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- 21 Oct 2021
- News
DraftKings Backs New VC Firm
Media Partners, cofounded by Bob Higgins (MBA 1970)—who said the opportunities for sports and fitness today were “almost like 1980s venture capital. There are a lot of interesting things going on, but it’s not overwhelmed with capital.”... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
The Last Frontier
have...is that people like me. The other is that my logic is impeccable. My life, my death, my control.” The article noted, “Gardner does not live like a man waiting to die” as he works out regularly and prepares to climb Mt. Rainier. The awkward physical symptoms of... View Details
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Andrew Pratt
our business on a shoestring budget is quite a challenge How do your HBS ambitions fit into the big picture of the world beyond? When I started here, I had a clear vision; I’d get the management skills I need to go back into aerospace and... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Stanford Lets Students Customize
— basic, accelerated, and advanced — allowing students to choose the one that best fits their knowledge and experience. “We wanted to move the program in ways that would pull, not push, students back toward academics,” Dean Robert Joss... View Details
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Folafolu Folowosele
helped students pass their exams. Our customer research gave us an idea. We found that similar to most foreign students, many Chinese kids struggled to fit into the social culture of American universities, so we recommended that Owen... View Details
- 25 Jun 2024
- News
On the Move: Alexis DePree (MBA 2007)
simple. I wake up, get ready, and head downstairs for breakfast and pre-school activities with my three kids and husband. I always start my day with a Diet Coke. Mornings are calm compared to the after school/work time when we juggle sports, schoolwork, and find time... View Details
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Joe Khoury
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? As an engineering school graduate, I felt that I needed to acquire new skills related to business, economics and management. Having worked in the Middle East and Asia, I also wanted to expand my geographic scope. HBS... View Details
- 11 Jun 2014
- Blog Post
Alumni: Where are they now? Featuring Joe…
Associate with Cue Ball, a Boston-based venture capital firm started by HBS alumnus Tony Tjan. After a phenomenal summer at Cue Ball, I knew venture capital was a perfect fit for me. My current role at Chrysalix allows me to combine my... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 01 Apr 2011
- News
My First HBS Class
case beforehand but cannot say that I mastered all the data or how they fit together. Indeed, Professor Abdelal sort of apologized at the top of the class for assigning the case, given its breadth and complexity, but the students seemed... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
roles and responsibilities, including product management, marketing, growth, and sales to help readers figure out if they want to join a startup and what to expect if they do. The book includes a tour of typical startup roles to help determine which one might be the... View Details
- 05 Aug 2010
- What Do You Think?
What Is Customer Opinion Good For?
in every offering, the customer's opinion is in fact more important than ever." Gaurav Bhalla said "Creating the future is about understanding customers' value trajectories and determining what innovations will better fit these... View Details
- 28 Mar 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
she anticipated customer needs, many crews and companies requested she come back. “I felt that I changed some people’s perceptions of the fitness of a woman in such a demanding job and environment,” she says. Since those early engineering... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- Portrait Project
Carolyn Wintner
"Put me down as Frank, please." As a five-year-old on the birthday-party circuit, Frank was my name-tag preference of choice. My naïve, tomboy self thought that all I needed was a new name, and then I would finally fit in with... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
A Smooth Stretch
explained, “Yoga became a great way to work my body and quiet my mind at a time when my life as a full-time mother of two small children was feeling quite chaotic.” And yoga also offered a great business opportunity, Hanna realized, for fashionable View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Heartland
Let me tell you what’s fantastic about offal.” Jordan Kraft Lambert (MBA 2016), Colorado State University’s first director of agricultural innovation, is a full-body talker, and the topic of organ meat has her fired up. The parts of the cow typically seen as... View Details
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Tricia Lee
perspectives, and how to debate issues in all of those contexts. HBS was an easy choice - the case method, the general management focused education, the quality of both students and faculty, and even the structure of the program all fit... View Details
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Mariano Bomaggio
driven by profitability. But now, I think about how decisions fit within the culture of a company." Outside of class, Mariano has been active in the Finance Club, where he has helped organize recruiting sessions with various banks.... View Details
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Ed Rogers
wine recommendations that take special occasions into account. Once we realized our core differentiating factor, all of our other activities pivoted to communicate our distinction. How do your HBS ambitions fit into the big picture of the... View Details
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Chao Zeng
I’ve led discussions about LGBT and diversity, about how to help HBS students with families get more engaged in HBS activities. Because I’m from outside the U.S., I can bring a new perspective, a global perspective. How do your HBS ambitions View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
“Where can we find such a person?”
whole technology landscape is going, how related firms are progressing, and how its work fits into that context.” He also cites public policy issues and government involvement; intellectual property questions; longer time horizons; and... View Details