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- 18 Feb 2014
- News
Stick with Plan A
Ezuza, Inc., a Mexico City-based mobile payments company she launched in 2007 that focuses primarily on the unbanked and under-banked in emerging markets. Zuza means "gain" in Zulu; the e stands for "electronic." "Ezuza is interested in... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Case Study: Inside Story
journey became the genesis of Saga. Cofounded with Nicole Wee (MBA 2018), Saga is a social mobile app that helps families save and share stories in an audio format. Launched in mid-2020, the company currently has six full-time employees... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
about anything. Franklin Delano Roosevelt made the country believe it could crawl out of a depression, rallied it around social change that created a middle class, and mobilized the greatest military in the world to conquer fascism. After... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
The Exchange: Chance Encounters
Assistant Professor Maria Roche and Associate Professor Andy Wu; image by John Ritter Late one day in the fall of 2021, as she was packing up to head home, Assistant Professor Maria Roche bumped into Andy Wu, a colleague in the Strategy Unit whose office is next to... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Leading Boston and Beyond
Koh’s fifth floor office, cooking up a communications strategy ahead of the looming Boston winter. “We want to avoid what happened last year,” warns Koh, Chief of Staff to Mayor Marty Walsh. Last winter, the Hub’s snowiest on record, left... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Coming Full Circle
and the influence he had on his students,” she remarks. “I also respected his career path in terms of his research and its impact in broader policy contexts.” This fall, Gartenberg will have the opportunity to launch her own path as an assistant professor teaching... View Details
- 19 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
that is relevant in Shanghai, Panama, South Africa, Europe, or wherever. The United States is one big market. Contrast that with Europe, where we have a central office, but where there are lots of different markets that require different View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
gym, for example—and sustaining it over time, says Sean Eldridge (MBA 2009). He and his cofounders at Gain Life, an early-stage startup based at the Harvard Launch Lab, have an app for that. By combining behavioral science and marketing best practices with the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
engage in politics in a way that isn’t just about money. For us, the strength of a membership organization is that we’re a collective. We’re able to engage and mobilize resources and do all kinds of things at a scale that’s far greater... View Details
- 15 Nov 2013
- News
Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again
capital firm he opened in 2004 (and closed in January 2013) that focused on the Internet, software, and mobile spaces. The experience taught him some important lessons, among them the benefits of restricting his number of investments.... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Rebooting Europe
it easier for researchers to settle throughout Europe while also improving job security and pension options. In the speech, Moedas also lauded the newly launched European Fund for Strategic Investments, an effort that will mobilize 315... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
federal prosecutors declared us a criminal enterprise? I was sick as I notified our investors and briefed our board. We mobilized an attorney to the East Coast. The investor group met as scheduled the next day, and at one point, they... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
for iPhone and Android. The timing was great as mobile apps were starting to take off. However, my Bessemer team and I became fixated on the pricing model and passed on the Series-A round. Just a few years later, the company sold to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Everything Old Is a New Opportunity
financial abuse Big Data applications—using data analysis to identify problems before they develop and suggest improvement opportunities After HBS, he put that knowledge to use in his six years at Nokia, creating global networks to make change through View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
possessions when they know there is a newer version available to them. “Content is king, but whose content will trump? “I believe 2016 will show more brands owning their own destinies by becoming content creators. As competition rises for both share of mind and time... View Details
- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
was terrible.” But he did seem to have something to say. During his summer breaks, Singer interned at Nickelodeon, working in the strategy and legal groups and later following up that experience with a stint at the Disney Channel. “The... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
deep personal experience of rootlessness—experience with the Atlantic world and the Caribbean, experience with the national and international mobility of money. It was this kind of background, together with their own brilliance, that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New News
subscription service, which we chose for ease of use. Yes, we could have launched an app, but that’s not necessarily the easiest way to consume news, whereas everyone with a mobile phone has access to a text message platform. We also... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Clark Bids Farewell to HBS
more than rigorous and relevant. It should give some measure of inspiration and aspiration to the world. Part of our work is providing the means to more effectively mobilize society’s resources — not just in pursuit of personal wealth... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
Exxon Mobil stock. After working for McKinsey & Company and Trammell Crow, he started a real estate investment firm and now runs Waco-based Vananne LLC, focused on commercial real estate turnarounds and reinvestments. Taylor moved from... View Details