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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
are women, CB enjoyed a net income of about $73 million in 2008. According to Labarthe and Danel (aka “the two Charlies”), a high profitability rate is necessary to convince investors to take a risk on a relatively unknown bank; it’s also the surest way to gain access... View Details
- 09 Sep 2016
- News
MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding
it basically, got started around a couple of my passions-- one being, at the time, windsurfing, which later grew in a kitesurfing. And technology start ups, which is what I do for a living, as a venture... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Alumni News | Book Briefs
cost (sustaining performance involves capturing value in the form of profits); and finally, there are no other rules. Ride the Wave: How 12 Technologies Will Change the World and Make You Rich by Fred Rogers (MBA 1983) and Richard Lalich... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Thomas S. Volpe
But his longtime fascination with both the stock market and inventors came to the fore when he entered the New York investment world. After setting up a science and technology investment banking group at Blyth Eastman PaineWebber, he... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
and pursue my personal passions of women's economic empowerment and education. I began at Merrill Lynch, but in pursuit of independence, I eventually became an entrepreneur, founding and building a venture capital firm. I still enjoy... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
manage its operations for another three years. At that point, Murphy says, “I wasn’t sure if I wanted to keep being the guy on the ground in the developing world or get the credentials to become more involved in the big picture.” His acceptance to HBS tipped the View Details
- 09 Jul 2019
- News
The Road to Impact
kids mathematics or to teach non-English speakers how to read English in third grade, or how to better inhibit suicidal patients from taking their own lives,” he notes. Offensend is currently focused on increasing the organization’s visibility and capacity. “If we... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Leading Change
Google, and venture capitalists Ann and John (MBA 1976) Doerr. Technology and a powerful mission ensure that Khan Academy’s impact far exceeds its small size. More than 10 million students a month access the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
partnerships, however, science with commercial applications began thriving outside corporate R&D silos. And the availability of venture capital for technology start–ups made it harder to keep scientists with... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1
learning how to manage. Ultimately though, he would go on to spend 35 years at the company, becoming CEO in 2001. He was so dedicated to GE that, at age 50, he got the company's logo tattooed on his leg. Immelt, now venture partner at New... View Details
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Life Is a Startup
the heart once you’ve gone and assessed those types of things. When I get calls from like venture capitalists or other people who might want to invest in some of my alumni, the easiest reference checks that I find that I can make, the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020
are the best-positioned market sectors and stocks as well as those to avoid. Hot Stocks provides a roadmap detailing how to invest in this new reality, and evaluates the many ways global warming will affect profit flows in the economy. Right/Wrong: How View Details
- 24 Mar 2021
- News
Clubs Reaffirm Equity in Community Partners Work; Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education
don’t provide. “We’ve worked with MESO for two consecutive years,” says Lin. “We helped them scale their approach across different markets, and during the pandemic, when the in-person connection to their existing and potential clients... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
and the aid of new research technologies and genetic information, Tanzi has hinted that the other Alzheimer’s genes may be identified in as little as two years. “That’s exciting,” says McCance, though he knows there are no guarantees. But... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Minding The Gap
development and leadership development. The program is a joint venture with the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), originally in partnership with 9 large, urban school districts. (That number has since grown to 21.) "One of the... View Details
- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
informed on the major news in tech while being entertained by the bickering and bantering of Recode’s Kara Swisher and NYU professor Scott Galloway.” Courtesy source Courtesy source —Minnie Ingersoll (MBA 2002), partner at TenOneTen View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
Alumni Books Get Backed: Craft Your Story, Build the Perfect Pitch Deck, and Launch the Venture of Your Dreams by Evan Baehr (MBA 2011) and Evan Loomis (Harvard Business Review Press) Now that you have your big idea, how will you find and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Building a Better MBA
nature of business itself. It’s more global, more technology dependent, and less hierarchical. Knowledge-based industries are overtaking older, more basic industries. And the pace of change is quickening. “So we have to understand how the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
illuminating graphics to guide readers in conceiving, designing, building, testing, and scaling up the ideal business for them. The Career Playbook: Essential Advice for Today’s Aspiring Young Professional by James M. Citrin (MBA 1986)... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
INK: Maker’s Manual
for everything from market research to packaging. What do you hope the book will do for would-be entrepreneurs? I’d like it to give them confidence to start their ventures with a playbook so that the path is not as lonely or ambiguous.... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint