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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Complete Package
“You have to be honest and deliver on what you have promised.” Essential entrepreneurship skill: Driving a 14-foot pickup and a warehouse forklift. “Sometimes you must really dirty your hands,” she says. “The men would always be very... View Details
Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; sustainability; packaging; leadership; women; Manufacturing
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Turning Point: Make Your Life Count
Rosita Najmi (MBA 2009) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Rosita Najmi (MBA 2009) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) We were refugees. Mom scraped together all we had (three suitcases and $3,000) and bundled my three siblings and me onto a plane bound for Idaho. My father... View Details
- 13 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
Following My Dream: Launching a Venture
data and insights gained, this summer has been an amazing learning experience: I recruited an extraordinary and diverse team despite only being able offer them an idea and vision, I’ve learned how to be a better manager (including having difficult conversations), I’ve... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Action Plan: Net Proceeds
clean up a beach, and no one is going to buy that plastic, the beach will just get dirty again.” Later, Goodwin would learn how bad the problem is, with 11 million tons of plastic garbage entering the ocean each year. Over 80 percent of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
How Do I Get Your Job?
postcollege when I was working at Lotus Development, creating interactive marketing demos for various products. I really liked the experience of getting my hands dirty working with designers and producers. And I got lucky, because I met a... View Details
- 28 Apr 2022
- News
Finding Her Place
her to focus on innovation in her first several years in the role. “I wouldn’t say ‘innovation’ is a dirty word in nonprofits, but it is one that is not spoken often,” she observes. Hudson wants Chapman to be a leader in embracing new... View Details
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy
humor in the idea of the man they labeled "a dirty Talmud Jew," lodged a protest with the State Department, and refused to participate in the festivities. The IBM is not merely an organization of men; it is an institution that... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Global Perspectives
and telecommunications. “We had access to high-level people,” says Sterling Cross (MBA 2017), who worked with a team on inner-city transportation. “They were willing to get their hands dirty with us and really listened to our ideas. It... View Details
- 25 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People
you’ll be talking amongst yourselves.” About the Author Danielle Kost is senior editor at HBS Working Knowledge. [Image: ColobusYeti] Related Reading: Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Lead Into... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
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Smaller Collections - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
gelatin silver print images taken by Margaret Bourke-White captures industrial settings during the early 19th century. Included are pictures of American factories, mines, foundries, and glassworks. Bourke-White was able to depict otherwise View Details
- 15 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Search vs. Display Advertising Quandary
The dirty little secret of advertising agencies is that much of their work is pure guesswork. Companies spread out their advertising budgets across channels—a little bit of TV, some print media, a few billboards—and wait for customers to... View Details
- 08 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Catching the Entrepreneurship Bug at HBS
hands dirty on a really granular project – were all elements of entrepreneurship. The issue was that I had become accustomed to a specific archetype of an entrepreneur and that archetype looked nothing like me. I didn’t want to be... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
rely on dirty or dangerous energy sources like kerosene lamps and diesel generators. The Soccket is not unlike Matthews herself: a bundle of energy using play to change the world. Creating things seems to come naturally to Matthews, who... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 06 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Businesses Need a Language Strategy
Lost sales. Friction. Inefficiency. These are dirty words in the world of business, and they are inevitabilities for companies that don't watch their language, so to speak. Harvard Business School Associate Professor Tsedal Neeley... View Details
Keywords: Re: Tsedal Neeley
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Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020 - Recruiting
the practicality of the program. As someone who deeply appreciates getting his hands dirty and not being bogged down in theory, I enjoyed being able to interface with an existing business and see the impact of my recommendations then... View Details
- 19 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
Marketing Marijuana
a high number of users who are eating marijuana rather than smoking it. About 50 percent of sales in the city stores are edibles. "That reflects new consumers coming into the market who aren't interested in smoking joints, because that's a View Details
- 05 Sep 2012
- What Do You Think?
Will Business Management Save US Health Care?
the patient, not the practitioner, comes first. In these organizations, management is not a dirty word. In fact, managers and doctors are recognized for exhibiting mutual respect and aiding the transfer and adoption of good ideas across a... View Details
- 28 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor
Uruguay, Chu graduated from Dartmouth College in 1968 "right in time to go back to Latin America at the time of the Dirty Wars," he said. He saw extreme political polarization, urban guerillas, terrorism from both the liberation... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Career Advice: Transforming the Energy Industry
dirty energy sources, we need new technologies and solutions, which is where the startups come in. The problem with startups is that sometimes don't have the necessary skills or resources and the problem with big companies, who may have... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
magazine added that “the U.S. just might be the world’s biggest washing machine for dirty money.” Baker concurs, noting that the U.S. Treasury Department asserts that virtually 100 percent of dirty money... View Details