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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
of his week are devoted to fundraising, "it never feels like enough." Education and Outreach Education is a central element in any museum's mission statement. How each museum chooses to fulfill its educational duty in terms of its local... View Details
- 30 Jun 2019
- News
Alumni in France honor self-made entrepreneurs; Shih talks trade in Buffalo
entrepreneurial spirit, audacity, and resilience, says Mannai. Candidates are sourced mostly through Mazars’ local network and client base, in every region of France. The first level of the contest is... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Sunny Side
Awesome, there’s a tribe for you. Want to drive a pink Lamborghini? Cool, knock yourself out.” Berardi believes Miami’s infectious energy gives ANIMO a competitive advantage in sourcing deals in which it can make big bets very early,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Case Study: Declawing the Competition
cofounder and president, Deena Malkina (MBA 2008), offered this case study query to alumni: “KitNipBox is laser-focused on differentiating its brand by sourcing the most unique, high-quality products on the market, committing to healthy... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
personally transporting several patients to local COVID wards. “Instead of giving people numbers, we do the work for them,” he told India Today. “If someone needs a nebulizer, a medicine or oxygen, we get it to them.” The article goes on... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
and it takes something like a 1 percent royalty on GE’s annual $6 billion appliance top line, Local Motors could earn an eight-digit profit. With several other potential partners in the works, this kind of collaboration could prove to be... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Perception versus Reality
Bloomgarden, and Dan Rumennik led the formation of the HBS Start-Up Tribe, an informal group that attracted a committed corps of like-minded students. They gathered weekly to discuss start-up ideas and seek advice from local VCs and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Case Study: Tip the Scale
photos courtesy of Walden Local Meat In 2014, Walden Local Meat founder and CEO Charley Cummings (MBA 2011) crisscrossed New England in a company truck to personally deliver orders of chicken, pork, lamb,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Entrepreneur’s Rwandan Start-Up Gets HBS Support
currently available brands and use locally sourced materials. The female workers ultimately will become owners of the business through microfinance loans. “Lack of access to pads affects not only the... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
Protecting the Power Grid
says, usually less than 24 hours, while longer outages have been more localized and the areas affected have been able to rely on outside help. The recent collapse of Puerto Rico’s power grid after Hurricane Maria, however, is a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Ideas: Books
the best location to start a business, assemble the necessary resources, adapt to local environments, and execute for success. Creating Value through International Strategy edited by Africa Arino, Pankaj Ghemawat, and Joan E. Ricart... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
South Florida and Minnesota Launch Community Programs
Management Assistance Program (MAP), a local nonprofit, to match volunteers with projects. In addition to consulting work, volunteers can mentor a nonprofit executive or serve as a board member. Both Levy and Sanchez of South Florida cite... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Savings and Loam
expectation in just about every consumer category—until we get to banking. Charley Cummings (MBA 2011) sees a major gap here. “Banking is a space that lacks compelling brands, just generally speaking; but more specifically, it lacks impact brands,” says the founder of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry
cherries grown by KZ Noir, the Kaizen affiliate that acquired the Rwandan washing stations. Now instead of being shipped to Europe, East Asia, or North America, some of those bags are traveling a shorter distance to Nigeria. Dozie’s Café Neo View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Nimble, Quick, and Adaptable
uncomfortable feeling,” says McPherron. With that in mind, the center is also launching Rock 100 Councils to serve as an ongoing forum for entrepreneurs to connect with other local alumni experiencing some of the same challenges. Finally,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Designing a More Artful Future for the Middle East
chains. “Fashion is an important form of art, and there are skilled artisans right in Lebanon producing modest, fashionable clothing with embellishments inspired by local culture,” he explains. “Darza is building something that has... View Details
Keywords: Inclusion
- 25 Aug 2015
- News
Sunset in the East?
business to take on more debt, but small businesses—and especially family businesses, the historically strongest and now again fastest-growing segment—are unlikely to go over this cliff. A substantial part of the reason is that their credit largely comes from... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
odds and get better. (Editor's note: Wang suffered a stem cell stroke in 2010 and is a quadriplegic mute with "locked-in syndrome." She uses eye-tracking technology to communicate by computer and to operate a motorized wheelchair. Wang remains active with investments... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
a variety of measures, including tolls, to shelter local enterprises from competition. They are motivated by the need to protect the local tax base. Without it, local officials... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Maasai Village
That night we learned from Harvard professor Caroline Elkins that these nomadic people have one hundred words to describe the cows that are their livelihood. In addition to providing most of the food for the Maasai, whose diet consists of beef, blood, and milk, cows... View Details
Keywords: Hospitality