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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Boutique workouts brought to the busiest people, at home
As a former investment banking analyst and private equity associate, Prita Kumar (MBA 2014) knows what it means to be busy—so busy, in fact, that it was nearly impossible to incorporate the boutique fitness classes she cherished into her... View Details
- 14 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Trust the Process, and Trust Yourself Even More: Interview with Wellness and Empowerment Leader, Dilan Gomih (MBA 2019)
another shot and afterward immediately felt how exercise improved her productivity and mindset. Gomih was hooked and started quickly introducing lifestyle changes to make fitness and wellness central to her life. Business School,... View Details
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Prita Kumar
operations. “The more I saw people transform businesses, the more I wanted to do that, rather than do analyses.” The right fit for entrepreneurship Prita came to HBS with a business idea she wanted to develop: Booya Fitness, “a Hulu for... View Details
- 01 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
CEOs and Coaches: How Important is Organizational 'Fit?'
enough? Do companies often try to fit square pegs in round holes when they hire exceptional managers? Does finding a “good fit” matter and does a “good fit” create value for a team or a company? Research has shown, quantitatively, that... View Details
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Prita Kumar
customer value. The dual tracks of business and fitness became deeply ingrained in Kumar’s psyche, along with a belief that she would someday start her own company. Kumar got her undergraduate degree in business at NYU’s Stern School and... View Details
- Portrait Project
Jason Brown
I’m all too familiar with not fitting in. It started when I was young. Coming from a Filipino-Japanese-Caucasian family, I’ve never known anyone who looks like my brother and me. It got harder as a teenager. Never “one of the boys,” I was... View Details
- 18 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
Recruiting HBS MBA Students in 2017-2018
for that ‘just-right’ fit versus being one in a big hiring class of MBAs. Use the resume database to find the dozen or so candidates that fit your profile – and invite them to a 20-minute chat. These quick... View Details
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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Downhill Re-Boot
softer “walking” boot that fits into a carbon-fiber chassis that in turn fits into a ski binding. “Our whole design concept is first and foremost to have a boot that’s comfortable,” Hanson told the... View Details
- 10 Nov 2022
- News
Peloton Founder Starts His Next Trek
Photo courtesy Ernesta Peloton founder and former CEO John Foley (MBA 2001) is moving from home fitness to home decor. A recent press release announced that Foley and two of his Peloton cofounders are launching Ernesta, a... View Details
- Portrait Project
Camille McGirt
airplane, to my confidence, to getting comments and stares everywhere I go — it is not easy. This world just was not built for me as a woman in the 99th height percentile. As a tall girl I have often felt a sense of “otherness” because I just never View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Fever Pitch
great generation of small business owners. Most Innovative Selected by alumni and students BollyX Fitness (Northeastern US Region) Minal Mehta (MBA 2011) The world’s leading and fastest-growing Bollywood View Details
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Launching Tech Ventures - Course Catalog
are interested in investing in startups. The class focuses on pre-product-market fit technology-based ventures in a range of information technology-based sectors. Business models covered include SaaS, freemium, e-commerce,... View Details
- 04 Jun 2015
- Blog Post
Why Career Switchers Make a Great Hire
interest and listen for their transferrable skills. They should have done their prep work well enough that their story is compelling and they show real understanding of how they could contribute to your team. 3) Look for the fit - Career... View Details
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- Portrait Project
Matt Simpson
rejected by it every day. A blue-collar kid from Detroit who wanted to work with cars didn’t fit the crowd. I was an outsider and made to feel it every day. I felt numb, losing any joy and pride I used to have. Instead of succeeding, each... View Details
- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
connection between the labor and civil rights movements. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/317004-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 717-422 Bally Total Fitness (B): The Fall, 2005–2016 By many measures the... View Details
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Minal Mehta
When did you and your cofounders come up with the idea of a Bollywood-inspired dance and fitness program? "I grew up splitting my time between swimming pools and dance studios. When I wasn't choreographing synchronized swimming... View Details
- 15 Oct 2014
- Blog Post
HBS Class of 2016
HBS that would be a great fit for your organization. The idea of sorting through hundreds of resumes is a daunting task, especially if you are looking for specific criteria. Our office can help with this! Our class and club resume book... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
A Passion for Education
parents. The Robert L. Ryan Fellowship has supported 18 students since Ryan launched the fellowship in 2004. Providing funding for future generations of MBA students is a fitting way for Ryan to recognize the value of education that his... View Details
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Virtual Campus Tour | MBA
Hall A private, state-of-the-art fitness facility exclusively for the HBS community. Shad Hall houses 3 basketball courts, an indoor track, group exercise studios for regularly scheduled fitness classes,... View Details
- 13 May 2019
HBS ShowCASE in Miami
This event will give prospective MBA students the opportunity to try out our signature pedagogy of the case method. You won’t just be witnessing the case method in action, you’ll actively be participating in it. What better way to see if the MBA program at HBS is a... View Details