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- 06 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism - Discovering the Business of Storytelling
picked up the pen with one hand and the gold coin with another. Even as a baby, I wanted to have it all. The pen prophecy quickly played out. I was a huge nerd. I would check out the maximum number of books at the Queens Public Library while other kids my View Details
- 30 Jun 2022
- News
Scaling Hope
raising five kids, all of whom were attending good schools; the eldest was working on Wall Street. Then, suddenly, late one Saturday evening, their youngest child, age 16, returned home in tears. He’d been about to take his own life, he... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
‘Your tribal corn.’” Walker told Keen that big ag was displacing indigenous seeds in India with GMO crops, a story later told in the 2016 documentary Seed. At the time, Keen was serving as a representative on the Cherokee National... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Growth Investor
Cedric Bobo (MBA 2004) was bitten by the business bug at the age of eight, when he visited his mother, who was a secretary at FedEx’s Memphis office. “I was drawn to the creative, all-hands-on-deck energy of the place,” he says. “In 1983,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Redefining How Businesses Operate
In her LinkedIn profile, Rebecca Hu (MBA 2023) describes herself as a “biologist-turned-technologist obsessed with building great software products.” A product manager at the language learning app Duolingo, Hu immersed herself in electives and activities centered... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
My HBS Student Loan Story: Ina Foalea (MBA 2018)
stretched financially. My parents went through the transition in 1989 from the Soviet Union and lost their savings overnight. Fortunately, I had a great education. I was on scholarship in high school and then moved to Canada at age 18 for... View Details
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
roundhouse leg kick, the flying knee, and the uppercut. Wanting to see if he could get back in the ring one last time, Sityodtong went into training and fought in 2008, at the age of 37. He went the distance but lost by decision. “I’ve... View Details
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
implicated in recent acts of corporate malfeasance—could have become so depraved, this is probably the wrong question. Given that human nature does not change much from age to age, the real issue is the effectiveness of the constraints... View Details
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Ramya Sundar
your life that you admire the most today? My dad – He is a strong feminist. He taught me to believe from a very young age that both men and women can be equals even if the society around me did not think so. A lot of what I have been able... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993
marketplace. Mikitani takes a break between conference calls. Mikitani himself learned to speak English at the age of seven when his family spent two years in Connecticut while his father taught economics at Yale. After earning a degree... View Details
- 31 May 2023
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2023
fell in 1974 and I was asked to head the youth organization of the New Democracy Party. Then I was asked, at age 26, to run for Parliament, with the choice of Athens or Messenia. I chose Messenia, was elected in 1977, and am currently... View Details
- 10 Sep 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBAs Need More Street Smarts?
think? Original Article In recent weeks, I have encountered several situations in which senior managers and investors of all ages have said, "(name) is a really sharp person with a good MBA, but (he or she) just doesn't have street... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Digital Innovation - Alumni
new ways. HBS for Life HBS supports alumni in their professional development and personal growth at every age or career stage through extensive online resources and programs and events. How You can Help The easiest way for donors to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Derek Ferguson
business program at the age of 16. Initially, Ferguson was against the idea of continuing on to get his MBA. “I thought I was going to be an entrepreneur and didn’t want to spend all that money,” he explains. Seeing the effect of HBS on a... View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981
business than working as a doctor,” says Dahod, whose parents moved to the United States to help their four children to acquire an American education. Dahod, arriving in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the age of 20, surpassed their high... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
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William R. Kerr | About
The Managing the Future of Work project considers the unprecedented set of challenges and opportunities presented to businesses, including rapid technological revolutions, shifting global product and labor markets, aging workforces, and... View Details
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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education
Baker Library Special Collections Exhibits More Exhibits Explore the Exhibit Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core Demands & Proposals Early Years... View Details
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Finance & Investing - Business & Environment
Presentation by David Perry, Indigo Ag Presentation by Wendy Cromwell, Wellington Management Video from David Keith, Carbon Engineering Video from David Perry, Indigo Ag Video from Jennifer Wagner,... View Details
- 05 Sep 2014
- News
Keeping Education in Check
to the 6th century Why? In short, says Berman, the 1,500-year-old game makes kids smarter. (Berman’s own oldest son is ranked No. 11 in the country for his age group and his 6-year-old recently earned the No. 3 spot among kindergartners.... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
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Events - Private Capital Project
Associate Professor, HBS) The Measurement of Impact Investors in an Age of Skepticism May 16, 2023 “The Measurement of Impact Investors in an Age of Skepticism” with Lisa Hall (Impact Chairperson, Private... View Details