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Akash Gupta
wouldn’t be seeing Mom again. I thought that she would eventually come back, not knowing that her inability to pay rent was the result of years spent fighting an invisible battle. Only later did I find out that her steady decline into joblessness and View Details
- 15 Jan 2020
- News
The Business of Access
position at San Mateo–based Shelter Network, which needed her skills to research and implement its merger with another homelessness service provider, InnVision, in Santa Clara. InnVision’s business model was to charge View Details
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Mickey Millar
roach. Each incident left a stain on my spirit. While studying social welfare at HKS, I worked part-time so my pregnant sister wouldn't become homeless after she lost her job while on bed rest. During pharmaceutical case discussions at... View Details
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Members of the Military | MBA
promote camaraderie, and to raise awareness and support for the military on the Harvard Business School campus. Each year the AFAA hosts a number of events including the AFAA Career Fair, Veteran's Day Celebration, Campaign for the New England Shelter for View Details
- 05 Jun 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
of Covenant House, a shelter for homeless and trafficked youth in Manhattan, and volunteers at ESchool4Girls, teaching entrepreneurship to high school students. “I love the fact my background in science and business allows me to make an... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
simple enough. Investors fund nonprofit social ventures whose interventions result in a measurable social benefit as well as a financial savings to the government. (Government saves money, for example, when fewer people are homeless or... View Details
- Portrait Project
Brian Sykes
frustration as they recall a recent trip to my hometown. All too familiar with how this scene plays out, I ready myself for a discussion of the city’s much publicized faults. I cringe when I hear stories of frightening encounters with the mentally ill. Sprawling View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- News
The Business of Access
her business know-how—revenue generation and growth in the private sector—and apply it to nonprofits rooted in social services. She was brought aboard to assist San Mateo–based Shelter Network implement a merger with another homelessness... View Details
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Leslie Feinzaig
the floor, desperate. The boy had lost all hope. His father was expecting money. That is the saddest memory I hold. I still aim to help alleviate poverty. But mostly, I just dream of a homeless little boy, sipping his hot chocolate and... View Details
- 09 Nov 2022
- News
Public Good
head” were with Chapman—her Uncle Billy also struggled with homelessness—she found it difficult to turn down the opportunity to lead United Way Miami: “I thought this could be a way to have a greater impact. The homeless community is a... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: The Battle for San Francisco
School. "There is this real squeeze on certain parts of the community—housing prices are out of sight, the middle class is leaving, and homelessness is a serious problem. This is in the face of great prosperity for many technology... View Details
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Tathagata (TAT) Sarkar
different aspects of my life, I idolize different persons based solely on their influence on me in that aspect. My idols include: a homeless flutist, high-school statistics teacher, self-made billionaire, college senior who pursued his... View Details
- 11 Dec 2019
- News
A Righteous Path
assisting, there are three others in the New York area without legal help. The need is staggering, but the path to meeting that need effectively would be familiar to any business leader, says Leimsider. Leimsider began his career at the New York City Department for... View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Design Thinking: Hands-On Learning At The Harvard Innovation Lab
regulating fishing, while another team worked with homeless people to create artwork that would generate income. “The students are fantastic,” says Datar. “A key aspect of the experience is learning to connect with people who are... View Details
- 28 Apr 2022
- News
Finding Her Place
Yet Hudson couldn’t stop thinking about the opportunity. The problem of homelessness in Miami-Dade had improved over the previous two decades. In 1996, there were an estimated 8,000 people in the area without stable housing (a figure that... View Details
- 09 Aug 2017
- News
Finding a Path Out of Poverty
for Inspire Belief while studying in the HBS Advanced Management Program, in 2013. The CEO of Johannesburg investing house Momentum—who had once been homeless on the streets of the very same city—had reached the point in his career when... View Details
- 14 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Embracing Activism for Social Change
available to assist when calls come in,” Mendu says about the first priority of the initiative. “Feedback was overwhelmingly positive.” The second part was creating a crisis intervention team to partner with police patrols in neighborhoods where substance abuse, mental... View Details
- 22 Jun 2023
- News
Finding Her Place
“everybody knows Uncle Billy here at Chapman Partnership,” she says. Hudson has brought both her personal experience with the plight of homelessness and her business knowledge to the organization. Those combined perspectives led her to... View Details
- 21 Jul 2011
- News
Social Investing’s Time Has Come
with little or no measurable result, SIBs offer a new way to address intractable societal problems. Here’s how the bonds work. Private investors purchase bonds that finance preventive programs run by nonprofit groups. If the programs, such as reducing View Details
- 31 Mar 2022
- News
A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions
chapters—features hyperlocal food drives. “The food comes from restaurants or corporations in the neighborhood, and our volunteers are residents of that neighborhood,” Ghose explains. The beneficiaries can be homeless people, or residents... View Details