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- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a... View Details
- 19 Apr 2023
- News
A Kick Start for Latin American Startups
beneficial. "It really helps companies gain more traction quickly." For Saggioro Leal and Lemann, success for these startups means more than just a return on investment. They want to build a movement. The deeper mission of MAYA is to catalyze, transform, and empower... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
cities where the Black community has been disconnected from innovation efforts. Networks: The power of wide connections Many entrepreneurs start by tapping friends and family. But what if your friends and... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
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Events - Business History
and Christina Lubinski. Oct 6 06 Oct 2025 Business History Seminar Justene Hill Edwards (University of Virginia), "Rethinking Black Entrepreneurship in the Aftermath of American Slavery" 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm. Part of the 2025 Business... View Details
- Web
In the News - Creating Emerging Markets
explore how corruption uniquely affects business in emerging markets, and why it should be addressed by the public and private sectors in their case, “Corruption and Business in Emerging Markets,” and companion video interviews with more than 100 iconic View Details
- Portrait Project
Wyatt Smith
My father kneeled in chicken manure and drew a black streak with a pencil he'd taken from the wall of the poultry house. "See this line? It represents how much your mother and I work to pay our debts and provide for this... View Details
- 19 May 2023
- Blog Post
Creating and Nurturing a Sense of Belonging at HBS
and scholastic clubs. In college, it came from my passion for service and the uplifting of my community, and now at HBS it comes from a combination of all these things and then some. Whenever I talk to prospective Black students... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Key to Doing Your Best at Work? Be Yourself
at work and why it matters. Gazette: Though everyone can find it hard to feel comfortable in their own skin, especially at work, you say the idea behind this course came out of the challenges that Black people, as well as other... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 07 Oct 2021
- News
Planning Ahead
his philanthropy. “I wanted to support the people and the institutions that had made a difference in my life,” he says. “Obviously, HBS was one of them.” Admitting with a laugh that like most entrepreneurs he has some tendencies toward... View Details
- 16 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 16
purchased by an employee. Subanalyses tracked beverage purchases, including calories and price per beverage. Results: Employees self-identified as white (73%); black (10%); Latino (7%); and Asian (10%). Compared to white employees, Latino... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
entrepreneurs to high-level executives, in the business sector, government, or nonprofits—a unique blend of expert insights and concrete examples. Grounded in interviews with 50 esteemed innovators and informed by the authors’ own deep... View Details
- 14 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures
such as through leading African-American Student Union’s (AASU’s) Black New Venture Competition. Rea: In the near term, Solara is exploring pilot opportunities in three to four localities with key research institutions and private... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
wanted different colored skis but Head refused to make anything but black ones. The huge lesson for me was that one has to keep an eye on the market, understand what customers want, and be willing to change to meet future demands. Head... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
Since taking over as CEO of Tata Steel in 2013, T. V. Narendran had sought to transform India’s oldest steel manufacturing firm to ready it for a rapidly evolving business world. He instilled financial discipline, acquired new businesses, and launched digital... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
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Harvard Business School
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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Global Business Course | HBS Online
indicators on business decisions Discover the short- and long-term impact of interest rates, inflation, trade, and investment Learn distinctive approaches and frameworks that help you think about the world and organize information Who Will Benefit Forward-Thinking... View Details
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
- 08 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes (MBA 2017)
at ExxonMobil or elsewhere. I KNEW what my next step was, so I could focus on learning and not on routing my career. I also felt that I wasn’t betraying my ultimate goal of being an entrepreneur by going to a large company: it was part of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Future Vision
academic partner of the OneTen Initiative, which seeks to create 1 million living-wage jobs over 10 years for Black and underrepresented minority women and men who do not have a college education. If you believe, as I do, that talent is... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
Younger Black Knowledge Workers BIO As global leaders prepare to meet in Glasgow, the prospects for mitigating the impact of climate change do not look very good. A detailed new analysis from the Rhodium Group, as reported by Axios.com,... View Details