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- 01 Oct 2021
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HBS-Harvard Collaboration Fosters New Ventures
Since its founding in 2011, the Harvard Innovation Labs (HIL)—a collaboration between HBS and Harvard University—has nurtured some 2,500 ventures founded by students, alumni, and faculty members from all 13...
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- 01 Mar 2003
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Restoring Order
founded the investment firm that bears their names, has chaired the New York Stock Exchange; served as chairman and CEO of Aetna; and was the founding dean of the Yale School of Management. While noting the...
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- 01 Jan 2007
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Donna L. Dubinsky, MBA 1981
everyone's life." Dubinsky found Apple's casual atmosphere—where smart people thrived—a good fit and accepted a position as a support specialist. "Apple had real energy. I loved the notion that we were changing the world. To me that was a...
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- 01 Oct 2000
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Internet Tsunami
service. As for customers, in addition to making purchases, they use Rakuten for online auctions and chats about the site's vendors. According to Business Week (July 7, 2000), Rakuten, founded in 1997, has 3,100 vendors, attracts some 70...
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- 25 Apr 2014
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Laser focus on medical breakthroughs
"When I discovered the device, it was being developed in a garage," she recalls. "It was my training as an ophthalmologist that allowed me to see the potential." After working as a practicing eye surgeon, Dr. Krauss became one of the savviest health care investors in...
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- 01 Dec 2008
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Attention, Oenophiles
2008). “Soweto meant apartheid, but the wine festival was completely different and positive.” In talking with vintners there, she found that some had been making wine for generations but had never had full-fledged business opportunities...
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- 01 Jun 2004
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Alumni Author
After two semesters at HBS, Daisy Wademan (MBA ’02) found herself looking forward to the last day of class when faculty members traditionally share personal stories and dole out life advice. So inspiring did she find these gems that she...
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- 01 May 2013
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Sid Yog, MBA 2004
The inspiration Sid Yog found at HBS has stayed with him, professionally and personally. "HBS was a defining two years for me: first, because I had a lot of fun and these were among the best years of my life so far. Second, the...
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- 01 Feb 2021
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Locally Grown
Inspired by the natural beauty he found when he moved to Boulder, Colorado, Robert Fenwick-Smith (MBA 1988) created Aravaipa Ventures, an unusual venture capital fund to support environmentally sustainable technology businesses in the...
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- 01 Dec 2016
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The Power of Many
and values alumni gifts — even smaller contributions. Our support — big or small — enhances every aspect of the HBS experience that we all found so special.” Faheen Allibhoy (MBA 2003), HBS Alumni Board Member (photo by Susan Young)...
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- 01 Mar 2007
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Pursuing a passion
Amabile explains. “They licensed the rights to the series and used DVD technology to update the concept and make it interactive by today’s technological standards. The company they founded as HBS students is now up and running and doing...
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- 23 Oct 2020
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Educating the Whole Student
“We knew the education system was broken,” says Meredith Liu (MBA 2010) of her first meetings with Priscilla Chan, who founded the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a philanthropic organization that she founded...
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- 16 Oct 2017
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Take Time to Serve Others
Rena Clark (MBA 1990) found success by following her heart. A managing partner at Laurel Oak Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in the lower-middle industrial market, Clark forged a nonlinear career path that...
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- 28 Sep 2017
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Alumni-Founded Aerospace Pioneer Orbital Acquired for $7.8 Billion
David Thompson President and CEO, Orbital ATK (courtesy Orbital ATK) David Thompson President and CEO, Orbital ATK (courtesy Orbital ATK) Orbital ATK—which was founded in 1982 by three HBS classmates—was sold this week to defense...
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- 16 Sep 2024
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Life Preserver
human body. “We could literally multiply organ transplantation on Earth 15 or 20 times if we just were able to solve the logistics,” Giwa explains. To address that, in 2012 Giwa helped to found and served as CEO of the Organ Preservation...
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- 28 Feb 2022
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Equal Partner
Aditya was acutely aware of the inequalities that plague the venture capital world, including the less than 3 percent of VC money that goes to all-women founding teams (a number that is even smaller for women of color) and the dearth of...
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- 14 Sep 2015
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Helping Investors Have an Impact
Philo Alto (MBA/MPA 2000) founded Asia Value Advisors to engage individuals and organizations in philanthropic ventures that create positive, sustainable impact. The advisory platform encourages cross-sector leadership and thinking among...
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- 01 Oct 1998
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Going Against the Flow
Like many emerging-market countries, Brazil can seem about as appealing to potential investors as a midnight swim up the Amazon. But in 1983, André Jakurski and three partners decided to take the plunge anyway. With $500,000 in equity capital, they View Details
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- 01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Martin Gonzalez - Quiet Courage
volleyball. But soon, I couldn't even ride my bike to class.” It took over three months and emergency abdominal surgery for doctors to diagnose colon cancer. “Ironically, we were told the results of my biopsy the same day we found out...
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- 01 Dec 2009
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Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award
Merck, Gillette, and Searle, Kathy Giusti was diagnosed in 1996 with multiple myeloma, a rare and incurable blood cancer. She then founded the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation and the Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium,...
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