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16 Dec 2016
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An Environmental Epiphany

energy. Bulletin editor Dan Morrell spoke with Kortenhorst about his career path and how the world can make renewables a reality. READ MORE Dan Morrell: Jules, tell me a little bit about what Rocky Mountain... View Details

01 Jun 2020
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Post-Office

lives because they are actually able to put deliberate markers around their days and weeks once they get past the change curve of, "I’m actually working 100 percent remote." THE WAY FORWARD See more from the online-only June Bulletin’s coverage of the View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Remote work; COVID-19; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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Ben Steiner

paying Rwandans to grow trees. “I’m thinking of my career path in thirds,” says Ben. “The first third is about learning, which is what I’m doing now. The second will be about earning – perhaps in finance or... View Details

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Alex Furleigh

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? I was ready for a change. Having spent my entire career before business school in operations—helping organizations do better with the resources that they... View Details

02 Oct 2016
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Peek Weekend: The Family Business Cohort

where these discussions happen with professors all the time. In addition to professors, Peek gives participants access to a dynamic group of students and uses cohorts to group students with others grappling with similar career questions.... View Details

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Riding the WAVE | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

foreshadowing the career path ahead of her, Shilla Kim-Parker (MBA 2009) wrote her HBS application essay about her desire to serve the social good. “I was drawn to... Starting a For Profit Social Enterprise... View Details

01 Dec 2014
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Opportunities Realized Through Fellowships

because education provides the leverage to change people’s mindsets and enable them to be successful.” Cenat believes that business can be a catalyst for social change, and she is deeply grateful for the HBS financial aid that has set her on a View Details

Keywords: fellowships

20 Dec 2019
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Top 10 MBA Voices Blogs of 2019

not expect myself to become interested in biotechnology. Growing up in Vancouver, Canada, with Taiwanese immigrant parents, I considered the path of becoming a medical doctor. However, a volunteering experience at the hospital of the... View Details

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Marketing - HBS Online

moved forward in my administrative career all remarked about HBS Online. I think the certificates help you get noticed and through the door to a job offer. Richard Pitts Certificate of Specialization in Strategy What sets HBS Online... View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Launch Codes

Photo courtesy of Jodi Gernon Before joining HBS’s Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship as its new director in July, Jodi Gernon (MBA 1991) weighed two other potential career options—joining a startup or launching one of her own. “I... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

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Special Assistant to the CEO | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

foreshadowing the career path ahead of her, Shilla Kim-Parker (MBA 2009) wrote her HBS application essay about her desire to serve the social good. “I was drawn to... Riding the WAVE Misan Rewane 2013 When... View Details

01 Dec 2016
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4 Reasons College Students Apply to 2+2

As a college student you’re probably thinking about your future, what career path might interest you, whether an MBA might be worthwhile to pursue. For most top MBA programs you’re going to need some work... View Details

01 Jun 2025
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2025

stunned by the ratio of men to women when I arrived.” Road less traveled: “Most of my roles divide into finance and management, although my career path has not been a traditional one. The common thread is... View Details

Keywords: leadership; Alumni Achievement Awards

01 Mar 2023
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Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions

2024) and Tristan Bagala (MBA 2023), who are set on a path to pursue personally meaningful work that contributes to the greater good of society. “What I hope to do is to help others. That is why I’m here. Through this funding support, HBS... View Details

Keywords: April White

17 Aug 2022
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To Serve and Protect the Markets

working really hard to earn and to keep the public’s trust.” No one is perhaps better suited for the task than Jones, whose passion for both law and business set her on an unlikely path to the SEC. “My View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2022
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December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

deepened and widened over time. To take the path to a more just future, we must not ignore the damage but see it through others’ eyes, bear witness to it, and uncover its origins. As historians share these truths, we will need... View Details

13 Nov 2020
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Insatiably Curious

supported the HBS Fund since she graduated. Business was not a path she considered as a child. At the age of 10, Ma, her younger sister, and her parents emigrated from Beijing to New York. Attending public schools and not speaking... View Details

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Deborah A. Farrington

followed an atypical path to success in the male-dominated world of finance and venture capital. She co-founded StarVest in 1998, which was built upon investments in technology-enabled business services on the Internet, and she has had a... View Details

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Past Issues - Alumni

recipients of the School’s highest honor demonstrate the many paths to success, be it in government service, finance, or social enterprise. For the Records In the midst of Austin’s buzzy music scene, Caren Kelleher is finding her harmony... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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Lifelong Learning about Leadership

careers and lives, and the other utilizes HBS’s online learning platform to share the School’s pedagogy with broader audiences. More than 70 MBA alumni from the classes of 1995– 2005—all seasoned professionals at an inflection... View Details

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