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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
about the Internet, but the students who are really passionate about their ideas and about creating something themselves are still committed to the contest,” says Bryn Zeckhauser (MBA 2001), one of seven student organizers of this year’s... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
delusional, but I think that helps ease some of the guilt. “Right before graduation I married Laura, a career diplomat, letting love and passion rule without realizing I was on the verge of professional suicide. Her job had no flexibility... View Details
- 19 Jan 2023
- News
Forged in Fire
Harvard, over a hundred leaders who have failed. Not one has failed because they weren't smart enough. They failed because they lacked emotional intelligence. They weren't aware of who they were at a deep level. They lacked passion for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
the First Nations, neither of which was included in the negotiations. While Eamer arrived at the table in 2002 as the provincial negotiator with passion for the task, it wasn’t his trade. But he had natural abilities; conflict resolution... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
Prescriptions: Free the Data! Build a Killer App Measure Health Care's Real Costs Make Medicine Personal Leverage Human Nature Integrate Preventive Care and Payment BUSH: A passionate advocate for improving health care efficiency and... View Details
- 07 Apr 2021
- News
Road Work
death made the next big VC deal or M&A transaction seem much less important. Instead, Friedman reoriented his life, focusing more on philanthropy—and also getting back into one of his favorite childhood pursuits: motorcycle riding. Ultimately, this renewed View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award
parents a break, and here I am,” he says. “Who’s doing that today for people who don’t speak English, who aren’t white? Education is a deep passion of mine.” Lessons learned: “My mother was a schoolteacher, so you did not misspeak ‘good’... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
hairdryer, and a fully stocked bar, to name a few amenities). Fine wines and gourmet cuisine featuring fresh, local in-gredients like lobster and passion fruit are standard fare, as are on-demand activities that run from deep-sea fishing... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Straight to the Heart
that her most enjoyable moments were spent counseling a friend on her dating life. So she combined that passion with her business acumen and wrote the 2003 best-seller Find a Husband after 35: Using What I Learned at Harvard Business... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Light Years Ahead
than an effort to boost magazine and newspaper sales, with little foundation in what’s really important to know about a school. What do you do in your spare time, if you have any? Sailing is an early passion that I continue to enjoy. When... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
She was in the life-fulfillment business. “Yes, we improved their chances of getting a job, but I wanted to offer more than that,” she explains. “I wanted to give them the confidence to go out and get a job. We had to be passionate about... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
June 2006 at the age of 81, the Bulletin’s Class Notes were flooded with dozens of tributes from alumni who recalled his passion and commitment in the classroom and his lasting influence on their careers. “I was clueless going into... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
in North America. Most recently they scaled part of the barren, rocky Andes between Chile and Argentina. The outdoors is their shared passion and where they feel most alive. It’s also their business. In 1998 Kim and Coup cofounded GoLite,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
same as it was in 1977, and certainly not in the entertainment space." As CEO of AMC Theatres since March 2009, Lopez has been addressing that discrepancy with a passion and drive not usually seen in a business often considered a sleepy... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Producers
can rack up U.S. box office receipts of just over $380 million (not including consumer product tie-ins), and unexpected hits like Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ grossed $370 million in 2004, earning a respectable third-place... View Details
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
in seven years. Kewalramani quickly fulfilled her goal of being a "triple threat," working as a researcher, practicing physician, and instructor, but soon realized her true passion lay in making medicines to help patients. She joined... View Details
- 07 May 2018
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What I Learned from Visiting All 54 African Countries
left the corporate world to pursue that passion full-time. His long list of travels include hiking the Appalachian Trail, walking from Mexico to Canada and back on the Continental Divide, and completing two three-year tours of all 25... View Details
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
involved with; that company is still in business today. Thanks, Walt, for your passion and commitment. Allan N. Mackey (MBA 1970) I was in Professor Salmon’s Marketing class my second year. We were discussing a case where the company had... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
TV channel in the world makes it all worth it, however. "We hooked up MTV in Berlin in November 1989," he says. "Forty-eight hours later, the Wall fell." Coincidence? "All over the world, MTV does play a hand in the passion of the... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
their aspiration. Over dinner, Seth spoke passionately to the group about capitalism and the responsibilities of business leaders. His words resonated with many and I am delighted to share them here, for all the School’s alumni, with his... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)