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- 02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word
left my job as an R&D program manager at a health-care company and moved into my current role, which has grown in scope, role, impact, and overall learning opportunities. It also taught me to live for the day and to take View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
approach. The authors draw on years of research and teaching to deliver a truly interactive learning experience. The case studies cover all areas of corporate finance, including capital structure, financing needs, and project and company... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean
manufacturing plant in Rochester, New York. (His grandfather and a partner invented the plastic watch crystal in the early 1900s.) What he discovered: “I learned what ‘real work’ is and that there are many noble ways to earn a living. I... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
different.” Have the Right Mindset From talking with HBS alumni, I learned about many cases in which people seemed to rush headlong into start-ups, hoping primarily to make a lot of money fast. That could lead them to ignore what seemed... View Details
- 20 Sep 2013
- News
Connections Add Up
personal finance curriculum to 5 million students, who range from kindergartners to high school seniors across the country. Morrison says her charge is to prepare the organization for the future. "I need to make sure we're doing the right... View Details
- 30 Mar 2017
- News
Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest
approach to these unique negotiations, why they were so successful in the face of such great odds, and what the experience taught him. READ MORE Dan Morrell: When the average person thinks about negotiation, they usually think of it in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Finance: Helping Consumers Improve Their Financial Life
their financial lives, high tech is not enough. In our business, we also have to be high touch. Consumers love the convenience of a digital platform, but there will always be circumstances in the financial services sector when the consumer wants to talk to a View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Everything Old Is a New Opportunity
seniors' money by offering a caregiver-managed debit card account with personalized spending controls and extra protection from fraud and scams. Johnston likens the growing opportunities in aging to the old high school science lesson of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Safari Beauty
landscape. Their various shapes — umbrella, flattop, or camel back — were made even more spectacular in silhouette when the sun went down. The sausage trees also captured our eye, and we learned that while most consider their odd-shaped... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Origin Story: Ricky Cordova (MS/MBA 2025)
making music in our free time.” “My first exposure to HBS was through Tom Eisenmann’s course Tech Venture Immersion. That’s where my mind was really blown. I knew I had to be here.” Bioengineering 101: “At Stanford, one of my professors posed a question: Which organism... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 03 Jan 2018
- News
Finding Faith in an NFL Locker Room
of family members, taking care of bills, managing personal relationships, balancing work-life with family. You've got a lot of players who are married, that have children. And spend a lot of time away from their children, and oftentimes... View Details
- 22 Jan 2020
- News
What It Takes
a person or your organization makes, are dramatically diminished. And that's the learning experience. We just had something like this today, actually, on a deal where we made double our profits, but it... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
From Das’s Desk
In June, a group of alumni will return to campus to participate in a pilot program that we anticipate will be a model for future alumni continuous learning offerings. This program, called The Reflective Leader, was born out of requests... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Life of Ted
‘Leadership Lessons I Learned from Ted Turner,’ and decided to show it to his subject before sending it to a business magazine,” wrote Maine’s Portland Press Herald (December 7, 2008). The boss liked it so much he asked Burke to cowrite... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Changing Lives One Computer at a Time
close the digital divide that exists in low-income communities where many families don't have a computer at home. "It's such a compelling idea," says Edward Olebe (MBA '99), who has coordinated the project for the HBSAAA in New York. "Not only do these kids get to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Street Singer
believe in being comfortable in your own skin,” says Harris. “I don’t feel like I have to turn on the banker and turn off the singer and spiritual person — they coexist.” Harris describes her family background as solidly middle class. Her... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Turnaround Situation
businesses, he began drinking heavily and eventually lost it all,” the Albuquerque Journal (December 7, 2000) reported. Cordova said that he wound up “high-class homeless — that means I lived in a van.” Later, he learned about RS&VP, a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Harvest Time
learned in her youth in Scotts Ferry. "Everybody pitched in," she said. "Everybody worked hard. We talk a lot about the value of humility at Wildfire, about not getting ahead of yourself" (New York Times, January 26, 2013). View Details
- 07 Apr 2021
- News
Road Work
mission to ride a motorcycle on all seven continents. Friedman completed his mission in December of 2019, and in this episode of Skydeck, he and I talk about the challenges he faced during his epic journey—and why he believes that getting out of one’s comfort zone and... View Details
- 21 Jan 2014
- News
Climbing to New Heights
of Nepal, who are some of the poorest in the world. CAN was founded by Doug Scott, who in 1975 made the first British ascent of Everest. Petzel met Scott at a Royal Geographic Society event and was inspired to assist the cause. For several years, he made View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley