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- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Case Study: On the Record
sell 100 vinyl records a month or have their songs stream on Spotify 1.5 million times,” says Kelleher, who led music app partnerships at Google Play before founding Austin-based record manufacturer Gold Rush Vinyl. The company grew out... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders
profile for Republic-listed companies different, but the platform is also selling products and services less likely to resonate with what Hofmann calls the “traditional white-male VC.” She holds up the example of the black-owned startup theCut, an View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
An Rx for Small Business Recovery
Tools “The good news is that small businesses are resilient. Many of them are already using apps driven by AI and algorithms to pivot their business models,” Mills adds. In her book, she coined the term “small business utopia” to describe... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 19 Apr 2018
- News
One Last Pitch
app allows the user to participate in random drugs tests using a thumbprint, or breath or saliva tests via video. “No more degrading urine tests,” Gastfriend says. Patients are rewarded for meeting goals and staying on the program through... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 21 Nov 2013
- News
Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins
of BlackBerry’s problems were sown well before Heins took on the CEO role. BlackBerry’s system had its roots in a mobile data architecture that came out of paging networks. By developing complimentary software that connected to email... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
drives; and how to manage the disease and vaccinations in the villages of developing countries. The book also explores how governments across the world can work closely with private-sector companies to fight the illness and accelerate... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
different leaders and investors taking positions in high-risk, untested, brand-new high-tech firms. Morrell: That appetite for risk has remained a dominant characteristic of modern Silicon Valley, which has also developed a seeming lack... View Details
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
talent, you find great investments. Through that talent is where investment comes in and you can begin to see examples. Microsoft just opened up a development center in Nigeria and Kenya, five years ago that may not have happened. And... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
discrimination and harassment lawsuit a woman cofounder lodged against the Tinder dating app to the comments of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who advised women against asking for a raise, but instead “knowing and having faith that the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 12 Sep 2019
- News
Skydeck Voices: Finding My Muse
gonna brainstorm, or I'm just gonna write, or I'm just gonna think about just one problem. So I put on the noise canceling headphones, set a timer, close the email app and just am able to focus in—just on that one thing. Lindsay Ronga:... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
thinking about Mars as a way for NASA to show that we still have it.” (courtesy Lewis Braxton III) The agency is currently developing the necessary capabilities to send astronauts to an asteroid by 2025—sort of a trial run—and to Mars in... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
Commons Project, a nonprofit that in April launched Common Health, an Android app that allows users to securely download their health information from Electronic Health Records (EHR) and lab sources (similar to Apple Health). The... View Details
- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
at the center of the story was a motivational speaker, so he recorded himself a lot—which makes for really rich source material.” Courtesy source Courtesy source —Julia Kaplan (MBA 2017), business development lead at podcast network... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Building a Movement
image by John Ritter Twenty-five years after the Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) was launched at HBS, the Bulletin sits down with professors on the forward edge of the movement: Mitch Weiss (MBA 2004), who developed the EC course... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
1999), program manager, Strategic Decisions Group Diane and Peter Escher (both MBA 2009) Children: Hazel (4); Josh (2) Diane and Peter both work for startups in downtown Seattle, commuting to different floors of the same building. Diane is business View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
epitome of the Aston Martin Grand Touring car. Comfortable for two, it has few frills and a high level of luxury and yet is capable of heart-stopping performance and superb handling on the racetrack. Candee examines in detail the history of every DB4GT manufactured:... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
Prescriptions: Free the Data! Build a Killer App Measure Health Care's Real Costs Make Medicine Personal Leverage Human Nature Integrate Preventive Care and Payment BUSH: A passionate advocate for improving health care efficiency and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Effective Communication in the Age of Zoom
dating apps now, maybe five or 10 dates a week. So you really have to be good at making a first impression and standing out. And that's the same in job interviews or pitching your company to investors. You have to really know how to make... View Details
Keywords: Zoom
- 26 May 2022
- News
Northern California Club Honors Noom; LGBTQ Alumni Share HBS Stories
product attempts that missed the mark on health outcomes—including a prototype of a smart bike and apps for fitness and calorie tracking. “In order to have a healthy outcome, our users need to adopt a healthy lifestyle—daily,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
Initiative, which was launched in 2005. Its mission is to foster and promote faculty research, support the development of high-impact educational programs, and create an interconnected health care community. Slavin has served on the... View Details