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- 08 May 2014
- News
The Sky's the Limit
several years later, she negotiated in helicopter training. She now holds a dual commercial rating for both fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft. Eaton took command of Bell's sales in the US's Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, but always with a mind to View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: John Doerr
because if we go into business together, we'll surely get into trouble. Next, what is the vision, the technology, and are we addressing a really large unserved market? Then, is the financing plan reasonable, and finally, is there a sense of urgency? Advice for current... View Details
- 18 May 2023
- News
Cultivating Can-Do Attitudes
Wilfong notes. Four years after her initial commitment, Can Do expanded to include a mentoring component, as requested by the students themselves. "‘We need to be able to get through high school,' they told me," Wilfong recalls. She... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Complete Package
time zones. It really is a big family. We bonded over the three years of learning.” Her nickname: “Big sister,” because she is a mentor for other entrepreneurs. Her mentors: “In the past, you always looked up to the older, experienced... View Details
Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; sustainability; packaging; leadership; women; Manufacturing
- 21 Sep 2018
- News
HBS Association of Southern California Boosts Support for Startups
with mentors and identify potential investors. The Entrepreneurial Series: Idea and Pitch workshops kicked off on September 13, with three alumni-led companies in various stages pitching before four fellow alumni mentors. The workshop was... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 30 Jan 2018
- News
Four Alumni Named as Presidential Leadership Scholars
problems and improving the civic or social good. Over the course of the year, the Scholars will travel to each participating presidential center to learn from former presidents, key former administration officials, and leading academics. They will pursue individual... View Details
- 07 Dec 2020
- News
Lifting The Stigma
few years to apply. He did, receiving his undergraduate degree in 2010 and founding the College-Bound Mentoring Program with his roommate while both were still students. Delle continued to rack up achievements before and after HBS, until... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Class of 1942 Chair Honors Paul Lawrence, Promotes Leadership
work in the field. Perhaps best known for his landmark volume Organization and Environment (with HBS professor Jay W. Lorsch), Lawrence also produced the definitive work on matrix organizations (with Stanley Davis). Lawrence, who retired in 1991, remains active with... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Proposed Chair Would Honor African-American Business Pioneer
marketing efforts targeted at African Americans, thereby helping to establish that community as a lucrative mass market and contributing to the development of the concept of targeted marketing in corporate America. A lifelong mentor to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Launch Codes
but a lot of them,’” says Gernon. After earlier posts in health care tech and brand marketing, Gernon worked with a number of successful startups—including MotherNature.com, which had a $50 million IPO. More recently, she discovered a passion for coaching entrepreneurs... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 09 Aug 2011
- News
A Toast to Macchu Pisco
Business Plan Contest, I did a marketing independent study on how to launch a premium pisco brand in the United States. We entered a plan in the contest and were semi-finalists. The alumni I contacted during my second year were extremely helpful in View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
leadership and mentoring and on achieving organization alignment, both vertically and horizontally, across the entire structure of the organization. He also gives readers a method for tracking progress—plant by plant and function by... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
What I Do: Lindsey Mead (MBA 2000), Vedica Qalbani and Jessica Wu (both MBA 2007)
want to do more than just find the best and brightest for a client,” says Wu. “We assess candidates who have done well at a particular firm and look for common traits so that we can be true partners to our clients and credible career counselors and View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Portraits from the Class of 2003
Elizabeth Chang “The moments that mean the most are never what was planned.” Reason Delayed Coming to HBS: mentor asked her to work on George W. Bush’s presidential campaign Message of Fortune Cookie She Gave Then Governor Bush: “After... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Origin Story: Tasila Banda (MBA/MPP 2025)
at the lives of the partners at my law firm and didn’t think it was for me. A mentor and coach asked, ‘Have you ever thought of going to graduate school?’ ” “Doing well in school was a necessity. My mom would say, ‘All we ask is that you... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Linda B. Kanner: All in the Family
Commonwealth Institute, which provides mentoring services to women CEOs. But she doesn't expect to leave the wired world any time soon. "I don't want to retire just yet. My dad is 80 and is still chairman of his company," Kanner notes. No... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
— a few years ago when a fair-weather fan turned them in during a spell when the now formidable Celtics were underperforming. Before and after games and at halftime, colleagues, former students, Celtics players, and any number of people who call Cash a View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Author Charley Ellis on Goldman Sachs
recruiting the very best people and sorting them out as to who is the most effective, then empowering them, and watching closely while they run like hell for victory and achievement. As mentor and protégé, what drew Sidney Weinberg and... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Jan 2017
- News
Sphere of Influence
Daily Inquirer, citing the importance of mentoring and role models in her own life. Launched in 2008, Womensphere has trained more than 5,000 emerging women leaders, with plans to reach many more through its digital strategy. READ MORE View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
The path to philanthropic entrepreneurship
entrepreneurs. The other part of her week is spent investing in and mentoring CEOs of for-profit companies, “disrupting other sectors with a Clay Christensen hat on, of disruption and improvement for consumers,” she says. (Published April... View Details