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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Launch Codes
we had stayed with the old model, we would have run out of money. I distinctly remember advice I heard from investors and founders who had been through another crisis, the 2008 recession: Whatever you did in the past, forget it. That's... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
2016 Alumni Achievement Awards
handle anything.” “It’s important to learn how to balance IQ with EQ, emotional quotient. There is humanity in EQ. There is leadership in EQ. You can’t run a business for a long time if you don’t have both, and EQ is critical to having... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Ready for Takeoff: Web Portal Enters Second Phase
information that will help them throughout their careers, whether they're mulling over the idea of starting a small business or already running a multimillion dollar corporation. "Working Knowledge makes the work done at HBS accessible... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Passion & Purpose
to become Brazil's largest investment bank. Today the Baker Scholar runs JGP, one of Brazil's leading independent asset management firms. JGP has delivered positive returns every year since its 1998 inception. Thomas A. James, MBA 1966... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
the faculty an unparalleled knowledge not just about running nonprofits in general but also about the challenges they face today, which are very different from even a few years ago. "I could tell that Dutch Leonard had spent his life... View Details
- 30 Sep 2014
- News
Life Lessons on the Open Seas
sailboats to a former America’s Cup boat that we adapted—although no one said it could be accomplished.” A competitive sailor who has raced in the Paralympic Games in Sydney in 2000 and in London in 2012, Callahan takes a measured approach to View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
highly regarded people to lead this prominent joint venture. But just three years later, it was declared a colossal failure. One thing is clear in hindsight: Although the people picked by those companies to run the project were highly... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Burunda Prince (MBA 1987)
create a blueprint of best practices that will help Black entrepreneurs across the country and, frankly, around the globe. My dad taught me Socratic thinking—that the process of getting to the answer was as valuable as the answer itself. My mother taught me to View Details
- 07 Oct 2021
- News
Bringing Light to the Fight
part thanks to Smyth, who joined the volunteer board of the fledgling Breast Cancer Foundation NZ in the mid-1990s and became its chair in 2009. Her work with the charity has been informed by her business career, she says. A partner at Deloitte when she joined the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Combating Climate Change
and chemical engineering to massive questions like climate change. Last summer I visited the huge chemical plants in Freeport, Texas. It occurred to me that if these plants are running nonstop, there are humans demanding these chemicals... View Details
- 25 Jan 2018
- News
Living and Learning in a Local Context
sustainability and farm work. We bring thousands of students from all over the world on three- to five-day courses and retreats to learn about how humans impact the earth. We have lots of adult workshops. We run an early-childhood program... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Donors Invest in Students’ Future
research in Kenya’s Kibera slum, the largest in Africa. Today, Carolina for Kibera runs a clinic that treats more than 30,000 patients a year as well as a number of programs to ease ethnic tension and educate young leaders. “HBS has left... View Details
- 30 Mar 2015
- News
Raising the bar to provide quality education
without HBS. First of all, this is a business. You can’t just have a great idea. You’ve got to be able to operate on a budget; you’ve got to run facilities; you’ve got to hire/recruit people, train them, [and] keep them engaged. So those... View Details
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
institution to have a dramatic economic, environmental, educational, and health impact,” he says. That kind of impact has long been a personal aspiration for Kendall, a lifelong environmentalist who studied astronomy and economics at Amherst College. Hoping to View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
tents, and other gear for maximum performance, comfort, and enjoyment. And now, shoes. Last year the Timberland Company, a heavyweight in the footwear business, acquired the GoLite brand for its new line of strong but super-lightweight trail View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
what does and doesn’t work,” remarks Swan, who read everything on leadership and managing she could get her hands on. “I insisted that we were all running the business together. It was a matter of knowing each person and what he or she... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
There’s no problem the business world can’t solve. That’s the thinking of Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2008), who believes companies—and the great minds who run them—can find sustainable solutions for humanitarian crises. “For whatever reason,... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Be Our Guest
everything. I don’t listen to the radio. It’s great thinking time, and a great dad-and-lad experience with my sons.” Stress buster: Soccer. “When I play, I’m concentrating on the game, get it all out, and come home so much happier. If I’m irritated about something at... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
José Royo
high-tech skills to college graduates. "It's an ideal job, because it will allow me to work closely with software developers, have a hand in marketing and sales, and play a role in the education of new employees," he explains. But don't ask for a plan that extends too... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
John (“Bo”) Kemp
sort of business going - vending sandwiches and popcorn on street corners in Detroit, running a swimming-pool cleaning operation, selling Christmas ornaments, and eventually building and selling dollhouse miniatures in high school. "As a... View Details