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- 10 Oct 2024
- News
Cultivating Can-Do Attitudes
Black students from lower-income families in struggling neighborhoods—hope for a successful future. Wilfong’s fundraising, through events like a children arts auction and a community walkathon, allowed the nonprofit to make the same... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
NYC Conference Brings Entrepreneurs and Angels Together
afternoon session at ING-Furman Selz and an evening session at the Chase Manhattan Bank. In the afternoon segment, graduates of The Entrepreneur's Tool Kit program (a three-day Executive Education course for HBS alumni who are interested in starting new ventures)... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Making A Difference: HBS Club of Puget Sound Reaches Out to Young Alumni
1997), she took the initiative and organized a successful event. By creating awareness and encouraging participation through flyers, telephone calls, and e-mails, Kwiker quickly established herself as the driving force behind the HBS Club... View Details
Keywords: Elena N. Berg
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Women Entrepreneurs Share Insights at WSA Conference
a first-time entrepreneur with an idea and nothing else,” said Shukla, who had a career as a successful software marketing executive. She highlighted that experience, did her homework, and pitched the idea to 200 potential clients. Shukla... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
HBS Launches Alumni Survey
Starting in January 2004, HBS will begin an annual alumni survey to gain a better understanding of how the School’s graduates define success and the role the HBS experience has played in helping them to achieve it. “This survey has... View Details
- 20 Jun 2008
- News
Risk and Reward
sure what went wrong with Big Brown. But his owners say they plan to race him through the end of the year. When Big Brown is retired, he will stand at stud at Robert Clay’s (OPM 4, 1980) Three Chimneys farm www.threechimneys.com in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Show Me The Money — Or Not
course, winning the contest is no guarantee of success. Conversely, a number of plans that failed to make the semifinals found success in the marketplace. Contest judges panned Stig Leschly’s (MBA 1997/JD... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Ann S. Moore, MBA 1978
launch in Mexico. Having just signed her last contract with Time Inc., Moore is focused on finding her successor. "Too few CEOs and boards are doing a responsible job of succession planning these days.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill
through a community service mentoring project. At first, O'Neill took his young charge to a succession of museums and sporting events in an attempt to show him a reality outside his troubled neighborhood and family life. "After some weeks... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Stanford Lets Students Customize
Analytical Thinking. Students also get one-on-one advice from senior faculty who help them customize a plan of study. Customization is a cornerstone of the new program, which permits students to tailor their course work to an... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
What's been most surprising? As with most entrepreneurial plans, the projections in my original business plan were orders of magnitude more ambitious than what was realistic. I'm learning that sometimes we must "go slow to go fast." Down... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
home," 36 percent were actually working parttime, and another 12 percent worked on contracted projects. Of those who had left the workforce but planned to return, 61 percent said they were seeking nontraditional business careers and had... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
In Dot-Calm Era, Conference Examines Options for Entrepreneurs
entrepreneurs must not surrender to feelings of hopelessness. Stressing that starting any business is nothing less than a ten-year career commitment, he explained that those ten years may well be marked by two extremes: brilliant View Details
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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Hawes Family Funds New Classroom Building
instruction. The initial phases of planning and design have just begun, with construction anticipated to commence in the summer of 2000 and completion scheduled for late 2001. Hawes retired last year as chairman and CEO of Life Re... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Rock Gift to Support Entrepreneurial Studies
Business Leader of the Year In late January, the HBS Association of Northern California (HBSA/NC) presented Arthur Rock with its Business Leader of the Year Award. The HBSA/NC annually recognizes a highly successful individual who has... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Alumni Books
essence, doing the right thing. Each major character in the epic embodies a moral failing or virtue. Das compares their successes and failures with those of prominent contemporary players in economics, business, and politics and finds... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Q & A: Bain & Company's Thomas J. Tierney
executives, and they nurture the needs of their star performers by creating entrepreneurial mandates and multiple opportunities for them to grow as individuals and professionals without having to leave their organizations. A number of companies have found View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Class Day and Commencement 2001
better place." He then recognized a number of students by name for their contributions and activities. Clark also congratulated the winners of the HBS Business Plan Contest, which for the first time this year had two tracks, adding a... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Spring greetings to all HBS alumni! The arrival of April signals the start of intense planning for spring events at HBS. The MBA spring reunions are fast approaching, and plans for the annual Club Officers... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
people-watching, and the general ambience, it was extremely attractive to customers. Also, a key aspect of our strategy is to be preemptive; we get there ahead of the competition, and if we're a little late, we accelerate our development. Which markets does Starbucks... View Details