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- 01 Dec 1998
- News
A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill
based on Outward Bound's educational philosophy. That path brought him to HBS, with the goal of gaining the organizational skills to put his plan into action. If Georgetown was the catalyst for O'Neill's dream of helping kids before they... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Once a Fulbright…
dream come true for a young girl who learned early to listen to my instincts — to pursue the seemingly impossible.” Active on several boards and a frequent speaker on corporate governance, Owades, who also founded Gardener’s Eden (later... View Details
- Profile
Layeeka Ismail
she always had a dream to come to the US. She knew an education would get her here and she ended up pursing her PhD in India. At the end of her program she was ready to move to Canada for her postdoc, but she was pregnant with my older... View Details
- Profile
Frances Dixon
was time to pursue her dream of getting an MBA. Transitioning to the private sector “I realized I didn’t know much about business,” says Frances. “In order to truly leverage my leadership skillset and make the transition easier, an MBA... View Details
- Profile
Bei Guo
before starting her own venture. "It's all a matter of timing," she says. Bei's dream business involves design and fashion retail in China. "There are many mature models in the West," says Bei, "but there are lots... View Details
- Portrait Project
Alexandra Rethore
courage and another to embody it consistently as a grown-up. I have learned this the hard way at HBS as I have kept trying to reconcile my dream to work in the art market with financial hang-ups and uncertainty in identifying the path.... View Details
- 23 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Founder of Modern Venture Capital
students. He realized his dream of establishing the first Master of Business Administration program in Europe by helping establish the European Institute of Business Administration. Doriot learned the art of bringing science and industry... View Details
- Portrait Project
Maureen Monagle Miller
not grow up. I will retain the hopeful optimism of a young girl who tried to fly off of the fireplace ledge. I will seek the simple joys once found in a crabbing line and an open bay. I will imbue everything that I do with the fierceness of a child who does not... View Details
- 19 Aug 2019
- News
A New Purpose for the Corporation
Offering an update of their statement on “the purpose of a corporation”, the Business Roundtable, an influential group of some of America’s top chief executives, noted that “we share a fundamental commitment to all of our stakeholders”—and not just their shareholders.... View Details
- 25 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Mireya Iglesias Ayala (MBA 2025)
came from, as it will always be my source of strength. Being Hispanic/Latino is carrying with me the stories, values, sacrifices, and dreams of those who came before me and shaped my journey. It means having a deep sense of self and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Richard Edelman (MBA 1978)
Chicago in 1952. His biggest risk was putting me in charge of the New York office in 1981, when I was 27 years old. In five or six years, that office grew from 12 employees to 100. I didn’t know what I didn’t know. Part of what keeps me going is that my family name is... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Books: Brand New
by Nancy F. Koehn (Harvard Business School Press) The creation of a powerful, widely recognized brand is the ultimate goal that every entrepreneur dreams of but few achieve. In her new book, Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers’... View Details
- Portrait Project
Christine Cuoco
brother's dream to open a thriving restaurant even if business-school training warns of slim odds of success. Take shoe-making classes and design, market, and sell a line of fun and trendy, but shockingly comfortable, footwear. Find my... View Details
- Portrait Project
Andrew Velo-Arias
boundless. When I wanted to play Danny Zuko in our third-grade rendition of Grease, she used two bottles of hair spray to help me look the part. When I wanted to become a baseball star, she used a flashlight so my dad and I could play well into the night. My mom,... View Details
- 20 Mar 2023
- News
Taking His Shot
wouldn't have even been able to play professionally. Were it not for these incredible guys in Boston that I met in business school who convinced me that I should dream and give tennis another shot, I wouldn't be here," Pecotic told the... View Details
- 07 Dec 2015
- News
Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
and executive I am today.” His success there also positioned him well to pursue his dream of helping to transform postsecondary education in Africa. With the acquisition of two Cavendish Universities (Uganda, Zambia) and a significant... View Details
- 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 16 Mar 2017
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Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools
In this webinar, Michael B. Horn and Heather Staker will discuss the themes from their Amazon-bestselling book, Blended. Using the theories of disruptive innovation, Horn and Staker reveal a practical guide for designing an education system that can help all students... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions
system in the United States. That dream still seemed far away, because every additional year he studied was one more year he was spending and not earning. “I struggled with that a lot,” Velasquez says. He decided to enroll as an... View Details
Keywords: April White
- Profile
Jamal Motlagh
companies, learning how to manage teams." Five to ten years out, Jamal hopes to, "realize my dream to start my own business, to push myself through good times and bad to make something amazing." View Details
- 19 Mar 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
8 Ways To Be An Environmentally Conscious Manager
Business MBA students participating in Harvard Business School’s Climate Change Challenge offer ideas on how companies can negate impacts from a changing environment. Understand that solutions don’t come easily ‘Big Teaming,’ Audacious Innovation, and the Uncompleted... View Details