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- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
entrepreneur; your Airbnb host is an entrepreneur; your Etsy craftsperson is an entrepreneur. Because of technology, individuals don’t need to work for a company, and the cost of entry is just plain easier. “Number two: Everything at the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
Gates said, does many things well, but the inspiration for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation came in part from a market failure in health-care delivery. Individuals who live in areas where tuberculosis, AIDS, and malaria are still... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
dollar amounts per deal, now they’re looking for deals in the $10 million to $50 million range. That’s not helpful to people starting businesses.” Nor are angel investors, wealthy individuals who back start-ups, a reliable option, adds... View Details
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
that each individual that I was hiring was the very best. I just decided that that's what I was going to do. And it was a big mistake. And what I really learned from that experience is there is no substitute for great talent. You can't... View Details
- 02 Aug 2018
- News
Can Marketing Help Halt the Heroin Epidemic?
destroying individuals and families. In recent years, as the opioid crisis swept the country, the organization shifted to a broader focus, re-branded as the Georgia Prevention Project. Now Langford wants to stem the spread of opioids with... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Coming Full Circle
since the SEC was created in the 1930s, so this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to contribute to building an orga-nization within government; to see how interactions between individuals influence the design, processes, and results... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
reflects the same flawed assumptions shared by many otherwise astute individuals having no experience or expertise in the power industry. I am an energy industry professional of 28 years, one who has no quarrel with nuclear in principle.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
An American Odyssey
progress. That’s where my focus is these days.” Richard America was already a focused individual when he arrived on the HBS campus in 1961. He was one of four African-American students at the School, but that wasn’t the only thing that... View Details
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
Can Neuroscience Find You the Perfect Job?
individuals that are good representations of different careers. We group them all together, and when we have enough of those, we will build a career profile. So when we have enough consultants go through it, then we'll build a consulting... View Details
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
individuals succeed in their innovative endeavors. In addition, each chapter provides a link to a short video that reveals further insights, mostly from the innovators themselves. Seven Climbs: Finding the Finest Climb on Each Continent... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
office on the African continent came in tandem with news the firm would partner with the IT Industry Development Agency over the course of three years to offer startup boot camps for seed-stage companies, a scaling initiative for ventures at the pre-series A stage, and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
immoral and unjust, but it’s also bad for business. Just Work is the solution. Scott’s new book reveals a practical framework for both respecting everyone’s individuality and collaborating effectively. This is the essential guide leaders... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014
knowledge loss, identify the deep smarts essential to their business, use techniques for transferring knowledge when its loss is imminent, identify and implement long-term transfer program apprenticeships, set up individual learning plans... View Details
- 19 Feb 2021
- News
A Playbook for Progress
assignment. It's a takeoff on the attempt after the Civil War. Freed slaves were promised 40 acres and a mule. They, as a rule, didn't receive that promise, but we can and we should embrace this concept again and stretch assignments can open incredible doors to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
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Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
on the way they educate and care for their children, and friends on their constancy and sensitivity, so should we judge society by the way it assists those who bear life's greatest burdens: the chronically ill, the poor, and the elderly. Our goal should be a society... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
the Box: 40 Stories of Leading CEOs by Aparna Piramal (MBA 2002) (Random Business) The author explores the connections between work spaces and work styles of 40 progressive leaders, capturing their quirks, individual styles of working,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
juggernaut.” While much has changed for Goldman and other investment firms in the last year, its rise to prominence — driven by extraordinary individuals — is a matter of record. The following excerpts from The Partnership look at two of... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
with 250 students will typically include 20 teachers and 50 tutors, with students spending five hours a day in classes and two hours in small-group or individual tutoring. In addition to operating charter schools, Match Education won... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
sets an example that others can follow. Leaders should not only be ethical but also be seen as ethical. Finally, a true leader thinks outside her personal "patch" to consider the broader implications of her work—the value chain beyond her View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
desk on two consecutive weekends and wrote what became known as the company’s “I Can Make a Difference” philosophy defined by ten tenets or “Grooves” that aim to empower individuals to realize their potential. Over the years, the Grooves... View Details