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- 09 Jan 2017
- News
Role Model, Coach, Life Guide, and Cheerleader
Austin Scee (MBA 2001) is the founder and CEO of Razorhorse Capital in Atlanta, Georgia. Starting in college and through his time at HBS, he volunteered as a mentor with Big Brothers, Big Sisters of America. In this interview, he talks... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
even if the pay does not increase immediately. Advocate on your own behalf, but also find mentors who will advocate for you. Remember that to whom much is given, much is expected. Always take the time to View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
I-Lab Hosts Start-Up Weekend Scramble
business ideas are viable. Some two dozen mentors and advisers volunteered time to help 125 students from across Harvard fine-tune their projects and pitches. By Sunday night, the field had narrowed from 32 pitches to 13 presenting teams.... 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
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Jump-Start
using the Lean Startup methodology, for the 19 cash awards given out this year. There were also 12 venture capital firms (listed below) that stepped up to help fund the program run by HBS’s Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship. All the participating firms were eager... View Details
- 10 Feb 2016
- News
Helping Young African MBAs Go Home
listed.” The group also helps would-be business students apply to American schools. “Part of what we do is purely applications, helping to improve representation of Africans in business school,” Igun says. “When we started the MBA mentorship program, the first year it... View Details
- 22 Sep 2020
- News
Balancing Act
women role models and mentors in business, being in charge came with the responsibility of fostering other women, starting with a gender-balanced executive team. The first step was sharing her plan with her employees and listening to... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 17 Apr 2014
- News
Striking a Balance
as well as a mentor to working women, Wilson knew how difficult those challenges could be. “Diane was a great advocate of dealing with the barriers that prevent or discourage women from moving ahead,” says Silk, an authority on the... View Details
- 02 Aug 2019
- News
Fulfilling Their Promise
to help these young women become first-generation college graduates and, perhaps more important, to believe that they had the ability and the smarts to get there through the development of character, leadership skills, and self-confidence. What started as one woman... View Details
- 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
- 16 Jul 2013
- News
Embracing Chaos
Cummins, he helped establish India's first college of engineering for women, and at Microsoft, he helped create a computer literacy program that has trained 35 million children and nearly a million teachers in India to use computers. He's also View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Gerald Chertavian, MBA 1992
Up stems from his experience as a volunteer in the Big Brother Big Sister program. After earning a degree in economics from Bowdoin College, Chertavian worked at Chemical Bank in New York City, where he volunteered as a mentor to... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Back to School
Campaign for Human Capital. He then oversaw the implementation of a variety of efforts, including a marketing blitz touting the benefits of teaching in Philadelphia; a recruitment event, “Rolling Out the Red Carpet”; leadership training programs for principals; and a... View Details
- 25 Sep 2019
- News
Leading the Evolution of E-Commerce
$1 billion. In 2017, when Fleiss left, it had 6 million customers and $100 million in revenues. It was time to try something new. That something new became Jetblack, a text-to-shop service that Fleiss launched this year with longtime View Details
- 01 Jan 2010
- News
Marvin S. Traub, MBA 1949
careers of many of the designers that are today’s most popular brands: Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, and Donna Karan, among them. At the same time, he mentored dozens of employees who went on to lead major stores and brands. After retiring... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Start Me Up
the UK—and with partners in Colombia, Mexico, and Russia—MassChallenge annually accepts 128 early-stage, high-impact companies from around the world, with no strings attached. The startups receive world-class mentoring (400-plus mentors),... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Brand New
the conversations were not about business. They were about what the Detroit Lions did that week or what was happening with a kid in my class. Coming into the corporate environment felt like a foreign language to me.” Pass it on: “Having View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
W. James McNerney Jr., MBA 1975
says Muilenburg. “The fact that he took time to invest in me and that he has a passion for mentoring has been fantastic.” Newly retired, McNerney admits one of his biggest joys in life for 40 years—on par with his 30-year marriage and his... View Details
- 10 Dec 2015
- News
Leveraging Curiosity to Broaden the Impact
family and my community.” Giving back to the community has always been important to the Los Angeles native, who used to mentor high schoolers from minority families in South LA, helping them prepare for the college application process.... View Details