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- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
what you have learned is that your business works under the absolute best conditions. When you seek to expand, suddenly you have to choose the second best location, the second best chef, etc. It is possible that your business works only... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Ipsita Dasgupta - Global Perspective, Local Results
over the world. I wanted to try to influence their thoughts on that subject.” The HBS classroom offered the ideal setting for that give-and-take of ideas. “There's nowhere else that you can get such an honest snapshot of what people are thinking,” she says. “Business... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
From Big Pharma to Startup
Hunter Goble (MBA 2022) did not enroll in Harvard Business School with dreams of becoming an entrepreneur. After earning his MBA, Goble intended to return to Eli Lilly to continue to work building brands and launching products. He envisioned himself leading a big,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 11 Apr 2024
- News
Mission Control
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. By the time Peter Platzer (MBA 2002) was a teenager, he knew he wanted to be a physicist—and he was fascinated by space, eagerly engrossed in space-time diagrams... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971
Founder, Chairman & CEO, Boston Culinary Group, Inc. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION Harvard College, 1967 A.B., Government and Economics LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "The analytical process I learned at HBS... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
An Engine of Innovation
Startup life can often feel like a solo sport, says Matt Segneri (MBA 2010), the Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Executive Director of the Harvard Innovation Labs: “What the three labs in our ecosystem do is to make building a venture something that happens within a truly... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 25 May 2016
- News
Backing Harvard’s Work for Children
education, all key factors that Tichio says are important to society. So when it came to his 10th Reunion gift, Tichio was pleased to support the center’s work, which complements his other philanthropic interests, and to learn that his... View Details
- 23 May 2024
- News
HBS After October 7
On Friday, May 17, 2024, Dean Srikant Datar, HBS Alumni Board President Andreas Stavropoulos (MBA 1997), and members of the School’s leadership held an online forum for alumni to learn more about the School’s activities and actions since October 7, 2023. Stavropoulos... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
to remove a cancerous tumor in his throat. Stripped of his voice box and vocal cords, he had to learn to speak using his esophagus. Batten, an entrepreneur who thrives on difficult challenges, says that coping with cancer was one of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Leveraging Generative AI
Four decades after HBS became the first business school in the country to require the use of personal computers in the MBA Program, the School is undergoing a different kind of technological transformation, one that leverages generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Toward a Life Well Lived
years after graduation,” explains Perlow. The following year, she led 17 students in an independent study project that asked hundreds of alumni to consider what they wished they’d known while at HBS and what they’ve learned since then.... View Details
- 27 Oct 2015
- News
Sweet Success
wondering if there was some way we could have a positive impact on the local economy.” The Turners considered maple sugaring at a neighbor’s casual suggestion, and the more they learned about it, the more it seemed like a viable option.... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
is currently enrolled at Harvard College. A member of the HBS Visiting Committee since 1996, Waters has long been involved in fund-raising activities and as a key member of numerous committees at HBS and at the College. In addition, he... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 25 Apr 2024
- News
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
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
Corn likes people. It benefits from human contact, when it’s thinned out and hand-pollinated, explains Taylor Keen (MPA 1996/ MBA 1997). Corn thrives when sung to and spoken to—something Keen does in the language of his mother’s Omaha Tribe, where he is known as Bison... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Peter G. Harf
transformed it into a multinational, $2 billion consumer products enterprise, part of which, Benckiser NV, went public in 1997. (The remainder of the company, including Coty Inc., is still privately held.) Harf has been active in cancer... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Redefining How Businesses Operate
In her LinkedIn profile, Rebecca Hu (MBA 2023) describes herself as a “biologist-turned-technologist obsessed with building great software products.” A product manager at the language learning app Duolingo, Hu immersed herself in electives and activities centered... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 10 Apr 2023
- News
Leading the Way
alongside his mentor as a Be A Leader board member. He is also an active mentor, particularly for Hispanic students who aspire to have a career in finance or attend HBS. With his help, Be A Leader now has a vital partnership with HBS... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
Cofounder and activist in residence, B Lab UK Kim Coupounas (MBA/MPA 1995) Global Ambassador, B Lab and Head of Impact, B Lab US & Canada Business as a Tool for Activism BIO BIO As the recent IPCC report made clear, this is a “Code Red”... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
our growth strategy to diversify the business portfolio. One of my key responsibilities is to ensure that everything we do has a well-documented system and process. A day at work could involve any or all of the activities I mentioned... View Details