Growth and Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Tiffany Pham

potential to create a lasting impact on women, worldwide. As the lead developer at MOGUL, I coded the first version myself, using Ruby on Rails. It has been an incredible journey, to achieve significant user traction upon launch View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Entertainment / Media; Technology

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Claire Freidman

school, and have stuck with that plan while on campus. After graduation, I'm moving out to Los Angeles to work in strategy and business development for Warner Bros.... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media; Investment Management / Hedge Fund; Technology

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Robert Leke

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? An MBA at HBS was important in providing the opportunity for me to step back, assess my current capabilities, and develop the additional skills I lacked to... View Details

Keywords: Investment Management / Hedge Fund; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services

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Frank Spencer

Frank Spencer (MBA 1986) helped to build his first Habitat for Humanity house in 1988. It was in the Belmont neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, and, like many Habitat homes, was constructed over approximately 10 weeks, with Spencer View Details

Keywords: Real Estate; Services

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Arjun Goyal

“marries a scientific eye for identifying precise populations in which therapies are effective, with a commercial appetite for successful drugs that need more time and money to prove their potential.” As part of a four-person clinical... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care

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Dan Vallone

it’s a great fit with my goals: to widen equality and close achievement gaps. That’s how I want to spend my time. How do you think HBS has prepared you for your new role? In classes, the case method motivates you to View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Nonprofit / Government

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Katy Lankester

is an excellent way to train the muscles of judgement, because you build pattern recognition, you hear well-reasoned opposing viewpoints, and your thinking is pushed until it is reasoned and consistent. How... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

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Jonathan Evans

HBS was my top choice among business schools because I wanted a learning environment steeped in not only thinking but also doing. The soul of HBS is the case method, which brings real business issues to life and permeates the academic... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Entertainment / Media

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Lisa Cousins

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I grew up in a very small town – you could call it “the middle of nowhere” – and have always been a bit of a dreamer, with aspirations to be a leader in the travel industry from a very... View Details

Keywords: Services; Entertainment / Media

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Seth Moulton

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? HBS has given me an excellent introduction to a wide range of business topics, while also giving me the opportunity to pursue particular interests in greater depth. As someone coming out of the military with great... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Entrepreneurship

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Gerald Chertavian

in New York City, where he volunteered as a mentor to 10-year-old David Heredia. Seeing the divide between Heredia’s potential and his prospects, Chertavian was determined to help expand options for Heredia View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Entrepreneurship; Services

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Jack Perkowski

Against the advice of many, Jack Perkowski (MBA 1973) ditched his high-flying investment career and relocated to China in 1992 to build his own company. Through trial and error, Perkowski learned that the... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing

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Alexandra Stanek

Why did you pursue the joint MBA/MPP degree with HBS and the Kennedy School? Both schools offer many different answers to questions concerning economic development and the role... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

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Cynthia Samanian

students interested in working at startups. This group was incredibly supportive during my internship search, and several of us developed friendships through our similar career interests. The following year,... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology

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Kyle Schultz

Kyle Schultz (MBA 2004) works with a software company that is developing ways to notify patients about the costs of their health care procedures and the ways insurance can be applied. View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Technology

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Shaun Miller

from many different places. What makes HBS special is the perspective it brings to students and graduates - a truly unique way of looking at the world that can only be forged through the near endless exchange of ideas we experience. I've... View Details

Keywords: Other Financial Services; Consulting; Nonprofit / Government

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Jake Flomenberg

long-term strategy. The broad skill set I developed at HBS will make it easier for me to take on new roles and hopefully start my own company one day. The HBS network is unparalleled - there is always... View Details

Keywords: Technology

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Yi-An Huang

internal consulting group. How is your current job related to your HBS experience? When I came to HBS, I had been working in global health and development issues. I had realized that healthcare is an... View Details