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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
2023 Halo Braid Yinka Ogunbiyi (MBA 2023) Business Track & Crowd Favorite Winner We reduce braiding time from hours to minutes, empowering Black salon owners to double or triple their business and addressing the 8 billion hours spent braiding View Details
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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research
and a novel scalp-cooling system that helped women with breast cancer stave off hair loss from chemotherapy treatment. “I think the most challenging task is to achieve further growth even amidst our currently expanding revenues,” he said.... View Details
- 01 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
How SVMP Helped Me Take My Next Steps (2+2) and Find Myself
life-changing. It was my first time out of the country except to cross the border from Texas into Mexico to get my hair braided when I was younger. It expanded my outlook, brought me closer to the Spanish-speaking roots of my Afro-Latina... View Details
- Portrait Project
Jennifer Wu
struck me that his once-dark head of hair is now predominantly white. As their only child, how have I not noticed these creeping signs of aging before? That was when it hit me – in the relentless pursuit of my goals, I have neglected... View Details
- 13 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Should Men’s Products Fear a Woman’s Touch?
women's shaving brand at Gillette. The company made a point of building products from the ground up for the distinct hair removal needs of both men and women. But it also made a point of creating a different brand name for Gillette's... View Details
- 01 Nov 2019
- What Do You Think?
Should Non-Compete Clauses Be Abolished?
have learned as well as their skills. If they are senior enough, they may also take trade secrets (although those are covered by NDAs, non-disclosure agreements, close relatives to NCCs). In certain industries in which startups are relatively easy, such as View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Apr 2021
- Book
A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success
significant experience—gray hair and wrinkles—to think strategically. So one of the key messages in the book is that strategy is not complicated. There are only three levers: value for customers, value for employees, and value for... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 10 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Little Understood Problem Confronting Diverse Workplaces
white female tutor asked a black student about her hair weave. Often, these attempts led to higher engagement and a feeling of closeness that benefited the relationship. Other times, the result was a sense of estrangement. In discussing... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Generation Next
and teaches a course on strategy to mid- and senior-level managers at Godrej. Nisa has helped relaunch a number of consumer products at Godrej, including "aspirational" goods like hair dyes. Photo courtesy of Nisa Godrej Shortly after the... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Your Fullest Self
Britney Winters (MBA 2016) Britney Winters (MBA 2016) As a student at HBS, Britney Winters (MBA 2016) would travel from Boston to New York City to have her hair done. “Mind you, I was also the sole caregiver of my 16-year-old sister,” she... View Details
Madam C. J. Walker
The intensity of Walker’s early jobs began to cause hair loss, and it was out of this unfortunate circumstance that grew her “secret” formula for a scalp ointment that promoted healthy hair growth. Madame... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
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Valentina Zarya
When I was twelve years old, I dyed my hair blue. I hated my natural hair color—a light, unobtrusive brown—because it seemed way too boring. The deep, mysterious cyan that I chose instead was more aligned... View Details
Charles A. Heimbold, Jr.
Heimbold focused on Bristol-Myers Squibb’s growth and created a scientific-based, world-leading pharmaceutical company with very strong consumer franchises. Sixty-two percent of its sales come from pharmaceuticals (where it holds leadership positions in anticancer... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
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Nick Soman
My business card is perfect. Crisp white edges, soft laminate, sweeping font And a tuft of golden retriever hair stuck to the back with wine, Which pushes out between pages of my wife's novel. Perfect. My suit has collected dust since my... View Details
- 15 Feb 2022
- News
The Alumnae Entrepreneur Behind Mary J. Blige’s Super Bowl Locks
Britney Winters (MBA 2016); Mary J. Blige during the Super Bowl halftime show (Courtesy subject; Kevin C. Cox / Getty Images) Britney Winters’ (MBA 2016) online wig and hair product company, Upgrade, got the opportunity to show off its... View Details
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Alyssa Wilson
be in my eulogy? Last year I emptied my childhood home, boxing my dad’s sailing trophies and business recognitions plus my brother’s attendance certificates and ski ribbons. Mementos of accomplishments long forgotten, sitting on dusty shelves. But I’ll never forget the... View Details
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Kathy Yuh
“So, where are you from?” is my most dreaded question. Given how many times I’ve been asked this – at hair salons making small talk, on first dates breaking awkward silence, at HBS Admit Weekend exchanging practiced intros – I should have... View Details
Edward G. Gardner
Gardner began mixing hair and beauty products for blacks out of his basement during the 1940s. Around 1960, he began working for another beauty supply business and when it went bankrupt, Gardner took its customers and began producing his... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
- 29 May 2013
- Blog Post
Four Weeks on the Road with MBAs Across America
Social Club Grooming Company, not only brings people together across racial lines, but also brings people together to revitalize Detroit. Instead of throwing away hair trimmings, Sebastian works with Green Garage, the green business... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Gianpiero Petriglieri , INSEAD Authenticity in Midair Laura Morgan Roberts , Antioch University Moments of Truth? Authentic Encounters with Realistic Identities Panel: Performance & Appearance Tina Opie , Babson College Hair Penalties and... View Details