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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
(MBA 1984) Draper Fisher Jurvetson Draper Associates Driving against Type I passed on CarGurus back when it was a young company. It is now public and trading at $4.7 billion. At the time, the company was raising money at a very high price relative to its View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
California, several professors, including an HBS alumnus, encouraged him to apply to HBS. Darden hoped an MBA would help further his interest in a career focused on service and academia. DARDEN: The environment that I found myself in at... View Details
- 01 May 2015
- News
Celebrating and Supporting Leadership
2004). Young alumni also have been featured at the regional events. Among those who have spoken about the impact of HBS on their careers have been: Eric Calderon (MBA 2013), Carolyn Wolff Dorros (MBA 2003), Lisa M. Gunther (MBA 2000),... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
moving.” Oishi had watched it all unfold as she built a career as a partner in McKinsey’s consumer goods practice in Tokyo—an almost ideal match for the sort of person who can’t not solve problems. Where some people solve crossword... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
commitment to another level. Our goal is to do everything we can to achieve progress on each of the targeted pillars, and we will work tirelessly to make real change.” The 10-year initiative, comprised of $20 million in cash and $5... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
Workforce." John Weber Newly Energized John Weber's career over the past decade has progressed as many only dream. He has moved successfully through a series of increasingly important assignments at... View Details
- 26 May 2022
- News
Northern California Club Honors Noom; LGBTQ Alumni Share HBS Stories
Donaher created the multi-generational panel event to highlight the progress at HBS around LGBTQ diversity and inclusion. Joining Donaher on the panel were Megan Chann (MBA 2018), Joseph Steele (MBA 1983), Ellen Bossert (MBA 1992), Paula... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
conclusion by manually going through the data,” the lead doctor told the Japan Times, “but Watson’s speed is crucial in the treatment of leukemia, which progresses rapidly and can cause complications.” This is the beauty of Watson, which... View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
Loews Corp., Michigan State University, Cornell University’s Hotel School, Bank of Hawaii, HR Spinner, the NCAA, and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles illustrate how effective teams drive progress in business, associations, and education. The six... View Details
- 28 Feb 2025
- News
Joy to the World
But he credits a dedicated community of social workers, as well as his birth and adopted families, with helping him eventually flourish. That gratitude helped spark his career in community service and his deep interest in exploring how... View Details
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
impacts on the working women of Canada: More women than men left careers as schools shut down to care for families. Twice as many women as men applied for Canada’s child care benefit. The country’s economy lost more than 800,000 jobs.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Post-Office
their careers unless they work for an all-remote company. But also I’ve studied how productivity changes, which is the third leg. I found that in the US Patent Office, causally, not correlationally, they saw a 4.4 percent increase in... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
Gretchen Howard (MBA 2002) came to HBS in part because she had a story in her mind about how her career would start: It was 2000, the apex of the dotcom bubble. She would move to Boston, study business, partner with a technologist from... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
Principles Guide You by Bill Barnett (MBA 1971) (Stanford Business Books) Barnett approaches the construction of a long-term career plan by looking at the main challenges professionals will face: developing and reaching long-term targets,... View Details
- 07 May 2018
- News
What I Learned from Visiting All 54 African Countries
Photo courtesy of Francis Tapon Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Francis Tapon (MBA 1997) was off to a bright tech career after HBS, working at a Silicon Valley startup before stints at Hitachi and... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
products—including soap, toothpaste, and shampoo—to thousands of children and young adults in need in Massachusetts. “During COVID-19, what we are doing is more important than ever,” says Feingold, who retired from a 23-year career at... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
those seven people. It’s clear that the engine of the country’s innovation sector is stuck in the past. Professional spaces such as hospitals, law offices, and boardrooms still have significant work to be done to achieve diversity in leadership, but they’ve made great... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
eye-opening account that challenges our preconceptions of identity as it shines new light on the long shadows of white supremacy and marginalization that continue to hamper progress for Black Americans. The Able Archers By Brian J. Morra... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
realities. “In recent years, the student appetite for entrepreneurial ventures has increased significantly,” says HBS professor of management practice Myra M. Hart, who has studied the career trends of HBS graduates. “The contest gives... View Details
- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
of what the future might hold. For Kidwai, those dreams led to the United States, where in 1982, she became the first woman from India to graduate from HBS. But Kidwai always knew she wanted to return to help shape her country. Highlights from her long and extremely... View Details