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- 07 Dec 2015
- News
Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
CFO in 1996. “We took that company from six radio stations to 70 in five years, took it public in 1999, and raised a couple billion dollars in capital. Today, Radio One is the largest African-American broadcasting company in the United... View Details
- 30 Mar 2022
- News
Giving Hope and Comfort
comfortable home in the Boston area, and their children didn’t want for material things. The Feingolds had long been active in their community—Jeff had volunteered for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island in college, and the View Details
- 15 Aug 2019
- News
Finding a Fix for Food Allergies
after eating prepared food cooked in a cross-contaminated pan. The couple cofounded End Allergies Together (EAT) to advance scientific and medical research in order to find treatments and cures. Among EAT’s founding principles is a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Flying High
regulatory issues, as well as intense competition from Europe’s Airbus. “The task here is growth,” said McNerney of his new assignment at Chicago-based Boeing. “That’s the thing we’ve got to get right over the next couple of years”... View Details
- 01 Aug 2014
- News
Cross-Class Connection
These two volunteers forged a cross-class connection that resulted in significant support for the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation. When Alex Crisses stepped up to cochair his 5th Reunion, he decided to couple his own ideas about... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Class Day/Commencement 2013
walked into an empty Aldrich amphitheater, I relived memories of the case method. Candy Baffour-Awuah Candy Baffour-Awuah (Accra, Ghana) Best thing about HBS? The opportunity to pick up skills in class beyond the "technical," coupled with... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
An Ethical Fitness Quiz for Negotiators
down to craft a deal or settle a dispute,” says Wheeler. “Your character is one thing you shouldn’t make up as you go along.” Wheeler presents three cases that test ethical negotiating behavior. The “steal deal” scenario involves an elderly View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Lessons from Everest
failure to act as a true team; and a lack of “psychological safety,” a group dynamic that emboldens individual members to ask questions, admit mistakes, and express dissent. Ultimately, a failure to question leadership — coupled with the... View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Helping Women Executives Return to Work
ladder by moving from employer to employer every couple years,” she says. “They’re not going to take the information and go off and start their own business. They’re committed to the organization they’re working for and they are really... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Technology Making HBS More Accessible
“There isn’t a thank you in the world that is big enough for that.” The couple have also supported fellowships at HBS, honoring two important people in their lives, Deborah’s father and one of Steve’s classmates. The Quazzos serve on the... View Details
- 18 Jul 2019
- News
A Category Leader
to a couple of strengths. Being attuned to other people and the diversity of their needs came from my childhood traveling with my father, because he interacted with people of all different levels. “Also, developing people is really... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
The Harvard Business School Campaign: Regional Events
Jamie Dinan (MBA 1985), Clifford Press (MBA 1983), (standing) Beth Fascitelli (MBA 1984), Mike Fascitelli (MBA 1982), Elizabeth Miller (MBA 1985), and Elizabeth Sawyer (MBA 1983) at the New York City HBS Couples Dinner held in December at... View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
Kurt (MBA 1967) and Louise Wulff
It was the most important contributor to my professional achievements.” With a charitable remainder trust, the couple combined their long-term financial and tax planning objectives with their philanthropic goals. “It is a convenient and... View Details
- 16 Jul 2019
- News
The Making of a Movement
As David Linn (MBA 2000) and his wife of five years, Jen Goodman Linn (MBA 1999), sat across a table for two at an outdoor cafe in Manhattan, they looked like any other young couple sharing lunch on a sunny spring day. But there was... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
A Miller's Tale
Arthur flour is hailed by famous chefs such as Julia Child and Graham Kerr for its superior quality. Of the company's exacting standards, Sands noted, "A couple of years ago, we shipped back eleven freight cars of flour because it was... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
exchange to Deckinger. “Holy $#!&,” Tongish wrote, “it’s your wife!” Tongish was right. Kushner and Deckinger married in 2007, while Kushner—who now goes by Deckinger—was pursuing her MBA at HBS. Today, the couple has three young girls... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Delivering Trust
dimmer than they’d thought: In addition to Deborah’s ovarian cysts, Jake had a lower- than-normal sperm count. The couple went through three rounds of fertility treatment, all unsuccessful. Their experience made one thing clear: “We had... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Media: Courting the Cord-Cutters
When the phenomenon of cord-cutting— dropping a cable subscription in favor of one or more online streaming services—started attracting media attention a couple of years ago, the TV industry didn’t respond quickly. Cord-cutters were a... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Tom Hulme (MBA 2007)
use digital tools to take the friction out of bringing together a diverse set of people to co-create and iterate. That became OpenIDEO. We now have a couple hundred thousand people collaborating online for the social good. Most businesses... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
The Simplest Taste
couples who have everything. Marcus, who died last January at 96, was fond of saying, "I have the simplest taste: I am always satisfied with the best," the New York Times (January 23, 2002) recalled. After HBS, Marcus took that philosophy... View Details