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Fereshteh Zeineddin

As Fereshteh Zeineddin sees it, beauty is much more than skin deep. Her passion for cosmetics (she was a L'Oreal sales manager for two and a half years) is rooted in her appreciation for what beauty can mean. "I am inspired" Fereshteh explains, "by how... View Details

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How HBS Financial Aid Can Help You Meet the Cost of Your MBA | MBA

confidently say students are making a smart and valuable investment in their future, and where there are plenty of people available to guide you along the way. I wish you the best of luck as you advance your education and your career. You... View Details

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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2022 Commencement Remarks | About

qualities. You were resilient. After all, not even COVID could stop you from coming to HBS. Resilience will give you greater confidence to attempt things that are difficult, and to take on challenges because they help you grow. You were... View Details

01 Mar 2016
News

How Do I Get Your Job?

story and feel confident about it. And in e-commerce, you can get a minor proof of concept pretty quickly before you go out for a big raise. I recommend that. View Details

Keywords: April White; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade

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Tiffany Niver

your career? I'm looking forward to making an impact on the world. I know that sounds cliché, but one thing I think HBS does well is teach us to think big, think beyond ourselves, and empower us to have the confidence and competence to... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Retail; Consulting

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Phoebe Peronto

father abandoned a career as an engineer to become an animator at DreamWorks. Her mother left banking to become a chef. “When you see at a young age that people can reinvent themselves,” says Phoebe, “it gives you an unbridled sense of View Details

Keywords: Tech

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Digital Marketing & AI Workshop - Course Catalog

context rather than relying on one-size-fits-all playbooks, effectively integrating paid, owned, and earned media, and leveraging AI for automation, personalization, and creative development. Students will also gain confidence in... View Details

15 Nov 2016
News

Transferring Skills From The Military to the Private Sector

“gave me the confidence to transfer my skills to the private sector. What’s at stake may be different, but I hope the impact will be just as great.” She saw earning an MBA as the “bridge between being a leader in the military and being a... View Details

21 Aug 2018
Blog Post

How to Think About Networking

During the course of the networking activity the focus may change based upon what you are learning in your conversations. Be prepared for different scenarios, and you can make sure you leave the conservation confident and prepared for... View Details

12 Apr 2017
Blog Post

2+2er Pursues HBS/HKS Joint Degree

immediate community. The 2+2 program gave me the confidence to more boldly seek an opportunity that I may not have considered otherwise. In an attempt to find a role that would allow me to give back to the city I was born and raised in,... View Details

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Fanele Mashwama

Shawn Cole—plus he had an existing network of friends and colleagues in the Boston area—so he felt confident that HBS would be the right fit. “The Business Economics program struck the right balance between background economic theory and... View Details

01 Jun 1999
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Joel Bines

demonstrating, says Bines, "that students and faculty members are truly partners in the HBS classroom." While he considers himself lucky in his career to have been able to make good on the confidence others have placed in him, Bines... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Apr 2019
What Do You Think?

Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?

a deficit limit although a very high one.” Tony E opined, “The US is unique globally in providing a stable currency (that allows) the rest of the world to eliminate uncertainty in asset/commodity valuation." This confidence , he... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation

find that investors have lower confidence about the information being disclosed” The reason is easy to understand. The conference call is designed to provide context to the many figures included in financial reports, yet when the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Apr 2002
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Q&A - Mark Fields

Japan’s unfamiliar conditions hamper your ability to reach decisions? In any new situation, it’s very important to have confidence in your judgments. So from the outset, you have to be curious and open and ask a lot of questions in order... View Details

Keywords: auto; Mazda; Ford; Mark Fields; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

28 May 2019
News

Tech for the People

spark his interest in a career that would use technology to improve society. Additionally, Tsai received an HBS Summer Fellowship in 2016 that enabled him to work on tech issues in the San Francisco mayor’s office. This experience built his View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

04 May 2017
News

How Sheryl Sandberg’s Sharing Manifesto Drives Facebook

confided to [Facebook CEO Mark] Zuckerberg that she felt as though her workplace friendships were melting away. One night before bed, she wrote a 1,700-word explanation of what she was going through and how she hoped people would interact... View Details

18 Nov 2013
Op-Ed

Twitter IPO: Overvalued or the Start of Something Big?

not clear, investors represent good money if they're impatient for confidence in the emerging idea's profit model and patient for growth while that's being figured out. Scaling before having a viable profit formula commits resources to a... View Details

Keywords: by Chet Huber; Technology

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Benjamin Wells

It's made me think about how we teach kids in middle and high schools, where they get talked to rather than talked with. It makes me wonder if we should reconsider our learning model." Confidence in the unknown The Rwanda IXP, says... View Details

14 Mar 2018
Blog Post

The 2+2 Program: Finding the Freedom to Take Risks

my MBA, though, I also wanted to gain other experiences and knowledge to make my time at HBS as fruitful as possible. I had an itch to try out a completely different passion in the consumer products space. The 2+2 Program gave me the View Details

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