987) advises people—women in particular—to take lessons from mistakes and move on. In this interview she offers advice on respecting... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Unlocking mobile money in emerging markets

buyers and sellers are currently excluded from global commerce. These individuals, because of their collective size, will likely redefine the concept of banking and financial access in the future.” Working in developing countries is both challenging and exciting, says... View Details

23 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

How to Break the Expert’s Curse

not gain access to their diaries; they were told to recall their experiences from memory. After completing the questionnaire, all the veteran interns were asked to provide some advice to interns of the future. Zhang then hired 93 other... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

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Four Ways to Make The Most of Your Company Events - Recruiting

Insights & Advice 07 Oct 2024 Four Ways to Make The Most of Your Company Events Molly DeCastro & Lia Mastrogiacomo Author HBS Team tag Know Your Audience Recruiting Advice If you are looking to engage with... View Details

13 Jun 2018
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The First Five Years: Momchil Filev and Ben Faw (both MBA 2014)

FIELD, several EC courses, the Innovation Lab, and multiple start-up competitions, HBS allowed both of us to learn by doing. Combining those experiences with encouragement from professors, and the lessons gained from cases, created a nice combination for View Details

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Field Course: Advanced Business Plans for Innovating in Health Care - Course Catalog

Course: Business Plans for Innovating in Health Care, (Fall Q2) and who want to fund their project or enter into beta site agreements. Students who enrolled in Innovating in Health Care (Fall Q1) who did not take Field Course: Business... View Details

01 Sep 2004
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Joe Toplyn (MBA 1979)

souvenir, and not as a potential exhibit in a libel suit. My advice to others is to try to make your living doing something you really enjoy. It’s not the most original advice in the world, and it may not be... View Details

Keywords: comedy writing; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

20 Oct 2016
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Smart Moves

cause is pure congestion—too many vehicles trying to occupy the same stretch of road at the same time—but accidents, breakdowns, construction, bad weather, and potholes all take their toll, not to mention time that is spent looking for... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation

01 Sep 2008
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Stanford Lets Students Customize

Analytical Thinking. Students also get one-on-one advice from senior faculty who help them customize a plan of study. Customization is a cornerstone of the new program, which permits students to tailor their course work to an... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

30 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Africa Rising: Understanding Business, Entrepreneurship, and the Complexities of a Continent with Professor Hakeem Belo-Osagie

thoughts, words, advice and learnings of those who are in the thick of things. Why do you teach a SIP? I like teaching the SIP course because there is much more room to try out different ways of teaching. It is a great opportunity to... View Details

01 Sep 2005
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GE’s Immelt Urges MBAs to Dream Big, Work Hard

Immelt In June, Class Day speaker Jeffrey R. Immelt (MBA ’82), chairman and CEO of General Electric, sent 878 MBA graduates off into the world with a pep talk in which he cited competitiveness and creativity as keys to business success. Immelt also dispensed lots of... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

24 Apr 2014
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Creating connections among consumers

Using the power of crowdsourcing, Angie Hicks (MBA 2000) turned neighborly advice about good service providers into a national consumer network that has transformed the world of online reviews and ratings. In 1995, Hicks cofounded Angie’s... View Details

15 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Building Bridges to Sustainable Infrastructure with Allied Climate Partners

creating social impact, was instrumental in making this internship a reality by helping to sponsor my time with the firm. Advice for Aspiring Climate Investors My advice for anyone interested in this space... View Details

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Board Diversity Network: 2024 Fall Events Recap - Blog: RGE Report

Initiative’s Board Diversity Network (BDN) hosted three alumni events this fall to demystify the process, particularly for women and people of color who continue to be underrepresented on corporate boards. The three events featured advice... View Details

01 Sep 2013
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C.D. Spangler's School of Thought

accomplished leader in academia, business, and philanthropy—and the namesake of the School's Spangler Center—he has also been valued for his counsel by several HBS Deans. In light of that role, and in the spirit of Commencement as a traditional time for View Details