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- 01 Sep 2016
- News
How I Got to Google
essentially the same—but the scope of my products has increased in size. My first role at Google was working on features on a product for Google Checkout. Now I get to work in health search, which accounts for one in 20 queries on Google.com. So the View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Giving Hope and Comfort
volunteer with the organization. In 2021, the organization gave away 2 million items to more than 225 other nonprofits. He estimates that staggering number will meet less than 10 percent of the true need in Massachusetts. "A solution isn't a solution unless it's the... View Details
- 09 Jul 2019
- News
The Road to Impact
kids mathematics or to teach non-English speakers how to read English in third grade, or how to better inhibit suicidal patients from taking their own lives,” he notes. Offensend is currently focused on increasing the organization’s visibility and capacity. “If we... View Details
- 15 May 2023
- News
From Scientist to Business Leader
tuberculosis. After several years working in the lab, Kim began to wonder if she was in the right role. Then COVID hit, and demand for the company’s products surged. “My CEO asked if I could step away from the bench into a business operations role, because we were... View Details
- 25 Mar 2021
- News
Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy
campus and the launch of new educational programs. Nitin Nohria, the 10th Dean, who served for more than 10 years, continued this trend. Harvard Business School Online, the Harvard Innovation Labs, the field method, and new MS/MBA program... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Beyond the Plastisphere
bacteria, previous attempts to manufacture it at industrial scale were stymied by the need for expensive feedstocks such as sugar and seed oils. Full Cycle, however, coaxes microbes to make PHA from organic waste—banana peels, newspapers,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
are women, CB enjoyed a net income of about $73 million in 2008. According to Labarthe and Danel (aka “the two Charlies”), a high profitability rate is necessary to convince investors to take a risk on a relatively unknown bank; it’s also the surest way to gain access... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
Palandjian Photo courtesy Tracy Palandjian Cohen Main article: Where Innovation Rules Governments and philanthropies have long sought to improve the lives of society’s least fortunate and most vulnerable, often with discouraging results.... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
The School that Donham Built
and 1927. “Donham’s innovations became anchor points for subsequent campus development,” says Executive Dean for Administration Angela Crispi (MBA 1990). “Our unique status as a residential business school has guided decisions about the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us
fate we have to accept, Sambvani explains. Better voice technology and AI-based tools already exist, and some large organizations are deploying them in modern, innovative systems that don’t routinely confound their customers. “But most... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
from the atmosphere annually. The revised Section 45Q substantially increases subsidies for direct-air capture (DAC), which removes carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere, and makes the incentives available to smaller companies—changes that Lee believes will help the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Alumni Books
entrepreneurs, he explores how to evaluate innovative ideas and the entrepreneurs behind them (drawing lessons from Yahoo!, Baidu, Tesla Motors, Measurex, and more). He also discusses the value of political leadership in creating... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
1997 Placement Data Reflect January Cohort's Success
Cohort 3.3 3.3 3.5 Average satisfaction with job offer (on a scale of 1-low to 7-high) Total September Cohort January Cohort 6.1 6.1 6.1 True to the spirit of innovation at HBS (one of the main goals of... View Details
- 24 Mar 2021
- News
Clubs Reaffirm Equity in Community Partners Work; Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education
don’t provide. “We’ve worked with MESO for two consecutive years,” says Lin. “We helped them scale their approach across different markets, and during the pandemic, when the in-person connection to their existing and potential clients... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Case Study: Power Nappy
begging for some innovative engineering. “I wanted to figure out if we could make a plant-based diaper also the best-performing diaper on the market,” she says. After much R&D, Saigal launched Kudos in 2019. The company offers compostable... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
to that time, things are more normalized and sane. We’re seeing more experienced, repeat entrepreneurs who have created valuable companies and been through the IPO cycle and the M&A cycle. I think entrepreneurship and innovation are still... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
efficient, and the fastest way to develop decent housing for its residents.” In addition to innovative approaches to upgrading urban slums, brand-new, environmentally sound cities will emerge “from scratch” in sparsely populated areas of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
comment is spoken in an offhand way, but that ability to understand how a business will scale has been a key factor in some of DFJ’s enormous multiple returns. Today, DFJ spans affiliate networks in more than 30 cities around the world... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
focusing on and expecting major growth with younger fans (especially ages 6–13), US Hispanics ("more of whom watched the last Super Bowl than the last World Cup final"), and women ("a strong group and getting stronger"). To reach the first two groups, the league has... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Tackling the World’s Most Difficult Challenges
Weiss, the Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice. That’s the premise of his new book, We the Possibility, which encourages governments to think like startups. For Weiss, who served as chief of staff to Boston’s mayor and launched one of the first... View Details