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Brandon Tieu

sense of confidence in the network of close friendships I've cultivated. Knowing I can always reach out to someone with expertise, and reciprocate that support in return, gives me assurance in facing the myriad of challenges ahead. While... View Details

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Magashe Ngoepe

community and stay looking for ways to grow deeper friendships with those in my existing community. As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? A lawyer. I always wanted to stand in a court and defend people and send bad guys to... View Details

14 Feb 2019
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LOVE At HBS

separate challenges in the future, we will still be taking them on together. Ashley Gibson & John Davis, Class of 2020 “Hey, should we share an Uber to the airport?” It all started on a Monday in August 2015 after our first day at BCG. Although we were in... View Details

11 Nov 2022
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Meet the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association

previous year due to COVID precautions. Given how much I owe to the AFAA - my presence at HBS and the lifelong friendships I have made here - it felt natural to carry that forward for the next generation of HBS Veterans. Mike Laffin,... View Details

28 Oct 2022
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Latina Women in Leadership: Shirley Verónica Cardona (MBA 2012)

co-president alongside my partner in crime, Lulu Curiel (MBA 2010). This experience was made significantly more meaningful through the friendships we made across the HBSLAA/LASO boards and a strong partnership with HBS Admissions, HBSAAA,... View Details

29 Feb 2024
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African American Student Union Spotlight on Social Enterprise

perspectives on business problems and social challenges. Inside the classroom, the section experience enables a safe space for learning, vulnerability, and personal development. Outside of the classroom, the section experience is a second home allowing me to build... View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

Graduate's Gift Honors HBS Friend

In a spontaneous act of friendship, Nathaniel de Rothschild (MBA '71) recently made a generous gift to the School in the name of his longtime friend and HBS classmate Franklin R. Anderson (MBA '71). To give special recognition to the gift and the View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

14 Feb 2022
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Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2022

texts created a foundation for a friendship, and that friendship turned into something more as summer turned into fall and we found ourselves back in Boston. Now here we are some six years later, engaged and getting ready to graduate... View Details

20 May 2022
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Nucleate Eco: Connecting Aspiring MBA Entrepreneurs with Cutting Edge Climate Research

experts, and entrepreneurs, and build meaningful friendships in the process. As an HBS student, it’s still hard to find ways to cross paths with PhD’s and post-docs who are world experts in their field, and Nucleate plays a key role in... View Details

18 Aug 2016
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Relocating to Boston with Your Partner

fully involved in section activities and you are able to build friendships together. Section C made Megan feel like a member of the section from the first day of class, which made the experience enjoyable for Megan. We also made some of... View Details

09 Nov 2022
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Building Community: Meet the HBS Latino Student Organization Leadership

away with a greater appreciation for the thriving Latinx community and friendships LASO members made at HBS. During my first year, I served on LASO’s Admissions Committee because I wanted to encourage more diverse candidates to apply and... View Details

25 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Fool vs. Jerk: Whom Would You Hire?

organizations we analyzed. Personal feelings played a more important role in forming work relationships—not friendships at work but job-oriented relationships—than is commonly acknowledged. They were even more important than evaluations... View Details

Keywords: by Tiziana Casciaro & Miguel Sousa Lobo

01 Jun 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Benefits of Oversharing

prone to missing opportunities to form friendships or hire people by unfairly inferring [that] they are untrustworthy," she says. "There may be completely innocuous reasons someone may wish to keep personal information... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

04 Feb 2016
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Meet the HBS Tech Club

club can help provide them the skills, knowledge, and connections to get that dream job. In addition we aim to provide members with the motivation and means with which to give back to the club — in terms of forming close friendships with... View Details

12 Feb 2021
News

How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World

escape from the jaws of death. Hanna: You gave so much to the business over the years. What did Dunkin’ Donuts give to you, do you feel? Rosenberg: Joy. Joy, pride. My goodness. It was an endless gift. The camaraderie and the friendship... View Details

Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

23 May 2018
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Claudio L. Haddad, OPM 12, 1987

compassionate, and kind is apparent in his deep friendships as well as in the roles that he cherishes most (especially now that he’s passed the baton to a successor at Insper): husband, father, and grandfather. His wife of 47 years,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

27 Sep 2021
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Working to Change the Food System

introducing folks to the many common ties between fighting climate change, energy, and food production. My other (more personal) goal is to create real friendships among club members, beyond it being a professionally-oriented club,... View Details

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Sebastian Velasco

offers: an incredible group of peers with diverse backgrounds, interactions with experienced faculty and world leaders, and the ability to further develop a network of friendships that will be very important in my future." The most... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

12 Nov 2018
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Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

became friends with people of other places, cultures, beliefs, and value systems which taught me not only tolerance and respect, but also appreciation for what friendship and family really mean. Enduring sacrifice and long absences has... View Details

04 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors

know they have other choices." Pulling together these considerations, one serial entrepreneur offered this rule of thumb: "If your family comes from a business background and are well-informed about finances and they know to keep business and View Details

Keywords: by Noam Wasserman

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