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Systems for Scaling Ventures (SSV) - Course Catalog

actively apply tools. This course is for founders, joiners, investors, and consultants aspiring to create value by designing (or helping design) the management systems necessary to bring new ventures from early-stage startups to... View Details

March 2022
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The Future of Start-Up Chile

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Ruth Costas and Pedro Levindo

In 2021, public accelerator program Start-Up Chile, which ten years earlier had created a global buzz, might be losing its competitive edge to similar programs or one-year visas for digital nomads offered by other countries. The case follows SUP’s CEO, Angeles Romo, as... View Details

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24 Sep 2021
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Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate

(MBA 2020), Director of Network Intelligence at Volta Charging "When I started my search for a job in the climate space, I was worried that my criteria were too narrow and there wouldn't be many interesting roles for someone with my... View Details

15 Feb 2016
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Coming to HBS with a Non-Finance Background

perspective and skill set coming in. Lastly, have confidence in your ability to contribute to the HBS (or any) community. People at HBS have as much to learn from you as you do from them! How did HBS help prepare you to come here? HBS does a great View Details

19 Sep 2012
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On a Sound Track

ANDRUS: Unemployed at graduation, an unlikely and inspiring odyssey takes him from his parents’ basement to the corner office of a company on the cutting edge. Photos by August Miller HBS Alumni of a certain vintage might recall a BusinessWeek article from a decade ago... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; audio equipment; fashion; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Feb 2002
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Redefining Success: Women & Work.

much better job at work and probably always wonder if you aren't missing out on one of the great life experiences. You can decide to have kids and give up your career, and always wonder if you are not maximizing who you could be. You... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 1996
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

and ongoing HBS initiatives, faculty research, and alumni profiles. Many of you have noticed the magazine's new "Alumni Resources" section, which offers specific information on a wide variety of alumni activities designed to strengthen... View Details

01 Mar 2006
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Fast Lane to Country Lane

feel like everything I’ve done has been leading to this,” says Lackley, who manages business operations for Mark Lackley Furniture Maker (www.lackley.com), a high-end furniture company in Quechee, Vermont. Lackley began her “training” for the family business in 1988,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores; Retail Trade

01 Sep 2008
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The MBA Turns 100

Six months before Harvard Business School officially opened in October 1908, the School had no classrooms, no faculty, and no curriculum. But its proponents had a Big Idea: Create a professional school designed to train managers for a... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

02 Dec 2015
What Do You Think?

What Will It Take to Achieve Gender Equality in Leadership?

ambition, and become better job and wage negotiators while choosing a partner who can help share the load of a career. The work that Amy Cuddy has, as of this date, shared with more than 28 million viewers on TEDTalks provides nuts and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 1999
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New HBS Portal Offers Alumni Just-In-Time Business Information

Directors. Through surveys and interviews, the group provided critical feedback to be used in setting parameters for the design of the portal. When Dean Clark gave the project the green light last June, Michalak formed a portal steering... View Details

03 Sep 2014
What Do You Think?

Who Should Choose Your Boss?

conclude that business leadership would be wise to push past pride and the false sense of self importance, and include within the decision making process those in the enterprise who know the actual nuts and bolts of the business." Several respondents described... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Food & Beverage

11 Jan 2019
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The ABCs of Recruiting at HBS

There are over 50 HBS Student Clubs on campus, many of which are focused on career development. Companies often connect with student clubs to advertise job opportunities or events. I – Industry Education. Industry Education presentations... View Details

21 Mar 2019
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Helping Veterans Build Careers

designated more than $28 million to high-performing, nonprofit grantee partners across the United States and the United Kingdom, helping to place more than 50,000 vets in high-quality jobs since 2009. “But... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

04 Feb 2015
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Is There a Stanford-Google-Silicon Valley School of Management?

job of a manager. In fact, they devote more attention to hiring than they give to strategy. Another important task of leadership is that of maintaining a culture designed to retain that talent. A long... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

01 Jun 2009
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Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace

been designed to create a new kind of offshore operating environment, where safety was the priority. Management attacked the safety issue from the top down, investing extensively in leadership training, policies, and practices intended to... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Race Does Matter in Mentoring

interest of privacy, I have used pseudonyms for the participants.) Williams, an African-American, was born and raised in a middle-class neighborhood in Washington, DC. After earning his bachelor's degree at one of the nation's leading colleges, he began his career as a... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

24 Oct 2007
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Innovation

"customer focused." Try to create value out of novelty. Succumbing too much to commercial pressures such as taking on easy jobs may lose your distinctiveness. Where Do Creative Ideas Come From? How Kayak Users Built a New... View Details

04 Jan 2021
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The First Alumni of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

Network. In effect, the Alumni Network nearly doubled overnight. Students have always been able to interact with the Alumni Advisors within the core MS/MBA curriculum. Advisors present to students on technology topics through the Engineering, View Details

01 Oct 1996
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Creating Miracles — Charles A. Coverdale (MBA 1971)

'76), have developed an astounding array of community outreach services -- from elaborate food pantries to job assistance programs; from tutoring, mentoring, and counseling services for children and young mothers to retirement planning... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

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