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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Negotiating with Wal-Mart
Sebenius says, “but a lot of our students and executives face counterparts who aren’t interested in playing by those rules. So what happens when you encounter someone with a great deal of power, like Wal-Mart, who is also the ultimate... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
From Bytes to Bites
serves on the boards of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and the Golden Gate Restaurant Association, an experience that has opened her eyes to the fascination and frustration of local politics. “Owning this business has opened a lot of doors for me,” says Thomas.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
The Maestro and the Market
norms, the elBulli case shows just how broad the spectrum for marketing a “product” can be — and that’s not a bad thing for MBAs to learn. “Marketing is a science, but it’s also an art,” Norton remarks. “Adrià says he doesn’t listen to customers, yet his customers are... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Roger Ullman: Going Green with E2
that know how to make use of your expertise and leadership positions while respecting your time constraints. Although some nonprofits view businesspeople merely as a source of donations, the best ones will recognize the value of engaging you, and know how to do it... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- News
Willing Hands
HBS has shaped me as a leader is by showing that the right technical answer might not do you much good at all if you can't also manage the very real people challenges." Spencer describes his other duties as a combination of financial... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Gotta Dance
Above: Horowitz (seated) and Goldberg: More than the same old song and dance (photo by HollenderX2) When Evan Horowitz (MBA 2008) and Geoffrey Goldberg first met, the two clicked on multiple levels. Married in 2013, the pair cofounded... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Keith Clinkscales (MBA 1990)
Keith Clinkscales (MBA 1990) began his 25-year media career at Vibe, a magazine founded by producer and musician Quincy Jones, before heading up Vanguarde Media, publisher of Heart & Soul, Honey, and Savoy magazines. “No matter what the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Pricing Paradise
The Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School, Bilmes began her career at the Boston Consulting Group, focusing on cost structures in large-scale industries where fractional commodity fluctuations result in global price shifts. After she was... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 23 Dec 2009
- News
In the Zone
Geoffrey Canada on a number of large and small special assignments, including a two-year project that analyzed and streamlined the organization’s database so that the information can be used by staff to improve the programs and services... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Truth Teller
photo by Clara Molden / Camera Press / Redux Corporate turnarounds aren’t known for being a walk in the park. “Anybody who does what I do has to be incredibly resolute, to the point of bloody-minded, about the need to fracture an... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Open Canvas
“that kind of broke our backs because it was so expensive,” he recalls. In 2003, on the brink of collapse, the Vaziranis sold most of their private art collection to bootstrap the business. It was a turning point, allowing the time to capitalize on the trust and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Innovation: An Orchestra of One
earning a $15,000 runner-up prize. Shortly thereafter, the three founded Sonation and renamed the product Cadenza. Chao and her cofounders met with Apple last fall and are focused on developing an iPad and iPhone app for Cadenza, the first in a series of products... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
One-on-One with Jeff Hicks
HICKS Illustration by Joe Ciardiello Jeff Hicks (MBA ’97) arrived at HBS with ten years of experience as an advertising executive at Leo Burnett in Chicago. Disillusioned with the trend toward “unbundling” agencies into different... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Sunny Side
When Miami-based venture capital firm ANIMO Ventures launched in 2018, cofounder Nico Berardi (MBA 2018) traveled weekly. “It was 80 percent San Francisco, maybe 20 percent New York,” he recalls. But the Argentine-born Berardi loved the energy in Miami. Now, in the era... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Cracking Conferences
Margaret Molloy (MBA 2000) came to New York in 1994 for a marketing internship with Enterprise Ireland, a government agency promoting the country’s products in the United States. She had $200 in her pocket and no family connections on the ground. “In that situation,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Delivering Trust
Illustration by Marcos Chin Illustration by Marcos Chin When they married, Deborah and Jake Anderson (MBA 2010) knew that they might have difficulty starting a family due to a preexisting medical condition.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Lego Stays on Script
Illustrations by Chris Gash Illustrations by Chris Gash It sounded like a cynical money grab, a 90-minute commercial that no adult would willingly watch. But The LEGO Movie, released in 2014, surprised... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 02 Sep 2021
- News
Back to School
legislative bills and trying to pass a budget; we are now in an emergency-management situation,” he recalls. Difficult as that time was, it set Simmons up as the perfect candidate for his next role. In April 2021, after Cardona was appointed View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 12 Jan 2010
- News
Tweet, Tweet
It’s strange to think about (with Boston temps stuck below freezing) but this time last year I was in Monterrey, Mexico, wrapping up a 10-day Immersion Experience Program (IXP) with 48 HBS students. (You can read about that trip, and the program, here.) I’m staying... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Diagnosing DC’s Dysfunction
structure is a textbook duopoly, they add, surrounded by a “political industrial complex” of special interests, donors, and lobbyists, resulting in competition that fails to deliver what citizens should expect: practical and effective... View Details