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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Spangler Effect
to meet Mr. Spangler, and we thanked him for the amazing building. What was really neat about the whole morning was he was so interested in hearing about what we were studying, and what cases we were doing. You could really feel how much... View Details
- 18 Nov 2009
- HBS Case
Customer Feedback Not on elBulli’s Menu
the product is the whole experience, from start to finish—so driving for two hours in the mountains is a crucial aspect of the product." The case also highlights the distinction between understanding and listening to customers.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
History Matters
companies like Intuit, Heinz, and Whole Foods benefited from following these maxims. “Past experience offers several landmarks to help guide marketers' thinking as they plot a course through choppy strategic... View Details
- 20 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment
Sofia Baqueiro (MBA 2022, Section J), Summer Internship: MBA Intern at Whole Foods Market, e-Commerce Digital and Product Management Team The e-Commerce Digital and Product Management team owns the customer... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Chili recipes
Traditional Texas Recipe [winner] by Matt Ashbaugh (MBA 2014) Ingredients Sweet/fresh chilies: 3 whole New Mexico chilies, stems and seeds removed Hot chilies: 3 Arbol chilies, stems and seeds removed Rich/fruity chilies: 2 Ancho and 2... View Details
- Portrait Project
Ron Babalakin
Growing up, film and TV was like food and drink. My mum used media to feed us lessons about world cultures and life’s complexities. She showed me The Gods Must Be Crazy – a film about a Kalahari bushman whose life turns upside down when... View Details
- 10 Nov 2018
- News
The 71-Year-Old Ultramarathoner
it was a whole other ballgame.” Much of the article details Spector’s extensive workout routine, which includes a focus on balance and ankle strength. There are also some long runs, of course, as well as some swimming and upper body... View Details
- 23 Apr 2014
- HBS Case
Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?
Harvard Business School. "They provide the dubious pleasure of nicotine without all the cancer-inducing toxins associated with tobacco." Very quickly, however, enthusiasm faded, when some public health advocates began worrying that the cure was worse than the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Steady as She Goes
customers interact with our team and how our team members view themselves. Celebrating that has become an important part of our year.” The events of 2020 meant putting aside financial concerns temporarily and focusing on community needs. During the fires, that meant... View Details
Robert E. Rich
With his invention of a frozen whipped topping in 1945, Rich created a whole new industry: frozen nondairy products. While this new industry generated only $30,000 in 1945, it soon blossomed into a multi-million industry and ignited... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 06 Apr 2016
- News
Raising a Glass to Life-Long Entrepreneurship
you foresee the growth of the whole craft beer industry? Yes and no. No, in that my original business plan with which I raised $240,000 was that in five years we would grow to a little over $1 million in sales, about 5,000 barrels of... View Details
- 13 May 2013
- Blog Post
This husband, father and former pilot in the Marine Corps takes on HBS and his vision of changing communities for the better.
talk to two classmates from the same company, that worked in the same country, are from the same city, but that have two completely different sets of experiences and aspirations. I want to start businesses that change communities for the better. In particular, I want... View Details
- Career Coach
Megan Gardner
capital led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byer, expanded the company to 28 different cities with 350+ employees and contractors while growing the online member base to over a million people. She worked with top retailers like Target, JcPenney’s and View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Do Good: Eat Chocolate
nibs and raisins. Manufactured at a plant outside Medellín, Colombia, and sold at Whole Foods and gourmet specialty stores, sweetriot products are also available for purchase on Virgin America, at the... View Details
- 11 Sep 2018
- News
Bringing Government Up to Code
the foundations of our social safety net—making it easier, for example, for people to apply for food assistance or for probation officers to communicate with their parolees. On today's episode of Skydeck, Ingersoll talks with contributor... View Details
- 07 May 2020
- News
Ensuring Student Equity
learning programs, food and other basic resources, and health services for more than 1,200 children each week in this underserved community. “We had to rethink the operation of our food pantry. We had to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- Profile
Mallika Ahluwalia
school system, Mallika accepted her first international development challenge. Working in a small team, Mallika helped run a United Nations World Food Program project in Namibia that fed 90,000 AIDS-affected orphans. "I got closely... View Details
- 27 Aug 2019
- News
Sweating It Out in Philly; Whiskey Flights in Portland
exclusively on stretching. After the 50-minute workout, guests enjoyed a brief cool-down with healthy refreshments, followed by an hour-long discussion. “Teaching this group was a lot of fun,” says Freeman. “It was a whole new experience... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 09 Jun 2017
- News
Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China
was extraordinary, just because of the upcoming Olympics and China entering WTO. The whole world was looking at China, so my venture really timed it very well, unintentionally. After the Olympics, inbound travel going to China tapered out... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Research Brief: The Fresh Start Effect
Humans can be self-destructive. We overindulge in food and fail to make time to exercise, and we delay saving for retirement. Associate Professor John Beshears, whose research focuses on behavioral economics, has identified hope: The idea... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint