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- 08 May 2019
- Blog Post
Top-Notch Talent Begets Top-Notch Talent
by HBS alum Annie Davis. “I’ve been passionate about social and environmental issues my entire life,” says Davis, who joined Prokanga in 2018 as managing director of social impact. “From a social impact standpoint, we are mobilizing an entire workforce of talent and... View Details
- 16 Feb 2018
- Blog Post
Out of PE, Into Africa
bonding experience. Our hope is that this will give us perspective and a foundation to dampen the inevitable conflicts of our upcoming adolescent parenting years.A few thoughts if you are considering such a trip: Just do it! It's easy to... View Details
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
be energized by the opportunity to sell this product. Our corporate parents will bequeath gifts upon us such as overhead, planning requirements, and budgeting cycles. We will need to accept some and fend off others. We need to become... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
- 28 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
A Crash Course in Saving a Family Business
necessity. It’s almost like survival or death,” she says. “Because my parents are not tech-savvy, this is where I’m able to help.” The ethically-sourced specialty beans the company offers are from farms and cooperatives in Guatemala,... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
One Degree of Difference
college diploma automatically screens out about two-thirds of American workers. Ovia Health, which was bought by the clinical laboratory network Labcorp in August, offers fertility, pregnancy, and parenting programs on a mobile-first... View Details
- 21 Jan 2014
- News
Climbing to New Heights
on European investments—sourcing, evaluating, and managing opportunities to create value for our investors." Petzel also claims that his climbing days are over. "After I finished the Everest climb, I gave away most of my gear to the porters," he says. "My wife and... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- Web
Hands-on Learning About Global Markets | MBA
of freedom. For caretaker children, it meant peace of mind that their parents were being monitored, and for the seniors, it made them feel independent and secure. HBS students Maxwell Nii Laryea and Arden Kreeger, at left, and Dylan... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
ways in every corner, in every neighborhood, in every sector around the globe. They are parents and friends and coaches and colleagues who serve and inspire us with their kindness, thoughtfulness, commitment, and skills. Thank you for... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Shattering Glass
inequality persists. And one of the most enduring ones is the idea that women opt out and would rather prioritize their parenting role. But if you really look into the research, you see that professional women are actually pushed out by... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Capitalizing the Corner Shop
that Jumia had jump-started. At both companies, Kehinde constantly heard from retailers about the same kinds of challenges his parents had faced running their businesses. “Our merchants were struggling to scale,” he says. “They would say,... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 23 May 2019
- News
Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, MBA 1995
and Mateo. While his father desperately wanted Rodríguez and his brother to attend Harvard (his brother earned a master’s degree at the Kennedy School), he says his own approach to parenting is more flexible: “As long as they are... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 23 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Trends in Consumer Products
General Mills products saw significant increases. In fact, Nature Valley Granola Bars sales declined as children stayed home for virtual school. With parents not packing lunches and children eating at home, the portable snack bar business... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- News
Clearing the Path to Citizenship
Photo courtesy Xiao Wang Photo courtesy Xiao Wang Thirty years ago, at the age of three, Xiao Wang (MBA 2014) came to the United States from Nanjing, China, to join his parents in Los Angeles. The couple had moved to pursue educational... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Ink: The Habit of Innovation
view the process as being as rational as possible. These criteria will be guidelines, not rules, as final decisions will always require subjective judgment. Involve outsiders. Parents can attest to how hard it is to be objective about... View Details
- 19 Nov 2014
- News
The Power of Yes
him an early awareness of the stark economic discrepancies between residents living in luxury high-rises just a few hundred feet from those surviving in slums. “The statistical unlikelihood of my parents meeting, along with those visits... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- Career Coach
Annette Rodriguez-Ferrer
Annette Rodriguez brings over 20 years of seasoned expertise in private equity, across business services, consumer services, and healthcare. She has dedicated her career to building teams and investing in and developing best-in-class businesses and management, across a... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products; Entrepreneurship; Impact Investing; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Health Care; Retail; Startup - Founder; Entrepreneurship; Startup - Joiner; Entrepreneurship
- 11 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy
started in her early years. The influence of her mother, an artist, and her father, a mathematician-turned-businessman, inspired Leahy to explore both passions throughout her life. Her parents also encouraged her ambitions and were strong... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
teenage sons.” By example: “My parents didn’t teach me their values around work and family—I absorbed them through their example and expectations. My mother was a nurse who was always helping others, and my dad chose to work as a doctor... View Details
- Career Coach
Nicola Pugliese
Nicola Pugliese (Wharton ’93) leverages her experience in global marketing and brand management to support students and alumni pursuing careers in marketing, product management, business development, general management and sales across a spectrum of industries. Her... View Details
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
said, "Go to back-to-school night. That is more important." And then he told the board at dinner why I wasn't there and why it was so important to make it possible for working parents to have very big jobs but still be involved... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas