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- 30 Jan 2021
- News
Finding a Fresh Approach to Dry Cleaning
many finish at half that number.” Simon, who earned a degree in engineering and worked in the manufacturing arm of a family business after his MBA, calls dry cleaning “the most challenging industry I have been involved in.” The full... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
A Case for Coffee
Salaam to dinner at his house, where we were joined by his family and Michael Owen, the acting U.S. ambassador to Tanzania. For more information on TechnoServe, visit www.technoserve.org. View Details
- 15 May 2012
- News
Finally Finding the Right Fit
Heffernan: From one who's tried on many hats, a tip of the cap to HBS. Photo courtesy Andrew Heffernan As a young man in Dublin, Ireland, Andrew Heffernan (MBA 2006) worked in a variety of summer jobs with the family business, the... View Details
- 25 Jun 2019
- News
After the Storm
management experience and lay the financial groundwork for his family to transition into the world of nonprofits. He wound up staying twice as long. “Every year it would get to bonus time, and I’d say, ‘All right, next year I’m going to... View Details
Keywords: Paul Flannery
- 11 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Brittani Rettig (MBA 2010)
and brought us together in a sort of familial way. Business leadership is more than generating a profit; it is adding value to the lives of others. HBS taught me how to thoroughly evaluate business purpose from both a moral and monetary... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Navigating Uncertainty: Dean Datar on HBS’s Path Forward
that our School always strives to fulfill its highest potential. What we do here matters. I saw it in the faces of our graduates—some of them the first in their family to graduate from college—who are eager to tackle society’s problems,... View Details
- 31 Jan 2023
- News
Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups
shared the challenges of starting a family while starting a company. “Having a baby and doing your startup at the same time is really much harder for women,” says Garg, who had a baby after IVF treatment, all while building Riya... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
because of its stellar location: Cape Town, South Africa. More than four hundred delegates came from dozens of countries, with close to half bringing partners or family members for whom a special program of events had been set up. The... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Michael Depatie
family — they all have the same last name, different first names. There’s a bit of an “insider” appeal when people understand the connection. It becomes a badge of honor to list the different properties where they’ve stayed. But how do... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
responsibilities do amplify the inequities we’ve found. Outside studies, for example, show evidence of a “motherhood penalty.” That could mean a workplace culture that makes it difficult for anybody who has family responsibilities or the... View Details
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Seni Sulyman (MBA 2014) was born in Lagos and educated in the United States, but always wanted to return to Nigeria. And not just because he missed family or... View Details
- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
fight for “what was right and good” in books he’d read as a child, like Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time. It was a way of seeing the world Singer absorbed from his parents and the synagogue they attended as a family in suburban... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Researching Business and Politics in China and Southeast Asia
in Singapore, she and her family traveled throughout Southeast Asia. “The fellowship enabled me to conduct research on Malaysia and Indonesia, and also to look at Chinese investments in different parts of the region,” she explains. An... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Richard Edelman (MBA 1978)
Chicago in 1952. His biggest risk was putting me in charge of the New York office in 1981, when I was 27 years old. In five or six years, that office grew from 12 employees to 100. I didn’t know what I didn’t know. Part of what keeps me going is that my View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
A Roundabout Path
Friedlander’s time at HBS and he’s enjoyed meeting members of the donor family and expressing his appreciation for their support. (photo by Susan Young) “Because of this assistance, I can imagine myself doing something that involves risk,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Respond to a Worthy Cause
African soul star Angélique Kidjo, and country icon Dolly Parton — and partnered with the Family Violence Prevention Fund, a national organization focused on ending domestic violence, and RESPOND Inc., one of the oldest domestic violence... View Details
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Pushing the Next Generation Forward
stories of the families we work with are not unlike my story,” says Owusu-Kesse. The son of Ghanaian immigrants, he was raised by his mother in a distressed Worcester, Massachusetts, neighborhood. “I experienced firsthand the sacrifices... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
suspended on that day to allow students, faculty, and staff time to follow events as they unfolded and to check on the safety of family and friends. Across the University, emergency grief counseling and other services were made available... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
and entrepreneurs can deliver their pitches from anywhere in the country. Similarly, as accelerators and conferences move online, they are more accessible to entrepreneurs whose financial or family situation limits travel. The Female... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
What's Cookin'
high-quality family dining at a reasonable price; it would be a mistake to put a $45 bottle of wine on our menu." When consistency suffers, it doesn't take long for it to affect a restaurant's reputation, he adds. "If a customer has the... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia