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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Life Lessons
graduating from Harvard College in 1988, Audrey Choi went to West Germany on a Fulbright scholarship to study literature. But with the Soviet empire tottering, she found herself drawn to the sea changes taking place around her and the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
college herself. Perhaps that explains why the YPO programs and completion of the OPM Program at HBS have meant so much to her. “Harvard for me was like my dream of driving a Porsche,” she says. “It’s been the View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
right, so I take his word for it and buy a copy. By now, my rental's flooded I couldn't get the top up and, of course, the engine won't start. Not good. Fortunately, I'm parked across the street from a Jiffy Lube. The woman there says... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
import-export firm in his native St. Croix. Sent to America for college in 1772 by local leaders who saw his potential, he soon joined the revolutionary army and was tapped for service on General George Washington's staff. Among... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
gamer, the coder, the hacker—all stereotypically male. Recent statistics give some truth to that image. In 2014, Google reported that 7 out of every 10 of its then 48,600 employees were men. The number was even higher among its engineers... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
newspapers on campus: room by room, to vending machines, and to executive programs. Dressed in blue jeans, a chamois shirt, track shoes, and my college jacket, I moved quickly through campus. I cannot tell you how cold Boston got in those... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
legendary impresario Charlie Finley was having trouble finding a radio station to broadcast his struggling team’s games, the young entrepreneur made his pitch. “I called Mr. Finley ten days before Opening Day, and we negotiated at first without him knowing that I... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
University of Iowa, and his mother taught at a small college in nearby Des Moines. In 1941, Christensen graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Iowa, where he met Dorothy Smith, his lifelong inspiration and future wife, who would... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
video, all to improve the at-the-game experience and to keep pace with the coverage enjoyed by fans at home. Engineering Excitement If the NFL has seemed preternaturally blessed by good fortune and smart management, some of its success... View Details
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Jen Wong (MBA 2004) joined Reddit as COO in 2018, the user-generated content site wasn’t exactly a burning building...but it might have been... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
which focuses on financial innovation and the use of financial engineering techniques by corporations, may fit this general description, for some time now Tufano has also been involved in a very different project aimed at "trying to teach... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
it hopes will be a long and intimate creative collaboration, providing the artist or band feedback on songs and setting them up with just the right producer and recording engineer to create a harmonious chemistry. In the case of labels... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
particular talent that you wish you had? I wish I had an ear for foreign languages. And I’m not a very good dancer. What was your first job? In college I was a warehouseman at Ford. I would push a cart around and collect instrument panels... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
to Dan McCarthy (MBA 1987) and Margarita Montoto-Escalera (MBA 1985), together with several other Harvard College classmates, HBS alumni can now access free COVID-19 help and information from HACH (Harvard Alumni/ae Community Helps), a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
had done well for themselves and enjoyed sharing their good fortune. Recognizing McArthur’s potential, the Koerners offered to help finance his college education — an unusual next step for members of his high-school class. He and Natty... View Details