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- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Dog’s Best Friend: Jim Hawes’s Charles River Rescue
It was a Friday afternoon on a weekend when no "WAC" (Written Analysis of Cases) was due in the deposit slot by midnight Saturday, so a number of us were preparing to go skiing. I was with sectionmate Fred Marshall, when we noticed a small View Details
- 24 Apr 2019
- News
And the Winner Is…
$75,000. Claiming both the alumni grand prize and crowd favorite awards was Blueland, which is “(t)aking the weight and waste out of your everyday products” through reusable bottles and concentrated cleaning tablets. “We’re starting with... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
City Hall’s Headbanger
signing a bill granting paid parental leave to city employees, he sported a Christmas sweater with the name of heavy metal band Pantera knit into the pattern. Sometimes, when introducing a heavy metal icon to a crowd of 20,000 fans, he’s... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
The Sound of Music
The renowned Silk Road Ensemble put on an impromptu lunchtime performance in HBS’s Spangler Center in late September, drawing an admiring crowd of students, faculty, and staff. The ensemble is led by celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma and brings... View Details
Keywords: Christianity
- 07 Nov 2019
- News
Scranton Elects First Female Mayor
As an Oregon native running on the Independent ticket, Paige Cognetti (MBA 2014) was not the most likely candidate to claim victory in a special mayoral election that took place Tuesday in Scranton, Pennsylvania. But she won handily, claiming 36 percent of the vote in... View Details
- 22 Dec 2022
- News
LGBTQ+ Alumni Forums Expand; 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition Is Underway
$5,000 for the crowd favorite—for start-up costs. During the 25th NVC celebration, startup SurgiBox took home the alumni NVC crowd favorite prize. This year's event will be fully virtual. According to Rock... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 09 Jun 2015
- News
Building change from the ground up
as the Taliban-influenced south, operating under a firm policy of cultural sensitivity and ethical transparency in a country ranked as one of the most corrupt in the world. When Roshan launched, police were called in to control the crowds... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Spring Reunions
A rainy weekend didn’t dampen the spirits of the 2,000 alumni and guests who returned to Soldiers Field in early June for spring reunions. The academic program drew enthusiastic crowds to hear faculty presentations on more than two dozen... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The New Tech Meccas
When author and start-up vet Chris Schroeder (MBA 1992) attended a regional entrepreneurship conference in Dubai in 2010, the energy of the crowd was a revelation. "I could not get my head around the idea that this was coming from places... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Spring Training for Startups
narrowed down finalists in the business and social enterprise tracks to grand prize winners and runners-up, each receiving $50,000 and $25,000, respectively. Alumni NVC winners were announced two weeks earlier, with victors in three tracks—determined by online View Details
- 16 May 2018
- News
ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup
Clubs News Clubs News With more than $300,000 in cash and prizes on the line, 12 finalist teams pitched their hearts out at the 21st Annual New Venture Competition on April 18. Before a crowd of 500 HBS alumni, students, staff and guests,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 10 Dec 2010
- News
Notes from the Trenches
Executive Director Mike Roberts, the lineup lost no time in getting down to brass tacks with the SRO student crowd of would-be entrepreneurs. Paris Wallace (MBA ’07) of Good Start Genetics noted that the BPC is an effective way to meet... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The New Venture Competition's Digital Democracy
winners will now face virtual judges, with online polling deciding the winners in two categories—each carrying a $25,000 prize. HBS alumni and students can visit the NVC site to learn about the finalists and watch their video pitches. Then on April 1, the virtual polls... View Details
Keywords: New Venture Competition
- 24 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni New Venture Competition Finalists Named
allows businesses to design and order industrial equipment online. Alumnus: Etienne Lacroix, MBA 2011 Region: Canada These teams will make their final pitches to a panel of judges on April 25 and a winner and crowd favorite will be picked... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Borders and the Self By Chinwe Ajena-Sagna (MBA 2003) Masobe Books “Who are you?” Every border tells a story. Every story has its origins. Tracing a cultural lineage from the beginnings of Igbo history in the ninth century by delineating... View Details
- 07 Nov 2018
- News
The Results Are (Mostly) In
Massachusetts Third Congressional District after winning a primary contest against a crowded field of nine other Democratic candidates. A former Marine and member of the Texas House of Representatives and State Senate, Van Taylor (MBA... View Details
- 01 Nov 2018
- News
A Passion for Organization
jump to try and help Houston, and I decided I would wait till the crowds have died down and go when others may not be going and helping. I partnered with a nonprofit that was working to help gut these homes, and clean them out, and get... View Details
- 25 Apr 2023
- News
Class of 2022 Startups Sweep Alumni New Venture Competition
and Sylvan Guo, for Hue, an e-commerce technology platform that helps brands and retailers to showcase short-form, customer-generated video reviews on their websites. The virtual audience then awarded the Crowd Favorite prize of $5,000 to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
A Woman in the House
Journal Gazette (October 21, 2003). The swearing-in ceremony included an audience of eight hundred enthusiastic supporters, a high-school band, and a heartfelt rendition of the national anthem. “The bipartisan crowd was liberal with its... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Africa Business Conference Creates Ongoing Forum for Change
senior associate dean for International Development, welcomed the SRO crowd in Aldrich with a smile, noting, “I'm very pleased with our market share.” Despite the challenges posed by a developing infrastructure and bouts of political... View Details