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- 07 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Pathlight: Reimagining the Developer Onboarding Experience
me graduating with a specialization in computing. In my senior year, I picked up a job at a small business selling open source services. This combination of baseline coding skills and open source knowledge got me to my View Details
- 21 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?
(Editor's note: This first in a series of articles based on a Harvard Business School working paper by Karen Mills that analyzes the current state of availability of bank capital for small business.) Small businesses are core to America's... View Details
- Career Coach
Tina Gao
Prior to HBS, Tina worked in private equity (middle market buyout) and investment banking (industrials focus). Her first job out of college was in operations at a New York City based nonprofit. She enjoys... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Action Plan: Come as You Are
After HBS, at his first job with Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, Basseches oversaw multiple aspects of the museum’s exhibitions, including financial and staff management, marketing, sponsorship, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Centennial Goes YouTube
What’s the first adjective that comes to mind when you hear the word centennial? Be honest. I bet it’s not fun, or entertaining, or cool. Now get ready for a surprise. The Knowledge and Library Services folks at the Baker Library |... View Details
- 18 Mar 2008
- News
Election ’08, HBS Style
of the issues near and dear to the Class of 2009. The event, which organizers thought might be a first in HBS history (or at least the first in quite some time) included complimentary beverages and enough... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Marketing Muscle
On her first foray into Silicon Valley, Karen Edwards (MBA '90) didn't have much success finding the job she wanted: head of marketing at an Internet company. Told she didn't know enough about technology,... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
relationships between disparate data sets and then assess the significance of conclusions reached. Fast Start to Career Success: Making the Most of Your First Job By Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967) Outskirts Press Your... View Details
- 04 Feb 2022
- News
Hour by Hour
Courtesy Rahkeem Morris Rahkeem Morris (MBA 2018) spent the first 10 years of his work life as an hourly wage earner, moving from one minimum wage job to the next, often without transferable skills or... View Details
- 08 Aug 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
Panic Management: Keep Your Eyes on the Road
strikes. “At HBS, we do a great job of teaching students how to build things but we really haven’t had much [to offer] when the stuff really hits the fan. What happens when you’re up against it, between a rock and a hard place?” THAT... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Activating a Legion of People | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
about a job at the Wildlife Conservation Society. It was such an unexpected synergy of circumstances. I really fell in love with the organization, the people (who are primarily scientists), and the scope of the opportunity. In my current... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Untold Story of the US Auto Bailout
(both MBA 1992) have written, produced, and directed Live Another Day, a documentary in the spirit of Inside Job that delves into the government bailout of General Motors and the Chrysler-Fiat merger through extensive research and... View Details
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Race Does Matter in Mentoring
multibillion-dollar electronics corporation. On his first day in the lab there, he encountered a large banner that read, "George Wallace for President." That proclamation for the pro-segregationist former governor of Alabama was... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 02 Mar 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Trump’s Tariffs Could Harm Allies as Much as Opponents
increased for consumers, and there were more jobs lost in those sectors suffering from higher steel prices than steel jobs created. After Trump’s announcement, the Dow Jones industrial average greeted the... View Details
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Launch Lab/Capstone 2 - Course Catalog
product/service will create value, including business model design, customer value proposition, go to market (GTM) strategy, operating model and profit formula. The Capstone comprises two related courses. The first course – Launch Lab 1 –... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Moving Mountains
Barco. The elder Barcos-he at the helm and she in control of finances-grew their business from a single tractor operation with a few landscaping jobs into one of the largest contractors in northeast Florida. Currently the company employs... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Bill Dunaway (MBA 1964)
located in a Greek Revival plantation home. He now serves as mayor of Marietta, a job he describes as both rewarding and frustrating. His reason for running? “Payback. It’s a trite but true answer. This town has been good to me.” My... View Details
- 26 Jan 2017
- News
Finding a Path out of Poverty
struggle between hope and despair,” Magwegwe recently told the online magazine Destiny Man. His first break came when a street vendor selling fruits and vegetables struck up a friendship with Magwegwe and learned of his dream to go to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Net Gains
Mark Tatum (MBA 1998) On his first day at HBS, Mark Tatum (MBA 1998) went to the career office, told them he wanted a job in the business of sports, and came home with a printout of every relevant alumnus in... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home
company that actually built things, so upon graduation, he signed on at Ford. Then it was off for some serious globe-trotting, first to South America as managing director of Ford Argentina, next to Japan as president and CEO (at age 38)... View Details