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- 03 Nov 2016
- News
17 Ventures Join the Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab
ventures have a Harvard student, faculty, or post-doc founder, with the remaining one-third launched by alumni. Team members come from eight Harvard schools, and nearly 50 percent of the ventures have a female founder. When the Lab is... View Details
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Aimmy Asavatevavith
View Video Aimmy Asavatevavith appreciates the complexities of cultural context. On the one hand, her mother inspired her interest in business. “She was the only female executive in her company,“ Aimmy says. “I grew up hearing her talk... View Details
Keywords: Retail/Hospitality
- 11 Apr 2020
- News
Reading Together, Apart
director of Teach for America Miami-Dade before becoming CEO of Caribu, landed among the Inc Female Founders 100 list in 2019; Caribu made it to TIME Magazine’s best inventions of that year. Then, in March 2020, as people across the globe... View Details
- 04 Apr 2018
- News
Rebuilding the Girl Scouts Brand
90 percent of female astronauts were Girl Scouts; every woman secretary of state; and 75 percent of congresswomen. How do we tell that story?” Pitter-Armand is bringing the lessons she learned at HBS, and during more than a decade in the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: How to Build a More Diverse Board
issue as the founder and CEO of the executive search firm Trewstar, which places experienced and accomplished women on corporate boards. She offers her advice here. What tips do you have for senior female executives looking for a... View Details
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Kira Epler
its admissions representative. "Prior to coming here," she says, "I had met only one person from HBS. I know what it's like to approach this school without any connections to Harvard. I want to be able to help prospective View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Addressing Gender Equity In Business And Society
findings are integrated into the MBA curriculum through an expanded pool of case studies with female protagonists—an effort led by Boris Groysberg (DBA 2002), Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration—as well as through the... View Details
- 09 Jul 2019
- News
The Road to Impact
need,” Offensend says. EDC partnered with U.S. VETS to create a marketing strategy to reach out to the 19,000 female veterans in the Southern California area, through an online portal. Responding to how vets used the site over the course... View Details
- 02 Dec 2014
- Blog Post
Building a Consumer-Centric Strategy: Highlights from the Marketing & CPG Club’s Conference
for female athletes around the world. Students learned how marketers are dealing with shrinking budgets and measuring the ROI of their marketing mix on the panel “A Marketer’s Reality: Building Brands on a Budget” and how to resonate on... View Details
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Rachel Silverstein
of it. "I had eight years of experience in corporate finance," Rachel says, "a bit on the high side among female students." Upon reflection, she realized both concerns were probably misplaced. "School readiness is... View Details
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Maliha Khan
well: She was young and the only female manager out of 3,500 employees, making it difficult for her to be taken seriously. Changing course in order to lead Maliha's initial plans for a literacy program met stiff resistance. "My... View Details
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
observation that sparked discussions about financial literacy and empowerment among female leaders. Mary Erdoes (MBA 1993), CEO of J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management, brought stark statistics to the conversation, noting that while 85... View Details
- 13 May 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #5: Phyllis Newhouse, CEO, Entrepreneur, Leader
free energy. As exciting as Heliogen’s technology sounded, it paled in comparison to the story of Phyllis Newhouse herself, the first African American female CEO to ring the bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Below is an edited version... View Details
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Whitney Wilson
business idea centered on high-end shoes for the female professional. “Heels wear down fast,” she explains. “I was spending $200 to $300 for shoes that wore down in a month. Our business would design shoes to be long-lasting and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: In the Deal
program that helps female CEOs learn how to raise venture capital financing. Guilty pleasure: Grey’s Anatomy. “Shonda Rhimes introduced two black characters in that show who became foundational to the storyline; I’ve learned TV is one of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Carla Small
such as declining female enrollment at business schools and the pressures of balancing work and family. "Women students would come to me for advice on career and lifestyle decisions," she says. "It felt good to be able to share my... View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Entrepreneur’s Rwandan Start-Up Gets HBS Support
currently available brands and use locally sourced materials. The female workers ultimately will become owners of the business through microfinance loans. “Lack of access to pads affects not only the prospects of girls and women, it also... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Modupe Akinola: Outreach In Africa
student clubs, Akinola cochaired this year’s Africa Business Conference, which brought more than five hundred people to campus to discuss entrepreneurial ventures in Africa. She is also writing a case study on a female entrepreneur in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Cast of Characters
Jan Moran’s (MBA 1989) The Winemakers, is set to inherit the family business and the family secrets. Through Rosetta, Moran explores once-taboo topics including illegitimacy, divorce, and female entrepreneurship and ambition. The... View Details
Keywords: April White
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Fola Folowosele
its principal female watch brand. In my EC (elective curriculum) year, the experience garnered from both internship roles was vital in securing a full time position at Nike in Corporate Strategy and Development. What are you most looking... View Details