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- 22 Nov 2011
- News
A Storybook Beginning
off-the-grid locations are difficult,” notes Risher. “For schools in these areas, e-readers, which are rapidly coming down in cost, are ideal.” With a one-time donation of 30 Kindles from Amazon, Risher launched Worldreader last winter in a View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ears to the Ground
division. When Ralph Clark (MBA 1993) took over as CEO of ShotSpotter in 2010, he inherited a groundbreaking technology and a broken business model. The company uses sensors, strategically placed throughout an urban area, to instantly... View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
- News
Building Great Schools around Great Teachers
Tony Klemmer Photo courtesy of NAATE Plans for a second career took an abrupt turn in just one day for Tony Klemmer (MBA 1983) when, after a quarter century of successful startup launches, he left the business world to pursue personal... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Mr. Coffee
2018, Keller left his position as global president of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company to become CEO of Peet’s Coffee; in January, he was named CEO of JDE Peet’s, a merger that added a portfolio of coffee and tea brands represented in more than 140 countries. “It’s fun to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 17 Jan 2025
- News
Tracking Modern Air Travel’s Takeoff
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963) grew up in Rego Park, Queens, the son of Spanish immigrants. As a boy in the 1940s, he would watch the airplanes fly over his backyard and into LaGuardia Airport,... View Details
- 19 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
business at the intersection of consumer electronics, media, and lifestyle branding. Skullcandy, which Andrus helped build with founder and former CEO Rick Alden, is expecting between $280 and $300 million in revenues this year. The... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969
investing $4,000 in savings and a $12,000 loan to found Centennial One. A supplier gave her ninety days of credit on vacuum cleaners, buffers, and chemicals. With a secretary and twenty part-time employees, Lambert focused at first on getting government contracts... View Details
- 02 Jan 2020
- News
Empowering Rural Communities
region could not negotiate lower prices and increased renewable energy from the utility with which it had signed a 40-year contract. In 2016, 24 years remained on that contract. The only way out of the deal was a $37 million break-up fee, a high price for the View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
at HBS, the conference will focus on the tools used by both large and small companies to identify and pursue opportunities in the marketplace. I thought I would give you a preview of what to expect in the Windy City. An important feature... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Case Study: Inside Story
them,” Lin acknowledges. What do you think: Should Saga start small and scale up—or aim bigger from the beginning? Leave your thoughts in the comments below. We asked a few Entrepreneurs-in-Residence from the HBS Rock Center for... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
New Global Research Site Announced in Hong Kong
best understood at close range - Clark announced that the School is actively investigating the establishment of a small HBS research facility based in Hong Kong. "The global nature of business today has... View Details
Keywords: Audrey Snee; photographs by Graham Uden
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
A Case for Coffee
Another highlight of the trip was a stimulating case discussion on coffee production led by two local alumni, Thomas Dixon (MBA ’88) and Tim Piper (MBA ’88). Dixon and Piper both work for the Tanzania arm of TechnoServe, a global nonprofit dedicated to providing View Details
- 15 May 2012
- News
Finally Finding the Right Fit
York, where in September 2009 he enrolled in a fashion-marketing program at the Parsons School of Fashion. Since completing the program in December 2010, Heffernan has divided his time between angel investing and consulting with small... View Details
- 28 May 2021
- News
Unspent Love
of paper origami fish to swim across the ceiling of the family dining room, Kingston writes. “My mother, who put her business degree to use running a small nutritional beverage company with my father in... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Telling the Electronic Century's Unfinished Story
Inventing the Electronic Century: The Epic Story of the Consumer Electronics and Computer Industries (The Free Press) is the fourth major book by Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., the School's Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, Emeritus.... View Details
- 22 Apr 2021
- News
Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship
Appalachian Community Capital, a small business lender for underserved communities; and Genevieve Martin, Executive Director of Dave’s Killer Bread Foundation, which works on second-chance employment for... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
quantify, the process may be as valuable as the end product. While the programs are rolled out, the “cow annuity” and the small businesses formed by the co-ops bring families, neighbors, and communities... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Michael Depatie
larger chains seem to be adopting some of the distinctive, personal touches that characterize boutique hotels like Kimpton. Yes, what was once a fairly small niche has become a legitimate segment of the industry. The big chains are adding... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Alumni Books
No-Nonsense Rules from the Ultimate Contrarian and Small Business Guru by George Cloutier (MBA ’69) (HarperBusiness) Having spent over thirty years guiding business owners,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Ready for Takeoff: Web Portal Enters Second Phase
information that will help them throughout their careers, whether they're mulling over the idea of starting a small business or already running a multimillion dollar corporation. "Working Knowledge makes the... View Details