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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A founding father of Silicon Valley venture capital guides entrepreneurs
their companies, they would usually invite us in.” Johnson later founded Asset Management Company in 1967, investing primarily in computer and health care concerns. His advice and counsel also have benefited his philanthropic endeavors,... View Details
- 10 Mar 2011
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Philanthropy’s Dilemma
An estimated ten times more money will pour into philanthropy during the first half of this century than during the entire century before. A high-profile case in point is the Giving Pledge, a campaign headed by Bill Gates and Warren... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
social impact. And the way to magnify that impact is to give away valuable knowledge to anyone who can use it. Bridgespan is unique in another equally important way. It is a pioneer in the application of data-driven strategy and... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Extending goodwill to all in the global community
people and placed more than 215,000 people in jobs, many of whom participated in the organization’s career-training programs. When Gibbons visits Goodwill centers, the advice he gives to the people they... View Details
- 16 Jul 2019
- News
The Making of a Movement
into our lives versus the other way around... I refuse to give in to this disease.” Driven by Jen’s relentlessness and energized by the response to their first fundraiser, the Linns moved forward with Cycle for Survival in 2008. Again,... View Details
- 19 May 2022
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Leading to Salvation
bought graves and everything. So that’s the way my husband was. JH: After her husband passed away, April turned to the community for advice on how to keep it going. AE: So Bob’s wife, Sharon and I, belong to a women’s organization here in... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
advice on business strategy, taxes, and other matters. As of late January, some 350 donors had participated, and some five hundred businesses had been served through ReSTART Central. Of ReSTART's two hundred volunteers, more than fifty... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Scott D. Cook
HBS Most important were the people I met. They had and continue to have a huge influence on me — they've opened doors and given me guidance that changed my life. Best business advice In my final day in Ben Shapiro's class at HBS, he made... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
The Long View
Photos courtesy of Artie Buerk; courtesy of Archives, UAV 605.295.10 As part of their 50th Reunion celebration, longtime Class of 1963 secretary Artie Buerk asked his classmates if they might have any advice for the younger generations.... View Details
- 19 Oct 2022
- News
If I Were You
Christopher Williams. One (piece of) advice I’ll give to current HBS students is to have courage. We’re living in a very complex world. Dynamics are shifting. Time is exponential and moments matter. And what... View Details
- 11 Sep 2009
- News
I Network, You Network, He, She, It Networks…
second grade. A lunchtime “Beyond the Job Bank” session in Spangler Auditorium with Jodi R.R. Smith, president of “etiquette consulting” firm Mannersmith, taught me otherwise. Smith, whose advice has appeared in the Wall Street Journal,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
leadership and mentoring and on achieving organization alignment, both vertically and horizontally, across the entire structure of the organization. He also gives readers a method for tracking progress—plant by plant and function by... View Details
- 02 Oct 2017
- News
Radical Generosity for the Real World
Campbell talks about her unique path to giving, and offers actual advice for anyone who wants to start their own path. READ MORE Julia Hanna: Ami, you have a really interesting relationship with giving, and have spoken to people about... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: John Doerr
because if we go into business together, we'll surely get into trouble. Next, what is the vision, the technology, and are we addressing a really large unserved market? Then, is the financing plan reasonable, and finally, is there a sense of urgency? View Details
- 24 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Beau D'Arcy (MBA 2010)
making a personal connection with students that, I'm guessing, most remember for a very long time. Plus, once he found out that my grandmother was a tech-savvy woman, Professor Rivkin would always ask, 'What would Grandma D'Arcy do?'" What View Details
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- 01 Dec 2002
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GE's Jeff Immelt
Immelt Photo courtesy General Electric Just a year after taking the helm of General Electric, Chairman and CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt (MBA '82) addressed a capacity crowd in Burden Auditorium on topics that ranged from the state of the economy, to GE's future, to View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
New Career Wanted
swapping status, seniority, or a certain salary level for lifestyle considerations or the knowledge that they are giving something back to society. Both Carlson and Sullivan urge MBAs to use their training in analysis, risk-assessment,... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
HBS Club of Ireland Puts Management Skills to Work
few Irish natives living in England - to get to know each other in a casual atmosphere, giving them free time between planned activities. "We wanted to begin, in a small way, the process of building bridges between the communities and... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Time to Vote in University Elections
and to the institutional excellence to which Harvard aspires; to provide advice to the Corporation; to give formal consent to major initiatives as referred by the Corporation and to appointments; and to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
The Nature of Change
history, but it’s also about today. And it gives me the opportunity to ask the students questions about an institution — HBS — that they’re quite familiar with by that point.” The data on the Class of 1949 is drawn from a survey by... View Details