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- 20 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts
Awake at Night Bill Kirby Can parents and prospective students trust college rankings? Bill Kirby unpacks this complex system, including what “world-class” actually means, what rankings don’t take into account, and how schools are... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 13 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
Launching Leaders: HBS's New Initiative Fuels First-Generation and Low-Income Student Success
shared his motivation for getting involved. “I come from a low-income family of immigrants—my parents never finished primary school. I was the first one who went [to college], so I know how it feels to be different from everybody, not... View Details
- 10 Jul 2018
- Blog Post
Embracing Entrepreneurship & the Asian American Community
decisions, but eventually, many students face the decision of either going back to their previous role that sponsors their tuition or pivoting to a riskier role. This decision becomes more complex when they have to consider the interests of people who are involved in... View Details
- 14 May 2014
- News
(Re)moving the Needle
second company, SynapDx, launched in 2009 while he was still at HBS, is developing a blood test for early diagnosis of autism. "With autism, there is a small window of opportunity," he says. "If you can give a parent a diagnosis when the... View Details
- 17 Jan 2025
- News
Tracking Modern Air Travel’s Takeoff
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963) grew up in Rego Park, Queens, the son of Spanish immigrants. As a boy in the 1940s, he would watch the airplanes fly over his backyard and into LaGuardia Airport,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Post-Office
company] has had folks doing virtual DJ sessions. They’ve had virtual sessions where parents offer support for [co-workers’] kids’ homework. We are only bound by our creativity there. PC: From a work standpoint and in terms of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Life Lessons
second of five children, growing up under apartheid in rural South Africa, she credits her parents with stressing the importance of education and for making her politically aware and proud of her Sotho heritage. With this strong... View Details
- Web
Women, Work, and the “M” Word - Blog: Health Supplement
pregnancy to menopause. As a teen though, it was admittedly embarrassing to have parents host these stigma-free dialogues in front of my peers. I was envious that their parental conversations never involved... View Details
- 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
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
vertical production and financial linkages with parents exhibited greater resilience. Finally, in contrast to the crisis period, the effect of foreign ownership and linkages on establishment performance was insignificant in non-crisis... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Career Coach
Brent Brown
Brent (HBS '02) has experience in private equity/venture capital, investment banking, and real estate, consumer products and digital media industries and currently serves on the boards of numerous private companies. Work Experience: US Army, Goldman Sachs, Taurus... View Details
Keywords: Education; Entrepreneurship; Commercial Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Real Estate; Retail; Sports; Clean Technology; Energy; Telecommunications; Technology
- 26 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Where will Pokémon Go with Your Personal Information?
people are aware of how much these internet companies know about them. The privacy issues are the part of this that warrants the most discussion. Q:Do Pokémon Go's developer Niantic or parent Nintendo have any responsibility here (as the... View Details
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Education, Technology, and Business: What’s the Catch?
change" in accountability and the huge business need to offer services and programs to help teachers stay on top. Parents will also become more involved as consumers, he added, creating a push for overall school quality to rise.... View Details
- 03 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping a Community Connected
parent partners, and community volunteers have been working so many hours and going above and beyond to meet the needs of families and seniors. They have been flexible and understanding and creative, whether it is delivering diapers and... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Turning Point: Eternal Returns
Louisa Wong (MBA 1981) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Louisa Wong (MBA 1981) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) I was born in the middle of Typhoon Gloria in 1957 and spent my early childhood in Kowloon’s Walled City, which at the time was an extremely poor and densely... View Details
- 22 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Section Life: Your HBS Family
microcosm of the school as a whole. At the beginning of your RC year sections hang all the flags from the nations represented within the section on the wall of their classrooms; when my parents came to visit class one day, they were... View Details
- 07 May 2020
- News
Ensuring Student Equity
serve.” This outreach includes wellness-check phone calls and handwritten letters aimed at students, parent resource packets, a virtual self-care program for teachers, and a virtual appreciation lunch program each month for staff members.... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
William Jones: Builder with a Mission
deteriorated, and crime increased. "I remember feeling that my parents and neighbors were victims of forces beyond their control," Jones says. Later, while earning a degree at the University of San Diego, Jones, at age 23, became chief of... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick