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- 12 Mar 2019
- News
Acting Naturally
Karina Birch (OPM 49, 2017) is CEO of Rocky Mountain Soap Company, based in Alberta, Canada. In this interview, she explains how the mission, culture, and products of her company are blended together. “I was 24 years old and right out of university when I started Rocky... View Details
- 08 Feb 2018
- News
Bringing a Personal Touch to Plus-Size Fashion
- 27 Sep 2021
- News
Sewn with Love
When Kikka Hanazawa (MBA 2002), CEO of VPL, a women’s underwear and athleisure company, heard stories of the shortages of personal protective equipment for front-line medical workers faced with the coronavirus crisis, the fashion-industry leader began to research the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Customizing Couture Online
now ubiquitous invitation-only Internet flash sale. Up next for Wilkis Wilson: at-home beauty service startup Glamsquad. That’s what Tinker Tailor offers. “I heard from all these women who really wanted to buy View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
China Dominates HBS Business Plan Contest
The economic power and emerging opportunities in China inspired winners in the tenth annual HBS Business Plan Contest last April. Tingting Zhong (MBA ’06) won first place in the traditional track for 8Baorice, a company that aims to create an online community focused... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
The World Is Her Canvas
depicting women’s struggle or repression, Columbus’s collection exudes “an aura of quiet fulfillment,” the Rochester Chronicle and Democrat reported (March 1, 2009). “It’s more about the inner beauty of their lives,” Columbus explained. View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
A Hollywood Backstory
desensitized—brainwashed—by Hollywood? I spent a lot of time thinking about this for a script I worked on for a movie called Beautiful Boy. It tells the story of two ordinary parents trying to understand—and escape—the fact that their son... View Details
- 15 May 2018
- News
Talking Disruption With Bluemercury Founder Marla Beck
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Art Collecting’s New Egalitarianism
interest to your means.” Online auction houses like 1stdibs and Paddle8—founded by Aditya Julka and Osman Khan (both MBA 2009)—offer access to collectors of all levels and have made tracking down rare pieces less of a chore. “One of the View Details
- 29 Jul 2021
- News
Support System
To the people of Ghana, shea butter is known as “women’s gold.” Used for everything from stretch marks to diaper rash, it’s a go-to product in high demand. And it offers employment opportunities for women willing to survey shea-nut trees across the wilds of sub-Saharan... View Details
- 25 Sep 2019
- News
Leading the Evolution of E-Commerce
Photo via the New York Observer Photo via the New York Observer When Jennifer Fleiss (MBA 2009) started Rent the Runway with HBS classmate Jenn Hyman, the pair were in their 20s—two scrappy entrepreneurs who built the concept of renting designer clothing into a... View Details
- 24 Apr 2020
- News
Spreading the Love
cofounded the greeting card company in 2015—have backgrounds in engineering and manufacturing, and the company has a team in Vietnam that is well-versed in sourcing materials and shipping to the US. “At our core we’re a design and engineering organization focused on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Rowing Upstream
metaphor also caught the eye of HBS professor Jeff Polzer and HBS associate professor Scott Snook. The pair has produced a case about the behind-the-scenes dynamics surrounding a college crew team. But unlike the beautiful images favored... View Details
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
trail running, hiking, surfing, skiing, or mountaineering,” she says. “My husband and I have climbed many of the world’s most beautiful mountains together, including the highest mountain or molehill in each of the 50 states and four of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Barbie: Reviving a Cultural Icon at Mattel
in their products and communication, especially as part of a transformation. Enter Barbie, which had been grappling throughout the 2000s with softer sales as a result of perceptions of problematic beauty standards and gender stereotypes.... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Family Dynamic
mentoring are two of the biggest obstacles to entrepreneurs here.” Keep an eye out for: Burgreens, a healthy, fast-casual startup that sources sustainable ingredients from local farms. Beyond Bali: “Indonesia has so many beautiful places.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Roads to Recovery
parking will be unnecessary, thanks to a combination of "data-driven decision-making with autonomous driving, to deliver mobility on demand." Meanwhile, gas taxes, peak-use fees, and public transportation can free up roads. "There's View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sea of Dreams
But I can't say that without thinking about the families who depend on the shipyard's wages. And I understand the desire to trade up to something bigger, as Von Allmen, who already owned a somewhat smaller yacht, was doing. Today I am the proud owner of a View Details
- 18 Jul 2019
- News
A Category Leader
Marla Beck (MBA 1998) is founder of Bluemercury, a retailer of high-end beauty products, and a 2019 recipient of the HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this interview, she talks about building her business model around providing... View Details
- 19 May 2022
- News
Leading to Salvation
his eyes. It’s been a labor of love for him. And he said, I don’t want a square box or a rectangle. I want something with lots of light, lots of windows. And he designed an absolutely beautiful building. JH: A lifelong resident of North... View Details