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- 25 Mar 2020
- Blog Post
Black New Venture Competition and Black Tech Master Series Recap
honored to be the convening force, connecting key players in the entrepreneurship ecosystem.” Kim Foster (MBA 2020) “From the beginning, Kim and I have been extremely passionate about providing people of color access to opportunities... View Details
- 21 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
How to Predict if a New Business Idea is Any Good
that with early-stage companies, the idea doesn’t matter so much as the quality and passion of the entrepreneur who is pushing it; while others invest in the idea and replace the founder with a professional management team when needed.... View Details
- Profile
Enrico Ferrari
Accelerator program. Taking the time to do it right Even with successes under his belt, Enrico still saw investing two years in graduate studies as a necessity. "It takes a lot of energy to run a company. I want to take the time to reflect on where my View Details
Keywords: Tech
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Guy de Chazal: Changing Focus
their nine-year- old daughter, Justine, and eight-year-old son, David. "Right now, I see my children mostly on weekends," he notes. "I want to change that." His other enduring passion is Fountain House, an innovative rehabilitation... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 30 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Recover Gracefully After Shutting Down Your Startup
$60 million from investors that included Kleiner Perkins—didn’t close for another two years. No one wants to be a quitter. Psychology professor Angela Duckworth tapped into the zeitgeist with her famous TED Talk and best-selling book, Grit: The Power of View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- Portrait Project
Emily Stapleton
system. "Who's going to fix this?" I thought to myself. I found myself answering, "It's me. I should fix this!" What began as a fleeting frustration developed into a larger passion for improving passenger... View Details
- 07 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Marketing Can Reduce Worldwide Poverty
associate Arthur McCaffrey. It's also one they are passionate about and determined to solve. As they write in a new working paper that they're preparing for an academic journal, there are more than three billion people in the world who... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
William R. Kerr | About
new ventures and transformations for profitable growth. He also advises governments about investments in the innovative capacities of their nations. Bill and his family live in Lexington, MA. They enjoy outdoor sports and CrossFit, are active members of their local... View Details
- 25 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures
solar-powered phone charger,” he recalled with a smile. Having spent the last few years as a venture investor, Hilton continues to use his education, experiences and passions to build clean technologies. “I was drawn to venture because I... View Details
- 02 Dec 2019
- News
Championing the HBS Fund
at HBS. While working to become a doctor made her “not a typical partner,” she enjoyed meeting her husband’s classmates and being introduced to the case method, both of which left a lasting imprint on her. “I’ve been impressed with the View Details
- 09 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back
extremely passionate about the material and it shows through his preparation for the course. This course, like THCD, was also full of deeply technical experts (in this case engineers), which led to a level of depth in the discussions that... View Details
- 16 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?
"passions" and the "impartial spectator." What did he mean by this? A: Smith believed that much of human behavior was under the influence of the "passions"—emotions such as fear and anger, and drives such as hunger and sex—but these View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 14 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
How I Spent My 2+2 Deferral: Dyllan Muller
While I have always been an airline/airplane geek, I had never considered the possibility of actually working in the industry I was so excited and passionate about. The 2+2 program gave me the ability to prioritize what I felt was... View Details
- 29 Aug 2023
- News
Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we’re going to be highlighting an episode of another HBS podcast: Climate Rising, which focuses on what businesses are doing, can do, and should do... View Details
- 20 May 2022
- Blog Post
Nucleate Eco: Connecting Aspiring MBA Entrepreneurs with Cutting Edge Climate Research
you’ll meet and greet with the PhD’s working on the technologies first-hand. We’ll have info sessions and information coming out in the early fall, so be on the lookout for that. Only passion and drive are required! What is value... View Details
- 19 May 2023
- Blog Post
Creating and Nurturing a Sense of Belonging at HBS
and scholastic clubs. In college, it came from my passion for service and the uplifting of my community, and now at HBS it comes from a combination of all these things and then some. Whenever I talk to prospective Black students... View Details
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Tom Adeyemi
passionately about what Maggi noodles meant to them growing up in India, to a U.S. Army veteran speaking openly about leading when faced with challenging ethical situations. Never before have I been immersed in a group with such a wide... View Details
- Profile
Kiran Gandhi
probing questions to advance our ideas forward. How do your HBS ambitions fit into the big picture of the world beyond? I am most passionate about eliminating gender inequality in the media. My goal is to use music as a medium to... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment/Media
- Profile
Bridgette Slater
from fascinating professors, challenge our intellectual limits, and rediscover our passions or venture into new ones. Finally, at the end of the “summer,” we depart from our time at HBS with a collection of lasting memories full of... View Details
- 26 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2023 & ClimateCAP Fellowship
Fellowship is its vision to connect MBA students from different schools who are passionate about climate. The application is open to all MBA students across the world, which is an attractive proposition as you don’t often get the chance... View Details