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Mike Maples Jr.
investing but when he looked around, he saw a gap in the market. There was a raft of startups that wanted to raise seed or early funding but were not ready for a five million dollar round, which seemed to be the minimum that Silicon Valley’s vaunted Sand View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Valuing U.S. National Parks and Programs by Linda J. Bilmes (MBA 1984) Routledge In Valuing U.S. National Parks and Programs, author View Details
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Expatriate Traders in the Treaty Port Communities - A Chronicle of the China Trade
gardens, and aviaries. The good life enjoyed by American traders became possible through cheap Chinese labor and servants, who usually lived in the poor districts bordering on the wealthy areas. The politics of empire and imperialism... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
All in the Family
On October 1, 1976, Jon Pellegrin (6th OPM), the then 32-year-old vice president of Wisconsin's Johnson Hill Press, walked solemnly into his father George's office. It was time. Slumping into the chair opposite his father's desk, he took... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964
to volunteering for a potential "suicide mission"-as one journalist put it-as the 45th commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. By the late 1990s, the IRS had become accustomed to being excoriated from all sides. Errors were... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Sir Martin S. Sorrell, MBA 1968
into a major multinational marketing services organization. The firm Sorrell bought a stake in was Wire and Plastics Products plc (soon to be renamed WPP Group), a maker of wire shopping baskets. In 1986 he became chief executive of WPP, which started small View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry
Illustration by Jonathan Bartlett In an era of artisanal coffee bars blossoming in neighborhoods worldwide, how could a producer of award-winning beans be struggling to stay afloat? That was the puzzle confronting Chijioke Dozie (MBA... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
Leeuwenhof, the majestic estate of Western Cape Premier Gerald Morkel. With the splendor of Table Mountain above and the beauty of Table Bay below, Morkel welcomed his guests to Cape Town, which he described as "a region of great economic hope." Sounding one of the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Meditations on the Bottom Line
pastoral environment of Kripalu was shattered in the fall of 1994, when the resident spiritual leader was forced to resign due to sexual misconduct. Many ashram residents left in disillusionment, donations to the center fell off dramatically, and program enrollment... View Details
- 19 Dec 2024
- News
The Musts of 2024
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. I love these end-of-the-year lists where you can get recommendations from smart people about things that are worth your time and money. It always sets me up really... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details
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Michael Maples
investing but when he looked around, he saw a gap in the market. There was a raft of startups that wanted to raise seed or early funding but were not ready for a five million dollar round, which seemed to be the minimum that Silicon Valley’s vaunted Sand View Details
- 12 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Amager Bakke: I Like This Waste Incinerator in My Backyard!
tall!), a usable ski hill around and down the periphery, and space for the public to convene and relax overlooking the cityscape, Amager Bakke redefines both what an energy production site can do, and how it can be integrated into the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books
Millennials, Gen X, and Boomers). In addition, the authors interview other successful Harvard Business School alumnae who are creating or leaving legacies. What an MBA Taught Me But My Kids Made Me Learn By Bea Wray (MBA 1999) Post View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 24 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
transformation was in the early 2000s, and the future is bright." Trevor Hill (MBA 2020), Associate at Nomura Greentech "From both an industry perspective and a functional perspective, there are an incredible number of opportunities for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Turning Point: Getting to Giving
Illustration by Chris Gash I grew up in a mostly single-parent household outside Chicago with my dad and sister; my relationship with money as a child was that it felt scarce, for sure, but we didn’t talk about it. Maybe that’s why I’ve... View Details
- 19 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
transformation was in the early 2000s, and the future is bright." Trevor Hill (MBA 2020), Associate at Nomura Greentech "From both an industry perspective and a functional perspective, there are an incredible number of opportunities for... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
transformation was in the early 2000s, and the future is bright." Trevor Hill (MBA 2020), Associate at Nomura Greentech "From both an industry perspective and a functional perspective, there are an incredible number of opportunities for... View Details
- 27 Oct 2017
- News
The Best Business Advice I’ve Ever Received
to uncover new facts about things that you do even regularly, but you're trying to find new ways of thinking about it. Lider Sucre class of 1997, MBA. The best piece of advice I ever got for business and, really, for life, I got from my father, who traveled from Panama... View Details