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- 28 May 2019
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INK: Maker’s Manual
Since cofounding the online product discovery platform The Grommet in 2008, Jules Pieri (MBA 1986) has enjoyed a front-row seat to the launch of 3,000 consumer products—including household names like Fitbit, SodaStream, and S’well. From that vantage point, Pieri... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 28 Jun 2024
- News
Honoring Leadership in New York; PRIDE Alumni Share HBS Stories
to recognize leadership in difficult times, something that all of our honorees helped to punctuate.” Apart from the rare Lifetime Achievement Award, Sarnoff notes that this year for the first time, all three leadership honorees were... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 26 May 2016
- News
2016 Alumni Achievement Awards
really wanted to be a pilot, but I had an astigmatism and couldn’t fly—a big disappointment, but I still served over four years as captain. I then applied to HBS, which changed my life.” “When I speak to young people today, I emphasize... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
A Capital Asset
tight security worldwide. There could be no soft targets anywhere. That was the wake-up call.” Bonnie Rubenstein Cohen (MBA ’67) grew up in the blue-collar “Shoe City” of Brockton, Massachusetts. Her father, Harold Rubenstein (MBA ’40),... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues
discriminatory practices engaged in by one's organization. "Far too many of us, having achieved a certain level, will not reach out to help others," Graves declared. To be truly successful, he said, "you will have to stand up for what's... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
hold you back from what you want to become,” Draper tells them earnestly, his hair plastered around his face. That’s a scene from the first episode of Startup U, a reality TV show on ABC Family that follows 10 DU students through the ups... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
of far fewer resources in terms of staff, dollars, and especially time." The changing mix of employees and the fluid and up-tempo nature of decision-making for ACOG's project- and deadline-oriented mandate also differ greatly from the magisterial culture the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
One-on-One with Grover Norquist
twenty years at the forefront of tax reform advocacy, what achievements would you like to be known for? My single most important achievement was creating the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, a promise never to raise taxes. Since 1986, we have... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
graduating from Harvard Business School, Ronnie Cohen made a smooth transition to the high-powered world of McKinsey & Company. Thus, it came as a surprise to his colleagues when he decided to depart two years later to cofound a firm that... View Details
- 12 May 2022
- News
Turning a Moment into a Movement
cofounders deployed their vast expertise and significant networks to get the idea off the ground. “Boards tend to hire from their own circles of interest, and you end up with people on the board who look like you and who sound like you,”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
black person I have ever held a conversation with.” TED LEWIS grew up in Philadelphia. After graduating from Washington University in St. Louis, where he studied architecture and sociology, Lewis joined the Peace Corps, working for two... View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
Christopher B. Howard, MBA 2003
no surprise in light of his natural ability to relate to others. Howard grew up in East Texas, a region that he, the great-great-grandson of a slave, observes, “wasn’t necessarily the most racially progressive place in 1969.” The second... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Antitrust in Historical Perspective
upside down and might end up destroying it altogether. Some people even predicted that one huge trust would come to dominate the entire American economy. This may seem funny now, but in the context of the times it did not. At the turn of... View Details
Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow
- 01 Nov 2019
- News
It’s a Small World
I've been at EF for the past 20 years, it's been super exciting. To you give you a sense of the scale of our business, last year we opened up a new EF office or school at a rate of one every other week. If... View Details
- 03 May 2019
- News
Giving Voice to Black and Hispanic Women
breakfast and she came over to me. She said, “Are you Ed Lewis?” I said, “Yes, I am.” She says, “I'm 47 years old and I'm from Mobile, Alabama. I want to thank you for what you did for bringing Essence into the world. You have no idea... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- News
Former Blackberry CEO Uncovers Historic Shipwreck
that sets up the tantalising possibility that British sailors re-manned the vessel after she was abandoned at the top of Victoria Strait in a desperate attempt to escape south. Balsillie noted that this discovery—like the discovery of the... View Details
- 20 May 2008
- News
Endowment Tax Debate Puts Harvard on the Spot
that one entity not paying taxes has $34 billion. How do you justify that?” One way is to look at the benefits these institutions collectively deliver. The schools targeted employ 27,000 people and pay $4.5 billion a year in wages,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Scott C. Bolick
impression, they marked a turning point in Bolick's education as a leader. Bolick was born in Germany and grew up in an Army family that moved every couple of years. In his five-year career as an Army officer, in two View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 09 Jan 2020
- News
Your Whole Self
every week. Truthfully, I was not the person or the leader I wanted to be. And I ended up having a snowboarding accident, which put me into physical therapy for about a year. It was in that year that I... View Details
- 28 Sep 2015
- News
Rockin’ for a Cause
Despite the obvious temptation, Jeff Scheel (MBA 1990) has not yet given up his day job in favor of his frontman role in the Wildcats, a classic rock dance band the New York Times once dubbed “perhaps the most popular Palo Alto dad band.”... View Details