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- 04 Dec 2019
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Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders
in entrepreneurship for a long time. So I see that just to get your feet wet is to maybe get involved with angel groups anyway. And go to conferences, because there’s also pooled opportunities where you can get together on a specific investment or across the View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
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On Credit
19th-century America that exists nowhere else,” says Special Collections Librarian Timothy Mahoney. “That’s why researchers come from far and wide to use it.” A scholar might research women-owned boarding houses, for example, or German... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Back to the Future
contract the demand for goods and services. In short, the economic consequences would likely be a major recession, or possibly even a depression.” Drilling Down Now a resident of Houston, where he moved after retiring from HBS in 1996, Stobaugh applies the experience... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
work that had real impact on people’s lives. Entrepreneurship education is a recurring theme. Beck serves on the advisory board of the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship at HBS, where Michel this year is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence. And... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
than in satellites. Approximately half of all satellites launched today are CubeSats—shoebox-sized satellites that can be made for $50,000-$200,000 and launched for $30,000-$500,000 on board a scheduled flight that has extra cargo space.... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 24 May 2023
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Balancing Acts
things I'm committed to. So, what I mean by that, like I literally did a vision board at the beginning of this year, and I saw that I have 10 commitments that I made: my job, six boards, and three organizations. When those things rise up... View Details
- 06 Mar 2019
- News
Making Sabbaticals Mainstream
of the experience I had on my sabbatical led me to believe that I wanted to spend a year really giving of my time, and so I went to work with a nonprofit, whose board I had been on for the past five years, that did academic, rigorous... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Greylock
year as Doriot's teaching assistant, came on board in 1966, the triumvirate of the new firm's founding fathers was complete. Greylock-named after the street where Elfers lived in nearby Wellesley Hills-would be anything but traditional.... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
pay phones in Tanzania - and recently won a bid to become Ghana's Second National Operator. A Liberian national who spent much of her childhood in English boarding schools, Maddy holds foreign service and economics degrees from Georgetown... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
A Summit Higher Than Everest
the way to the Canadian border—a “thrilling education.” And the summer after that, he bought a Model T for $50 and drove from New England to British Columbia. There, he sold the broken-down car for train fare and rode the boards back... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
and staying engaged in some way are intrinsic to sustaining both confidence and opportunities. Serving on meaningful nonprofit boards that deal with serious business issues is one good route. Part-time projects and consulting is another.... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
optimizing rather than balancing my time. When I am with my child, I give him 100 percent attention, and in a few short minutes he is off to another activity. Likewise, I arrive at a board meeting well prepared and make it known that the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Get Creative
program, featuring a takeoff on “get out of jail free” cards from the board game Monopoly. This wasn’t a blockbuster like the new shaving systems for women, but it showed that everyone has a role to play in a culture of innovation. To go... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
board next year,” continues Emmons. “Many of them have no prior experience with case-method teaching. As we engage in the task of supporting their development in the classroom, there is no doubt in my mind that the work Chris did is still... View Details
- 13 Mar 2018
- News
Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission
we're getting ready to take off. And at that point, my boss, Major Stephen Reich, the guy who'd been mentoring me the whole time, gets on board and asks me about my plan. And he said, OK, I like it, everything except the parts that... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
have to be rushed." In addition, this approach ensures a consistent level of student preparation. Bhide has also created an on-line bulletin board where students can post additional observations after class discussion. These comments are... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
but it is an excruciating reality for many women." Piette did get pregnant after she quit her job, and since the birth of her daughter in 1999, she has been working about ten hours a week, helping entrepreneurs with strategic planning. "No travel, no View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
university storage facility, benefits from student energy. They buzz about the expansive lab space, which is stocked with 3D printers, circuit board builders, and a wall full of electronic parts and wires. Two other sections of the... View Details