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- 23 Jun 2014
- News
Freedom to Explore
Although Sherry L. Coutu (MBA 1993) now works as an angel investor in Cambridge, England, some 3,000 miles from Boston, Harvard Business School remains close to her heart. “The words of my professors and my classmates are part of my life... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The New Venture Competition's Digital Democracy
determining the winners of the "most innovative" and "greatest impact" prizes. (A panel of VCs and angel investors will then vote on the third category, "best investment.") Winners for all three categories will be announced April 15 on... View Details
Keywords: New Venture Competition
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Star in LA
Angeles Times reported (January 4, 2005). Sohn had previously worked for thirty years at Wells Fargo, rising to the position of chief economist at the bank, America’s fifth largest. Sohn is known as one of the nation’s most accurate... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Campaign Regional Events
Los Angeles February 2, 2005 Chicago* March 16, 2005 Seattle* March 29, 2005 Washington, D.C. April 21, 2005 *The HBS Volunteer Conference will be held in conjunction with events in these cities. Greenhill House Dedicated On November 15,... View Details
- 22 Jan 2018
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
convening of students and alumni from around the world who are excited about health care.” Gaglani: “Many left a great impression on me. I am biased though, since a few HBS professors and staff have since become angel investors in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
A Day’s Pay
California’s Kern County, Florez hauled irrigation pipe around rose and vegetable fields for up to twelve hours a day in triple-digit heat, a job for which he received no overtime pay. “Before I leave I want to attempt to have an argument about farmworkers and what... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Speaking for the Airlines
When the airlines sought government financial help in the wake of September's terrorist attacks, Delta Airlines chairman and CEO Leo Mullin (MBA '67) emerged as a powerful advocate for the industry, the Los Angeles Times (September 21,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Thinking Outside the Centerfold
shop” (Adweek, January 28, 2002). With annual billings of $225 million and some 160 employees working in Miami and a new Los Angeles office, CPB is now garnering plenty of attention. But CPB had shown indications a few years earlier that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Flying High
sleek black paint job and just 16 hand-stitched leather seats. Its routes run from private terminals, often at smaller metropolitan airports—such as Van Nuys in Los Angeles and Farnborough near London—to vacation destinations including... View Details
Keywords: April White; aviation; airlines; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Air Transportation; Transportation
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
The Campaign Begins
1997) Katie Vogelheim & John Hansen (MBA 1985) An interactive experience connected alumni with similar interests. Regional Events Around the World Boston San Francisco New York Chicago Mumbai More to follow Paris São Paulo Los Angeles... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
The Simplest Taste
in the morning is wrong for eight o'clock at night. If you visit airports, particularly, you see the antithesis of elegance.I think a sense of appropriateness is probably the best qualification for elegance" (Los Angeles Times, January... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Insight: Yenball
Ultimately, says HBS professor emeritus Stephen A. Greyser, the Yankees—who signed Tanaka to a seven-year, $155 million deal—were looking for what every team seeks in a free agent: a player who can help them win more games. But ever since pitcher Hideo Nomo signed with... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Charles Stoddard (MBA 1969)
Born in East Lansing, Michigan, Charles Stoddard grew up with banking in his blood. As a teenager, he worked as a teller in the bank his father founded. After earning degrees from Michigan State University and HBS, he held banking and finance positions in New York City... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Elevator Pitch: Bridging the Gap
we’re solving a massive problem,” Aljumaily says. “Right now we’re tiny but I can feel that we’re on the cusp of something that’s giant, frankly.” Status Update: Gently made its first deliveries in Los Angeles in April 2023, with plans to... View Details
- 13 Oct 2020
- News
Running a Decathlon
Bill and Sandra Patton (photo by Tony LaBruno) While serving on the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee in 1979, William Patton Jr. (PMD 21, 1971) met Orange County superintendent of schools Robert Peterson, who told him about his... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- News
How to Prepare for Shark Tank
soon as you agreed, you couldn’t talk to anyone about it," Stolar told the BostonInno news website. In fact, after agreeing to appear before the Sharks, the Unshrinkit duo did three months of intensive prep, then flew to Los Angeles for... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Motivation through hard knocks
“turbulent” upbringing in South Central Los Angeles has enhanced his ability and interest in motivating others. “I’ve seen both sides of the equation,” he says, explaining that he has experienced homelessness and moved around a lot in his... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Inspiring conversations around the world
need for us to reach out to one another as nations, as humans,” says Bussel, an Israeli-born artist who divides her time between Los Angeles and Tel Aviv. “One cannot separate art from the human experience, from the world we live in, the... View Details
- 03 Oct 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns
it was longer. When I first invested, Elon actually said to me, “Are you fine with your money being completely locked up?” I think he said 15 years. And I said, “Sure.” If you’re interested in seeing what companies are out there, there is a platform called Space View Details
- 15 May 2012
- News
Finally Finding the Right Fit
York, where in September 2009 he enrolled in a fashion-marketing program at the Parsons School of Fashion. Since completing the program in December 2010, Heffernan has divided his time between angel investing and consulting with small... View Details