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- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
drought, the Great Depression, and a world war. He learned to work hard and thirsted for an education. Melvin married and fathered 12 children. His business careers led to his owning his own businesses, which thrived in small-town America... View Details
- 25 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
Not Waiting for Progress: Diversity and Inclusion in the Film Industry
in the midst of a successful career in financial services with the Capital Group Companies, attended the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, with some HBS friends. A believer since childhood in the power of storytelling on the big... View Details
- 24 Aug 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
path for criminal justice. A family dinner-table conversation about the concept of recidivism eventually led Anderson to pursue a business education, jobs working on private-sector approaches to the problem, and ultimately to found her... View Details
- 13 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Students Reflect on COP28
clarity in messaging underscored the real human impact of climate change and the critical need for inclusive climate action. Their voices served as a powerful reminder to us, technologists, investors, and policymakers in the climate space, about why we picked our... View Details
- 10 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
HBS Summer Fellows Focus on Racial Equity and Justice
undergraduate students with the skills they need to succeed in corporate America. Fellows get one-on-one mentorship from an advisor, participate in a weekly speaker series on topics like career prep, mental health and leadership, and... View Details
- 22 May 2020
- Blog Post
Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles
me toward examining a career as a Navy officer. I eventually made the choice to apply for Officer Candidate School have never regretted that decision. REFLECTION ON SERVICE: Although I came from a military background, I truly didn’t know... View Details
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
expanded facilities. So began Kendall’s career path in the nonprofit and environmental space, which has included some time in Central America working on carbon sequestration and hardwood conservation... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Web
A Eureka Moment | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
You Are Shilla Kim-Parker 2009 As if 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...... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
HBS Cyberposium Brings Online Future into Focus
attractive career path for many HBS students. Students fall into two camps, Hoegh explained, with regard to the Internet. "The first group is interested out of fear," he said. "Employers expect them to be... View Details
Keywords: Meg Gardner
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Family Matters
being a CEO of a multinational corporation. She even dressed the part, going to school in a pantsuit. But the path to the corner office is often an expensive one. Thompson-Woode learned this as a high schooler in Brooklyn when she wanted... View Details
Keywords: April White
- Profile
Hiroshi Mikitani
When Hiroshi Mikitani decided, at age 31, to leave a good job at the Industrial Bank of Japan in Tokyo to start a company, he raised more than a few eyebrows. In Japanese culture, where the group is favored above the individual, entrepreneurship is a rare View Details
- Web
SPACE: Space, Public and Commercial Economics - Course Catalog
teaching fellow) Brendan Rosseau. Each session will be devoted to a chapter of the book, and most will include guests who are leaders in today’s space industry. Supplementing the book are optional reading assignments. Career Focus “In the... View Details
- 18 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
A Peek Inside Peek Weekend
career would take me. I was thinking about my summer and how best to use this time to explore my options. I did not, however, think about the more intangible and quite profound value that the program would add to my life. More than simply... View Details
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
careers as an attorney and as an Anglican priest. “I knew that I wanted to lead and to fight for justice and social good,” she observes. “Ironically, I’m doing that now, but on a far different path than I... View Details
- 06 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
WHY WE STARTED THE HBS BLACK INVESTMENT CLUB
other person or some other time”. We have a unique opportunity to eliminate the barriers that prevent Black students from breaking into the investing world. By curating programming specifically tailored to the needs of Black investors, we hope to create an easier View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 24 Mar 2022
- News
Well Said
had as an undergrad, going through what you call the rite of passage, end up becoming a business that you built at HBS? How did that insight lead into you founding BoldVoice? Anada Lakra: There were two kinds of paths which led me to it.... View Details
- 25 May 2021
- Blog Post
Aisha Fatima Dozie is Igniting Confidence as the Founder of Bossy Cosmetics
investment banking at Goldman Sachs, and she wanted to continue building her career in business. She also had a yearning to uncover her passion, and so exposure to different industries and business challenges through the case study method... View Details
- 01 Jul 2013
- News
The Nature of Business
constructive dialogue between environmentalists and the rest of society. His own career path could have been a case study for the book. After graduating from Harvard Business School, Tercek spent 21 years as... View Details
- 11 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #2: Sam Steyer, Greenwork
construction and manufacturing with companies in dire need of this workforce. “Happy First Birthday, Greenwork!!” It’s been a bumpy two years for Sam Steyer. In February, 2020, Sam’s career as a campaign surrogate ended when his father,... View Details
- 14 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Trust the Process, and Trust Yourself Even More: Interview with Wellness and Empowerment Leader, Dilan Gomih (MBA 2019)
would be interested in for the summer were probably going to come in April or May, and even though I saw people around me securing internships earlier in more traditional industries, I just had to be like okay with that,” Gomih said. Flexing the View Details