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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Remix
might have any advice for her own daughter, a young singer-songwriter who was trying to break into the business. Dixon took the meeting largely out of a mix of courtesy and kindness—anything for a beloved teacher—and figured she’d View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
experiences founding companies such as Blue Apron, Rent the Runway, Gilt, and AdoreMe, asking what they discovered along the way and what they wish they had known beforehand. The authors showcase the founders in their own words and give... View Details
Keywords: podcasts
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock
giving every employee a financial stake in a company, something KKR has completed with eight of its investments, with more in the works. Stavros’s model for broad-based ownership begins with equity grants: stocks, which vest over time,... View Details
- 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
- 12 Oct 2017
- News
Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time
take what they know and offer advice based on our expertise that will help them get the results they want to see.” A Calling to Serve Along with utilizing his experience and HBS education, Majors says his work at Purpose Built Communities... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
who’s working with not one, but two family business at the same time, what advice do you have for fellow alumni planning to join the family business? “I would highly recommend anyone joining the family business to 1) be qualified to hold... View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
André R. Jakurski, MBA 1973
mechanical engineering in college, and, at the advice of a family friend, applied to business school. The two years at HBS were "the best years of my life," he says, adding that, "sometimes you get this perspective after the fact, not... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Dinh Thi Hoa: Up from the Ashes of War
Vu Hoai (MBA '94), an acquaintance whom she met through HIID and who worked most recently at the Vietnam offices of KPMG. "If I had to give two pieces of advice to foreign investors in Vietnam," says Hoai,... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr. (MBA 1992)
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971
than quantitative analysis. Cases and business are also about human beings, and I always keep that human element in mind." ADVICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS "As you set out on your careers, take a long-term view and have a sense of direction as... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954
importance of teamwork and communications skills." ADVICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS "No matter what job you take when you graduate, your first months and first couple of years will mark you. You'll be creating a reputation for yourself. If you... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
was much tastier. On my lunch and dinner breaks, I would make myself a free barbecued dog (perk of the job), but I could not seem to convince the customers to wait the extra few minutes for a more delicious outcome. That was my first introduction to the concept of... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)
International, 1959-64 Why HBS? Eager to go into business rather than law, Zehnder followed the advice of a Canadian friend, who thought a 23-year-old with a Ph.D. had a good chance of being admitted, even without any business experience.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Home Base
technically Dowling’s responsibility, but there was a clear hunger for assistance. The day one of the firm’s superstars showed up in Dowling’s office unannounced, asking for advice now that he and his wife were expecting, Dowling realized... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 12 Feb 2021
- News
How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World
play. The family had sold off a lot of its holdings, so we didn’t control the stock. And luckily, through the advice and again, listening to a classmate of mine from business school—a guy that sat next to me, a guy by the name of Peter... View Details
Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
find an alternative that he loved as much as the real deal. In Walker, he found an award-winning brewer who recognized the opportunity in the marketplace and was up for the challenge—against the advice of everyone in the industry, as the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
tremendously satisfying for him to create a world where the bad guys really did have awful things happen to them. Travis McGee was his white knight, and my father was a white knight, too.” (Maynard MacDonald, 2009) JDM and HBS “I have volunteered to View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
Brookline with their five children, who range in age from one to nine. When asked about outside interests, Wasserman smiles and gives a one-word response: "Kids." Arriving on campus at 8 a.m. and returning home for dinner at 5:30, his... View Details
- 02 Oct 2017
- News
Radical Generosity for the Real World
Campbell talks about her unique path to giving, and offers actual advice for anyone who wants to start their own path. READ MORE Julia Hanna: Ami, you have a really interesting relationship with giving, and have spoken to people about... View Details
- 10 Mar 2011
- News
Philanthropy’s Dilemma
An estimated ten times more money will pour into philanthropy during the first half of this century than during the entire century before. A high-profile case in point is the Giving Pledge, a campaign headed by Bill Gates and Warren... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Capitalizing Poetry
director of SG Barr Devlin, a New York firm that provides strategic and financial advice to clients in the electricity and gas industries. Barr, the foundation’s president and a poet in his own right, has published six volumes of verse... View Details