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04 Nov 2020
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The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes “We are only as good as our experiences. I think of every setback as an experience to make me stronger, more marketable and a better executive or entrepreneur. While I... View Details

23 Oct 2024
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Running Man

There aren’t many people on this planet—let alone septuagenarians—who can contemplate running 50 or 100 miles at a time. But for 77-year-old Eric Spector (MBA 1972), a retired entrepreneur and CEO in the tech, consumer retail, and media sectors, running long (long,... View Details

Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune; photos by Alison Yin

11 Sep 2017
Blog Post

7 Lessons from My Time at HBS

experience not only professionally and academically but especially personally. As I embark to go back to what MBA students usually call "real life" (vs. bubble MBA life), these are the seven key lessons I plan to take with me.... View Details

03 Jun 2019
Blog Post

9 Lessons from the Class of 2019

program. Students come from all over the world with different industry backgrounds, passions, and goals and work together to combine their unique experiences with the education they gain at HBS. However, it is the students who decide... View Details

09 Jan 2023
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The Pursuit of Profit with Purpose Requires Patience

01 Sep 2012
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Focal Point

life?” Those written reflections, paired with Deifell’s black-and-white portraits, have resulted in a fascinating record of the diversity of experiences and aspirations of HBS’s student population. View this year’s Portrait Project, and... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

04 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Heard on the Street (HOTS) - bringing the HBS community together through harmony

There is a wide range of singing skills and experiences represented among us. Some of us toured around the world with college a cappella groups, whereas others never formally sang in a group prior to joining HOTS. Despite our backgrounds,... View Details

22 Feb 2022
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Action Plan: Portfolio Strategy

Sadiq Gillani (MBA 2006) didn’t set out to build a different kind of career for himself. During his time at HBS, he had a clear, conventional vision of his future. As he told the Portrait Project in 2006, “I am going to devote my life to... View Details

Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; career planning; creativity; Air Transportation; Transportation

21 Dec 2021
Blog Post

Renaissance Man

matter; that experience launched a lifelong passion for collecting 15th- and 16th-century French and Italian Renaissance books. Brooker, a veteran of the finance industry who later earned a doctorate in art history, also credits many... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; antique books; collecting; retirement; hobbies

01 Sep 2004
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Across HBS Generations

with a glimpse of the hopes, achievements, and life experiences of alumni from several generations. Steve Barger (MBA ’74) Elaine Chao (MBA ’79) Clay Christensen (MBA ’79) Lisa Churchville (MBA ’79) Bill... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

19 Aug 2011
News

i-lab Buzz

Approaching the i-lab on the walkway from Aldrich and Spangler. A kitchen lounge and video gaming area. There’s a small army of workers putting the finishing touches on the Harvard Innovation Lab, which will soon welcome MBA students enrolled in the new first-year... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

14 May 2020
Blog Post

A PRIDE Farewell

efforts to make the HBS experience more accepting for URM MBAs. Together, for the second year in a row, our partnerships drove PRIDE’s ranking as one of the top five clubs at HBS for student satisfaction and number one for return on... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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Opening the Door

organs. My husband, an MIT physicist, started a company that developed technology intended to keep a diseased heart beating while the patient was awaiting a transplant. Working with him on that start-up was a fascinating experience that... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management

01 Oct 1997
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Patricia ("Tosh") Rapoport Barron

rural development project in Tanzania between her first and second years at HBS changed her life completely. Professionally, the excitement of the business challenges she tackled showed her that "arts administration wouldn't be creative... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Dec 2012
News

The Billion-Dollar Question

—World traveler, public speaker, and consultant Francis Tapon (MBA 1997) is the author of Hike Your Own Hike: 7 Life Lessons from Backpacking across America and The Hidden Europe: What Eastern Europeans Can Teach Us. While on his way to... View Details

Keywords: Advice; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment