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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
value (with principles that also apply to governments and nonprofits). For example, rather than merely paying a higher, “fair-trade” price to coffee farmers for their beans, a shared-value approach would dig deeper and focus on improving... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Ink: Comfort in Discomfort
making sure that it focused on markets and mission. The [now-former] CEO of Starbucks recently responded to a question about whether the company was trying to offer customers a convenient, quick cup of coffee or build a space for... View Details
- 11 May 2011
- News
In a Good Place
everything from handmade jewelry (think cufflinks made from old typewriter keys) to custom-made furniture (perhaps a coffee table constructed from recycled barn siding?). Incorporated in 1985, founded by parent volunteers (Gehrke took the... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
that it all happens during a ‘recruiting cycle’ that takes place early in the fall for ECs. But those cycles don’t necessarily line up with the times when private equity firms decide they need to hire. So, putting yourself out there, whether it’s through informational... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Serving through TechnoServe
countries. “The relationship is similar to that of investment bankers and entrepreneurs,” explains Tierney, who is chairman of TechnoServe. “It's a very effective way to develop business in rural settings.” Whether working with coffee... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Innovation: Frozen Assets
As one of Howard Schultz’s first hires at Starbucks, she spent 20 years revolutionizing the coffee marketplace, eventually running its Asia-Pacific division. At Lululemon, she helped the yoga brand become a $10 billion–plus business by... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Piece of the Action
there is an audible buzz—the sound of deals being made. Over coffee and fresh bread, someone with an idea and someone with the knowledge, money, or connection to turn that idea into a reality are hatching a deal that might just change the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
current environment. From a sociological perspective, I would just add that everyone’s habits have been broken at this point. Your morning coffee habit. Your lunch habit. The bars you went to at night. And sadly, the places you used to... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Vision: To Go-Go
funding led by Andreessen Horowitz and the Brazilian venture fund Base Partners. In addition to developing its own brands, Foodology has begun cultivating partnerships with established industry players such as Amor Perfecto, a leading Colombian View Details
- 04 Sep 2013
- News
From HBO to HBS
that have happened in the media business over the past three-plus decades," McGee said over coffee in Spangler Grill during a visit to campus last spring, noting that when he joined HBO it was a single network with fewer than three... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Things Everyone Should Know How to Do
Oh, I discovered many things. For example, I learned that refrigerating coffee beans makes them lose their flavor, so I’ve stopped doing that. And now, I wash my hands for the length of time it takes to sing “Happy Birthday” twice... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
time, Enan asked Habib out for coffee whenever she came back to Cairo. Habib was consulting after exiting Fawry—a vocation Enan doubted was a good fit. She continued to check in with her. "Magda kept joking, saying, ‘What is it? What do... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping the Beat
back to LaGuardia in time for an evening show, then 5 am back at Logan, stopping only for a coffee at Spangler before rushing to class. That was also the week she had her first cold call. But somehow, she says, she made it to her EC year.... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
Lovepop Woos The Sharks
LovePop. You’ve been in front of VCs before. How does this experience differ? It’s so different. My experience with pitching VCs is in a much more casual environment. It’s at a coffee shop, at a conference room table—it’s never you... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
New Releases
than 1 percent of all senior executive posts. How does one explain, then, the success of Kenneth Chenault, president, COO, and CEO-designate of American Express, or of Ann Fudge (MBA '77), president of Maxwell House Coffee Company and... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
The Sky’s the Limit
of coffee warm at one’s desk. Running the company inspired Hamilton to pursue his MBA at Harvard. “I realized I liked the business aspect of things; I liked selling,” he says. “I’m probably not the best design engineer in the world, so I... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Keeping the Faith
conversations with other HBS students. We wouldn’t really meet for coffee or beer and say, ‘Today, let’s talk about our spirituality.’ ” Sacheti, who is from India and practices Jainism, says, “I am a person of faith. I find a lot of... View Details
- 24 Mar 2022
- News
Well Said
moment happened, I feel like I was prepared from an entrepreneurial perspective to, you know, grasp it and try to build a company out of it. DM: Talk about that lightbulb moment. Was it actually an aha revelation? One night you're at the View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
competitive marketplace with many different price points, including zero, the brand becomes absolutely critical.” Besides, he observes, those seeking to make money from yoga need to weigh the pluses and minuses of that authenticity. Origin stories such as those used by... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Ron Shaich’s Café Society
the attention of consumers on the go, fresh bread fans, and people looking for a place to relax with a cup of coffee in the afternoon. Expected to top $1 billion in sales this year, the publicly held Panera has also satisfied the... View Details