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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Turning Point: Dream Weaver
Sanford Climan (MBA/MS 1979) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Sanford Climan (MBA/MS 1979) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) I grew up in the northeast part of the Bronx. There was no internet, so how did you learn about the world? If you...
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- 05 Jan 2022
- News
Untapped Potential
hardware and software solutions. Ferguson has been in the water sector for more than a decade, including five years as the vice president of programming at Imagine H2O, an accelerator for water startups. In that role, he saw a growing...
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- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Turning Point: Life Cycle
my goal. When you ride a bike four to six hours a day, there’s a lot of time for thinking about all sorts of life events, large and small. Fifteen years ago, my five-year-old daughter died suddenly. You have failed relationships, and you...
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- 01 Dec 1999
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Negotiating in 3-D: An Overarching Way to Get to Yes?
enhance one's BATNA. Sebenius cites the example of Kennecott Copper Corporation, which a number of years ago was faced with what the company felt might be an eventual government takeover of its mines in Chile. Simply continuing a narrow,...
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Anita M. Harris
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
KPMG for Mayor!
becoming candidates. This is not a call for privatization of services (like trash pickup), which is already widespread. Instead, it’s a suggestion that the job of mayor itself be awarded by voters to a private firm. Unlike other privatizations, this would not be a...
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- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Joe Toplyn (MBA 1979)
arena like television comedy. Show business is, of course, a business, and any business can use MBAs. Writing a comedy-mystery show like Monk involves adding jokes to the mix of character and story. I’ve always been a fan of mysteries. In fact, at the end of my second...
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- 19 Jan 2023
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Forged in Fire
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When he was just three years old, Chad Foster (PLDA 21, 2016) was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative condition that would ultimately leave him...
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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
In April 2008, the School will mark its Centennial birthday — 100 years of history and achievement. To be sure, that’s an impressive figure, but consider also the combined years at HBS — nearly 160 — of...
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Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Seth Klarman
Professor Bill Poorvu recruited him to help manage a $27 million pool of capital in the newly formed Baupost. While the starting salary was an underwhelming $35K, it turned out to be the opportunity of a lifetime. In 26 years, Baupost has racked View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
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A Primer on Patents
fifteen years ago, as a doctoral candidate in Harvard’s Economics Department, Lerner was collecting data on the role of VC funding in the biotechnology industry. Before long, he also became intrigued by the concept of intellectual...
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- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Pushing the Next Generation Forward
Owusu-Kesse’s original introduction to HCZ came in 2008, during a three-year, post-college stint as a Morgan Stanley financial analyst. Chosen from a worldwide pool to represent the firm in a community outreach initiative, he spent a year...
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Deborah Blagg
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Cold Call Horror Stories
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes During Fall Reunions, the podcast team set up our microphones in Spangler Hall and asked alumni to tell us about those terrifying moments when—as is tradition at HBS—they...
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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Complete Package
time zones. It really is a big family. We bonded over the three years of learning.” Her nickname: “Big sister,” because she is a mentor for other entrepreneurs. Her mentors: “In the past, you always looked View Details
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April White;
entrepreneurship;
sustainability;
packaging;
leadership;
women;
Manufacturing
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2019
financial guts of the business world when I was a teenager.” Big fail: Missing the cut for the high school volleyball team. “I asked the coach what I needed to do to make the team the next year. She told me, and I ended up being captain...
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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Around the World
Building on their success, the School plans to open a center in Istanbul later this year and in London as soon as next year. It’s a strikingly different approach from that taken by other business schools, where global strategy typically...
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- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
comprehensive playbook for business leaders and people on their way up to give the best presentations of their lives. More often than not, the best intentions and most innovative ideas get lost in a poorly executed presentation. With...
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- 01 Oct 2001
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New Economy Notables: Scott D. Cook
cofounder of Intuit, the world leader in software for personal and small business finance. After studying economics and math at the University of Southern California and earning his MBA, he learned the ropes of product marketing at Procter & Gamble. Cook came View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
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Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories
Hollywood." Verba says he came to his reunion "to see the people with whom I both worked and played hard for two great years at HBS. I wanted to catch up with the professors and point out where they were...
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Eileen K. McCluskey
- 16 May 2018
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ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup
clubs across the globe spent the last year recruiting teams, coordinating the pitch events, identifying judges and assembling impressive prizes of cash and in-kind services to find the best competitors to send to the final stages. For the...
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Margie Kelley
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna. I'm a writer and editor for the HBS Alumni Bulletin. In 2019, I met Egyptian alumna Amal Enan (MBA 2014) when she was on campus for her 5th reunion. Enan had already held a...
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Julia Hanna;
entrepreneurship;
women;
venture capital;
Egypt;
developing economies;
Finance