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- 20 Nov 2015
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Room to Grow
institution to have a dramatic economic, environmental, educational, and health impact,” he says. That kind of impact has long been a personal aspiration for Kendall, a lifelong environmentalist who studied astronomy and economics at Amherst College. Hoping to run his... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Carving a Niche
for a long time, the major ski manufacturers just kept doing what worked last year.” Meanwhile, snowboarding companies were pushing the limits of production technology and design. The Faction Collective, where Hoye is cofounder and CEO, has built its View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 19 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
business at the intersection of consumer electronics, media, and lifestyle branding. Skullcandy, which Andrus helped build with founder and former CEO Rick Alden, is expecting between $280 and $300 million in revenues this year. The... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
developers that couldn’t play by the discounters’ strict rules had fewer sales channels. With all the fun that toys bring to kids, the business is characterized by copycats, empty piggy banks, and aggressive competition that might make a... View Details
- 28 Feb 2025
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Joy to the World
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010), CEO of East Boston Social Centers, spent time in foster care as a child, living in more homes than he can remember,... View Details
- 26 Feb 2014
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The First Five Years: Morgan Hermand-Waiche (MBA 2010)
entrepreneur Fabrice Grinda and worked with him on various ventures. We found that there was a big opportunity in the intimates industry, which is what eventually led to the launch of Adore Me." How did you come up with the idea? "My... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958
News. And as soon as he graduated in 1953, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps and became an officer. Fast forward to 1959. Just out of Harvard Business School, Donaldson, 28, was rooming with Dan Lufkin (MBA ’57) in New York and working in... View Details
- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
the full size and development that they need. Dan Morrell: Born and raised in New Delhi, India, Naina Lal Kidwai and her sister lived in a household where business and social issues were important family concerns. When she visited her... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
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Gazprom Goes Global
A Russian Giant Grows, Despite a Bad Rap THE BIG CHILL: Russia and Ukraine’s gas wars give Europe the shivers. In a virtual replay of events this past January, in 2006 Russia’s energy giant Gazprom cut off its supply of natural gas to... View Details
- 10 May 2023
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Alumna Snags an Emmy
whether you won or not,” says Smith Cochrane, the Group Product Manager at YouTube TV. One of two big news items this spring (she welcomed a daughter just two weeks earlier) we asked her where the statuette resides—and her path to the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Research Brief: Bargaining for Better
Nava Ashraf, Natalie Bau, and Corinne Low. “It is not really a big intervention, but what we saw were true life changes,” McGinn says. The study found that negotiation skills can reduce a teenage girl’s risk of dropping out of school by... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 31 Jul 2019
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Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens
scrolling through Instagram and that, "Oh, must be nice to be in Havana right now," or all these sorts of things. But talk about its applications to business decisions, to being an investor. How does that manifest itself? Patrick... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Check In
load their family into the car, versus loading them onto an airplane. Then business travelers will start to come back, with those who travel on airplanes coming back more slowly than those who drive. And finally, the View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
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Skydeck Voices: For My Next Act
It's a big adjustment. You have to get used to going from being in the center of everything going on to having an empty email box. No one's looking for you in the morning anymore. And that's a big... View Details
- 07 Apr 2021
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Road Work
death made the next big VC deal or M&A transaction seem much less important. Instead, Friedman reoriented his life, focusing more on philanthropy—and also getting back into one of his favorite childhood pursuits: motorcycle riding.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
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Latin American Conference Highlights Region's Diversity
Hausmann on the Argentina: the need for confidence in the midst of crisis and tough economic policies. Photo: Thomas J. Fitzsimmons Business success stories. Aramburuzabala of Grupo Modelo and Grupo Televisa reflects on the challenges... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
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INK: The Lessons of Blitzscaling
wanted to know how some companies could grow so big so fast. “The answers we got were unsatisfying,” Yeh says. People cited the Valley’s concentration of smarts or its access to venture capital—which is useful for growing companies, “but... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
between the software giant and its closest challenger, IBM, while younger alumni put Microsoft well ahead of Big Blue.) It was IBM that first gave business "the ability to process information that has... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
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E Ink’s Wild Ride
three MIT scientists founded E Ink in 1997. “I was the business guy,” says Wilcox, who over time has held senior leadership roles at the company in areas ranging from sales and marketing to finance to R&D. Twelve years later, the company... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
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Additional alumni books for your consideration.
Business Review Press) Most companies emphasize generating big ideas rather than executing them. “Ideating” is energizing and glamorous; execution seems humdrum. Drawing on examples from innovators as... View Details