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- 18 Jul 2023
- News
The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)
What inspired you to launch Forby Entertainment Partners? I started working on film and TV shoots in New York City during college. My first boss, an executive producer, recommended Edward Jay Epstein’s book, The Hollywood Economist: The Hidden Financial Reality Behind... View Details
Keywords: Robert Bochnak
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Wide Horizon
happier, calmer, more easygoing, and talkative. The next day, his son was even more compliant and agreeable. “Good speech and eye contact,” Rodakis wrote. Despite months of struggle to simply push the pedals on a tricycle Rodakis had bought to help him with motor... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Thinking Ahead
disease and obesity—that bridges the gap between that high-octane spin class at a local gym and the joyless monotony of prescribed hospital rehab programs. The startup is science-backed: Post-heart-attack patients who complete a monitored, 12-week program of walking on... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987
back roads of destinations such as Tasmania, Baja Mexico, or South Africa on adventure motorcycles. "The novelist Milan Kundera said that when you're riding a motorcycle, there's no past or future, there's only the present," Zobel... View Details
- 07 Jul 2023
- News
A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions
to innovate,” he says. Innovation was important throughout the pandemic as the Robin Hood Army tried to reach senior citizens in lockdown. So the organization partnered with WhatsApp and Uber, India’s largest ride platform. “We realized... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Venturing Forth
Illustration by Adam McCauley Venture capital is a heady industry: Big bets mean big checks when the deals hit right. And for most of the last decade, those taking part in the funds were riding high: Capital was abundant, valuations were soaring, and the stock market... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2024
ball bearings, auto fenders. It was part of the plan to help me become independent, practical, and self-supporting.” First jobs: “In fourth grade I earned a dollar an hour mowing the grass on our riding tractor, walked the money down to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Competing in the Age of AI
Above: Karim Lakhani discussed GenAI with alumni during his presentation at When Professor Karim Lakhani leads discussions about generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), he often begins by asking audience members to stand if they’ve used an AI tool like ChatGPT or... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 16 May 2024
- News
On the Job
Susan Young READ MORE Julia Hanna: Gwill York’s (MBA 1984) parents were determined that their daughter would be practical and self-sufficient. As it turns out, they didn’t have to push too hard. At the age of nine, York started driving her family’s View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
of 1974, "but we anticipated that the majority of our work would be relatively small-scale and client-oriented. I don't think anyone was ready for the amazing ride we've had." Ready or not, those 1974 classmates who entered the world of... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
team—and everything they owned was riding on Carter Racing having a successful season. But after their car had suffered engine failure in several of their last outings, BJ Carter has an hour to decide whether or not to risk their existing... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974
most of his days with a 40-mile bike ride with a group of friends, and among the boards on which he sits are the University of Miami and the Knight Foundation. In addition, their son and daughter live nearby, making for regular family... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
L.E. Simmons
the money that oil companies spend flows through these businesses." Riding out the sometimes stomach-churning ups-and-downs of the oil business, for fifteen years L.E. and Matt Simmons have been an influential force in the oil fields. A... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 20 Apr 2023
- News
On the Move: Anand Kini (MBA 1997)
initiatives. What’s your morning, pre-work routine? I have to start the day off with some kind of exercise—whether that’s going for a run or getting on the Peloton. It helps set my body and mind in the right place. I then use the train View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Guy de Chazal: Changing Focus
he will cut back on his hours at Morgan Stanley in order to devote more time to some other important priorities, beginning, he says, with his family. For years, de Chazal's demanding workdays have been bracketed by lengthy train rides to... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
100 slaves—received death threats and was spit on in public. He did not win reelection to the council and found himself shut out of work opportunities in the area. “It was time to return to Omaha,” he says. “We were heading into the downturn of 2008, so no better place... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
NBA,” says Lawani. “But how do you know, from New York City, who behaves in a manner that’s consistent with your values or consistent with your brand? Who’s riding on whose coattails? Are you benefiting them? Are they benefiting you?”... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 07 Apr 2021
- News
Road Work
death made the next big VC deal or M&A transaction seem much less important. Instead, Friedman reoriented his life, focusing more on philanthropy—and also getting back into one of his favorite childhood pursuits: motorcycle riding. Ultimately, this renewed passion for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Turning Point: Life Cycle
along the way, I talked to people about what the word “community” means to them and how they make theirs better. About two months in, my plan was to ride 75 miles from Lockport, New York, to Rochester, some of it along the Erie Canal... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
billion of investor funding between them, three former HBS classmates—Nadiem Makarim of Go-Jek and Anthony Tan and Hooi Ling Tan of Grab (all MBA 2011)—are doing this through competing on- demand ride services, seizing on the fast-growing... View Details