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- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
Builder Personality Shapes Your Business, Your Team, and Your Ability to Win by Chris Kuenne (MBA 1989) and John Danner (HBR Press) Many factors shape the success or failure of a new business, but the most important factor is the personality of the builder, the View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
Jacobson’s vision. “Joe managed people by saying, ‘I don’t think you can do X, Y, and Z,’ which makes a 19- or 20-year-old want to immediately prove him wrong,” Wilcox remarks. Joined by the steadying presence of longtime publishing executive and LexisNexis View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
for the two years preceding Charron's arrival. By then, founder Claiborne had moved on to other activities, and the company was encumbered by a highly centralized management style and a sense of complacency. When Charron, a marketing... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 03 Mar 2020
- News
Can This Man Change the American Diet?
taste. My name’s Ayr, I’m the founder and CEO of Clover. And, the way to think about this is it’s like an internal company process that you guys are all sitting in on. ... Julia: That Brussel sprout sandwich and every other item on... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
decisions that have important long-term consequences for founders and their ventures, particularly the issue of whether to cede company control for financial gain. “Rich versus King is a very familiar paradigm for me,” says Bussgang, an... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Getting the Message
Global Internet Practice. He previously served as founder and CEO of an interactive brand marketing consultancy, where he developed patented applications to help corporations build relationships between their brands and their customers in... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
MBA students in their startup endeavors—Kraus says colleagues have frequently asked her for the names of other women founders and CEOs, within the tech industry and beyond. She finally decided to make a list. She identified more than 60... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 30 Jul 2025
- News
Play with Purpose
standards he employs stewarding people's capital, first as the co-founder of Apollo Global Management, and now as the founder and CEO of 26North. The Commanders aren't Harris's first experience with sports franchises. He's also managing... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
who don't have a lot of money but who go out and start things." « Back Entrepreneurial Intuition When citing some of history's breakthrough inventions, Scott D. Cook (MBA '76), founder and CEO of the computer software firm Intuit,... View Details
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
time when Reddit is going through changes. It had just had a management change. The CEO had exited, the founders came back. There had been, obviously this is a very active user base, so there had been some upheaval a little bit in the... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
people and businesses are finding that the two things we love most in the world—cars and cash in our pockets—are totally optional. By 2017 people will be disrupting the disrupters, because the world is changing so fast. “Number three: Entrepreneurship is no longer just... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
the founder of the modern VC industry, but there’s been remarkably little written about him,” says Josh Lerner, a professor at HBS who specializes in the study of private equity. “He is the first person who basically ran an institutional... View Details
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
Entrepreneurship There are two cases on NFTE, a nationally recognized nonprofit organization for teaching entrepreneurship to disadvantaged youths. The first case, "Steve Mariotti and NFTE," centers on the nonprofit's founder and the... View Details
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
pulling their teams together to discuss future initiatives, intent on breaking down silos. Chris Kempczinski’s office—once inhabited by McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc—is just up the hall. “Chris has made himself incredibly available for me... View Details
- 30 May 2025
- News
Galas in NYC and Mexico City; NFL Coach Shares Leadership Insights in Charlotte
HBS Club of Mexico Celebrates Connection with Gala Dinner The HBS Club of Mexico joined the Harvard Club of Mexico in celebrating the latter’s 75th anniversary with the Harvard Gala Mexico, held on May 12 at the Club de Industriales in Mexico City. Approximately 275... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
precipitate a war between the countries. Quench Your Own Thirst: Business Lessons Learned over a Beer or Two by Jim Koch (JD/MBA 1978) (Flatiron Books) The founder of the Boston Beer Company, makers of Samuel Adams Boston Lager, offers... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
Embassy Communications when the organization’s founders and owners sold the company to the entertainment business sector of Coca-Cola—now Sony Pictures Entertainment. I could have remained with the company, but chose instead to accept an... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
(MBA 1991), founder & CEO, Savvy Growth “If you make two things happen, no matter what, it will transform your life: 1) live close to school so your children can walk to and from it, and 2) live close to your office. If you do a... View Details
- 07 Apr 2021
- News
Road Work
Friedman. He’d had a successful career in investment banking and venture capital, which included being the founder and former president of the investment banking operation of Houlihan Lokey at the age of 28. Houlihan Lokey would go on to... View Details