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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Côme Laguë (MBA 1993)
companies don’t find success but still have valuable IP. That IP tends to be lost, or picked up for little money by companies that don't contribute to the competitiveness of the technology industry,” says Laguë. “I like salvaging them, then selling them to big View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Helping one child led to improving the lives of thousands
company, Chertavian turned this concept into reality in 2000 by launching Year Up, a job-training program for urban youth ages 18–24. By providing participants with technical and professional skills as well as six-month corporate... View Details
- 09 Oct 2017
- News
Saving an American Publishing Icon
would do research on any topic for any individual. Turns out, the thing that was more in demand was best-practices research. And that company became the Corporate Executive Board and the Advisory Board Company. “At age 40, at that... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Personal crises inform a life’s work
and patient empowerment, the organization created the first comprehensive, disease-specific cancer site on the Web, and informed millions though innovative corporate partnerships. Another life-changing event prompted Langer to focus her... View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- News
Sailing lessons give disabled children and adults greater life skills
of the Newport, Rhode Island–based organization. “It’s like living in two different worlds. I run a nonprofit, but I apply all for-profit principles to it. Consequently, we achieve great outcomes with very low cost, per participant,” he says. The sailing organization,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2014
low-income youth and companies needing skilled labor. His yearlong training program offers 18 through 24-year-olds the technical, professional, and communications skills needed to transition into careers and college. The award-winning nonprofit has partnered with 250... View Details
- 16 Mar 2015
- News
Cooking Up New Opportunities in New Orleans
Carol Ahn Markowitz (MBA 2003) gave up a safe life in corporate finance to head to New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. She now leads a $33.5 million culinary institute start-up. It’s been a bumpy road. Markowitz couldn’t find a job... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Pooling resources to tackle India's social challenges
Ravi Venkatesan (MBA 1992), former chairman of Microsoft India, left the corporate world to launch Social Venture Partners (SVP) India, which brings together concerned citizens to solve economic and social problems through venture... View Details
- 01 Jan 2010
- News
Susan L. Decker, MBA 1986
financial ship as CFO, built the company’s advertiser and publisher group as EVP, and oversaw global business operations as president. Since leaving Yahoo! in 2009, Decker has taken time out from the corporate world to focus on what... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
insignificant, faculty and student organizers emphasize that the contest’s value lies well beyond such monetary rewards and services, which are donated by corporate sponsors and the HBS Entrepreneurship... View Details
- 17 Oct 2019
- News
Venturing Away from Venture Capital
Life Science Entrepreneurship in 2015, she worked for several venture capital firms specializing in health care and technology startups.) In order to satisfy the limited partners that supply their capital, Unger explains, venture... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 06 Mar 2017
- News
Leading in the Community and the Boardroom
“I’ve come to appreciate how fortunate I was to have an experience that instilled so much confidence in my ability to try new and different things.” That carries over to Wiley’s increasing involvement in corporate boards, even as she... View Details
- 28 Mar 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
years, where your social life can be challenging with a 24/7 schedule,” she says. “I wanted to take advantage of everything HBS had to offer, including the cultural trips and social events.” Hess Corporation hired her after graduation to... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
of the French pointillist painter, and it’s easy to imagine Bill Gates or Oprah Winfrey humming the same tune. But if creativity is integral to business, and to entrepreneurship in particular, how exactly does it occur? Where does this... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue
Designs, Inc., talked about leaving corporate America to start their own businesses, while Marjorie Alfus took on the topic of entrepreneurship within a corporate environment.... View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Bringing New Life to an Iconic Magazine
the organization (now operating as the Advisory Board Company and Corporate Executive Board) employs more than 6,500 people and generates annual revenues approaching $1.5 billion. While he didn’t fulfill his political dreams, Bradley... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Entrepreneurs Speak at HBS
Richard Branson, the British entrepreneur, corporate titan, and death-defying balloonist, touched down at HBS last fall to share his wit and wisdom with a large Burden Hall audience. Branson, founder and chairman of the Virgin Group, a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Drug Imports a Hot Topic at Alumni Health-Care Conference
Canada for prescription drugs as a form of civil disobedience. This kind of grassroots response is an important preliminary step toward addressing the rising costs of medicine, he said. Other speakers included Raytheon Chairman Daniel P. Burnham (now retired), speaking... View Details
- 17 Jun 2010
- News
The Most Emerging of Emerging Markets
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Helping Women Executives Return to Work
Katerina Gould (MBA 1990), cofounder of Women Returners and founder of Thinking Potential, is helping executive women in the United Kingdom re-enter the workforce after extended career breaks. “They are going to be more stable than other employees. They’re not going to... View Details