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05 May 2022
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Lesson Plans

With demand growing, Khan eventually left his full-time job as a hedge fund analyst to devote himself full-time to Khan Academy, bootstrapping it for the first nine months before receiving early support from Ann View Details

22 Jul 2021
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Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women

networks, and support the local community. “I decided to participate in the project to help our community of entrepreneurs,” says War Room mentor Jasper Camacho (MBA 2006), who was able to share his... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2005
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A Matter of Opinion

Founded in 1865, with roots in the abolitionist movement, The Nation has, ironically, enjoyed fairly constant support from wealthy benefactors. This despite its anti-establishment posture, although the magazine’s politics, Navasky... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

14 Oct 2020
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Sewn with Love

Girls for Humanity (FGFH), the mission of which was to provide humanitarian services and funding to communities in need across the world. Hanazawa mobilized the global fashion industry by soliciting excess... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Feb 2001
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The Third Force: Indispensable to Society, Nonprofits Should Redirect Oversight Efforts

Homelessness. Entrepreneurial services for the poor. The arts. Spirituality. Who — or what — in our society can best address these issues? Here's a hint: It's not business, and it's most definitely not... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

02 Apr 2019
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Remembering William Wilder

William Wilder William Wilder William P. Wilder (MBA 1950), a steadfast HBS supporter and the namesake of Wilder House, passed away in Toronto on March 23 at the age of 96. A prominent business leader View Details

01 Dec 2004
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The Future of Stem Cells

Stem cells have been much in the news recently. But the hot-button ethical and political questions currently surrounding this area of research may ultimately prove moot, if the past is any guide. Business history shows that if the desire... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Jun 2014
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The Digital Deck

miles apart? To find a new sort of energy, HBS built a unique technology platform to support classic HBS learning tools, notes HBX's executive director Jana Kierstead. In the case of a cold call, for example, a student is given a question... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Sep 2018
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Case Study: A Good Fit

gym, for example—and sustaining it over time, says Sean Eldridge (MBA 2009). He and his cofounders at Gain Life, an early-stage startup based at the Harvard Launch Lab, have an app for that. By combining behavioral science View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

23 May 2019
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Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, MBA 1995

serve the emerging middle class in Mexico. IGNIA represents Rodríguez’s commitment to his homeland as well as his belief in tackling social problems with market solutions. “We support entrepreneurs because we want to have a positive... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

12 May 2015
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A Flash of Insight

grown up as an expat, I had become a student of how we were viewed in the world,” says Cooper. “I was very proud of what my country had done in support of freedom and democracy, View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; 9/11; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

01 Aug 2001
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T.J. Dermot Dunphy (MBA '56)

In June, the School conferred its highest honors, the Distinguished Service Award and the Alumni Achievement Award, on four professors emeriti and five alumni, respectively.... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; Management

01 Jun 2017
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Life in Lockdown

a kitten dangling from a tree limb. One visit to Google kills that idea; there are already dozens of companies catering to premenstrual women. What about a service that can make a visit to an urgent care clinic more efficient View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; photography by Chris Churchill

01 Jun 2001
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

nearly two thousand alumni and guests celebrating MBA or Executive Education reunions. None of these activities would be possible without the generous support and commitment of... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Dec 2015
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The Harvard Business School Campaign: Regional Events

Recent HBS Campaign Regional Events & Leadership Meeting Craig Harrison (MBA 1980), Ellen O'Hara (MBA 1980), Len Schulwitz (MBA 1979), and Janine Schulwitz (MBA 1979) enjoyed the general reception prior to the evening’s formal program of... View Details

01 Dec 2020
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New News

not going to change that anytime soon. We want to get more people in the door first. MA: We started from a point of wanting to make the price reasonable and accessible while still supporting a strong... View Details

Keywords: entrepreneuship; digital media; startups; news; business models; young alumni; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services

01 Jun 2018
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The Long Run

existing electronic system for tracking opioid prescriptions. Today the group will have the chance to review a bill from the office of Georgia State Senator Renee Unterman, chair of the Senate Health and Human View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Melissa Golden

01 Mar 2011
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Making Their Way

Support of America’s Manufacturing Base and Import/Export Sector Ward: Rail is helping drive U.S. business rebirth amid 21st-century economic realities. Photo Courtesy CSX Related Links In a railroad... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing

14 Dec 2015
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A Leader’s Call to Action

management role at the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation that included a team of 42 union and administrative workers spanning four counties. At 34, she was assigned line... View Details