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- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Wide Horizon
There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Margaret M. Crotty
meager supply of life jackets, neglecting to keep one for herself. When the boat sank, she used her skills as a former lifeguard to save people in the shark-infested waters, but hundreds of others drowned. Fashioning a flotation device... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 22 Feb 2024
- News
Combat-Tested Cancer Coaching
nearby Borders bookstore revealed a three-year life expectancy with no available treatment options. And trying to navigate the complexities of the American health care system—bouncing from pathologist to a medical oncologist to... View Details
- 22 Nov 2023
- News
So You Want to Join a Startup
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: At age 29, Gus Bessalel (MBA 1988) decided to leave consulting for a decidedly less glamorous life as an entrepreneur, working out of a storage room in the bowels... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2024
pumping gas at a Hess station in New Jersey when I was age 15. I loved that job, because I met people from all walks of life and was busy every second, filling the tank, washing windshields, and popping the hood.” Building blocks: “My... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Ilana D. Weinstein (MBA 1995)
Weinstein: Standing tall and seeing all of the strategic possibilities in a highly competitive industry. I grew up in New York City and worked in every store along our 10-block radius. I learned how to sell and negotiate at a young age. There’s a scrappiness and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Jeremy Grantham (MBA 1966)
company went bankrupt. I wrote up that experience as an investing principle for a quarterly newsletter: It’s always good to have a mother to buy your bad stocks. After business school, I went into management consulting, which is quite a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Plugged In
achieve at their highest level of excellence.” Attitude adjustment: “Since the pandemic, more Gen Z-ers and millennials have decided they can have a good quality of life without becoming CEO of a company. That’s de nitely had an impact on... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Game On
Valerie, a lifelong athlete who brings decades of experience in the fitness industry to the role of COO; Gordon is CFO and general counsel. People would naturally assume that a private, indoor club simply meant bringing the play out of... View Details
- 20 Jul 2020
- News
Reflection: The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Joint Venture
patients experience chronic pain post-surgery and one-third of patients who could benefit from the surgery are ineligible due to other health factors such as obesity and chronic illness. “It’s a problem that isn’t going away,” notes... View Details
Keywords: Shoshi Parks
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Futures Investor
In the half-century since his graduation, Theodore Roosevelt IV (MBA 1972) has earned widespread respect as both a forward-thinking investment banker and an influential activist through his efforts to address climate change and preserve public lands. For much of that... View Details
- 02 Nov 2023
- News
Seeding Startups
Shirish Nadkarni (MBA 1987) was the director of product planning for Microsoft’s MSN when he decided he was ready to become an entrepreneur. He had recently led the growing internet portal’s 1997 acquisition of Hotmail, the first free, web-based email solution, and the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Frances Haugen: (MBA 2011)
I went to a Montessori preschool. My parents were very big on the idea that children are people and treated me with great seriousness. If they asked me to do something, I was allowed to ask why. Debate was a big part of my high school experience. Coaching debate... View Details
- 25 Apr 2024
- News
Origin Stories
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Drop Everything, Read This
The Bookshelf Rick Rubin is one of the greatest music producers of all time. His book, The Creative Act: A Way of Being, is about the creative process and is based on his experiences with era-defining musicians. He encourages the reader... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
horizontally. Many of the systems at PCL can be an inspiration to MAYU as the business grows. My experiences at PCL in sourcing/purchasing, logistics, import and export, taxation, and legal will definitely help when building MAYU. “PCL is... View Details
- 30 May 2023
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Finding PRIDE
of our founding members; Bart Rubenstein (MBA 1979); Raul Companioni (MBA 1980); Bob Anderson (MBA 1982); Jim Savage (MBA 1977); Paul Williamson (MBA 1983); and Phil Kanner, life partner of my dear friend Steve Mendelsohn (MBA 1984). We... View Details
- 12 May 2021
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The First Five Years: Sophie Bai (MBA 2020)
also share similar values, love the same types of food, and enjoy traveling. Growing up as an only child, I always wished that I had a sister, somebody to share experiences with. Now the dream has come true.” BB: “Also, we both love... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
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Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees
have those types of experiences,” Kearns says. “People do ask me, ‘Why do you do this?’ And I’m like, ‘I’m living this wonderful life and I’m also getting to experience the lives of my ancestors, on whose... View Details