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02 May 2016
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Motivating Middle-Schoolers to Get up to Speed with Math

Veteran entrepreneur and public education innovator Bill Daugherty (MBA 1991) is on a mission to get kids excited about math. In addition to his profit-sector job as executive chairman of ANC Sports Enterprises, Daugherty has been the... View Details

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Nick Shurgot

importance of rooting for hometown sports teams, learn new hobbies such as photography or painting, finish a triathlon, ponder faith, and work to restore confidence in local public schools. View Details

22 Nov 2022
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Merlin Entertainments Taps Scott O’Neil as CEO

Photo credit: Philadelphia 76ers; Merlin Entertainments Scott O’Neil (MBA 1998), former CEO of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, was recently named CEO of the UK-based theme park company Merlin Entertainments, the Wall Street Journal... View Details

May 2013
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From Little Things Big Things Grow: The Clontarf Foundation Program for Aboriginal Boys (B)

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Michael Vitale

This case focuses on the growth of an innovative non-profit institution that motivates aboriginal children to attend school by harnessing their love of football. View Details

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Nonprofit Organizations; Education; Sports; Education Industry

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Boom Supatpitak

specific requests (interview preparations, resume/cover letter reviews) or be a sounding board in an open discussion. To make an appointment, please send Boom an email. Work Experience: Keurig Dr. Pepper, DICK's Sporting Goods... View Details

23 May 2018
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Winning Bid

Photo via Black Enterprise Photo via Black Enterprise As head of eBay’s multi-billion dollar Arts & Collectibles platform, Sam Bright (MBA 2009) oversees more than 50 million listings, ranging from rare comic books to sports memorabilia... View Details

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The Roundtables - Entrepreneurship

NeueHouse in Madison Square Park for customized discussions, a reception and dinner featuring a fireside chat between Professor Bill Sahlman and Brian Bedol founder of Bedrocket Media Ventures, Bluefin Labs, CBS College Sports Network,... View Details

01 Apr 2025
Blog Post

Alumni in Climate Networking Series: Miami

Climate Pledge Arena The final case study presented was Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena, a powerful example of how sports and entertainment venues can lead in sustainability. Originally built for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair, this... View Details

July 2000 (Revised June 2002)
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Dawn Riley at America True (A)

By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty

Dawn Riley is the CEO/Captain of America True, the first coed syndicate to race for the America's Cup. Over three years, based on her vision for America True, she built the syndicate from scratch, bringing on investors and sponsors, designing and building a boat, and... View Details

Keywords: Management Style; Leadership; Problems and Challenges; Sports; Gender; Business Startups; North and Central America; New Zealand; San Francisco

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17 Sep 2018
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The Business of Being Belichick

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

24 Mar 2016
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A Fitness Industry Innovator Powers On

Monthly dues and 24-hour club access are nothing unusual in the world of fitness—but when Leonard Schlemm bought the San Francisco Bay Area Nautilus club in 1983 for $45,000, members were required to sign 3-year contracts and could only use the facilities at appointed... View Details

10 Mar 2016
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Can Doug Lemov Save US Soccer?

Illustration by John Cuneo Illustration by John Cuneo Teaching guru Doug Lemov (MBA 2004) is taking his teaching talents to the pitch. Profiled in the March issue of The Atlantic, Lemov was contacted by US Soccer in 2010 in an effort to improve their youth development... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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Sands of Time

Well before he arrived at HBS, Michel Ray de Carvalho (MBA 1970) had led a charmed life. But it was only destined to get better. Already a veteran child actor at 17, he was tapped to play one of Peter O'Toole's young Arab sidekicks in the film Lawrence of Arabia,... View Details

Keywords: Luge; Memorable partying; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

Eric Boutin

Longwood Fund, a life sciences venture capital fund, where he led early-stage biotech deals and founded Flex Pharma, a neuromuscular sports performance company, which went on to IPO (NASDAQ: FLKS). Eric holds an MBA from Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

Portrait Project

Anita Gupta

child, playing on Hellshire Beach – a makeshift, impoverished playground, just a stone’s throw from Kingston’s slums. He playfully called himself royalty, sporting only a pair of tattered shorts and a giant, toothy smile. The beach was... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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The way to measure success

people worldwide, with manufacturing and distribution facilities, executive office buildings, and sports stadiums located on four continents. Kraft’s commitment to philanthropy, with an emphasis in the areas of education, health care, and... View Details

07 Feb 2019
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A Course Correction at Chris-Craft

Stephen Heese (MBA 1988), left (photo by mbr/Sarasota Herald-Tribune/Thomas Bender, AP) Stephen Heese (MBA 1988), left (photo by mbr/Sarasota Herald-Tribune/Thomas Bender, AP) A recent article in the Des Moines Register detailed the story of how two alumni—Stephen... View Details

01 Dec 2003
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Hoop Dreams

Boston entrepreneur Steve Belkin (MBA 1971) first tried to buy an NBA team — the Boston Celtics — twenty years ago. That attempt ended in failure for the founder and chairman of Trans National Group, a marketing and investment company. As time wore on, and subsequent... View Details