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- 02 Dec 2010
- News
Panda Success
- 01 Feb 2011
- News
An Exercise in Understanding People
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Negative Ad Power
increase sales and shareholder value. Coke and Pepsi both want to increase the amount of carbonated soft drinks that we consume. If Pepsi and Coke go after each other in advertising, they will turn off consumers and reduce demand for both... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
LA Reid’s Song
listen to a song, and then I brush my teeth. Music enriches my day. I always notice that my mood changes if there’s no music. When there’s music, I come alive. All my friends know that about me. The other night, Jay Z came up to me at a party and threw his arm around... View Details
- 17 Apr 2017
- News
Panera-bred Leaders Have Risen Throughout the Restaurant Industry
As Ron Shaich (MBA 1978) grew Au Bon Pain and then the Panera Bread Company into the nation’s largest “fast casual” chain, he was also shaping a team of highly skilled restaurant executives. A recent article in the Boston Globe traces the lineage of these... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Entrepreneur's Notebook with Paul Conforti and Kim Moore (both MBA '97)
Names: Paul Conforti and Kim Moore (both MBA ’97) Company: Finale Dessert Company (established 1998) Locations: Park Plaza, Boston & Harvard Square, Cambridge Web: www.finaledesserts.com With vision, fortitude, and a whole lot of chocolate, Paul Conforti and classmate... View Details
- 16 Dec 2013
- News
D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
House of Bread on the Rise
McCANN: Former defense atforney learned the bakery business from scratch. The lessons Sheila McCann (OPM 24, 1996) learned from the surprising failure of her second House of Bread retail bakery turned out to be an essential ingredient in the company’s subsequent... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
The Wisdom of Crowds
The judgments of many people regarding the merits of a restaurant, hotel, or bar trump a single reviewer’s opinion. That’s the philosophy behind the Zagat Survey leisure guides, and Ted Zagat (MBA 2004) has literally grown up with that concept: His parents founded the... View Details
- 26 Jan 2015
- News
The Ingredients for Success
Carol Ahn Markowitz’s gambit was in trouble. It was mid-2013, two years after she and her songwriter husband had left their life in Los Angeles for New Orleans with visions of being part of the city’s post-Hurricane Katrina revival. But even after serving a year as... View Details
- 15 Dec 2011
- News
An HBS gift guide
Endline’s candy dreams. Previous Next Safe water for millions Sarah Kauss (MBA 2003) Founder, S’well Bottle “My dream with S’well is to allow those without options to be provided clean drinking water, while at the same time encourage... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
drinks that would win the brand international recognition. Smith liked the café concept and the enthusiastic workers behind the counter; he took a substantial cut in pay to sign on as EVP and CFO. Today, the company operates approximately... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Insatiably Curious
experience was exactly what she needed. “I was drinking from the fire hose,” she says. “At MIT, I learned how to problem solve. At HBS, I got a framework that allowed me to see the bigger picture.” The School also facilitated her career... View Details
- 20 Nov 2019
- News
From the Ground Up
we use those funds to provide school uniforms, provide school supplies, provide clean drinking water to the schools, and provide lunch. It was a pretty easy thing to implement. We think [it] has made some significant difference on the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do I Get Your Job?
to turn it into a for-profit business, but I thought somehow people needed to know about it and what could be done. And then came the aha moment: I was hiking in the desert with my mother on a very hot day, drinking out of a water bottle... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 19 Nov 2014
- News
The Power of Yes
housing, and safe drinking water. (One investment example includes d.light design, a company that provides solar lighting solutions to replace kerosene lanterns, which are more costly, dangerous, and unhealthy.) “Understanding the full... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Kelp Is on the Way
Petrochemicals are all around us—from ubiquitous plastic packaging to the inconspicuous lining of your takeaway coffee cup, and in everyday products like soaps, deodorants, and toothpaste. But that will change, according to Matthew Perkins (MBA 2009). When industries... View Details