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- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Game On
plan will amount to a small pickleball empire, with 15 locations across Florida, all built from the ground up. Once the Florida beachhead is established, they’ll expand geographically from there. Is it easier to repurpose a vacant department View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Exchange: Help Wanted
decades—between globalized workforces and the rise of technology—that the traditional pedigree is out of date. They studied almost 5,000 executive job descriptions compiled by the executive recruiting firm Russell Reynolds Associates in the last 20 years. From that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Rounding the Bend
Illustration by Fernando Cobelo To help people visualize what a circular economy could look like and bring the challenges down to a closet-sized scale, Emily Bolon (MBA/MPA 2007) recommends the following exercise. First, make a mental tally of the number of garments... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Understanding the Digital, Data, and Design Institute at Harvard
core that provides key data and administrative services. Research Programs and Labs Six research programs addressing today’s key business and societal challenges anchor the Institute. Within each program are labs focusing on a specific... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2024
pumping gas at a Hess station in New Jersey when I was age 15. I loved that job, because I met people from all walks of life and was busy every second, filling the tank, washing windshields, and popping the hood.” Building blocks: “My... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
End Game
Illustration by James Steinberg In the 1960s and 1970s, as the environmental movement dawned in the United States, a new generation of activist-minded entrepreneurs appeared. Among them were companies like Body Shop, Aveda, Tom’s of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Case Study: Testing the Waters
Illustration by Christina Spano Endurance training was nothing new to Lauren Picasso (MBA 2014), who’d raced through her younger years as a cross-country runner and swimmer. In 2017, when she was director of marketing at Jet.com and looking for a physical challenge,... View Details
- 26 Jun 2013
- News
How a Trivial Pursuit Became a Significant Case
Bob Reiss Photo courtesy of Bob Reiss It was 1983, and Bob Reiss (MBA 1956) was looking for a new game to play. A Brooklyn native and former basketball star at Columbia University who had become a successful entrepreneur in the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Counter Intelligence
company reported nearly 60 million redemptions worldwide. “What this subscription has done is really help to democratize the brand,” he explains. Under Christou’s leadership, Pret also expanded into the suburbs and embraced franchising. The model is View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
beloved,” she says. But beloved didn’t pay the bills, and by 2015, after decades of pressure from big chains and the internet, the small, independent store was on the verge of closing. That’s when Brody, a View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Unlocking the Power of Community
When Tara Fung (MBA 2016) explains Co:Create, the company she cofounded in 2022 and now leads as CEO, she doesn’t mention Web3 first. “We help innovative brands and creators unlock the power of community,” she explains. Co:Create does this with a new, gamified approach... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 12 Feb 2021
- News
How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World
He recalls this moment in his new book, Around the Corner to Around the World: A Dozen Lessons I Learned Running Dunkin’ Donuts. “Up until that point,” he writes, “the only thing I had managed were a couple of donut shops—replacing... View Details
- 16 May 2024
- News
On the Job
Shamrock factory on Lake Erie. I also worked with her on Bonnie Bell, which is a cosmetics company, and a marketing plan for this new startup called Leggs, which did pantyhose. Then I worked for International Harvester doing tractor sales... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
From Retail to Real Estate
(Drake Real Estate Partners LLC) (Drake Real Estate Partners LLC) When Nicolas Ibañez’s (MBA 2011) grandfather opened the doors of a grocery store in the 1950s, it was Chile’s first supermarket and an immediate success. Over time the... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
get intimidated, which served me well throughout my career in Fortune 500 companies, startups, and now as an entrepreneur. That case was the fork in the road of my career, and I have been in marketing ever since. It gave me confidence to explore a View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Who Was George F. Baker?
newspaper reporter since 1863,” the year he invested $3,000 to become an original shareholder in the First National Bank of New York (now Citibank) at age 23. Baker believed in action, not words. And his actions spoke volumes. He began... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Peter G. Harf
The room lights up when Peter Harf talks about perfume. His enthusiasm is contagious as he discusses a new cosmetics collection. The chairman and CEO of Coty Inc., one of the world's leading fragrance and cosmetics companies with $1.7... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
department at a Woolworth store back when they had manual cash registers. Candy bars used to sell really quickly, and the department needed constant restocking. During lunch, hundreds of customers would come in to buy snacks, and the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley The Happiness Handbook By Landon Carter (MBA 1967) Marshall and McClintic Publishing Have you ever wished you had the instruction manual for being a happy human on planet Earth? This book will answer some of life’s fundamental questions: Who am... View Details