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- 01 Oct 1999
- News
HBS Clubs Help Nonprofits Succeed
is the Community Partners (CP) program of the HBS Association of Northern California. Founded in 1986, CP has involved more than four hundred alumni in providing pro bono consulting services to nearly 130 nonprofit organizations. CP volunteers have helped the Girls... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Exotic Travel
their travels, providing “how-to” tips for families with similar interests. After Jennifer succumbed to ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) in February 2003, completing the book became a labor of love for Nichols. Exotic Travel Destinations for Families was published in January... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
hippie just out of college, borrowed $5,000 to open a photocopy shop near the University of California, Santa Barbara, campus. He called it "Kinko's" after the nickname given to him by his college buddies because of his curly, reddish... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Christopher S. Yeh
is based in Santa Clara, California, and managed by a CEO hired by Yeh. But this year, while carrying a full HBS course load, Yeh still spent about forty hours a week on company business, including regular travel to the West Coast. In... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Mario A. Corti: Global Reconnaissance
For three weeks in 1992, Mario Corti saw the world as few travelers do. In a Cessna 340, he and another pilot took off from Southern California and headed east, making stops in North America, Greenland, Iceland, England, Scandinavia, Russia, and Alaska, before... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
What’s Next
Connecticut What is HBS doing to prepare its students to be leaders in fighting the global climate crisis, to work across international borders, across industries, and with governments on real, long-term changes that only business and industry can make? Lauren Hanson... View Details
- 07 Apr 2021
- News
Road Work
highest pass in the Himalayas of India. And I went to go see the movie here in Santa Monica, because there was going to be a Q & A with the filmmaker and with the guru. And the film resonated deeply with me because of the aesthetics of... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Piece of the Action
know-how. It was here in Santa Clara County that the idea of venture capital was born when Arthur Rock (MBA '51) funded the invention of the silicon-based semiconductor that would give the Valley its name and its identity. It was in a... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 15 Jan 2020
- News
The Business of Access
position at San Mateo–based Shelter Network, which needed her skills to research and implement its merger with another homelessness service provider, InnVision, in Santa Clara. InnVision’s business model was to charge homeless people for... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 21 Sep 2018
- News
HBS Association of Southern California Boosts Support for Startups
Point Media in Santa Monica. “It was a fantastic dynamic,” says Alexa McCulloch (MBA 1999), the workshop organizer and president of the club. “We assured each presenter that this was a confidential opportunity to open up and ask... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 05 May 2022
- News
Lesson Plans
Asia, but it wasn’t being reported in the United States that literally countries were shutting down their schools physically. And I said, wow, if this thing actually spreads, this could happen everywhere, including the United States. So, it’s like a week or two later,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
The State of Play
Meow Wolf is headed that way, too. A wildly popular arts and entertainment company with more than 2 million visitors a year, across three locations, Meow Wolf started in 2008 as decidedly offline. The founders were a group of artists who felt alienated from the... View Details
- 18 Dec 2019
- News
Thinking Smart About Numbers
of San Diego’s annual holiday party took place at the home of Gabriel Wisdom (OPM 26, 1998) and his wife Diane Weiss-Wisdom in Rancho Santa Fe, CA, on December 7th. With a Roaring 20s speakeasy theme, guests enjoyed 1920s accessories, a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
Klein. At each stop, she gained new knowledge and experience while advancing her own reputation as a change agent capable of leading a company to growth through new product design. Ross’ entrepreneurial skills at a small fashion-eyewear design company in View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
Andy Grove was first introduced to HBS. I joined Intel from DEC in Boston in late 1978 as a senior group controller based in Santa Clara, California. Working with the HR department, I created the first recruitment effort for all of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
disasters. Photo courtesy Gregg Bemis Mysteries of the Deep Gregg Bemis Jr. (MBA ’54) Age: 76 Home: Santa Fe, New Mexico Gregg Bemis walked out the door of his last corporate job in 1979, at the age of 51. “It became readily apparent that... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
Yes, proceeds from working on The Post enabled the purchase of a new home in Santa Monica. Yes, he’s been invited to some fancier dinner parties. But the day-to-day routine hasn’t changed much: “I’m still sitting in my underwear,... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
drawn from studies in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Everglades National Park, and Chesapeake Bay. This book will be of great interest to professionals and students in environmental... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
(SVB), headquartered in Santa Clara, California, wields enormous influence within the tightly knit venture community. So when the bank’s president and CEO, Ken Wilcox (MBA 1983), comes calling, it’s an important occasion — at least under... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Inside Intel
equipment. By 1979, that figure had increased by two orders of magnitude to $217.4 million. Fabrication facilities [“fabs”] were expensive. During the 1970s, the semiconductor industry became capital intensive. Manufacturing at Intel began in Fab 1 in Mountain View.... View Details