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- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
young Indigenous Australian university student who created the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME), a nonprofit organization he formed to respond to the problem of Indigenous high school students completing high school at... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
Bootstrapper’s Playbook for Breakthrough Success on a Shoestring Budget by Marty Schultz (OPM 31, 2002) Self-published Marty Schultz is a bootstrapping expert: he's bootstrapped five highly successful companies in his career. He is a View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award
made her a perfect candidate to lead Catalyst, a nonprofit that advances women in business leadership roles. “When being mentored and paying it forward is part of your company culture, you have the foundation for inclusion, where... View Details
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
and the risks associated with each. Accepting involves prioritizing the job above all else and remaining available 24/7. Because accepters fail to cultivate outside interests, they’re often slow to recover from professional setbacks. And they may be too focused on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
Dansko's growth, "home schooling"—taking young energetic employees with little business experience and mentoring them—seemed ill-suited for the next phase of growth. Equally as precarious was the fact that with few exceptions,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Apr 2005
- What Do You Think?
Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?
smarts through everyday observation and decision making. Such coaches are distinguished from mentors by the degree to which they structure and engage their charges in various learning experiences. Deep smarts, it is maintained, can be... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Coming Full Circle
School of Business. At least one doctoral candidate is experiencing a slight detour in his course of study, but happily so. Last November, Ethan Bernstein (MBA/JD 2002) took a phone call from former mentor and HLS professor Elizabeth... View Details
- 12 Nov 2019
- News
Seismic Shift
access to counsel; they also don't have access to people who can give them advice, share insights, or give them substantive mentoring that is relevant to what they’re trying to do.” By simply bringing people together with a specific focus... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
launched a training program for inner-city residents, featuring one-on-one mentoring for new hires, it proved so successful that the company began to mentor all new hires. "Traditional solutions to America's... View Details
- 23 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
How to Break the Expert’s Curse
feeling of being a novice in the organization," she says. "This is a really important problem in organizations because transference of knowledge of skills and expertise is critical to helping new employees learn." The field studies will include hospitals, where... View Details
- 05 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Closing the Education Gap with Kei Takatsuka (MBA 2022)
engineers and mentor and educate them.” While working on these problems for the Kepple Africa Ventures portfolio companies, Takatsuka also came to an important realization. The third option she had considered coming into HBS, starting her... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Vibrant Brand
rock scene, and last summer's launch of Blaze, a monthly that covers hip hop and caters to 12-to 24-year-olds, Vibe/Spin Ventures now reaches 1.5 million readers. Martha as Mentor As important as circulation figures are, Clinkscales... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 14 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Creating the Minority Renaissance for Venture Capital: Interview with Henri Pierre-Jacques and Jarrid Tingle, Managing Partners at Harlem Capital
college knowing, based on conversations with mentors and looking at my role models in business, that I wanted to go to business school,” he said. HBS was also always his top choice. “I chose ICV (as my next company after working in... View Details
- 10 Apr 2019
- HBS Case
How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Lead Into Gold
he was able to recruit employees and mentors who were inspired by the authenticity of his passion. Besides, financial and non-financial resources are not mutually exclusive. In Cotopaxi’s case the social mission resonated with for-profit... View Details
- 24 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Who Sets Your Benchmarks?
experiences, desires, and understanding of social norms. Fortunately, some young people get the kind of wise guidance and coaching that help them focus at an early stage on their strengths, weaknesses, passions, and sense of self. Others gain this insight later in... View Details
- 06 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
WHY WE STARTED THE HBS BLACK INVESTMENT CLUB
companies, remain overwhelmingly white and male (81% of VC firms don’t have a single Black investor. Not one). Due to a notorious reliance on personal networks for deal sourcing, most VCs lack the network infrastructure necessary to successfully find and View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 17 Aug 2022
- News
To Serve and Protect the Markets
vocal, where, when, and how I can.” Jones also makes a point of mentoring young people, including people of color, to empower them to be successful as well. “I am doing the things that were modeled for me as a young person growing up in... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 28 Oct 2021
- News
Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity
14-week fellowship that connects them with mentors and money to build their companies. Mills thanked attendees for engaging with the case, and for understanding the many barriers that exist as well as the difficulty for Black founders to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 09 Nov 2017
- News
Paving the Way for Veterans to Serve in Congress
cost of elections over the past 20 years.” George Shultz, who served as Secretary of State during the Reagan administration, has mentored and advised generations of veterans in Congress and is serving on With Honor’s advisory board.... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965
stuck with me is that, in the end, a decision must be made. You can't be wishy-washy. He told us to always remember that when you get to the top of a company, decision trees do not grow at high altitude." ADVICE TO STUDENTS "It's terribly important to choose your first... View Details