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- 14 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations
Coast. “Growing up and moving around, educational media helped me develop multi-culturally; it helped me continue to learn English and see what’s happening in the rest of the world.” Her own parents have held key social sector positions... View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
Christopher B. Howard, MBA 2003
to interview Howard. When the candidate arrived, the search committee immediately understood that this was not a test. In addition to his stellar résumé, Howard brought an unexpected quality: charisma. He could relate to everyone they introduced him to—from students,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- Profile
Andrew Goldin
Andrew and two fellow MBA candidates created a business plan for a New Orleans nonprofit focused on advocacy. "We're supporting a network that helps parents understand their rights and responsibilities within the school system,"... View Details
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Craig Husa
As the founder or CEO, Craig (HBS ’90, USNA ’83) has grown and sold four technology-enabled companies to leading public companies. He attributes most of his success (the rest is luck) to building and leading high performing teams who can grow companies and revenue by... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Turning Point: Make Your Life Count
finance, policy, and regulations designer. Despite my childhood poverty, my upbringing was full of love and joy. While my parents have since passed, I continue to act on the lessons they taught me about resilience. “Make your life count,”... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Turning Point: Crossover
work in real estate investment to make coaching a full-time commitment; and I wanted to do it in my hometown of San Francisco, simply because I wanted to be closer to my parents and my brother and sister. Now I serve as the full-time head... View Details
- Portrait Project
Patrick Chung
build things. I want to construct large skyscrapers that leap into the sky; to chisel small, indestructible gems; to nurture a family that makes everything else seem insignificant. I want to grasp a person's quiddity, to never cast away a human being, to enkindle... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Research Brief: Bargaining for Better
see their interactions with others in ways they could not before, and provided them with a set of skills to change those interactions. The training mimicked real-life situations, such as negotiating with parents or siblings over household... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Market for Babies
reproductive medicine have indeed created a market for babies, a market in which parents choose traits, clinics woo clients, and specialized providers earn millions of dollars a year. In this market, moreover, commerce often runs without... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
and social justice in the conduct of capitalism. When Massie was an infant, his youthful parents received a stunning diagnosis: Their lively firstborn was a hemophiliac. The family's life in New York's Westchester County became dominated... View Details
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Andreas Jaegle
In Eichstätt, the small Bavarian town where Andreas Jaegle grew up, the Jäegle family managed a fleet of more than 180 buses, a family-owned business they had run for more than 100 years. “But I wasn’t under any pressure to run it myself,” Andreas says. “Instead, my... View Details
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
2017 The Skills Gap Program (“SGP”), now in its fifth year at the Harvard Business School Club of New ... Building a world where all children can fulfill their potential Radha Ruparell 24 Aug 2017 When I was 12-years old, my parents took... View Details
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Archiving Your Research Files - Research Computing Services
researchgrid$ To see how much data (in kilobytes) is in each directory: researchgrid$ du -sk * 12976 AcmeCase 340093 airlineDat 880144 bank_proj The listing above shows that the directories contain about 13, 340 and 880 megabytes, respectively. From the View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Taking Flight
IN HIS ELEMENT: Peter Thayer has spotted nearly 3,500 species of birds...and counting. Peter Thayer (MBA ’73) didn’t recognize the little bird hopping about in his backyard outside Cincinnati. His parents had given him a field guide for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Alumni Author: Thomas H. Fischgrund (MBA ’80)
want to use their skills to have an impact on the world. Ninety percent plan to go to graduate school. How did you score on the SAT? I took the test in 1966 and scored in the 1300s. What’s your next book? I’m interviewing the parents of... View Details
- Portrait Project
Olivia vonNieda
I’ve lived the life people dream of for their children. I grew up in the town of Paradise, PA to parents who were brought up into stable, privileged homes. The name of my hometown accurately describes my idyllic childhood – full of love... View Details
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Akash Gupta
mental health issues that went undiagnosed. Having watched my mom transition from a comfortable middle-class lifestyle to a life on the streets, I will be a business leader who openly values mental health in the workplace. I will be a champion of vulnerability and... View Details
- 07 May 2016
- News
Retail in the Blood
As a boy, Simon Belsham (MBA 2007) hung out on the shop floor of Scally Wags Fun Factory, the toy shop his parents ran in the English town of Ashford. The shop closed with the arrival of Toys R Us, but “it gave me an insight into the... View Details
Keywords: Retail Trade
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New Americans | MBA
New Americans External Funding Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans Fellowships for up to two years of graduate study in the U.S. for new Americans (defined as a resident alien, a naturalized U.S. Citizen, or the child of two View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Taiwan Club President Thrives on Region's Entrepreneurial Energy
supplying us with recruiting materials." Last year the club also sponsored a visit from members of the Harvard Krokodiloes singing group, who traveled to Taiwan to raise money for the victims of the region's devastating earthquake. Born in Taiwan, Feng came to the... View Details