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- 06 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
The Business of Medicine: MD/MBA Students Having an Impact
students, many of whom would be the first in their family to attend college, to HMS for a three-day immersion program. Ameen says he has a natural inclination for business. At Columbia, he ran a campus laundry service and managed a stock... View Details
- 10 May 2020
- Blog Post
Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers
tradeoff decisions. Be okay with those tradeoffs knowing you can't be the perfect mom, student, and partner at all times. Best Advice given by a professor: It's okay to not be the perfect mom all the time. Let the laundry build up to play... View Details
Frederick L. Maytag II
As president, Maytag II directed a $40 million modernization program, setting up many subsidiary plants in the United States and abroad. He was instrumental in advancing the home laundry appliance field. During his tenure, sales were... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817107-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 617-034 edaixi (eWash): Digital Transformation of Laundry Services (A) Founded in 2013 as a laundry service featuring... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Portrait Project
Luke Hodges
Ah the peace and control of compartmentalization! Set boundaries, build some walls. Choose on which side to be. You please, wait here. I hope you like the room. I try to keep it clean. Cup of tea? Stove is here, mugs over there. I’ll be back soon. What? No walls? All... View Details
- Portrait Project
Bena Shah
convince the business world that A lot can be learned from marketing a laundry detergent. I will Bring creativity and beauty to the most mundane of products. I will use my smile and my charisma to inspire legions of people to DO THINGS... View Details
- 07 Oct 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Companies Can Make Up with (Very) Unhappy Customers
and laundry products aimed at men, examples of identity-based labeling—or “identity appeals”—abound in advertising and marketing. Five studies show when and why they backfire. Image: iStock What's the best example you've seen of a company... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
A Man without a Pause
Between the ages of 30 and 40, James Wolfensohn (MBA ’59) lived a life most would find enviable. An Olympic fencer and graduate of both law and business schools (he cofounded a laundry service at HBS), Wolfensohn landed in London during... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean
Twenty years ago, when a broker called to tell Jon Simon (MBA 1980) about the possibility of acquiring Parkway Custom Drycleaning, the broker didn’t initially reveal what it was—a high-end dry-cleaning business founded in 1926. Convinced to take a look, Simon liked... View Details
- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
by GBS, Alan Torres, vice president of North America Fabric Care, must finalize the forecast for P&G's laundry detergent sales. Results for the two months since introducing concentrated powder laundry... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- Profile
Shabrina Jiva
With a father who bought out his corporate employer and a mother who managed businesses from laundries to hotels, the Jiva family enjoyed dinners lively with business conversations. "We'd sit every night and discuss the issues they... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Tony Sanchez - Team Builder
Photography by Robert Schoen The résumé of Roger Anthony (“Tony”) Sanchez reads like a laundry list of military superlatives: U.S. Naval Academy engineering major, water polo team captain, and battalion commander; Navy SEAL platoon... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 05 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
"It is Possible to Walk Away from Situations that Make You Unhappy": Cauvery Patel, MBA 2016
appeared on AngelList: Dropps, the direct-to-consumer laundry detergent company made famous by the viral video of its founder, Jonathan Propper, addressing his audience (while being undressed himself) from the comfort of his bathtub.... View Details
- 10 May 2015
- Blog Post
Brand Strategist Turns Entrepreneur
insights, but for a company that I helped launch. This is a unique opportunity (with a short window) to make Unshrinkit the next must-have product for every laundry room across the US. I’m looking forward to the next “sweater season.” Did... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
Seeds of Green Congratulations to Erika Diamond and Annie Fishman (both MBA 2007) on their founding of the HBS Green Business Alumni Association as reported in the September Bulletin. It’s great to see their efforts and the related story of HBS alumni in green... View Details
- 18 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Innovating in the Hot Market of Cold Brew
this. HBS provided an opportunity to meet willing co-founders, gave us tools for prototyping and hard dollars to fund our work, and connected us with a laundry list of students, alumni, and professors to help hone our idea. The... View Details
- Web
Residential Life | MBA
of which have private baths. These dorms also feature high-speed Internet access, dry cleaning and laundry facilities, housekeeping services, and a common lounge with a large, flat-panel television and a piano. HBS residence halls are... View Details
- 30 Jan 2021
- News
Finding a Fresh Approach to Dry Cleaning
Photo credit: Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post Photo credit: Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post Dry cleaning might appear to be a cut and dry business—and in many cases it is. But in the twenty years that Jon Simon (MBA 1980) has owned Parkway Cleaners in the DC... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Taking Care
MARCELO: "So much of the leadership is helping other people and being selfless." Frustrated by her inability to find high-quality care for her children, Sheila Lirio Marcelo (MBA 1998/JD 1999), a former consultant and executive at Upromise, founded Care.com in 2006.... View Details