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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
In War-Torn Liberia, Student Gains a Wealth of Experience
Ballou worked on the front lines with local parent-teacher associations in Liberian villages to raise funds for textbooks and teacher salaries. The experience provided ample insight into "the huge problems that nonprofits have in getting... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
Students take part in "living cases," where they work with an active social entrepreneur. The course concludes with an exploration of the role of business leaders on nonprofit boards. Offered three times since the spring 1995 semester,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Giving Back
and CEO for ten years at National Industries for the Blind, a venerable nonprofit that he turned into a results-oriented, 21st-century enterprise that enhances economic opportunities and professional... View Details
- 02 Dec 2017
- News
Helping HBS Make Big Bets
Kara Medoff Barnett (MBA 2007) Kara Medoff Barnett (MBA 2007) loved being a Broadway producer and came to HBS because she thought the live theater industry could learn a lot from other industries. She also loved her time on campus,... View Details
- 13 Jun 2014
- News
The Art of Effecting Change
Bridgitt Bertram Evans (MBA 1986) loves contemporary art for its aesthetic appeal, but also for its ability to challenge existing norms. And now she's transforming the industry in much the same spirit with VIA Art Fund, a new model of... View Details
- 08 May 2012
- News
Screen Saver
former investment banker, Apkon found the ideal focus for his passion for film by forming a nonprofit group in 1998 to purchase the defunct Rome Theater, a 1925 historic landmark located near his home in downtown Pleasantville, New York.... View Details
- 22 Jul 2021
- News
Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women
the textile industry brings wealth to the local economies. I appreciate the opportunity to introduce technologies and new businesses to these markets so they will be able to adopt sustainable practices.” In addition to Mansukhani and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 20 Aug 2014
- News
With No Time to Lose
down his pursuit of a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (commonly known as ALS). As founder and former CEO of Prize4Life, the nonprofit he launched in 2006 with the help of his HBS classmates and professors, Kremer has shone a light... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Giving Kids Tech Tools to Make an Impact
Amy Kadomatsu (MBA 1998) believes every student can be an innovator and use technology as a force for good. As chair of the board of directors at Mouse, a youth development nonprofit that empowers students to create with technology to... View Details
- 28 Mar 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
recruiter and marketing director to head of innovation. Today, she runs Fueled for Growth, an innovation consulting company, which assists financial firms with due diligence in the energy and industrials sector and helps companies solve... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
conversation with Coupounas immediately senses that she’s wide open to new ideas. These days, in fact, her Colorado-based activities are all about promoting new ideas. Coupounas is director of the first fully staffed field office of B Lab, a View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
a profit-making opportunity and a legitimate part of the financial-services industry, this scale constraint was lifted. "Only when an economic activity generates above-average returns can it become an industry," says Chu, "and only an View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Clubs Offer Popular Management Programs
executives who participated in the Management Development Program, a course offered for the first time in the fall of 2003 by the HBS Alumni Association of Charlotte. Taught by volunteer HBS alumni — local leaders in their respective View Details
- 25 Nov 2021
- News
An Aria for the Ambidextrous Organization
operating an arts nonprofit in a competitive environment to ensure its future growth and organizational health. Zvulun, the subject of an HBS case by Tushman, cites Tushman’s new book, Lead and Disrupt: How to Solve the Innovator’s... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Newman's Own Brand of Charity
With the understated charm that has won him legions of fans on the big screen, Hollywood legend Paul Newman came to HBS in mid-October to talk about his successful second career as a social entrepreneur. During his daylong visit, Newman attended the debut of a new case... View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
become the largest philanthropy on climate and energy in Europe-- the European Climate Foundation-- I was happy to trade in my role as a parliamentary representative for a foundation CEO. Morrell: That is, again, another new transition for you in terms of your career... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
Clinton’s advance staff, experience launching a low-cost airline in China, and time at UBS Warburg’s London office. Ogden, whose CV includes various roles in finance and the nonprofit sector, worked most recently for Bridges Ventures, a... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
enough time for my family." Benton has also been active in a number of nonprofit ventures throughout her career. "I love the feeling that I'm giving something back," she notes. "The 'results' from our class to date, not just financially... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Hüsnü Özyeğin, MBA 1969
services industry that includes supermarket chains, shopping malls, wind energy, and banks. Both his son, Murat (MBA 2003), and daughter, Aysecan (who holds an MBA from Stanford), work closely with him. "I'm still a hands-on manager of my... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
After Ozempic
health, which are promising but still speculative, each of these new applications would pile even more riches into the coffers of the nonprofit Novo Nordisk Foundation, which owns 28 percent of Novo Nordisk’s equity. The organizational... View Details