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Delving Deeper into Development with the Joint MBA/MPA-ID Program | MBA
member of the HBS Women in Investing Club, as an admissions representative for the HBS/HKS Joint Degree Leadership Council, and as a Business School Prep Coach at Young African MBAs, a non-profit bridging the gap in management talent in Africa. What View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
Arizona, give their CEO updates on their respective projects via video chat. There are more than a dozen reports, covering everything from marketing to engineering to HR. Some are brief, some—a disagreement over a potential... View Details
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
chain. Tony is an up-and-coming leader with bright prospects. Then Tony makes two extraordinary decisions. First, he commits a serious but brilliantly undetectable crime. Next, despite the advice and pleas of everyone around him, Tony... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
advice and appointed him codirector when she launched her business, a position he still holds. The same gritty determination that gave Russo the resolve to strike out on her own came into play a year later when she was fired from yet... View Details
- Profile
Philipp Schäelli
forced to develop your own perspective on business questions with limited information and within a short time frame. Beyond the academic experience being surrounded and connected with 900 other ambitious young professionals gives you a... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Case Study: The Credit Bureau
suggestion would be to expand their service to DC, which is very transient and should be a good opportunity. —Susan Holliday (AMP 187, 2014) My advice is D2C, since the connection to the end customer is hugely valuable. But to scale, they... View Details
- 17 Dec 2017
- News
How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression
with me. They wanted some advice on setting up a small business that they were doing. These women were all widows and rape survivors from the war. Their children had been abducted, they had been raped by soldiers, their husbands had been... View Details
- 21 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The New Math of Customer Relationships
during times of economic stress. During such times, the most important advice that one can give is first remember that the service profit chain starts with employees—therefore, preserve that resource;... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Laura Mackay
ambitions, and providing thoughtful advice along the way. What are you most looking forward to in your career? I am very eager to apply all of my learnings from my time here at HBS to make a difference on a variety of levels. I hope to... View Details
- 25 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
Dealing with FOMO at HBS
She also spent three years in consulting at Monitor Group in San Francisco. We checked in with Britt to learn more about the FOMO phenomenon, and what advice she has for prospective students. Here’s what she thought you should know.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Breaking Free from Fear of Change
DeLong: His new book offers practical advice on how to identify and surmount obstacles that hamper career growth. Related Links Watch DeLong discuss selecting the right people Congratulations to Yoni (MBA '11) and Newton (OPM 39), who won... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All
would be replaced. But instead we kept those programs, and to exploit improved technology, we added new ones. So the problem of date handling was never addressed. Now we know that an imperfection we're willing to tolerate today could remain with us far into the future.... View Details
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
understanding when to use which medium of communication (email, telephone, Zoom).” Searching for the silver linings The new year began with promising vaccine developments, giving CEOs some rational hope, but there is still a long, dark,... View Details
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
help community organizers establish similar financing pools in which, instead of cash, the winners received building materials, including cement. In addition, CEMEX provided construction advice and blueprints to the winners. The program... View Details
- 19 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition
organization. Having only worked as an investor professionally, I used to think about a given business simply through that investor lens, but spending time with classmates at HBS who came from all different backgrounds really helped give... View Details
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- 22 Jul 2021
- News
Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women
angel investing.” Ventura, who serves as an adviser and mentor at TaFF and TBFI, contributed to all seven virtual sessions, introducing the HBS alumni mentors, and sharing guidance and advice to the startups. A team from TBFI followed up... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2019
no.” Fast money: “My husband, Barry, and I raised a million dollars in two weeks to start Bluemercury in 1999. The initial idea was to build an e-commerce company, but then we changed course and focused on freestanding beauty stores where you could get expert View Details
- 06 Jan 2017
- News
Mental Illness and the Workplace
say to people out there with a mental illness who have kept their condition a secret at work? What sort of advice would you give them? Switz: I would first, suggest compassion with themselves. It's very... View Details
- 25 Jun 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Machiavelli, Morals, and You
butler in a moral sense. He wanted to give his whole life, a life of service—and 'service' is the word he used—to somebody who was serving a larger cause." Unfortunately, the larger cause Stevens believed himself for decades to be... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 31 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
Building a DTC Brand Through COVID
the back of her hand. She gave me ideas for partnerships and even gave me the idea to start this blog series about building a company through COVID on my website. For incorporating decisions, I had 5 other entrepreneurs from my section eager to View Details