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- 29 Apr 2025
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Challenge Accepted
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Nietzsche said it first: What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger. There’s a reason that saying has legs, nearly 140 years later. We all, at some point... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Producers
who volunteers to teach dance in the New York City public schools. “I want to make movies that are entertaining and commercially successful but also have the potential to change someone’s outlook on life and make a difference in a good... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
Quaxar.com, an e-commerce and Internet consulting firm based in Miami, took a different approach to the matter of start-up capital. Leonel Azuela (MBA 2000), managing partner of Quaxar, explains that "we opted for a strategic partnership... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
authors call for a greater sense of urgency from corporate boards, policymakers, and risk practitioners to resolve the many challenges facing today’s private and public sector organizations. They offer... View Details
- 04 May 2018
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How to Win the Kentucky Derby
impact and the number of people. I'll give you an example. In New York state, the horse racing business, they employ over 40,000 people. And the economic impact is above $5 billion every year. So it's an engine that really, I think, oftentimes is not brought to the... View Details
Keywords: horse racing
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
whether through the private sector or the public sector, you have to worry that people might get the wrong incentives. Those who are relieved of risk may decide to take on more risk,” he explained. Likewise,... View Details
- 16 May 2017
- News
Facing the Board
real-world perspective.” Leo Corbett (MBA 1975), whose career both in the private and public sectors includes stints in the Social Security Administration and on Wall Street, has served on many boards of... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
New Releases
John McArthur as Dean perhaps most resembled Dwight D. Eisenhower. Like Eisenhower, he seldom sought the limelight and was not an outstanding public speaker. Like Eisenhower, he had an extraordinary talent for persuading antagonistic... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The Class of 1977
been good, but at a time when the virtues of free enterprise are rightfully being questioned, there is encouraging evidence that HBS graduates are using their leadership skills — both in the public spotlight and behind the scenes — to put... View Details
Keywords: Desmond Wong
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
Its currency only grew with the 2012 publication of Anne-Marie Slaughter’s Atlantic Monthly article “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All,” followed by Sheryl Sandberg’s (MBA 1995) 2013 book, Lean In. This conversation was born out of a... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
Atlanta was awarded the 1996 Games. Like Los Angeles, the Olympics' host city in 1984, Atlanta is funding the Games almost exclusively with private money. One major difference, however, between the two cities' efforts is that because of... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues
throughout the day and to explore the HBS experience with current students. Highlights from the second day included panel discussions on topics ranging from the union between the Internet and the urban market to accessing the world of venture capital and View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
employment system and therefore do not qualify for Infonavit, a government loan and public housing agency that grants more than half of Mexico’s mortgages and is funded in part by a 5 percent payroll tax. Their idea is validated in a talk... View Details
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
bruised, she decided to step away from business, attending culinary school and becoming a private chef in London for two years. (Lo donated all her earnings to charity and coauthored a book during that time, Dining with Dictators, which... View Details
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
cord and placenta. Next, the company made history by providing the first cord-blood stem cell transplant in treating sickle cell anemia. Today, more than 30,000 children have been transplanted with cord blood from units, privately from... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
example, so people didn’t have to take public transit. We also invented some new product and business models. One brand in the Boston area is Life Alive Organic Café. It’s a plant-based, fast-casual concept that’s very health-oriented.... View Details
- 20 Jun 2019
- News
Reframing Modern Art
first in finance where you are proposing transactions, acquisitions, private placements, public offerings, etc, to corporate clients. It's a process of long-term relationship building, but it is first a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
caregiving, and the hearts of caregivers. The Long Shot: The Inside Story of the Race to Vaccinate Britain By Kate E. Bingham (MBA 1991) and Tim Hames Oneworld Publications As chair of the UK’s task force charged with developing an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
understanding, especially of my peers,” Johnson says of the experience, which in the end was a resounding success. In the case, Johnson privately wonders if she can transition from the intensity and engagement of “defending freedom” to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
Afghanistan’s largest taxpayer and private employer. Starting any sort of company in Afghanistan in that time frame would have been a tall order, but a telecom operation posed a number of special challenges. “There was nothing there,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna