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- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
supporting gay and lesbian rights, and saving the rainforest. I'd like to see more companies copy our business model and become advocates for social change." Working Assets' charitable-donation model, thought to be the first of its kind, was the brainchild of Peter... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
entrepreneurs have to make tough choices all the time. Andrea C. Silbert (MBA '92), founder and CEO of the nonprofit Center for Women & Enterprise, advised, "Don't go with your gut without doing... View Details
- 14 Aug 2019
- News
Leading from Within
mentorship and financially or personally, to those in need or to groups and institutions whose missions they value. True to the values it teaches, the program donates all its profits to Thistle Farms, a social enterprise organization whose mission it is to heal,... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
business lending market. This ambitious book grapples with the broad significance of small business to the economy, the historical role of credit markets, the dynamics of innovation cycles, and the policy implications for regulation. Air-Crazy, Too: More Fascinating... View Details
- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
(MBA 1986), founder of Second Opinion Wealth Management and author of five novels, including The Pell Heist (2018) and Windfall (forthcoming) MUST READ Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? (And How to Fix It) by Tomas... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
momentum for the NCF’s founding. Thomas, chairman and CEO of Rapid7, a cybersecurity and compliance solutions and services company, says that 19 founders launched the NCF, “but it could easily have been 100.” Among many Black and brown... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes In the first of a weekly series of Skydeck episodes honoring recipients of the 2022 Alumni Achievement Award, finance veteran Naina Lal Kidwai (MBA 1982) talks about her second act as chairman and View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues
(MBA 1975), president of Women’s World Banking; Rena Clark (MBA 1990), chair and COO of QVS, Inc.; Judith R. Haberkorn (111th AMP), retired president of consumer sales and service at Verizon; Andrea Caren Silbert (MBA 1992), founder and... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
loss of control, overbearing input, disproportionate reward to the wrong shareholders, or founders being squeezed out of their own businesses. Investment can also prop up a business artificially, building false hope and disappointment in... View Details
- 31 May 2018
- News
Finding Freedom from Eating Disorders
million people worldwide. Today, Lindsay is the founder of an eating disorder recovery practice in Austin. Here, she speaks with associate editor Jen Flint about what she's learned from her experience—and how that's shaped her approach to... View Details
- 21 May 2018
- News
Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area
opportunity to learn brand-building and strategies from four top brand leaders. This year’s panel featured: Bahram Akradi, CEO, chairman, and founder of Life Time, a chain of fitness clubs focused on total wellness with a resort... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
approach to evaluating job candidates is virtually bias-free when compared with traditional methods: Men and women perform almost identically on the game-based assessments, with only minute variations occurring across racial and ethnic... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Power Trip
field. Business really didn’t have anything like that. So as part of our work for the Leadership Initiative, Nitin and I compiled a list of 1,000 founders or CEOs who led U.S.-based companies for at least five years between 1900 and 2000.... View Details
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
particularly since Whitman installed a countdown clock in a central spot of the open-plan office, just down the hall from her desk. On that morning in May, it blinks out an unambiguous warning: 326 days, 10 hours, 15 minutes, 56 seconds. The story of how Whitman, one... View Details
- 08 Mar 2018
- News
HBSAAA Leads the Way in Celebrating African American Alumni Impact
contributions of women at HBS, with a series of online biographies of 50 influential African American alumnae. Continuing an annual tradition, HBSAAA and AASU will recognize two distinguished alumni/ae for professional achievement and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
CDs anymore. If the music industry doesn’t respond to this change quickly, it’s going to be in big trouble.” — Russell Simmons, chairman & CEO, Rush Communications; cofounder, Def Jam Recordings Dynamic Women in Business Conference... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
and the founder of the Tang dynasty, Taizong’s chief accomplishments were on the battlefield. He defeated the descendants of Attila the Hun, opened up the Silk Road trading route, created a golden age of prosperity and cosmopolitan... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
The Future of Stem Cells
infertile women to conceive. Excess fertilized eggs are routinely discarded by clinics at the conclusion of the in vitro process. Opponents say such practices are immoral because they destroy human life; advocates assert it is immoral to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
Nancy Barry (MBA 1975), founder and president of Enterprise Solutions to Poverty, which mobilizes and supports leading companies and entrepreneurs in building profitable and inclusive businesses that incorporate millions of low-income... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
hacking in India, the founders of Zomato, IndiaMart, ShopClues, Paisabazaar, and a lot more. Talent Wins: The New Playbook for Putting People First by Ram Charan (MBA 1965), Dominic Barton, and Dennis Carey HBR Press Typical... View Details