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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Ready for Launch
have our first customers and revenue by early fall, when we plan to start actively raising our first round of financing.” Family support: Michelle “My entire family is supportive. My sister came to the final presentation. Her son, who is... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
influence has become increasingly international, with approximately 329,000 employees working in 75 countries. Now the world's largest information technology company, it recorded revenues of more than $96 billion in 2004. While IBM's... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
management and maintenance services to owners of the Eclipse VLJs in existence. Linear will have permission to fly those and pass along 85 percent of revenues to their owners. “It’s a way to grow without expending any capital,” remarks... View Details
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham
After ten years of working at McKinsey & Co., where she had become the first female African-American partner, Pamela Thomas-Graham (MBA '88/JD '89) was ready for a change. "Consulting is an excellent way to learn management and strategy... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
Ariane Cornell Head, Astronaut Strategy and Sales, Blue Origin Cornell calls the West Texas launch and landing a “learning experience,” noting that Blue Origin is slated to reach into orbital space before the end of the decade. (courtesy... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
When they returned to Hong Kong from the United States in the 1970s to work side by side with their father, the company’s future was uncertain. Under the brothers’ guidance, Li & Fung today is a global leader in consumer goods design, development, sourcing, and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Say “Green Cheese”
Housenbold told Newsweek (June 2, 2008). Taking over as CEO in 2005, Housenbold has expanded the company’s product line and boosted revenues to $187 million last year. Next up for Shutterfly is entering the social-networking realm, as it... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Rethink pricing to create shared—and expanded—value
revenue and increased consumer satisfaction and loyalty. First, focus on relationships rather than transactions (see customers as “people, not wallets”). Be proactive by setting prices that benefit both the firm and its customers. Design... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Redefining Health Care
wrong kind of competition. We have a zero-sum competition to assemble bargaining power, shift the cost to others, grab more of the revenue versus other actors in the system, and restrict services. Zero-sum competition undermines value by... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
compete against Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch/Shell Group, and BP Amoco. In fact, these three "supermajors," with 1999 revenues of approximately $161 billion, $105 billion, and $83 billion, respectively, are themselves the result of recent... View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- News
How Amy Hood Won Back Wall Street and Helped Reboot Microsoft
April of that year to reach $20 billion in annualized revenue from the commercial cloud business by fiscal 2018, a goal they passed in the first quarter. It was a “look over here” move that took investors’ eyes off the waning PC business.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
One-on-One with Carter Roberts
countries and annual revenues in excess of $126 million. The privately financed organization has nearly 5 million members. Under his leadership, the WWF has launched an ambitious new strategy to focus its... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
increasing lifespans—and why companies needed a more thoughtful strategy for addressing these consumers. Today, Golden is an expert on innovation and entrepreneurial opportunities created by the new longevity and teaches this at the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Alumni Books
key to economic progress lies in unleashing women’s potential. For example, China has prospered because it emancipated women and brought them into the formal economy. Unleashing that process globally is the the best strategy for fighting... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
business at the intersection of consumer electronics, media, and lifestyle branding. Skullcandy, which Andrus helped build with founder and former CEO Rick Alden, is expecting between $280 and $300 million in revenues this year. The... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963
self-cleaning rat cages for psychology labs. Learning that pharmaceutical companies use large quantities of rats, they negotiated a deal with him and over the next few months also executed a roll-up strategy that eventually made them the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Reinventing the Annual Report
and customer satisfaction, factors that contribute to revenue growth. So how can shareholders and other stakeholders know if a company’s commitment to a sustainable society is contributing to a sustainable View Details
Keywords: Robert G. Eccles
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
Laura S. Scher (MBA '85) is something of a modern-day Robin Hood, an entrepreneurial activist who redistributes the wealth of the marketplace to those in need. Through her company, San Francisco based Working Assets Funding Service, this CEO and crusader for social... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 09 Jul 2019
- News
The Road to Impact
the 2008 financial crisis, it became clear that the organization’s revenue would be in decline. In response, NYPL reduced its head count from around 2,400 people to 1,750 over the course of five years, without any layoffs, through... View Details