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  • 20 Jul 2022
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Wired to be Inspired

economic model and the HR model and getting it all working. But he said leaders need to also be poets. Now, what is a poet? A poet is somebody who creates a vision, a beautiful view of what the world could be, and tries to get everyone... View Details
Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management
  • 12 May 2022
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Onboarding

women total on Fortune 500 boards. And diversity wasn’t particularly thought to be an important or desirable thing, even for a company whose business was focused on women. I mean, a good example would be Avon, which sold beauty products... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2016
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Vive la Madeleine!

company fixer or rescuer—like Viana: “Il faut les deux.” It takes both. “Jeannette was two wills converging to fight together, the will of the workers and the will of Monsieur Viana. That’s what is truly extraordinary, that’s what has truly touched the people of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Natalya Balnova
  • 15 May 2018
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Talking Disruption With Bluemercury Founder Marla Beck

  • 21 May 2016
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The Age of Consignment

“Ethical elimination” is the necessary corollary of ethical consumption, writes the New York Times, and HBS alumni are leading the way with online resell companies that make it easy to get rid of—and even make a profit from—your old gadgets, outdated fashion, and... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2016
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How Do I Get Your Job?

McKinsey before coming to HBS. Beck, cofounder and CEO of beauty retailer Bluemercury, tells Uberoi, a member of the student-run Retail & Luxury Goods Club, how she went from consultant to entrepreneur to retail maven, with 70-plus stores... View Details
Keywords: April White; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade
  • 29 Jul 2021
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Support System

To the people of Ghana, shea butter is known as “women’s gold.” Used for everything from stretch marks to diaper rash, it’s a go-to product in high demand. And it offers employment opportunities for women willing to survey shea-nut trees across the wilds of sub-Saharan... View Details
  • 21 Sep 2016
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Fashion’s Transparent Translator

In 2007, Imran Amed (MBA 2002) started blogging about an industry that fascinated him: fashion. A former McKinsey consultant, the Canadian noticed the suits and creatives of the business didn’t always understand each other. Amed thought he might be able to help out,... View Details
  • 20 Mar 2017
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Rent The Runway Cofounder Fleiss Bows out as Company Preps for IPO

Keywords: Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade
  • 23 May 2019
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Marla Beck, MBA/MPA 1998

for cosmetics needed to be more customer focused, so in 1999 she launched Bluemercury, a retailer of high-end beauty products. Perhaps the most obvious evidence that Beck’s thoughtful strategy and hard work have disrupted the View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 21 Feb 2020
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Style for Everyone

Nadia Boujarwah and Lydia Gilbert (both MBA 2013) cofounded Dia & Co right out of HBS, producing fashion and online services for plus-size women. In this interview, they talk about the inspiration for the idea and the need it serves. “Dia & Co derives from Dia, which... View Details
Keywords: Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 15 Dec 2024
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Kelp Is on the Way

Petrochemicals are all around us—from ubiquitous plastic packaging to the inconspicuous lining of your takeaway coffee cup, and in everyday products like soaps, deodorants, and toothpaste. But that will change, according to Matthew Perkins (MBA 2009). When industries... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Illustration by Melinda Beck; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities
  • 01 Mar 2004
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Zanzibar: Something for Everyone

pineapple. Another optional day tour from Zanzibar was a snorkeling and deep-sea diving excursion. A 45-minute boat ride from our beachfront hotel led us to a spot where we anchored and swam or dove in a spectacular coral reef with numerous exotic fish. Schools of... View Details
Keywords: Accommodation; Hospitality; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality
  • 15 Jun 2021
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Elevator Pitch: Dress Code

Video Embed Animation by Drue Wagner and Troubadour Image + Sound The Yes Julie Bornstein (MBA 1997), cofounder and CEO; former COO, Stitch Fix Jennifer Koen-Horowitz (MBA 1997), head of brand marketing and PR Vision: The Spotify of fashion Concept: The Yes builds a... View Details
Keywords: online shopping; fashion; mobile technology; entrepreneurship; startup; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade
  • 01 Mar 2016
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Faculty Q&A: Price Check

How did you come to focus on algorithmic pricing? In my doctoral work at MIT, I was studying optimization, probability, and machine learning, which are essentially mathematical tools that enable us to use data to make better decisions. From there, I realized I wanted... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade
  • 01 Jun 2000
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A Natural Balance

Cavan Mahony and Ayla Hussain (both MBA '96) became friends and business partners through a mutual devotion to yoga and health -- and a conviction that beauty is more than skin deep. The two have joined with a third partner, supermodel... View Details
  • 19 Mar 2016
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Ex-McKinsey Analyst Finds New Path as Lavish Jeweler

Keywords: Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade
  • 01 Mar 2005
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South Africa Explorer

spanning six decades in age and hailing from six countries. We shared an amazing journey through the wildlife, history, and scenic beauty of South Africa. Our safari adventure brought us within feet of elephants, lions, rhinos,... View Details
Keywords: Christine Sullivan; Hospitality
  • 20 Oct 2019
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Rent the Runway Opens Galway Office

Keywords: ecommerce; leadership; women in business; Ireland; entrepreneurship; Retail Trade
  • 02 Feb 2017
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A Vision for the Earth

Beautiful Planet. In this interview, he talks about the benefits of the scientific research done in space and his hopes for worldwide impact of the film. “The job that I’ve had for the past few years was as an astronaut on board the... View Details
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