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- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Dog’s Best Friend: Jim Hawes’s Charles River Rescue
Toby Klein, postmarked Tubuai, French West Polynesia. Toby wrote, "Several years ago I told the world to go to hell and moved to Tubuai, French West Polynesia, where I fish in the sea, eat fruit that grows all around me, and live in the proverbial grass hut. Every... View Details
- 08 Apr 2021
- News
Real Talk
us to reduce negative attitudes of the identity group(s) to which the individual belongs.” But sharing is one thing. Couple that with true vulnerability and you’re on to something important, say Harmeling and Henderson. Harmeling points... View Details
- 18 Nov 2013
- News
Diving into the 'Shark Tank'
[The tweet: @LoriGreiner: Smart girls, @SurpriseRide already well on their way, why let them give away equity? They're going to make it! #sharktank ] When did the show tape? What has happened with the company since then? The show taped a View Details
- 30 Sep 2024
- News
The Making of a Streaming Sensation
Disney+, HBO Max, Sky, BBC. There was a couple of things that both Holly and I felt very strongly about when we took the project out. One is that we wanted it to stay clean, okay? There's a type of teen show that's out there which... View Details
- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
appropriate and helpful ways now. There’s the mix of a long list of problems, potential solutions, potential solution providers among entrepreneurs in and outside of government that’s a call to action. What we’ve witnessed over the last View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
reteach the same points over and over again to different kids, I should make videos of each lesson and put them on YouTube. I was skeptical. YouTube was for cats playing the piano, not serious mathematics! Then I got over the idea that it wasn’t my idea, and I made a... View Details
- Profile
Claire Freidman
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Prior to business school, I spent five years working in finance. My clients were entertainment companies and I knew I wanted to switch careers and work on the operations or strategic side of one of these companies. I... View Details
- 22 Mar 2016
- News
Bill (MBA 1966) and Penny George
says George, a recognized expert on leadership who has written four bestselling books on the topic. The Georges’ philanthropy has focused on promoting leaders who give back to society. Not surprisingly, the School’s mission resonates with them, their family, and their... View Details
- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Credit Flowing to Consumers in Need
modern-day doomsayers, referred to the specter of another Great Depression. This was not total hyperbole. While different analysts weighted the "fundamental" causes of the crisis differently, most recognized that the increased complexity of both financial... View Details
- 07 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
From Teach for America – to HBS – and Back Again
same access to networks and opportunities and it’s my goal to close that gap. I’m still in touch with a couple of professors and pretty involved with the HBS Club in Miami. What’s your favorite way to spend a Sunday? Playing on the... View Details
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
public offering. He sold COMPS InfoSystems six weeks before the market started to crash in March 2000. After taking a couple of years off to relax and regroup, Crane got a job offer to become CEO of Opportunity International, the world’s... View Details
- 07 Oct 2014
- News
Network Effect
Henry McCance, founder (left), and Tim Armour, President & CEO, of Cure Alzheimer's Fund Twelve years ago, when Henry McCance (MBA 1966) and his wife initially faced her diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, the couple consulted some of the... View Details
Keywords: Linda Kush
- 17 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Decoding the Artful Sidestep
topic to understand better. Q: How did you go about designing your study in order to get a handle on this topic? A: It actually took us a couple of tries to come up with this design. The challenge was coming up with an experimental design... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
How I Sourced My Internship Outside of the US: Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu
“In the first couple of weeks, there were programs with CPD career coaches to help you think high-level about what you wanted from your personal and professional career, and I attended quite a few of those sessions,” she shared. Through... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Case Study: Let’s Dance
is helping grow the pie for everyone. “How do I scale myself?” she asks. The Answers: I think Lily should prioritize three to five markets rather than being overwhelmed about a national expansion, and a couple of tactical next-steps come... View Details
- 13 Apr 2017
- News
Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge
to hustle on the street for a couple of dollars a day. “The minimum income here is about $45 a month. When they graduate, and find work, they are making $90,” Rewane says, adding that WAVE Academy is poised to pilot a new soft-skills... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Marked Managers
Baxter people worked first as assistants to senior managers and then were put into project-based assignments where they learned about different parts of the company. Within a couple of years, they were given responsibility for running... View Details
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Genomics: Can We Start Making Money Now?
couple of years to start getting traction on the data that has been published. Also, it will require significant investments in research to fill in all the "blank spots" in discovering how genes interact with proteins to govern... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Maxeme Tuchman
hurricanes, plus three different principals in one year." "Teaching in the classroom has a great impact," Max says, but by her second year of teaching "I knew I was made for district management; I could make a bigger difference by stepping up a... View Details
- 16 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Insights and Inspiration: A Look Back at the Summer Venture in Management Program
of more than 180 strangers to forming a special bond in just a couple of days. It was all transformative and surreal. Did SVMP change how you think about your future? Oh, for sure. Before SVMP, I did not have much knowledge of MBA... View Details