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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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
- 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
- 23 Aug 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?
their efforts often lack an overall strategy that dilutes their effectiveness. "Kash" Rangan and colleagues offer a pragmatic solution. Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are CaregiversShifting demographics are causing an increasing number of people... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Everything Old Is a New Opportunity
independence—allowing elderly people to stay at home, independent and connected, not isolated Empowered care—providing new tools to improve quality and efficiency for paid and unpaid caregivers Ageless style—making stylish brands that are... 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
- 01 Jul 2021
- Office Hours
Readers Ask: Which Companies Are Transforming Work?
written about the caregiving roles of employees and strengthening the education-to-work pipeline. The following is a transcript of questions posed by Instagram users and Fuller’s answers: Should we be worried about the current “worker... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
On The Case
says, only “because there was so much to learn from Mihaljevic and his colleagues.” “What Tom really cares about is people, and that shows up in everything they do at Cleveland Clinic, from the caregivers to the patients and the... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Shattering Glass
will spur companies and governments to do things differently and create an infrastructure to better support people who are caregiving and working. What advice can you offer to business leaders who want to address these issues? BG: In the... View Details
- 14 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
home, and deeply embedded stereotypes about women as caregivers and men as breadwinners start to resurface with more intensity. “When your child runs in during your Zoom call,” says Ammerman, “that's perceived very differently than when... View Details
- 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