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- 07 Oct 2011
- News
Tea’s Time
not just an idea anymore.” Based in San Francisco, Tea’s sales are projected to hit $25 million in 2011. Sold in some department stores (Nordstrom’s, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdale’s) and children’s clothing boutiques, Tea has seen... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
businesses that have dominated the space for a very long time. Their outdated approach has been such a disservice to the retail investor. I wonder if you think that this idea of the empowered individual investor can coexist peacefully... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A "Growing" Online Community
a sense, but we are also cooperating to help the industry as a whole," he said. "As each of us makes our own sites known, the idea as a whole will become more popular and more widely used. That will help us all." View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Expressions of Support
put to use immediately where they are most needed, whether to support financial aid, educational innovation, global understanding, or pathbreaking research. Support for the HBS Fund enables the School to invest in new ideas and... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A wild ride from adventure travel to social media marketing
business world took social networking seriously, she cofounded Wildfire—all while pursuing her MBA at HBS. The company grew from six to 400 employees in two-and-a-half years. Ransom’s idea quickly changed how companies use social media to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Redefining Work Life
taking a break bucks the conventional wisdom to kiss one’s career goodbye after time off. As for the idea that one can’t work as hard after a break, former Tropicana CEO Ellen Marram (MBA ’70) told Business Week, “The thought that you... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Services
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Reinventing Radio Days
guaranteed new music they’ll enjoy, unlike recommendations based on more superficial data, such as purchasing patterns. Music stores were SBT’s customers, but Kennedy’s innovative idea was to reinvent SBT as a personalized Internet radio... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Changing Nature of Research
research, we wouldn’t have the insight to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. It enables us to tap into new methodologies and develop ideas that have power in practice,” says Rivkin. “HBS has an ambitious intellectual... View Details
- 08 Dec 2009
- News
Don’t Scare the Bankers
and that some wag had suggested there should be a parade down Wall Street to mark the occasion, Mr. Ji smiled and raised a cautionary finger: “A good idea,” he said, “but don’t scare the bankers!” Afterward, the idea that someone from... View Details
- 03 Dec 2019
- News
Two Tales of Connection: Over Meals and Mentoring
few of us felt that since giving back was a core value of our club; the idea of mentorship was very important,” says program co-founder and current HBSCS President Stan Furman (MBA 2005). “We’d all had the experience of thinking ‘I wish I... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues
idea for "Public and Private." "The standing joke around my office," she quipped, "was that if I had one more kid, I'd come back as managing editor!" "An executive who has a personal life and urges her employess to do the same will be... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Helping Hands for HBS
women classmates about reconnecting to the School and to each other." Their idea was the Women's Gift for the Class of 1976, a special pooled gift from all the women of the class to mark the 25th Reunion. It will support an existing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
One-on-One with Carter Roberts
become wellsprings for really creative ideas on how to deliver for shareholders and also to do the right thing for the environment. So yes, I’m cautiously optimistic. View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Every year, HBS selects a small handful of outstanding alums to receive its most important honor, the Alumni Achievement Award. This year's recipients work in finance, politics, biopharma, and... View Details
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
change relatively painlessly. We’re already going through so much upheaval. Let's use this moment to be productive. Jen Flint: Are there ideas or lessons you think that people who work on climate can learn from the response to this... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
Jack Dorsey of Twitter: February 8, 2007: Seems niche. How many people want to tell everyone randomly what they’re doing, and how many really want to look at it? Of course, what I missed was that a brilliant entrepreneur can take a niche View Details
- 09 Aug 2017
- News
Finding a Path Out of Poverty
Helping people improve their lives is of utmost importance to Frank Magwegwe (AMP 185, 2013), and he’s using a nonprofit education center, Inspire Belief, to lift young people in South Africa’s poorest communities out of poverty and set them on the path to find their... View Details
- 29 Feb 2016
- News
In the ‘Spotlight’
When Josh Singer graduated from Harvard in 2001 with a joint JD/MBA, he headed to Los Angeles with the idea of working on the business side of media and entertainment. He interned at the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon, but in a plot twist... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Navigating the Populism Phenomenon
challenge the way things have traditionally worked. Vincent Pons: In populist discourse you often have this idea that a country has been governed by a political and economic elite hurting the interests of the people. If you systematically... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 26 Jan 2017
- News
Finding a Path out of Poverty
who inspires people to reach their full potential. It was during one of these sessions—and just after I read How Will You Measure Your Life? by Professor Clay Christensen—that I had the idea to start a nonprofit whose mission is social... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley