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- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a... View Details
- 04 Jan 2024
- News
Great Heights
In 2019, after more than a decade scaling the heights of product management in Silicon Valley, Lisa Kostova (MBA 2009) decided to take on a different kind of climb. Over a sabbatical year, Kostova trained for and summited Denali, which, at 20,310 feet, is the tallest... View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Case Study: Testing the Waters
Illustration by Christina Spano Endurance training was nothing new to Lauren Picasso (MBA 2014), who’d raced through her younger years as a cross-country runner and swimmer. In 2017, when she was director of marketing at Jet.com and looking for a physical challenge,... View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
The Musts of 2023
the continuation of some of the Star Wars saga, including the latest, Ashoka, because it features a female, as the lead who is dauntless and just amazing in multiple skills in terms of her brains and her brawn. Scott O'Neil (MBA 1998):... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Made in Italy
were one of the first banking houses to use double-entry bookkeeping—the foundation of modern accounting—and, equally important, one of the first to create letters of credit and multiple branch banking, which enabled globalization and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
A More Accommodating Approach
Shelly Nooner (GMP 33, 2022) had already proven herself to be visionary and execution-focused during her two decades at Trimble, an industrial technology company that provides hardware, software, and services across agriculture, construction, geospatial, and... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 04 Apr 2024
- News
The Making of a Medical Milestone
On March 16, doctors at the Massachusetts General Hospital made history when they successfully transplanted a kidney from a genetically modified pig to a living human. The groundbreaking procedure marked a significant milestone in animal-to-human transplant, or... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
always says. There can’t be multiple people making decisions that conflict with each other. “While most people would recommend not bringing business to the dinner table, I personally believe that the two businesses––the one with my... View Details
- 11 May 2023
- News
How FOMO Became a Fixture
It's rare for a day to go by when the term FOMO (short for "fear of missing out") isn't shared on TV, social media, or any other media we consume. But where did FOMO come from? In this interview, Patrick McGinnis (MBA 2004), shares the genesis of the phrase, the impact... View Details
- 11 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael Kim (MBA 1990) of MBK Partners. Often referred to as one of... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Alfred A. Checchi
people's needs." Checchi cites his experience with struggling Northwest Airlines, which he and business partner Gary Wilson purchased in 1989, as the equal of any public-sector challenge. With multiple public and private constituencies,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 12 Oct 2017
- News
Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time
usually hear about us by word of mouth or from press coverage of East Lake’s success,” Majors explains. Now a thriving community with desirable mixed-income housing, a successful charter school, and multiple educational enrichment and... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
a fintech unicorn that spans multiple verticals. After another sales record during the 2016 Global Shopping Festival with Alibaba, Ant Financial’s chief strategy officer contemplates the various opportunities and challenges associated... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
At Consoleya, a coworking space in Cairo’s former French Consulate, multiple levels of meeting rooms and workspaces operate at capacity, from a ground-floor café to a rooftop deck. The scene—coders bent over laptops, concepts scrawled on... View Details
- 25 Jan 2024
- News
Alumni Gain Insights on Nigeria’s New Government; Taipei Alumni Host Faculty Guest
Mrs. Florence Okoli, HBSAN Vice President (MBA 2007); Dr. Blessing Ayemhere, HBSAN Programs Secretary (AMP195, 2018); Dr. Mayowa Afe, HBSAN Secretary (OPM58, 2022) Oyedele shared details on the Nigerian government’s proposed harmonization of taxes and levies to reduce... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Innovation Outside the Boundaries
multiple dimensions.” O’Leary and her husband, DaVita Kidney Care chairman and CEO Kent Thiry (MBA 1983), are alumni leaders whose longtime support of the School includes a recent gift to establish an MBA Program innovation fund. They... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
and economic inequity that deny so many Black people safe, healthy, and attractive housing. And with multiple studies showing income inequality at its worst since the Roaring Twenties, cities around the country facing a lack of affordable... View Details
- 19 Apr 2024
- News
Alumni Host Energy CEO Summit in Houston; Austin Club Co-Hosts SXSW Reception
current and potential alumni members, and, specifically, entrepreneurs. “We had multiple goals for this mixer,” says Laurie Bishop, Associate Director of the HBS Rock Center. “One was to provide visibility for both the Rock Center and the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
I’ve learned from running sports properties in multiple countries across Asia is that each has its own challenges and opportunities.” China shuts down for nearly three weeks around Chinese New Year, for example. Ramadan is a factor in... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
Valleydene provided Barford with the flexibility he needed to spend more time with his ailing wife (who died in 1991 after a long struggle with multiple sclerosis) and six children. Beyond the boardroom, Barford has been associated in... View Details