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- 09 May 2013
- News
Road Trip
"Sarah and her team are tenacious and we think we'll learn a lot from them." Highland Brewing Company (Asheville, North Carolina). Cofounded in 1994 by owner Oscar Wong (SBA North Carolina Person of the Year), it began brewing locally in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Ink: Start Small, Rise Above
probably different from what either of us would have done on our own. We all learned this in negotiation class at HBS: If one person is gaining, it doesn’t necessarily mean the other person is losing.... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Better Mousetraps: At Product Design Fair, Student Ideas Get Real
from initial research phases, to brainstorming, to concept development and prototyping. The results? A car that might feature a personalized hood ornament and an interior with pulsating floor lights, customized seat covers, and an onboard... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Case Study: The Speed of Light
from the firm’s Cranford headquarters, allowing its eight-person team to provide fast, personal service. The company also takes an “engineering approach” to services, investing in skilled technicians rather than relying on less costly... View Details
- 28 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Omowale Casselle (MBA 2009)
the expectations of our consumers, retailers, and brand partners. "In addition to managing our product lines, I also lead our operations team, which means that I make sure that each retail partner (Walmart, Walgreens, Kroger, and Meijer)... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Ink
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015 Raje breaks C-suite workplaces into four categories: space used to enhance personal energy (think Zen gardens, cloth journals, and pictures of the family pup); space to create organizational... View Details
- 31 Jan 2023
- News
Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups
Saigal (MBA 2014), founder and CEO of Kudos, a sustainable diaper company, and Sarina Siddhanti Garg (MBA 2015), founder of the South Asian formal clothing retailer Riya Collective. The women shared their startup journeys with guest moderator Sowmya Pelluru, director... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Michael Depatie
“mini” brands like the Monaco and the Palomar. Doesn’t that make it difficult to show up on people’s radar? Our tagline is “Every hotel tells a story.” I think of the Kimpton name as an endorser brand. So, the Triton: a Kimpton Hotel; the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
Zurich and secured European distribution rights for our products, set up a joint venture with a partner in Mexico to build our brand there, and purchased Astro Gaming, a California-based gaming accessories company. Our office in southern... View Details
- 14 Oct 2020
- News
Sewn with Love
could one company or brand do?” she wondered. Photos courtesy VPL Photos courtesy VPL Hanazawa also understood the fashion-industry network is powerful and has the potential for wider impact. In 2011, she tapped fellow industry leaders... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
several years later, there was only one logical choice for a new name: Edy’s, after cofounder Joseph Edy. By the early 1990s, the Edy’s brand was well established throughout the Midwest and East, and it has long since eclipsed Dreyer’s in... View Details
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
to grow revenue. And that’s going to be through advertising and that is a trust-based business. You’re getting big brands and small brands to come on to your platform and put their content alongside a lot of... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
lateral career move. There are benefits to being a working parent, of course—not only for family income and personal fulfillment but also potentially for children’s choices as adults. Research by Kathleen McGinn, Cahners-Rabb Professor of... View Details
- 15 Feb 2022
- News
The Alumnae Entrepreneur Behind Mary J. Blige’s Super Bowl Locks
wrote in Inc.com. “Despite what I was juggling in my personal life, fitting in those 207 miles was just a part of the routine.” Those long trips, though, sparked an idea, she notes in the piece. “I wanted to create something that would... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Case Study: Declawing the Competition
cofounder and president, Deena Malkina (MBA 2008), offered this case study query to alumni: “KitNipBox is laser-focused on differentiating its brand by sourcing the most unique, high-quality products on the market, committing to healthy... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
this success was achieved. Heroes Wanted: Why the World Needs You to Live Your Heart Out by Rodney D. Bullard (AMP 187, 2014) Harvest House Publishers With all the hardships and unmet needs in the world, it’s difficult to believe one View Details
- 27 Sep 2021
- News
Sewn with Love
When Kikka Hanazawa (MBA 2002), CEO of VPL, a women’s underwear and athleisure company, heard stories of the shortages of personal protective equipment for front-line medical workers faced with the coronavirus crisis, the fashion-industry... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
science’s greatest race amidst the chaos of World War I, and a love story as epic as the railways crossing Russia. Kellogg on Branding in a Hyper-Connected World edited by Alice Tybout and Tim Calkins (MBA 1991) Wiley Kellogg on View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
After the Storm
external affairs officer, she became the first person of color to join Noble’s leadership—even though 98 percent of the network’s students come from communities of color. Within the next few years, a perfect storm of challenges began to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Books
century’s end, as mail-order companies such as Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward gained ground and manufacturers began to sell their own distinctive brands and develop their own distribution networks. Birth of a Salesman includes a look... View Details