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- 26 Apr 2017
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Merge, Bail, and Make Out Like a Bandit
- 08 Apr 2013
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Ray Lane, Hewlett-Packard, and the State of Corporate Governance
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
Kim at Seoul’s government-built Hoehyeon “Citizens’ Apartments.” Opened in 1970, it stands as a reminder of a Korea from a very different era. Like so many South Koreans of a certain age, Michael ByungJu Kim (MBA 1990) lives in a country where the past lingers,... View Details
- 02 Nov 2023
- News
Seeding Startups
Shirish Nadkarni (MBA 1987) was the director of product planning for Microsoft’s MSN when he decided he was ready to become an entrepreneur. He had recently led the growing internet portal’s 1997 acquisition of Hotmail, the first free,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2023
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Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees
For 17 years, Andre Kearns (MBA 1999) has been tracing his family tree. One by one, he has added branches, grounding himself in a long and sometimes complicated lineage. Through family stories, forgotten heirlooms, and vital records, Kearns has traveled back through... View Details
- 25 Apr 2024
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Origin Stories
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
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The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
vehicles in the long term.” What are your short- and long-term goals for this work? “In the short term, I am working on integrating our latest acquisitions into the PCL group, introducing new products into our existing setup, establishing... View Details
- 09 Feb 2021
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Investing in Entrepreneurship
acquisition route.” While he “retired” from Venrock in 1997 in order to let the next generation move ahead, Crisp soon returned part-time when Laurance and his brother David asked him to serve as vice chair of the family holding company,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
Acquisitions department and presided over some of the largest deals transacted during the merger-crazed 1980s. He joined Morgan Stanley in 1988 as a managing director and later served as cohead of Mergers and Acquisitions, becoming a... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Solving for Z
With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Pet Project
data will confirm. The relative investment in driving new customer acquisition via retail is much lower than ecommerce, where driving site traffic is costly, and even SEO and referrals require investment. So a true apples-to-apples... View Details
- 20 Oct 2023
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Highlights from the Fall 2023 Alumni Board Meeting
a cost of customer acquisition that has more than doubled. In addition to managing those challenges, HBS Online is focused on staying engaged in the market, experimenting with emerging trends like AI, and launching new products. Notable... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
adds, big acquisitions and IPOs started happening in the MENA region, catalyzing a virtuous cycle of entrepreneurial activity and investment: Amazon acquired Souq for $580 million in 2017 and Uber purchased Careem for $3.1 billion in... View Details
- 11 Mar 2024
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In Harmony
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael Kim (MBA 1990) of MBK Partners. Often referred to as one of... View Details
- 02 Nov 2022
- News
Strong Finish
investment from Sontag’s firm, Prelude Growth Partners, Sol de Janeiro’s sales more than doubled. Yang credits Sontag’s investment—and well-timed advice to invest in talent acquisition and inventory, not office space—for that success,... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
that’s something we’ve never seen.” Dlodlo did receive a small government grant to support the acquisition of the furniture factory that she plans to turn into a live-work space; and she is hopeful that more significant public aid will... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
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Case Study: Staking a Claim
Illustration by Nhung Lê Kate Terry (MBA 2005) knows that no one attends their fifth-grade career fair and comes home hoping to pursue a career in insurance—but that’s exactly where she wound up. “I really fell in love with it,” she says. As cofounder and CEO of... View Details
- 23 May 2018
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Carla A. Harris, MBA 1987
talking about great things,” says Harris, who, two years later, enrolled at HBS as a first-year student. Harris thrived at HBS, and the experience launched her career at Morgan Stanley. She joined in 1987 and worked her way up, holding positions in mergers and View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Donald J. Chiofaro
community involvement: Chiofaro's pro bono activity includes founding both the Boston Jobs Academy, an organization that prepares Boston residents for office jobs, and the Boston chapter of the Police Athletic League. For the future, Chiofaro is considering possible... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice