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- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
Working in a small fishing village on the Panama-Costa Rica border, Skelly helped to make decisions about micro lending in order to generate small-business growth. “I didn’t know much about business, but when you’re trying to figure out... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Doing Something Real
BowlÐsized audience for $1,000 - instead of $1 million - per spot." Such bargain hunting has always appealed to Tobias, who buys just about everything in bulk and is rumored to stockpile toothpaste and tuna fish by the case lot.... View Details
Keywords: Andrew Tobias (MBA '72)
- 29 Apr 2025
- News
Challenge Accepted
different areas, and one of them was the chairman of Merrill Lynch International. I said, no, it’s time for me to go, because eventually I knew that I wanted to be a larger fish in a smaller pond. So I was offered a job at an investment... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
fishermen but also with local, state, and federal regulators. Satisfying them proved to be a Kafkaesque experience that entailed spending a large chunk of the startup’s capital on a hydroacoustic system to monitor the local fish... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Ink: Framing the Full Picture
Filipinos have been in the United States for longer than the country is old. As far back as 1763, sailors from the Philippines started arriving in the Gulf of Mexico as indentured servants on Spanish galleons. Life on board was so brutal that, at the sight of land,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Rich Wilson
of that, in French! Flying fish are amazing to see, though I wore a helmet with a clear Lexan visor to protect myself: They glide at 25 knots, so you don’t want to get hit in the eye. In the Southern Ocean, the albatross are beautiful... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
from those of Western firms, and describe how multinationals doing business in China can become part of the Chinese ecosystem of new knowledge and technology. Flyfisher’s Guide to New England by Lou Zambello (MBA 1981) (Wilderness Adventures Press) Based on his over 30... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
functioning entities. Environmental issues are another ongoing concern. “In Battaramulla [a future stop along the light rail] we have endangered fishing cats living in the wetlands,” says Mawilmada. “There are otters, iguanas, pelicans.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
the MCC is doing the right thing, for the right people, at the right time," Bloom says. "This is the best job I've ever had. We're really trying to implement the principle of teaching a man to fish in order to give people the basis for... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
Kong's future was underscored at each of the conference's two luncheons. On the first day, delegates were treated to fish and lobster sauce, as well as a tour-de-force presentation by Victor K. Fung, a former HBS faculty member with a... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
View from the Top
for 23 years. We're having a great life together with our three sons. The family takes two interesting vacations together every year. I'm also involved in some nonprofit activities, including the Fish House Foundation, which raises money... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
hairdryer, and a fully stocked bar, to name a few amenities). Fine wines and gourmet cuisine featuring fresh, local in-gredients like lobster and passion fruit are standard fare, as are on-demand activities that run from deep-sea fishing... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
critical moment,” says Chu. “We had to decide to either fish or cut bait.” After a weekend hashing out the details, they decided to fish. The IGNIA Fund launched in July 2007, and in August 2008 they made their first investment—a housing... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
But for just a moment, at the deepest point on earth, Vescovo let the submersible drift along this aquatic moonscape, leaned back in the pilot seat, and ate a tuna fish sandwich. View Details
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
certain Japanese foods—the baby shrimps with heads and eyes intact, whole fish with a belly full of eggs, the bottles of thick whole milk—all unappealing requirements for recess. Eventually, though, she grew to love the experience. “By... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
functional benefits—keeping your feet dry in wet conditions—to a more aspirational brand position: 'The Mark of a Player.'" "I always try to teach my clients how to fish, rather than fish for them," he explains. That, and urging clients... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
as head of the provincial conservation office—“the fish and wildlife police, basically,” he says. He was in his early 50s and in his 15th year of government work. His career was in stasis, and by 2002, he didn’t necessarily care if it... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
first saw the big snapping turtle in the pond where I used to play and fish as a boy, they glowed with the same wonder and awe as I did," says Johnson, who in his spare time is an avid nature photographer and birder. "Without sustainable... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
out, my air filter's clogged. She'll replace it, change the oil, do the whole fourteen-point service, and have me out of there in a jiff. Good deal. Only I still have a lot to do this morning better make a list. All the paper in my briefcase is soggy, so I View Details