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- 22 Jul 2021
- News
Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women
FemHealth Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on women’s health. For the nonprofit/government sector, the winner is Emma McCarthy (MBA 2018), Lieutenant Commander and one of the first women to serve as a Submarine Officer in the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 13 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
2021 48th Annual H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference Honors Black Women Leaders
and the first Black woman in 1969. That’s quite a gap. By highlighting Black women we’re hoping to celebrate their successes and push the school forward on its journey towards equality.” The opening keynote session was a candid... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Additional alumni books for your consideration.
(Avery Trade) A survival guide for working mothers who want real answers, not mommy manifestos or sappy sentiments about finding “balance,” this book is filled with bitterly funny topics like “Congratulations! Now, where do I slot ‘baby’ in Outlook?”, “The breastaurant... View Details
- 25 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Advancing a More Sustainable World with an MBA/MPA-ID
Working to protect the environment has been my passion for as long as I can remember. My father was my earliest inspiration. As an officer in the Indian Forest Service, he devoted his life to balancing day to day realities of economic... View Details
- 03 Feb 2021
- News
Power Play
with the acquisition of three companies associated with HGP, a Texas-based energy developer, and LG Chem, one of the largest battery manufacturers in the world. Rahul Advani, Sara Graziano, and Chris Smith at SER Office View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Alumni Books
protectionism could prevent nations from achieving the gains - in household income, availability of goods and services, and other quality-of-life metrics - of cross-border openness. Ghemawat describes how private businesses, policymakers, citizens, and the media could... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
Torras (MBA '50) established Preco Corp., a pulp and paper operation, creating more than one thousand jobs. In consumer services, David S. Paresky (MBA '65) opened Crimson Travel Service in Harvard Square a few months after graduation and... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
any such occurrence." Seated at his desk, Lhota suddenly heard "a screeching noise" and then an explosion. He ran to the front steps of City Hall, where a police officer told him that a plane had hit the north tower of the World Trade... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity
Sara Enright (MBA 2004) speaks with students at the Community College of Rhode Island. Courtesy Sara Enright When former Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo came into office in 2015, she included in her plans to make the state more... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- Profile
Jeff Bussgang
Even a quick glance at Jeff Bussgang’s resume reveals a deep commitment to entrepreneurial innovation. After playing a leading role at Open Market, an Internet commerce software firm that grew to $100 million in revenues and a successful... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
Christian University, he was not only TCU’s first African American basketball player but also the first in the entire Southwest Conference. In 1975, about the same time a kid named Bill Gates opened a shoestring operation called... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Pearson Hunt
During my time as editor of the Bulletin, the Alumni Office was staffed by one secretary whose principal job was to obtain news of alumni and prepare the notes for the next issue. The Bulletin was published quarterly with a 6-by-9 1/2... View Details
Keywords: Pearson Hunt
- 11 Sep 2009
- News
I Network, You Network, He, She, It Networks…
what Smith describes as “an open body stance.” No crossed arms (common for women) and definitely no fidgety hands in pockets (common for men). Other tips? Approach with confidence. Introduce yourself with a piece of information that will... View Details
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women at Work
on Chicago-based clients. They agreed. She did not tell them she was pregnant, however, until it was fairly obvious. By then she had built up quite a large client base in Chicago so she was asked to open a Bain View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
- 04 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Harder Than I Thought
is? Three days before, someone from the So-Cal Times-Perez, Barton now realized, or one of her flunkies-had called his East Coast office at Erlington Financial Group for a quote he'd been only too happy to provide. Anticipating a hopeful... View Details
- 23 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
A Summer of Peaks and Swells: Interning at Patagonia
unconventional thinkers. One of the texts was from Patagonia’s founder, Yvon Chouinard. I was enamored by his honesty on business, particularly his stance on the role businesses had in addressing environmental issues. In the opening... View Details
- Profile
John Speer
that’s how I trained for the B-2.” John’s FIELD 2 experience in Brazil opened up an entirely new challenge as well. His assignment: an online shoe retailer, Dafiti.com, looking for a customer-loyalty program appropriate for its national... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
The World's Banker
faces a herculean task, his supporters remain optimistic, buoyed by his record of achievement and his legendary ability to charm and persuade. Born in 1933 to a modest middle-class family in Sydney, Australia, where he attended university and law school, Wolfensohn... View Details
- 14 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
The World in Your Palm?
student to chief executive officer also makes it difficult for device makers to segment the market as cleanly as, say, PC companies are able to do, DelBene said. "Companies are spending a lot of time trying to figure out where the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Embracing Activism for Social Change
behavioral health professionals in situations where their expertise would make a critical difference in resolving crisis situations, or even preventing them in the first place,” explains 2020–2021 HBS Leadership Fellow Sarika Mendu (MBA 2020). As senior advisor in the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg