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- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Design Thinking: Hands-On Learning At The Harvard Innovation Lab
original Design Thinking and Innovation course in fall 2012 attracted some 200 applicants from across the University for the elective’s 50 seats. The course has now expanded to three sections. Buoyed by the increasing interest in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Launch Codes
Studio The Rock Center’s New York office opened on December 1, 2015, in Midtown Manhattan, with plans to move to a permanent space in the heart of Silicon Alley in the spring. The 40-desk entrepreneurship community is open to all HBS alumni. Read more about the office... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Savings and Loam
are being deployed on the lending side,” he says. Cummings, who jokes that he’s “going from pretend farmer to pretend banker,” submitted the banking charter and FDIC insurance applications in August 2021 and hopes to have a provisional... View Details
- 19 Oct 2021
- News
In the Contest for Content
be chasing. But she has long maintained a focus on minority artists. Her application to HBS even included a proposal for an investment platform that would support artists of color, according to the Times. “I wanted to impact how the world... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Road Work
impacted just as hard but received less assistance.” In response, Camino expects to come to market with a recovery loan that lowers the cost to borrowers and lends to nonessential industries that have been heavily impacted by COVID-19. “We’ve added a supplement to our... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Capitalizing the Corner Shop
simplified the application process, asking business owners for only a bank statement as part of their mobile-based loan application, and delivering funds to successful applicants within 48 hours. “The joke... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Blue-Green Revolution
microorganisms use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to photosynthesize sugar, proteins, and fat—the latter in the form of an oil that can replace fossil fuels in applications where batteries either can’t store enough power or are... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Insights into Business in Islamic World
quite diverse. Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, for example, are countries noted for application of Islamic law beyond religious and family life to civic, financial, and commercial affairs, he said. Since the 1970s, other nations such as... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
The Difference Fellowships Make
others, coming to Harvard is their first trip outside their home region. Some have started their own businesses, while others have worked in nonprofits. A diversity of students can matriculate at HBS because of the School’s need-blind admissions policy, which enables... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Social Enterprise Initiative Marks 20th Anniversary
sectors that create value for society." Today, the SEI and the 97 faculty affiliated with the initiative connect with communities worldwide. Faculty research spans the examination of the needs of the 4.5 billion members of society living on less than $5 a day to the... View Details
Keywords: SEI
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Springboard Boosts Funding Prospects for Women Entrepreneurs
applicants by a committee of top venture capitalists and business leaders from around New England. In opening remarks, HBS Dean Kim B. Clark said entrepreneurship has become not only a tremendous engine of growth in the United States but... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Far-Reaching Impact
children. “I was faced with the challenge of how to service the loan while continuing to work at Rocket Learning full time,” says Mahajan, recalling the concerns that prompted her application to the Social Entrepreneurship Initiative's... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Two Truths and a Lie About 5G
Alexandre Menard (MBA 2005), a senior partner at McKinsey Paris. Menard, who led the conversion to 4G and today heads the McKinsey Center for Advanced Connectivity, says that 4G was more of a step change by comparison. The advent of mobile video “unlocked completely... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Understanding the Digital Frontier
customers to change?); and Technology (what applications should you build?). Part of this process is understanding the online characteristics of each of your customer segments, according to Li and Bernoff. Example: “Alpha moms” are not... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
What I Do: Minnie Ingersoll (MBA 2002)
things like, ‘If you have a criminal record, you are welcome to apply for a job at Code for America.’ And we do advocacy, too, and help other organizations understand that they shouldn’t be ruling out applicants just because they have a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Feedback
alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin Great application of dedication, common sense, and perseverance. If Nigeria can be turned around, perhaps there may be hope for the remainder of Africa and its people. —Fred Brodsky (OPM 27, 1999) via... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Moir Donelson
in Technology and Operations Management, to cochair the School's Honor Committee, and to work with the Admissions Office to help attract a more diverse pool of applicants to the MBA Program. Donelson attributes much of his motivation to... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
To Market, to Market
following technologies: Miniproteins that can penetrate cells and act on targets that were previously considered "undruggable." The application of unique genetic and biochemical methods to develop new antibiotics targeting the outer... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Advancing China’s Impact Investing Ecosystem
solve problems,” she notes. Before enrolling in the MBA Program, Chen worked at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in Shanghai and Singapore. While there, she began to question her own societal impact, prompting her application to HBS. In... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Advanced Statistics Are the New Foam Fingers
a lot of value from the standpoint that it is a universal statistic that’s applicable across players and positions. It’s really easy from a topline perspective to explain to someone: This is how many wins a player got you.” Explaining... View Details