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- 02 Nov 2023
- News
Seeding Startups
Shirish Nadkarni (MBA 1987) was the director of product planning for Microsoft’s MSN when he decided he was ready to become an entrepreneur. He had recently led the growing internet portal’s 1997 acquisition of Hotmail, the first free, web-based email solution, and the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Role Model
One of four daughters of Pakistani immigrants, Salma Qarnain (MBA 2002) grew up in the midwestern “I” states of Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana before attending Stanford University. “It was my first experience feeling happy and comfortable in a place that had diversity,”... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
A Continuum of Innovation
As senior associate dean and chair of the MBA Program, Matt Weinzierl has a running list of questions that he and Jana P. Kierstead, the executive director of MBA and Doctoral programs, always keep in mind. They range from the curricular (How can we ensure that the MBA... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 23 May 2018
- News
Carla A. Harris, MBA 1987
of wisdom, helping inspire others to be the best version of themselves. Harris grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, the only child of an educator and a commercial fishing boat captain. “My parents brought me up in a ‘no excuses’ household,”... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981
Mumbai, surrounded by a large extended family, Ash Dahod read Reader’s Digest from cover to cover. “That was my view of life in the United States,” says Dahod. “I was fascinated.” The thumbnail version of Dahod’s journey has many elements... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
John Crowley’s Extraordinary Measures
Journal reporter Geeta Anand. An early version of the story is also told in the HBS case, “A Father’s Love: Novazyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,” by HBS professor Richard Bohmer and Bradley Campbell (MBA ’02). Crowley gave the film “two thumbs... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
From Big Pharma to Startup
the life cycle of the company”—from proof of concept to platform and product development. It plans to focus first on creating oral versions of peptide hormone drugs used to treat rare endocrine and metabolic diseases. Although Goble is no... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Thai Lee, MBA 1985
Korea, but the three Lee daughters, each of whom went to graduate school in the United States, make their home in America. Although her father passed away last year, his presence is very much a part of Lee's life. "My father was a tremendous influence on all of us. He... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Giving All Stakeholders a Voice
For John Wu (MBA 2000), “Web3” means more than technological innovation. “It’s a mindset,” he says of the movement toward a decentralized internet that accelerates innovation and gives end users greater collaboration with businesses. “It’s a transformative shift in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 11 Mar 2021
- News
Leading with Heart
important to me as a leader. What are my core values. And what's my business philosophy. So that they could have a greater sense of how I would behave and how I would lead. Gulati: Can you give us a short version of that? What were those... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
strategy look like? The financing that we were able to assemble for this acquisition is interim financing, which gives us five years to figure that out. Part of the process we’re engaged in now with our partners is to say, What’s the View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
non-sustainability-related funds ($25.7bn), despite the asset base of the latter being 60x the size. In venture (my neck of the woods), $40bn has gone into climate tech from January 2020 to August 2021. This is versus the $25bn that went into clean tech between 2006... View Details
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
social-media challenges like Sober October, One Year No Beer, or Dry January. (A damp version is also an option.) In large part, it’s Generation Z that is leading the rebellion and embracing sobriety as a wellness choice more than their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
A Juicy Story
done differently. “The video is a very powerful teaching tool,” says Yoffie. “Few CEOs will admit to their mistakes in a public setting.” The comings and goings of various CEOs at Apple over the years can be instructive in itself, he adds. “Their different approaches... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Fever Pitch
This year’s New Venture Competition saw heavy alumni participation on both sides of the judging. More than 160 graduates critiqued student startups during April’s on-campus event, weighing everything from team chemistry to financials. The alumni View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
A Smooth Stretch
is a certified yoga instructor, has created a foundation to help spread yoga teaching and practice throughout society, including among at-risk youth. Said Hanna, “I wanted to build a brand that inspires people to be the best versions of... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Action Plan: Fired Up
fundamental purpose that’s meaningful both to customers and employees,” he says. “You strive to be the best version of your customers.” That goal was relatively easy to attain in his previous role as CEO of the trendsetting headphone... View Details
- 21 Feb 2018
- News
Can Farming Save the Planet?
Wiviott. “We’re the first scalable version of this model. Because it’s bigtime American agriculture, we can do a series of these $100 million funds. Each fund is the equivalent carbon offset as if we had built an $86 million wind farm.”... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Authentic Leadership
Leadership Development (ALD) are encouraged to check their public personae—the polished resumes or stylized Facebook pages they've crafted that tell a version of their life story—at the door. Inside the classroom, the focus is on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
FIELD Updates Greet Class of 2014
has been built into the schedule to allow teams to work through different versions of their business idea while tapping the experience of an alumni board of advisers. View Details