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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Student turns family health crisis into online solution
CareSolver, is an online health care service platform that offers families customized care guides as well as educational material and resources. The goal is to help caregivers get better care for their aging loved ones at a lower cost.... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Support for the Healers
by the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Health Care in Boston, Schwartz Rounds provide an opportunity for health caregivers to gather and reflect on the emotional aspects of their work. Point of Care provides organizational assistance... View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
- News
Providing the Care That Seniors Need
and raising a family, and becoming a caregiver to an aged parent. “Through that process I began to look at what was available in the marketplace for the aged who had cognitive disorders like dementia, but also the aged in general, and I... View Details
- 15 Feb 2022
- News
The Alumnae Entrepreneur Behind Mary J. Blige’s Super Bowl Locks
told the station. “I just couldn't believe it was happening." In a July 2021 piece for Inc., Winters noted that the idea for Upgrade began at HBS, when she would travel from Boston to New York City just to have her hair done. “Mind you, I was also the sole View Details
- Portrait Project
Miriam Serban
mother had enrolled me in. My father died when I was 10 and my mother went to Italy to work as a caregiver to make up for the income loss. She was willing to do anything to help me get access to better education. Just like my mother, one... View Details
- 16 Sep 2016
- News
Gaining Ground on ALS
“The patients and caregivers we work with inspire us every day,” says Blum. “Bringing forward the first new medicine for ALS in nearly 25 years is a personal and professional crusade for everyone in our company.” (Published September... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Your Fullest Self
Britney Winters (MBA 2016) Britney Winters (MBA 2016) As a student at HBS, Britney Winters (MBA 2016) would travel from Boston to New York City to have her hair done. “Mind you, I was also the sole caregiver of my 16-year-old sister,” she... View Details
- Career Coach
Mo Fong
change, accelerating in their current role or looking to make a career pivot. Mo has experience in building teams, transforming people managers to great leaders while navigating through life changes including caregiving for children and... View Details
- 10 Oct 2018
- Blog Post
6 Lessons Learned from a Summer of Entrepreneurship
streets of NYC. When we went to a senior center to recruit caregivers and no one wanted to speak with us, we discussed the failure, learned from it, and moved on. We realized that the highs and the lows that people talk about in start-ups... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- Web
Teams | New Venture Competition
CareCorgi Hailey How (MBA 2025) Bobby Zhao, (MDes 2025) Supporting first-time family caregivers of adults aged 65 and older with an AI-powered platform Colorful Future Christopher Egi, MBA 2026 Building a more equitable economy by helping... View Details
- 01 May 2015
- Blog Post
How Being an HBS Partner Changed My Life
that I was willing to hear and ready to answer the single question HBS has asked its community for generations: “what do you want your life to be?” And as a response, I recently decided to leave my law firm to pursue a career in cancer View Details
- Profile
Shana Hoffman
Morton, MBA 2014, a student who shared her interests in health care and technology. “We did a whiteboarding session at the i-lab for an hour and came out with an early form of CareSolver.” Conceived as an online service platform, CareSolver (www.caresolver.com) gives... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
A New Path for Alumnae
caregivers and because of a perceived difference in earning power. Even among HBS grads, who puts a career on hold is often economically determined. What are some on-ramping tips? It’s essential to clarify life goals as well as career... View Details
- Profile
Sheila Lirio Marcelo
hero-like efforts. Launched in 2007, Care.com is an online web portal for connecting families, caregivers and employers for child care, senior care, housekeeping, pet care and more. Today, more than 14.1 million members in 16 countries... View Details
- 26 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni Explore a Changing Hong Kong; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Singapore
most of my spare time either volunteering for the Club or another charity called Caregivers Alliance, where I train caregivers of mental health patients to become better at caregiving. What are you reading?... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 31 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Scholarly Crowd Explores Crowdsourcing
Versus Deterministic Explanations of Crowdsourcing Success" to "Patients and Caregivers as Sources of Innovative Ideas and Solutions." In addition to open innovation, a conference track was devoted to scholarship around... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Racial Bias Pervades Health Care
cross-gender touching before beginning an exam. White’s story — part autobiography, part call to action — is a compelling and often uncomfortable read about a hidden world where even the most compassionate and egalitarian caregivers often... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Addressing The Financial Security Gap
explains. “Given that women make 82 cents on the dollar, this income gap affects not only earnings but also retirement savings, creating a gender pension gap. Some of that is because of the industries we go into, and also because we are View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 12 May 2023
- Blog Post
Breaking Barriers and Building Community: Get to Know the HBS Women's Student Association (WSA)
leadership, as well as to pursue entrepreneurship after HBS to fill the gap in support for women navigating life transitions (childbearing, re-entry in the workforce and caregiving for loved ones). Prior to HBS, I spent 7+ years in... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 09 Apr 2020
- News
“Raise the Line”
would lose their jobs due to automation and recession, and then millions of people who would need healthcare because of aging, among other reasons. That’s why the vision of Osmosis has always been to train the existing generation and the next generation of clinicians... View Details