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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
paper, printing, and binding,” he points out. “They relate to the book’s distribution, the absence of returns, and the absence of a physical bookstore with the associated costs of rent and staff.” Lower prices could attract more readers,... View Details
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
know one of the things which we realized as we were looking at the shift from again on premise hardware and software that you buy to services in the cloud that you rent is that inherent in that transition is a massive market expansion. If... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Jerry Shafir: A Simmering Success Story
the two set about the tasks of renting suitable manufacturing space, scrounging defunct factories for affordable machinery, developing recipes, and building a business from the ground up. It was a slow process, marked by sixteen-hour... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
billboards on district properties. (Both pass.) Motion by motion, the wheels of government turn as the clock ticks later and later into the evening. A motion for a local swim team to rent the high school pool. A motion itemizing salaries... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Road Taken: One Family's Worldly Adventure
someone else, you'd make room in your work to do that," he reasons. "It's the same with a trip like this. You have to organize your life to make it happen. By far the hardest part is making a commitment." With school and work taken care of, the family arranged to View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Floor It
the experience of businesses including Keurig, Peloton, and Rent the Runway to develop more effective strategies to engage and educate patients about precision medicine, the need for genetic testing, and the importance of sharing that... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Road Less Traveled
Most cars in the United States weigh more than 4,000 pounds, and new models are trending larger, even in countries where people drive less. And the larger the vehicle, the more fuel required to power it, which means more greenhouse-gas emissions that contribute to... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Clicks and Mortar
Associate Professor Antonio Moreno and Senior Lecturer Jill Avery (image by John Ritter) While legacy companies like Sears are shuttering their doors, a growing number of online-first companies—from Amazon to Rent the Runway—are opening... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Covering the Issues
rented 75 PCs for participants in the Program for Management Development. The Bulletin noted that the new technology enabled "a quick consensus on the numbers and allow[ed] a focus on the real issues of a case." In 1985, a Bulletin cover... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
wonderful here,” one judge concludes, marking the end of the team’s time slot. They go off to digest the feedback, making way for a team in the hallway that’s vibrating with nervous energy. Much like the businesses that had their start in a similar scene — recent... View Details
- 20 Jul 2020
- News
Responding to Racism Amid a Pandemic; LGBT Alumni Take Pride Celebration Online
but was glad she was able to curb the infection rate.” The city, she added, also received $30 million in federal loans for small business as well as food and rent assistance. Under her leadership, the homeless have been tested and moved... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
owner in Caen, they would say no, we cannot rent to Jeannette. We don’t know what will happen: Maybe in a year you’ll be down, and then I’ll have all the workers occupying my building,” Viana recalls. He ventured a bit outside the city... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
years of training and placing job seekers. Why should she risk financial ruin on a big-ticket real estate purchase? The idea first surfaced when Russo’s accountant matter-of-factly suggested that she stop paying office rent — upwards of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
pitch a room full of VCs, Draper included. Students also test their mettle by breaking boards with their bare hands, building boats, and competing in paintball. The residential program, which has included visits from entrepreneurs such as View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
and hand sanitizer to every household in the city of Chelsea. We’re staffing a hotel that the cities of Chelsea and Revere have rented for people who need to be quarantined, and we’re providing medical and nursing care there. We are doing... View Details
- 09 Sep 2016
- News
MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding
Gates, and Paul Allen, and some of the guys that ended up founding Sun Microsystems and Seagate-- they would rent a room at the Stanford Linear Accelerator to share projects and ideas they were working on. And out of that set of... View Details