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01 Dec 1996
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An Entrepreneurial Journey

knows, an inspirational business concept is only the beginning of a long and complicated journey marked by unexpected obstacles at every turn. The successful entrepreneur must possess an unshakable belief in his or her View Details

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

organizations view the world, and their choices, in profoundly different ways. What do these people have in common? They know that productivity relies on making certain choices: the way we frame our daily decisions; the big ambitions we... View Details

16 Dec 2020
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A Creator in the Era of Disruption

way to solve it. Morrell: With this goal and the investments from Omidyar and others, Ruma pivoted and soon rebranded as Mapan, a word that... View Details

01 Jun 2025
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Keeping the Faith

It has been said that the note of a Tibetan singing bowl is the sound of inner peace. That’s not something you might expect to hear in the MBA classroom. But it rings through Hawes Hall at the beginning of each session of The Spiritual Lives of Leaders, a second-year... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; Illustrations by Victo ngai

01 Jan 2003
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Greylock

making specialized hospital beds and power tools for orthopedic surgeons. It provides a case study of Elfers's dictum that the venture firm's forte should always be "strong support of portfolio companies and... View Details

01 Dec 2012
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The Accidental Pioneers

Administration (HRPBA). A SELECT FEW: Women arrived at HBS with the same goal as their male counterparts: to further their education and find meaningful work. One of those women was Sara ("Sally") Wilkinson... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia

30 Apr 2025
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A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado

DC Panel Looks at Social Enterprise in a New Government Landscape The HBS Club of Washington, DC teamed up with the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) on April 2, to present an alumni panel discussion on social impact titled “New Perspectives in Social Enterprise,”... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

04 May 2018
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How to Win the Kentucky Derby

business as possible, but to think that you're going to apply a model to it, you're in the wrong business. You need to go do something else. And certainly the Derby is the pinnacle. And people that get into... View Details

Keywords: horse racing

22 Nov 2017
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How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team

stage she was sitting—I'll never forget it. And so since then I'm very intense on the sideline. It's all positive. All positive energy. So my goal is to get those girls I've coached—get the girls to love the... View Details

02 Oct 2017
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Radical Generosity for the Real World

minded people, and you know, have coffee with them. Decide to meet together once a month and talk about what your goals are, talk about how you're making it happen, what baby... View Details

01 Dec 2004
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Retirement's Changing Face

to balance my life,” he states. “I’ve reallocated, just as you would an investment portfolio.” Snoey’s most recent position was at Harley-Davidson, where he was president and COO of the company’s Transportation Vehicles Division View Details

Keywords: Personal Services

01 Sep 2020
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We Rise

firms not only on money but also on leadership—who controls the firm, who is on the team—that changes the game significantly. I think that is a change we’re starting to see.” —Aileen Lee (MBA 1997), founder and managing partner, Cowboy... View Details

Keywords: April White; Finance

05 Mar 2020
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Green Light

made to contain the risk that such outside organic matter could introduce. Visitors are asked to dip the soles of their shoes into a shallow plastic water bath, so as to limit contamination by pathogens and insects. Entry into one of the... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Scott Nobles

06 Feb 2025
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How to Judge Your Next Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Clay Christensen was a legendary professor and thinker and his “Jobs to Be Done” theory—this idea that customers buy products to solve problems—was one of his iconic intellectual contributions.... View Details

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