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- 30 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
My Difficult Decision to Leave Google for HBS
class. Ninety students were debating a case about a recently purchased window-washing business. We skillfully dissected the immediate priorities for the new owner: customer retention and employee recruiting. Though some debate ensued about which of those should come... View Details
- 16 Oct 2018
- Blog Post
2 Tips to Beat Imposter Syndrome
feel a fresh wave of inadequacy, begin shifting your perspective with these tips. Expect that inner voice to become kinder and your confidence to skyrocket! View Details
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs
My goal for the course—and for the coaching I give entrepreneurs—is to give them sufficient comfort with the legal concepts to feel confident in driving the process, to understand the ways in which the law is a constraint, but also the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online
identify their defining elements, such as size, risk, and liquidity Develop the confidence and ability to assess potential investment opportunities and maximize the value of investment portfolios Gain the skills and strategies to choose... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Buy Big, Sell Small
announced $16 million in Series A funding from investors, which it will use to expand its platform and offer more products and services to customers. Shruti likens the current phase of her entrepreneurial journey to “being on a hike where you can’t see the summit but... View Details
- 09 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
6 Lessons from Donald Trump's Winning Marketing Manual
suppressed the ad hominem insults, and peaked at the right time, confounding the pollsters and media pundits. In every recent speech, he repeated the same messages, inviting voters to imagine the future if they bought into the promises of a Trump administration. He... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Quelch
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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online
Dau Founder & Managing Partner at MAD Perspectives LLC Gain the necessary skills and confidence to grow your career and successfully negotiate at work, on the job hunt, or in day-to-day conversations. As someone that does negotiations as... View Details
- 03 May 2023
- Blog Post
Five Ways to Build Community at HBS
joy and made me feel more confident that HBS would have a community for me. 2. Reach Out to New Friends Before START (Orientation) Week There’s nothing wrong with waiting until you arrive on campus before starting to meet new people.... View Details
- 30 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
8 Reasons the Section Experience is the Best Part About HBS
ask your closest friends. These five people, whom you stay with for two years, become some of your closest confidants on campus. #4: BYOP - Bring Your Own Perspective Members of Section C work together in Spangler I love the case method.... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
get intimidated, which served me well throughout my career in Fortune 500 companies, startups, and now as an entrepreneur. That case was the fork in the road of my career, and I have been in marketing ever since. It gave me confidence to... View Details
- 15 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
From Teacher to Student: The Important Ways HBS Professors Showed Me How to Lead
job. While I knew this was an overstatement of my performance, it meant a lot to me that she was so supportive. This moment boosted my confidence for the rest of the semester. The cold calls didn't get any more fun, but I knew that my... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
You have to project confidence that you’re going to be able to see this through successfully, with a minimum amount of hurt to the company, but also to all of the stakeholders who are relying on your leadership to get them through the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
When Ideas Become Reality: Entrepreneurship at HBS
having the confidence to say, "I'll be fine in middle school; I'm a great student," I started worrying that I was going to fail out of middle school. Every stage of life has been like that for me: not being sure I'll be able to... View Details
- Research Summary
The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building
The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building makes two main theoretical contributions to the scholarship on credit markets and institutional development. First, the book demonstrates that opportunistic lenders can take... View Details
- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
extent to influence how policies were interpreted, in part because of the respect in which the company was held. The corporate reputation for integrity and competence was a major competitive advantage in this respect. A part of the reason why Unilever seemed less View Details
- 16 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
How Being an Introvert Influenced My Business School Experience
bolster important communication skills and build up a base level of confidence needed to address large audiences, a valuable “real world” skill. Given that as an introvert I prefer a slower pace and value reflection (extroverts tend to... View Details
- 03 Jan 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Would the Leadership Style of Girl Scouts' Frances Hesselbein Fare Today?
the Food and Drug Administration issued no warnings. Hesselbein expressed her confidence that the American public would not let that stop cookie sales. They eventually rebounded. Recognizing Jack Welch’s achievements, most responses to... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 24 May 2017
- News
John J. Brennan, MBA 1980
the company when Brennan announced his retirement. “But he put so much energy into the development of people that he was confident we would succeed.” Like so many colleagues, McNabb is clearly full of respect and admiration for his... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 11 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste
to the water used by 100,000 homes. 90 percent of water use happens in a company’s supply chain. Understanding suppliers’ water risk and footprint is critical to giving companies confidence both in their surety of supply and their own... View Details
- 30 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The Life and Role of a CEO
intelligence. 2) Style Before: Confident and extroverted After: Authentic and empathetic All the CEOs were very confident, but their styles were widely different. One CEO said, “Style does not matter. Behavior does.” For example,... View Details