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- 23 Feb 2015
- News
Preserving a Musical Tradition; Inspiring Future Generations
soundtrack of Dominican life. The young musicians are all a part of the nonprofit iASO Bachata Academy, established by Ben de Menil (MBA 2006) in 2013 to preserve the country’s musical tradition and educate a new generation of Dominican... View Details
- 31 Jan 2025
- News
New York, Boston Alumni Volunteer to Boost Small Businesses
When the HBS Club of New York (HBSCNY) launched its Small Business Partnership Initiative (SBPI) in 2020, its goal was to simply help small businesses survive the COVID pandemic with guidance from a small group of volunteer alumni advisors. Now, nearly five years on,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 30 Apr 2025
- News
A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado
Cole. Approximately 60 people attended the in-person event, held at JLL in Washington, to get insights from alumni working in the public sector and nonprofit space. Shawn Cole is a professor in the Finance Unit and has taught in a variety... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
become an aruaba, ‘a woman who goes to work in a business suit,’ in the West African language Twi,” says Crane, founder of Edify, a nonprofit that provides micro-enterprise loans to faith-based schools in Africa and Latin America. “I’m... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
entrepreneurs actually go about producing transformative change. There are four key stages: understanding the world; envisioning a better future; building a model for change; and scaling the solution. The Debate over Jewish Achievement:... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Back at the Ranch
will know exactly what’s being asked and how to do it safely. Minden founded the nonprofit in 2019, as a second act after his own military career. He’d gone straight from his New Jersey high school to West Point, then commissioned as an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Is Cash the Best Form of Charity?
(Illustration by Edmon de Haro) (Illustration by Edmon de Haro) When Michael Faye (PhDBE 2009) and his cofounders—including Harvard grad students Paul Niehaus and Rohit Wanchoo—first proposed the model for GiveDirectly in 2008, it was radical: The View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Building a Movement
nonprofit and social sector. Greg Dees, Kash Rangan, and others were instrumental in this effort, which told students that they could be entrepreneurs. It was validation that it was important and even urgent for them to do so. Nowadays... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
notions of poverty; emerging markets; and the roles of business, government, and the nonprofit sector. “The IXP program is all about active learning,” says HBS senior fellow Regina Abrami, who serves as faculty chair of the program.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
be determined. Snoey says that riding has replaced his other great love, mountain climbing. Scaling over fifty mountains around the world, including Mount McKinley, Alpamayo, Kilimanjaro, Orizaba, and Mont Blanc, took its physical toll... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 19 Jun 2018
- News
Pittsburgh Alumni Annual Meeting Features PPG’s McGarry
Club Leadership Conferences to keep the momentum going.” Oregon Community Partners Pitch Night: Matchmaking for A Better World The HBS Association of Oregon (HBSAO) held its Community Partners Pitch Night on May 22 to hear from local View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
long-term solutions to fundamental problems. In Haiti, a recycling program built to reduce flooding from clogged canals has helped to reduce cholera transmissions and create sustainable jobs. In Brazil, a business consortium is providing a group of proven View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Borders and the Self By Chinwe Ajena-Sagna (MBA 2003) Masobe Books “Who are you?” Every border tells a story. Every story has its origins. Tracing a cultural lineage from the beginnings of Igbo history in the ninth century by delineating... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
comment is spoken in an offhand way, but that ability to understand how a business will scale has been a key factor in some of DFJ’s enormous multiple returns. Today, DFJ spans affiliate networks in more than 30 cities around the world... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
league is a nonprofit trade association) underpins the NFL's unique architecture. Even NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell concedes the model is "a form of socialism [that's] worked quite well for us. So we try to combine socialism and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
converting an idea into reality, recruiting inspired talent, transforming buyers into partners, aligning financial and other supporters, and scaling the business. 100 Mistakes of a Start Up CEO (Start Up Guru Series) by Bill Lewis (AMP... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
investments in tech companies to help extend their runway and put them on a path to scale when the downturn subsides,” says Dober. Kikka Hanazawa (MBA 2002), founder of the nonprofit Fashion Girls for... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
competitiveness. Transformation at this scale will take longer than the typical two-year political cycle, Ballou-Aares says, but already the organization is seeing the first wave of results. Its members are helping drive change in... View Details
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
READ MORE In the UK, veteran biotech investor Kate Bingham (MBA 1991) leads the search for a COVID vaccine. As with any startup, money was the first obstacle Bingham needed to solve but, in this case, it was the easiest to overcome. View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
illuminating graphics to guide readers in conceiving, designing, building, testing, and scaling up the ideal business for them. The Career Playbook: Essential Advice for Today’s Aspiring Young Professional by James M. Citrin (MBA 1986)... View Details