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09 Feb 2015
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Remembering John Whitehead (MBA 1947)

For more on his life and career, explore these articles and videos: John C. Whitehead, Who Led Effort to Rebuild After 9/11, Dies at 92 New York Times Social Enterprise Visionary HBS Alumni Bulletin Interview with John Whitehead, MBA 1947... View Details

01 Mar 2007
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Pursuing a passion

loved when they were kids.” Another former student, Frans Johansson (MBA ’00), is now an entrepreneur and the author of The Medici Effect, a best-selling book that focuses on creativity at the intersection of different fields, cultures, and industries. “Frans View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

08 Apr 2021
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Real Talk

the flip side, sharing stories in a safe space can elicit empathy—and empathy for each other is what we need at this moment, above all else.” Their approach was the result of dozens of interviews with CEOs, DE&I trainers, employees,... View Details

08 Aug 2019
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Cloudflare Pulls the Plug on Hate Site

wrote Prince. “Even if 8chan may not have violated the letter of the law in refusing to moderate their hate-filled community, they have created an environment that revels in violating its spirit." In an interview in the New York Times,... View Details

19 Sep 2016
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Sustainable Farming in the Arid World

Philipp Saumweber (MBA 2006) started Sundrop Farms to bring sustainable horticulture to the arid world, growing high-value crops using seawater and sunlight and bringing jobs to communities that previously had no agriculture sector. In this View Details

01 Sep 2016
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Feedback

June 2016 (Cover illustration by Victo Ngai) Our new podcast Not everything we learn as we’re assembling the Bulletin makes it into print. Our alumni interview subjects often have more to say—additional perspectives or personal... View Details

15 Jun 2021
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In My Humble Opinion: Building Blocks

Ric Lewis (PMD 69, 1995) was studying economics at Dartmouth in the 1980s when he interviewed for a summer internship at Meredith & Grew, an old-line Boston brokerage and real estate development firm. “If you wanted to say, ‘one of these... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; diversity; leadership; real estate; Real Estate

01 Oct 2000
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Books

magazine.) In addition, Reiss draws upon several dozen interviews that he conducted with other entrepreneurs in a variety of fast-moving industries. Reiss explores entrepreneurial issues across the life span of a company, from finding... View Details

08 Jun 2018
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My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses

collection of those conversations. One quick note, the first interview was recorded in our offices and the rest of them took place on campus during reunions. OK. On to the episode. I'm Jimmy Childre from OPM '18. When I finished college I... View Details

31 Jul 2019
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Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens

the book and I talked to business people and I talk to a really fascinating woman who’s an HBS, I think class of '05, Yael Melamed (MBA 2005), who is, she's a psychotherapist and she deals with relationships. I talked to all these amazing people and View Details

25 Jun 2020
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Global Centers Broaden Understanding of Business and the Pandemic

HBS faculty are actively involved in international research, often working in collaboration with specific HBS research centers to pursue particular avenues of inquiry. In FY20, all of the School’s global outposts helped to coordinate more than 50 View Details

03 Jan 2018
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Candy That Is Good for You

Caron Proschan (MBA 2007) is founder and CEO of Simply Gum, maker of natural chewing gum and breath mints. In this interview she talks about the market opportunities for natural, eco-friendly candy products. “I started my company because... View Details

21 Jan 2014
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Climbing to New Heights

McKinsey and applied again. "I think what sealed the deal was that I was invited for an interview. I was working in Singapore at the time, so I flew to Cambridge. The initial question in any interview is always, 'How are you today?' I... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

19 Aug 2024
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Quantum Leap

interviews and insights from across the world of business. It’s produced by the External Relations Department at HBS. Our audio engineer is Craig McDonald. It is available on Apple, Spotify, and wherever you get your favorite podcasts.... View Details

23 Apr 2018
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Sowing the Seeds of Leadership

socially responsible development projects in economically challenged communities. Students come from 48 countries, predominately in Latin America and Africa. The admissions team and faculty personally conduct up to 1,000 interviews in... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 2010
News

How to Survive Past Start-up

falter? What sets successful founders apart from those whose new ventures fail? Starting in 2008, I set out to interview hundreds of highly successful entrepreneurs in depth, hoping to reverse engineer what had led to their outsized... View Details

Keywords: Bill Murphy Jr.; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2007
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Faculty Books

Leadership by Bill George with Peter Sims (Jossey-Bass) Based on research and first-person interviews with 125 top business leaders, Professor of Management Practice George describes how anyone can become an authentic leader. He presents... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2003
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The Levitt Brand

colleague, interviewed Levitt for a special video presentation shown at the The Globalization of Markets colloquium. Noting that in 1983 Levitt’s HBR article had “created a firestorm of debate,” Greyser asked him to recall its impact at... View Details