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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Gimme Shelter
buyers to take on the risks and responsibilities of owning a home without any financial upside. The covenants that limit an owner’s resale price allow them to benefit from a modest rate of appreciation when... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Damon Silvers
Silvers Illustration by Jeff Smith Damon Silvers (MBA ’95) tried to put his whirlwind day on hold just long enough to answer my queries about labor’s wish list for the new Congress and his role as a member of the Congressional Oversight... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
Thanks to the combined energy of over six hundred enthusiastic alumni, a dozen insightful HBS faculty members, and a score of respected experts, the 1997 Harvard Business School Global Alumni Conference, "Greater China: Myths, Realities,... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
specified times, since plugged-in devices draw power in shut-off or “standby” mode. “The concept was so obvious that we decided to take the risk and do it,” Shibata says. The company had a beta prototype... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Alumni Books
their stunning achievements. Klein discusses what distinguishes these unusual and innovative enterprises from their many competitors. The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and... View Details
- 09 Feb 2017
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Turning Disorder into Opportunity
identify risks and issues, and develop the business case. The two-month recruiting process for the first cohort included reaching out to organizations such as Autism South... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued... View Details
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
Michael and I think about that question,” says Gordon, adding that with the privileges they’ve had, if they don’t take risks in life, they’re wasting it. So, yeah, maybe her parents think she’s a little bit... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 05 May 2022
- News
Like-Minded
anyone access to content; US-based Jupiter, the leading provider of predictive data and analytics for climate risk and resilience; and Unifa,... View Details
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Jen Wong (MBA 2004) joined Reddit as COO in 2018, the user-generated content site wasn’t exactly a burning building...but it might have been... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
was the kind of place in which an internal memo might list people on a first-name basis. But it has since grown into a massive organization, with vast logistics and all the risk that comes with that. McKenna... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Vision: Into the Breach
gather data, develop better risk models, and move faster, with every additional line of insurance,” says Iram. “We have the opportunity to become the next generation of commercial insurer.” View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
A Quiet Force: Remembering Jay Light
California where he led a space-mission analysis team. Convinced he needed more management training, he entered the new joint Doctoral Program at Harvard and developed a fascination with finance. After graduation, he joined the HBS... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Giving Advice
key impact and operational milestones will need to include the ability to adapt your strategy as you learn more about what is actually creating impact and what will appeal to future rounds of funders.... View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
John A. Paulson, MBA 1980
boutique investment firm; Bear Stearns; and then Gruss Partners, where he concentrated on risk arbitrage and bankruptcy investing. In 1994, Paulson was ready to return to his... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
juggernaut.” While much has changed for Goldman and other investment firms in the last year, its rise to prominence — driven by extraordinary individuals — is a matter of record. The following excerpts from The Partnership look at two of... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
unflappable? “I don’t think I feel risk the way most people do,” she says with a shrug. “I think it’s because of my mom.” Margaret Whitman was the sort of bold character who volunteered for the Red Cross during World War II View Details
- 06 Mar 2019
- News
Making Sabbaticals Mainstream
and experience level would have in competing firms. It actually increased the number of contacts that the employer had inside those customers. The key personnel risk of a senior partner leaving View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Greylock
with Digital Equipment Corp., for instance-was a way to make it big in this business," explains Elfers, who was in charge of the first investment portfolio. "But I felt that if Greylock were to be successful in the long run, we should be much more selective View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
percent or more. But VCs and entrepreneurs are human—and with the US startup failure rate hovering at around 60 percent (according to a 2015 Cambridge Associates study) those home runs are far from the norm. That makes it even more... View Details