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16 Sep 2019
Blog Post

Finding my Passion in the Startup Space

conditions in Greece at the time). Blueground has managed to scale seamlessly with over 2,500 apartments and 400 team members in nine cities; New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Washington D.C., Dubai, Istanbul and Athens. With a View Details

01 Dec 2012
News

50 Years & Counting

of universal goals for all women. Instead, Kraus says much of her academic focus—informed by her study of entrepreneurship, career planning, and the juggling of work/family priorities—is on helping women develop and commit to a personal View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

24 May 2021
Blog Post

Rebekah Emanuel: Host of Season 3 of the Climate Rising Podcast

mobilize a team and create a vision to tackle issues that are chronically unaddressed but deeply important. They are the neglected but pivotal issues. Typically when you decide to address one of these issues, it ends up in one of two... View Details

02 Jul 2010
What Do You Think?

Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?

realizing intermediate goals or through some kind of overarching mission and vision that helps an organization achieve long-term shareholder value as well. Of course, it assumes that we know what those things (missions, visions,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

19 Feb 2008
Research & Ideas

Radical Design, Radical Results

within the organization. "Rather than being pulled by user requirements," he wrote recently, "design-driven innovation is pushed by a firm's vision about possible new product meanings and languages that could diffuse in... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Women Leading Business: A New Kind of Conversation

For high-powered executive women, the HBS program Women Leading Business: An Executive Forum offers a unique opportunity to discuss strategy, examine problems, and explore solutions. Below Professor Myra Hart shares her vision of the... View Details

Keywords: Re: Myra M. Hart & Cynthia A. Montgomery

06 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces 2024 Goldsmith Fellows

HR&A Advisors, he crafted policies promoting housing development and economic growth for historically underinvested neighborhoods. Danno said, “HBS provides the opportunity to turn my vision for community-driven urban development into... View Details

08 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Koppert Cress: Macro Greenhouses, Microgreens

today, in the next decade other hubs containing the needed infrastructure will hopefully begin to develop around the world. Instead of viewing this as a threat, Koppert Cress has started selling seeds to its competitors. Baan’s vision is... View Details

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Rock 100: The Summit - Entrepreneurship

Better Business Model , John Mullins & Randy Komisar Hypothesis-Driven Entrepreneurship: The Lean Startup , Tom Eisenmann Vision versus Hallucination – Founders and Pivots , Steve Blank Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything , Steven... View Details

28 Mar 2018
News

Fueling the Future

new logo, website, and mission statement to reflect the broader vision for the waste-to-energy business. “Combusting garbage to produce electricity in an environmentally controlled manner keeps waste out of the landfill and creates... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

17 Feb 2015
News

The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)

producer of Adaptation Now? “I think HBS was really an inspiration when it comes to taking initiative, to taking that first step in pursuit of a vision not knowing what the journey will be.” Which HBS professor had the greatest impact on... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

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Luc Sirois

vision is Hacking Heath, a Montreal-based social collaborative that hosts weekend brainstorming sessions, or “hackathons,” to spur innovation in the industry and, ultimately, save lives. “The end game is to transform health care with more... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Technology; Nonprofit / Government

16 May 2016
Blog Post

Career Resources for International Students

campus, many of our Career Coaches (we have more than 50) work 1-on-1 with international students to help them sharpen their career vision and navigate the job search. Is it common for students to return home during their summer... View Details

01 Apr 2002
News

"Rising to the Challenge" Program Addresses Post-9/11 Issues

awareness about Afghanistan and other countries created an unprecedented opportunity for action, he noted. Recalling how the Marshall Plan "provided a grand vision for U.S. involvement in the world" after World War II, Offenheiser... View Details

Keywords: War on Terror; Ronald Levy; Health, Social Assistance

30 Nov 2017
News

Happy Meals (Are Here Again)

would be a ways off. “This is a really big ship to turn,” he says. “But when I started hearing real, actual time lines—that was music to my ears.” It wasn’t just a vision but a plan. And just as importantly, that plan wasn’t a short-term... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Saverio Truglia

13 Jan 2021
News

Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”

Amira’s foray into entrepreneurship coincided with a boom in startups in the Middle East, and she found the VC money she needed to realize her vision. But then her vision began to change. Rashad: It actually used to be the case that I... View Details

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Polaroid Films - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

photographs A Basic Demonstration A demonstration of polarizing discs Annual Christmas Message to Employees of Polaroid Corporation, 1946 At the annual staff Christmas party in 1946, Edwin Land laid out his vision for the Polaroid... View Details

01 Jun 2022
News

'Rooted' In Innovation

include a mechanical engineering degree from MIT and patented novel technologies for self-driving vehicles. “But I don’t want to just make an app that delivers Instacart items five seconds sooner. My career vision is to tackle difficult... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

04 Dec 2014
News

Hacking Health Care