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- 22 Nov 2023
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So You Want to Join a Startup
information gap was probably the most important reason I wrote the book. In my last company, I was the CFO and as CFO, I spent an inordinate amount of time trying to explain options and the option pricing and exercising to my colleagues... View Details
- 28 Mar 2024
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Rooms with a View
Mirza notes—and provide them with opportunities to develop and advance. Bringing greater equality to the hospitality industry is one of Mirza’s guiding principles: “Our industry is probably the most egregious example of inequality there... View Details
- 22 Feb 2024
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Combat-Tested Cancer Coaching
amazing. I did it all perfectly. No regrets." And it was not the case. I read those journals and I could constantly read between the lines and see things I was missing, things I wasn't picking up on that were probably bothering my kids,... View Details
- 22 Sep 2023
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Skydeck Voices: The Most Important Person I Met at HBS
and I remember there was a big party that I had been looking forward to going to for weeks, and I completely missed the party because we met each other and we were talking and laughing all night. And then at the end there were probably 10... View Details
- 23 Jan 2024
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A Wide Net
says. In 2015 and 2016, the firm shrank from a high of about $3 billion to a low of about $600 million. “We were probably within one redemption of shutting down,” Udwadia says. That “near-death experience” refocused Udwadia on the tenets... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2024
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Quantum Leap
“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a... View Details
- 31 Jul 2023
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Striving for Imperfection
about how to secure your shoe. The thing in organizations is to remember to leave enough time and space so that people have time to express their curiosity and to think about other approaches than, for example, tying something with a double bow. I think you’re View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
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Banking on Success
really are shooting for zero defects, but if you don't have some failures, you're probably not taking enough risk." When asked to share his proudest achievement, Kennedy looks instead to the career of his wife, Karen, who enrolled in... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 15 Dec 2023
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The Musts of 2023
rights. And his big conclusion was that there isn't enough money in the world to change a society that doesn't respect women. That this is something that happens through mass communications. And I think it's probably one of the reasons... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
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The War Within
Another child drew images of jets flying over the city, but instead of dropping bombs, they dropped flyers saying Ukraine had won the war. “Through these techniques, children could share their feelings and emotions that probably they... View Details
- 11 Oct 2023
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Soldier On
had said it's a sixth grader. And so I assumed, you know what? It's probably an accident. And she said, no, it's someone that is six years old, it's a first grader. And we think it was on purpose. And immediately I grabbed a sports coat... View Details
- 25 Apr 2024
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Origin Stories
in my case, that’s probably the largest influence. He had everything from a wrecking yard where they salvaged parts from cars to a machine shop where they rebuilt engines to a distribution supply business. He did lots of things and he did... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974
and venture capital firm based in Boston, Roe Stamps began to think about succession. “When our VPs became new partners, I told them that someday they would run the company,” says Stamps, whose declaration was probably met with... View Details
- 26 Jan 2022
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Making Peace with Anger
not only had met the objective, they’d flown through the objective. And so it really taught me that some of this sort of hyper-aggressive management style, getting in people’s face, showing anger for under-performance was a lot of time and energy that was very misspent... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
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Research Brief: Making Way for Moonshots
not their value judgments across projects,” Krieger advises. Also, introduce more people with varied backgrounds into the selection process. “For example, a venture capitalist is trained to think about possibility, rather than the View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 12 May 2021
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The First Five Years: Sophie Bai (MBA 2020)
that it must have been a system error. Since I had just moved, the system probably hadn’t updated correctly yet. However, the new resident had a phone number which wasn’t mine. The concierge called the number, and another Xuefei Bai... View Details
- 11 Mar 2024
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In Harmony
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael Kim (MBA 1990) of MBK Partners. Often referred to as one of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
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In My Humble Opinion: Chip Brewer (MBA 1991)
challenge over the next few years,” says Brewer. He describes the mix of business and a sport he loves as “a great and fortunate combination.” Putt-putt: “I don’t remember how old I was when I first picked up a club, which means I was View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 19 Jan 2024
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The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Speed has gotten a pretty bad rap, says Anne Morriss (MBA 2004). The Silicon Valley mantra of moving fast and breaking things has led to waves of high-profile... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
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Case Study: Staking a Claim
Surround’s niche but results can be a little all over the place, Terry acknowledges, and the organic content is probably better for top-of-the-funnel awareness. As a small startup with no brand awareness, Surround needs more activity at... View Details