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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Karen Gordon Mills
fruition about two years ago when Mills's husband, Barry, a Bowdoin College graduate, was offered his dream job: the presidency of his alma mater. The couple packed up their three sons, now ages 9, 13, and 16, and left New York for what... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Steady as She Goes
independent company on the Australian stock exchange, and diversified its leadership team, which had been primarily male before she joined. “For a couple of years, it felt like we were building everything from scratch,” says Weckert, who... View Details
- 16 Oct 2014
- News
Innovating for International Aid
jobs. Wu’s private-sector résumé is also filled with enough experience for a couple of different careers. He cofounded and served as general partner of FTV Capital, a private equity firm with more than $1 billion of capital under... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sea of Dreams
Then it got worse: He fell for an audacious Ponzi scheme that swallowed up much of his fortune. A mild-mannered man who began his career as an accountant, Von Allmen was an unlikely victim, but as he told me a couple of years later, "I... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
chain. We ran into the buzz saw of the recession just as we opened a fourth restaurant in a high-end mall. That’s now a couple of years in the rearview mirror, but you can’t deny that the recession had an impact on our trajectory.” Last... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean
career: Simon still writes music and plays jazz piano. “I’ve recorded nine CDs and at one point performed a couple dozen times a year around the country. I was able to put at least one of my kids through college with my income as a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)
communities: “In one instance, I met a couple who, for the first time, owned the title to their newly rebuilt home. As a result, they had enough collateral to start a small business. That is the real change that makes what I do so... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
A Casual Approach to Success
group champion for this unusual competition. Although he shies away from social events, Hellman and his wife of 47 years, Chris, are involved in numerous philanthropic endeavors. He is chairman of the board of The Magnes Museum, and she has chaired the San Francisco... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Vision: A Unicorn Evolves
could restore the data in a couple of hours. That solution didn’t satisfy the client, whose sales team would be idle until the system was fixed. That was the moment things shifted for Medina. Outreach had moved beyond the fledgling... View Details
- 30 Nov 2019
- News
Land of the Rising Scrum
kids, and now the grandkids and a few tag-along couples who just watch,” said Debbie Avery, wife of Tom Avery (MBA 1977). “Our kids play in the games and the grandchildren are in training.” The adventure found the group touring Tokyo, Mt.... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 15 Sep 2015
- News
Easing the Costs of Saving a Child
and another “yes” to a couple who wanted to bring a boy with special needs home from Asia. “These families are not wealthy – they have very little in cash savings – but they have enormous hearts and decided this kid is their kid,” says... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 22 Jul 2015
- News
Supporting a Return to Work for Women Execs
by moving from employer to employer every couple years. They’re not going to take the information and go off and start their own business. They’re committed to the organization where they’re working and they are really motivated to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
The Digital Deck
Lastly, to be self-sustaining, HBX requires a robust economic model." "Our approach and offerings through HBX are directly influenced by the School's distinctive case-based learning model, which is rooted in the principle of active learning View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Alumni Perspective: The Morning After 9/11
she promised with a mischievous twinkle in her eye. She then listed a couple in her sights: “ ‘The customer is always right.’ Or ‘If it is free to offer better service, then always do it.’ ” Frances loves to tease business students,... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, MBA 1995
future.” Proud of his contributions to Mexico, Rodríguez does not skip a beat when asked what his biggest accomplishment is: his family. They include Marcela, an architect who earned her master’s degree at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design when the View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 13 Dec 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?
unbelievable statistics here. 78% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Half of Americans save less than $100 a week. 40% of Americans have been in situations in the past couple of months where they literally don't know how they're... View Details
- 11 Jun 2021
- News
The Power of Resilience
home as well, since they had come to to help with the baby, and now were staying to help with my treatment. About six months into my treatment journey, I did return back to the startup that I was working with and continued to work with them for a View Details
- 02 Jun 2021
- News
On the Road Less Traveled
friends. And he was at the first meeting and so forth. But my mother and I had a really good time and we took her all over the place, took her to our houses in Nantucket and in Florida. And, and she had a couple great grandchildren, which... View Details
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Cold Call Horror Stories
anything.” And the next day, I showed up in class and Joe walked in two minutes late and he looked up and he cold called me. And I just put my hands up in the air and I said, “I pass,” and the class booed. There was a lot of hissing and it turned out, he came up to me... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness
life, we make these types of decisions with our partners. We have some data now on time-saving purchases and heterosexual couples. The general pattern is that time-saving purchases promote relationship satisfaction for both partners. In fact, we surveyed 200 View Details
Keywords: April White