advisor - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Dec 2022
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2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together

food production is incredibly resource intensive and that even a small shift in consumption and production can have a massive impact on greenhouse gas emissions. From there, Karen Skelton, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Energy at the... View Details

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Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills - Course Catalog

experience had less bearing on their post-MBA career. Before these students lies a daunting challenge: facing the most challenging market conditions in over a decade, they must quickly prove themselves as a skilled advisor to executives,... View Details

10 Sep 2020
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Founding a Company at the Intersection of Medicine and Technology

Alife Health off the ground. Professor Ariel Stern sponsored me to do an independent research project on the business model during the fall of my EC year, and Professor Deborah Spar became a fantastic early advisor and connection within... View Details

13 Nov 2020
News

Realizing a Dream

help with decision making, and an appreciation of the fact that in addition to succeeding in business, I could help my community,” he says. Today Ferrara serves as advisor to Standard Heating & Air Conditioning, the company his father... View Details

29 Jan 2025
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Finding Professional Purpose: Building an Impactful Career that Reflects your Values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)

Coaching International, where I work with CEOs to accelerate growth and profitability. My clients span industries like e-commerce, business services, apparel, media, and consumer products. I’m also a Senior Advisor to Katie Couric Media... View Details

26 Aug 2014
First Look

First Look: August 26

difficulty, advisor egocentrism, and advisor expertise. Individuals perceive those who seek advice as more competent when the task is difficult than when it is easy, when people seek advice from them... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: Freeing Patient Data to Enable Innovation

customer experience is so poor across the health care industry. "Employers do. So there's no real driver for quality." Hsiang (HBS MBA 2010), a health data advisor for the White House's US Digital Service and the Office of Science and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Karim R. Lakhani; Health

Profile

Abby Falik

America (programs which are both models for Global Citizen Year), to seek their guidance. Alan Khazei, Michael Brown and Wendy Kopp each remain advisors to the program. Up and running today Abby completed her MBA in May 2008. By January... View Details

01 Jun 2016
News

Taking Care of Business

wick away moisture and odor; it has since expanded into sleepwear, shapewear, plus-sizes, and men’s underwear, with an annual growth rate of more than 20 percent. “Stay focused and listen to customers—that’s who opens their pocketbooks,” says founder Angela Newnam (MBA... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

15 Apr 2014
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Bertarelli Foundation Gift Names Deans' Health & Life Sciences Challenge Prize

center focused on health, biotechnology, and life sciences and based in Geneva. Bertarelli has been active at both HBS and Harvard Medical School (HMS). At HBS, he has served as a member of the Board of Dean's Advisors since 2011. He has... View Details

Keywords: i-Lab; Harvard Medical School; Scientific Research and Development Services

15 Aug 2024
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Learning from Mistakes and Leveraging Personal Experiences: Tiffany Kent (MBA 2001)

about myself during this time of reflection led me to realize that my next move should be to start my own firm. As a portfolio advisor in Houston, I learned people value advice more than just stocks; they’re also looking for informed... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Finance (Q3) - Course Catalog

founder, early employee, advisor or investor. However, the course is also appropriate for students interested in gaining a broader view of the financing landscape for young firms, going beyond the basics of venture capital and angel... View Details

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Bequest - Alumni

specific purpose, the Office of Planned Giving can help you or your attorney craft a bequest that reflects your wishes. Here is suggested language to share with your attorney or other advisor when making or updating your will: I give... View Details

23 Jul 2020
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Why Plume? To Make a Difference in the World

Chapel Hill during the same time. While they were receiving their medical degrees, I was graduating from college. I joined the team as an advisor shortly after winter break. This sentiment extended into my second semester as COVID-19... View Details

14 Dec 2016
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Career Paths: From Finance to Social Enterprise

land a Leadership Fellow Position as the Special Advisor to the President at the Kresge Foundation, a philanthropic organization in metro Detroit focused on urban economic development. I will be able to hone my strategy skills within a... View Details

29 Apr 2021
News

Equal Partner

angel investor, and a senior advisor at Republic, an online investment platform, Aditya certainly had the necessary expertise to identify and foster promising founders. But she had to wonder, “Why me? Why now?” She recalls asking a... View Details

Keywords: Diversity; Inclusion

25 Sep 2017
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Michael Schrader (MBA 2012) on Finding Entrepreneurial Success with HBS Resources

beauty of the HBS network are the formal and informal advisors and mentors you have access to, alumni and peers at various stages of their careers in building companies and in venture capital," he says. "It is all of the things... View Details

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From Concept to Product | Baker Library

Morse never served on the board of trustees or as a corporate officer at Polaroid, but as the company grew, her relationship with Land developed into that of trusted advisor and sounding board on a range of business matters—from... View Details

14 Apr 2022
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Trust the Process, and Trust Yourself Even More: Interview with Wellness and Empowerment Leader, Dilan Gomih (MBA 2019)

growth, the pieces came together. “At first it was a solid no, I had donated all of my suits!” Gomih said, “But I realized there was an opportunity here to build out the future of work and create pathways for diversity in senior leadership.” Gomih joined Independence... View Details

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2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Iowa Dr. Beth A. Livingston is the Ralph L. Sheets Associate Professor of Industrial Relations at the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business, an internal advisor with the Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest, a NIOSH Center... View Details

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