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24 Mar 2021
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Clubs Reaffirm Equity in Community Partners Work; Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education

other HBS alumni. Our members put in so much of their own time helping with pitch nights and educational events or helping seed nonprofits that many end up changing careers after joining and learning. Some... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

17 Apr 2019
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Give It to Me Straight

thought you all cared about me." Now I realized that I have failed Bob in six really important ways. I have failed, first of all, to solicit feedback. I've failed to solicit both praise and criticism from Bob. So those are the first two... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Feb 2000
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Financial Services 24/7

dissatisfied customers to take their business elsewhere. With new Internet-only banks and brokerages popping up regularly, established firms must find innovative ways to hold onto their customers. "Traditionally, strategy was... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Mar 2016
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The Western Front

the creation of powdered cheese.) And just decades ago, Washington was involved in two-thirds of all research and development in America; only one-third came from private industry. But today, those R&D... View Details

Keywords: Jason Feifer

04 Nov 2020
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The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises

credit: Library of Congress / Dorothea Lange READ MORE Hi, this is Akilah Rogers. I graduated in 2009, companies were rescinding offers, and the only companies that were hiring... View Details

07 Sep 2021
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Growing Home

will become a showcase for other cities in the States—and inspire other companies to revitalize cities. The reason why they chose Detroit, I read, was that the city was... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

15 Feb 2023
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Grand Ambitions in the Great Plains

that to happen. MK: I don't think that we as a world probably can afford to wait to deploy DAC or other carbon removal technology. At this point I think we need to try anything, even if it's not necessarily the best technology. DM: I'm... View Details

04 Dec 2019
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Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders

the VC world, sitting on the other side of the table, that she realized the extent of the funding problem that female founders were facing. It was bizarre, Dodi thought. She... View Details

01 Mar 2017
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The Middle Way

milestone, it was still a tentative framework. A final agreement rested on successfully implementing those plans—and making sure that all the other stakeholders were holding up their ends View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous

01 Jun 2022
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June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

Flexible Teams to Do the Best Work of Their Lives By Brian Elliot (MBA 2008), Sheela Subramanian (MBA 2011), and Helen Kupp (MBA 2015) Wiley The way we work has changed. The era of toiling from nine-to-five,... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

08 Sep 2016
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How We Make It Work

grandmother, I began a company with the tools I learned at HBS to serve other families like ours. I am committed to providing the best experience of care, with the most... View Details

01 Jan 2004
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Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977

depended on bank loans instead of equity, creating the illusion that money was in infinite supply. That led Mitsubishi and other Japanese companies to make bad investments. I... View Details

01 Aug 1998
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Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories

"workaholic," Bertarelli is determined to stay on top of new management trends. His company was the subject of a 1995 HBS case study, and one of... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

18 May 2017
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Pioneer Spirit

program in the 1960s to his role today as president and CEO of Pioneer Group, which creates affordable housing through the renovation and preservation of historic buildings in the American Midwest. Freeman... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

01 Apr 2000
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Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences

participants were greeted on Friday afternoon by Jim Hildebrandt, the director of Bain & Company Asia, who was followed by Ronald Chwang, president of Acer Technology Venture,... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

15 Nov 2016
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Transferring Skills From The Military to the Private Sector

Officer with 110 sailors under her command. “I found the increasing leadership opportunities to be the most fulfilling aspect of my career,” Greenbaum says. “What I enjoyed most was the impact I had, not... View Details

01 Sep 2018
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In My Humble Opinion: In the Deal

Listening to entrepreneur pitches is one of the best parts of working in venture capital, says Anna Khan (MBA 2016), a vice president in the San Francisco office View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

04 Sep 2019
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Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives

who has raised $12 million for DZD, attributes the very existence of the company to the Harvard Innovation Labs ecosystem and is happy to share his experience with other... View Details