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01 Dec 2014
News

3-Minute Briefing: Nagisa Manabe (MBA 1991)

you’re the head of marketing for a logistics company. My parents emigrated here from Japan. There were very few Japanese restaurants in Washington, D.C. when I was growing up, so my grandmother would pack sea-mail packages to us every... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

Portrait Project

Arnab Mishra

I walk into the office of my own business and to treasure the moment that business signs its first paying customer. I want to be with my parents to see the sun rise and set over the Himalayas. I want to be waiting, camera in hand, when my... View Details

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Eric Chavez

Eric Chavez, the son of immigrants who moved from Mexico to find greater opportunity in the United States, “does not take this life for granted.” His parents worked their way up from picking lemons in California to maintaining properties... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy; Tech

24 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Who Sets Your Benchmarks?

was growing up, my parents often talked to me about the importance of working hard and becoming successful. "You should go into a profession," they would say. "Doctor, dentist, lawyer are all good professions. Orthodontists... View Details

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Risks and Rewards of the Intrapreneur

said, is that the start-up's mission was in alignment with the company's core business. For would-be intrapreneurs, the advantages to a corporate start-up versus a jump to a brand new company can include increased visibility within the corporate View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Portrait Project

Sahar Meghani

be OK. I want to have faith. I want to feel excited about the future. I want to start living my life like she and I would talk about. I want to make my parents proud, like we always said we would. I want to start that company, like we... View Details

Portrait Project

Scott Spencer

world. The Dad who tiptoes into his kids' bedroom to kiss them on the forehead when they are sleeping. The Husband who sneaks notes into his wife's purse, just to tell her how beautiful she is. The Son who calls his parents to celebrate a... View Details

Portrait Project

Maharukh Sorabji

memories born of emotion, not premium pricing. I want to put the eastern hospitality and generosity that I have inherited from my parents onto a loom and weave into it what I have spent two years absorbing in business school. The result... View Details

Portrait Project

Liz Delozier

The floor strips you of any fancy credentials and makes you think right there in your boots. There, it didn’t matter that my parents didn’t go to college, or that I went to a public school. You could solve problems as long as you were... View Details

Portrait Project

Christine Keung

Nestled between a Mexican fast food stand and a Vietnamese nail salon, my family’s restaurant in El Monte, California was where I got my first business education. I was the typical restaurant kid, helping my parents out after school by... View Details

Portrait Project

Amanda Yang

and traveling to exotic places. But I was extremely fortunate. After a six-hour open surgery, the entire tumor was removed and I was cured. In several weeks, I recovered thanks to the care of my loving parents and close friends. It was a... View Details

01 Sep 2009
News

Keys to the Kingdom

Yorkers in the future.” Added Rhea, who grew up in Detroit and attended its public schools, “I know what it’s like to be from a place where both parents are working hard to help give their children a better life and access to quality... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate

24 Apr 2014
News

Using an online platform to reinvent education

Students can take advantage of the extensive library of more than 6,000 educational videos, 100,000 interactive challenges, and assessments from any computer with web access. Every interaction with the system is logged so that parents and... View Details

27 May 2020
Blog Post

Creating Unity and Belonging through Food and Dance: ‘EKTA’ at HBS

family and I was alone in my dorm room missing my mom’s dahi vada and the rangoli I used to create with my sister Pallavi. So, I decided to set up my own little puja in my room and as I chanted the prayers, I felt like a part of me was back. Donning the new salwar... View Details

05 Aug 2015
News

Nourishing the Next Generation

developed a lot of their food habits, yet,” Kohn says. “If you present them with healthy food options and there is good, positive peer pressure from their classmates, their teachers, and their families, these kids will try new things.” Sometimes, says Kohn, the harder... View Details

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Funa Maduka

from — it changes your frame of mind, makes you more persuasive." Homeward bound Born in Nigeria, Funa grew up with her parents in Maryland where they emigrated when she was four. This summer, she has a chance to return. "I'm... View Details

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

where all children can fulfill their potential Radha Ruparell 24 Aug 2017 When I was 12-years old, my parents took me to visit the rural village in Gujarat India where our... Channeling Business Leadership into Civic Impact: HBS Alumni... View Details

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First-Generation Students | MBA

first in their family to attend college. ... are the first in their family to pursue a graduate degree. ... have only one parent who completed a 4-year degree. ... are the second sibling in their immediate family to attend college. ...... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

Eight Among Many: W. Mitt Romney

foundering parent as CEO in the early 1990s. "Both Bain and the SLOC were dispirited organizations suffering from leadership crises," Romney observes. "Both had financial problems and needed new clients. And both were negatively affected... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

Career Coach

Betsy Edwards

Betsy (HGSE, '12) is a Corporate Relations Director in HBS Career & Professional Development with over ten years of coaching experience. Her focus is on supporting students and alumni seeking an impact-oriented career primarily in the health care, energy and... View Details

Keywords: Education; Fintech; Financial Services (All); Impact Investing; Financial Services (All); Government; Health Care; Social Enterprise

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