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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Built to Last
Weisiger at Carolina Tractor & Equipment: laying a foundation for employee development and company values The third generation to lead Carolina Tractor & Equipment (CTE), Ed Weisiger Jr. (MBA 1986) wants to rewrite the typical Hollywood... View Details
- 04 Nov 2014
- News
Fundación México en Harvard Celebrates 25 Years
financial reasons,” says Ortiz-Monasterio. “To put it in Hollywood terms, one could say this is a happy ending. But it is not an ending. We’re just through our first 25 years!” View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Wei Zhang (MBA 1999)
Facebook are all in the entertainment space. Alibaba Pictures doesn’t replicate a traditional Hollywood studio. We want to use the data and resources Alibaba has gathered in our e-commerce and internet ecosystem to create, market, and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 29 Jan 2019
- News
Gloria Steinem and Diane Paulus Take Center Stage
Lagos, in December to celebrate outstanding leadership across the Nigerian business community. The HBSA of Nigeria’s Annual BlackTie Gala featured all the glamour of a Hollywood awards night, including a “Walk of Fame” with 30 giant stars... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 24 Feb 2011
- News
Show Time
of HBS alumni in the movie business. Many MBAs have been lured to Hollywood by its informal, entrepreneurial, and relationship-based deal-making culture — and yes, by its bright lights and glamour as well. One of the Bulletin’s most... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 02 Jan 2019
- News
Not Waiting for Progress
linked to the annual, star-studded Sundance event. “There was no secret formula,” he says. “We just created a supportive space where black artists can mingle, shine, and learn about financing, production, marketing, and distribution. We also reached out to the View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 22 Oct 2018
- News
Capital Murder
where you stand on the political aisle, the acrimony inherent in a two-party system was disheartening at times. So if politics was my first love, entertainment and media is my second—specifically film and television. I was drawn to that world, and began to realize that... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 21 Feb 2017
- News
How Michael Sheresky Helped Hidden Figures See the Light
Photo via Vanity Fair Photo via Vanity Fair Talent agent Michael Sheresky (MBA 1997) is half of a Hollywood power duo that helped the Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures become a box office success. A recent feature in Vanity Fair details... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Trouble in Mouse Land
somewhat different, given the ongoing nature of the Disney story. Like any good Hollywood movie — packed with plot twists and memorable characters — it promises to keep its audience guessing for the foreseeable future. — Julia Hanna... View Details
- 14 Oct 2021
- News
Disney’s Alan Horn to Retire
notes that he is distinct in his field. Hollywood can be a cutthroat world, and many successful people leave a wake of damage, but Alan Horn is not one of them. Former and current colleagues are in awe of his talent, his demeanor, and his... View Details
- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
stuff, Singer admits. “You never want it to end, because you’re convinced it’s never going to happen again.” That’s the ephemeral nature of the business, it seems. Everyone in Hollywood is in motion, working on a project or looking for... View Details
- 11 Jul 2013
- News
The Good Writer
Dick: From Les Bizerables to Hollywood and the Emmys. Courtesy Leonard Dick It’s been “a very kooky couple of weeks” for television writer Leonard Dick (MBA ’90). Season Three of the critically acclaimed CBS show The Good Wife premieres... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Thought Leader
Bernstein). After a stint writing Hollywood radio scripts for Edward G. Robinson, he returned to Harvard to study philosophy. He simultaneously enrolled at HBS “despite being a Ôfellow traveler’ with communist friends,” as he later told... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Michael Depatie
probably win some guests over with your pet-friendly policy, too. People love their pets. When you’re friendly to their pets, it’s like being friendly to their kids. When we opened the Hotel Monaco in Portland, Oregon, we had searchlights and a red carpet — it was like... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Leonard Dick (MBA 1990)
bottom up: Staff writer, story editor, coproducer, producer, supervising producer, co-executive producer, executive producer, show runner. “Titles in Hollywood mean everything and nothing. Executive producer sounds very important, but... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
(MBA 1989) (St. Martin's Griffin) The story of a French woman perfumer who escapes from Europe at the beginning of World War II and seeks (and finds) success in Los Angeles as a perfumer and fashion designer to the Hollywood elite. Lenses... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
one assumes her Rolodex is as star-studded as a Hollywood blockbuster, but far more enduring in value. Globalization Looking over the last quarter-century, globalization is another powerful trend that has engaged the talents of the Class... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Climate Change as Must-See TV
ABBASI: With the participation of HBS alumni and Hollywood heavyweights, bringing climate change drama into US living rooms. Related Link Preview: Years of Living Dangerously (video) by Garry Emmons Last spring, when a Hawaiian... View Details
- 24 Mar 2022
- News
Well Said
companies, like Master Class. Duolingo had popularized this idea of high-quality learning but through the use of technology, really lowering the price point and adding a layer of fun and gamification. So what we did was we started working with these master accent... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
better to the less filtered, more candid style of YouTubers versus the polished personas of Hollywood celebrities. Further evidence of a changing of the guard was seen last year, when Disney, one of the oldest of the old-line media... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment