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- 13 Jul 2015
- News
Empowering entrepreneurs in Africa
Maimouna Diakhaby (MBA 2016), who came to HBS because of its leadership focus, plans to return to Africa to help empower deprived communities through entrepreneurship. (Published July 2015) View Details
- 18 May 2023
- News
Cultivating Can-Do Attitudes
planning to wind down the program, as the last of the "Can-Do kids" entered their mid-twenties, but scholarship recipients convinced her otherwise. Now, with their assistance to raise money and recruit volunteers, she's hoping to launch... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 24 Feb 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Palm Beach
scholarship support to more students from middle-income backgrounds. Following the Dean's visit to Palm Beach, he will travel to New York City on March 14 and Los Angeles on March 21 for evening events with alumni in those regions. Additional international events are... View Details
- 30 Mar 2022
- News
Giving Hope and Comfort
that staggering number will meet less than 10 percent of the true need in Massachusetts. Feingold has big plans for Hope and Comfort. Over the next five years, he hopes to expand the size and extend the reach of the organization, to... View Details
- 20 Feb 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
phone. Through the entrepreneurship program, Sounouvou received training, mentorship, networking, and $5,000 in seed funding, among other benefits. “The training helped me greatly in improving our business plan and understanding the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 31 Jan 2019
- News
A Global Mission
Art DeFehr (MBA 1967) didn’t plan to become a businessman. The Canadian-born DeFehr always imagined life as a diplomat—until he ran afoul of the FBI. As a college student in Indiana, DeFehr had become involved in anti-Vietnam protests and... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
The Small Business Difference: How Smaller Companies Manage with Less
brochures, and Web sites. While making moves to cut costs and stabilize the company for the short term, Slayton sought new ideas from his team for future growth possibilities. “The company needed a high-growth idea that would work or else it might be doomed,” Bowen... View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Sheila Lirio Marcelo, MBA 1998/JD 1999
crafted her business plan for Care.com, which she launched in 2006. Care.com brings together Marcelo’s passion for helping others and her entrepreneurial and management skills, to enable working families to find the care they need. More... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Roads to Recovery
Cars Verizon chairman and CEO Lowell McAdam said his company is connecting cars to infrastructure. At sports stadiums, for example, Verizon plans to put special chips into parking structures to alert drivers to an open spot. Daniela Rus... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Faculty Debates Lessons from Enron's Collapse
leaders of organizations that worked with Enron acted with a different set of values and purpose.” Encouraged by the afternoon, Clark announced plans for an Enron session for MBA students later in the spring and said he would create... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
GE's Jeff Immelt
employees with investors.” For students planning early career strategies, Immelt had these words of advice: “When you join a company, find somebody you trust. I had mentors early in my career who helped me out a lot. Always be dedicated... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
creating a strategic plan to address the crisis, with the Department of Public Health leading the effort. A two-day meeting to gather information from stakeholders, including state legislators and public health officials, kick-started the... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
profitability. He notes that Xerox Corporation, for example, is currently implementing a plan to reclaim its equipment, refurbish it, and resell it - without having any waste leave the plant in the process. "They not only hope to achieve... View Details
- 22 Oct 2018
- News
Capital Murder
plot are taking you in directions you wouldn’t have anticipated. And oftentimes it’s that allowance for improvisation that makes a sentence, chapter, or entire book better. The analogy to the business world is clear—you start with a plan... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Case Study: On the Record
to build capabilities that would be hard to replicate. Let’s build a plan here—not just to grow but to develop some long-term defensibility. Some record profits would be music to investors’ ears. —Jeffrey Glass (MBA 1994) Grow market... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Devtosh Khare
a business plan to solicit venture capital and helped with strategic planning for a new Web-based product launch. To further expand his knowledge of India's thriving entrepreneurial landscape, Khare also did... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman photograph by Webb Chappell
- 23 Aug 2020
- News
In the UK, She Leads the Search for a COVID Vaccine
told the Daily Mail. In fact, Bingham’s role—working with pharmaceutical firms, planning manufacturing facilities, and making investment decisions—ties in directly with her career experience. “As a venture capitalist, I have to write a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
What We’re Reading
Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Fabio Consoli Whatever your summer plans might look like this year—whether you’re traveling to a faraway beach or enjoying downtime much closer to home—nothing has the power to transport us... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Thomas C. Høegh
Northwestern University, he returned home, cofounded a production company, and, as artistic director, gained a reputation for cutting-edge performances of both new and traditional material for radio, television, and the stage. In 1994, he led the creative team that... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
GLF Showcases London
Sir Martin Sorrell (MBA ’68), chief executive of WPP Group and the forum’s alumni chair, also will speak. The planning committee, chaired by Sherry Leigh Coutu (MBA ’93), has put together an extraordinary social program, including a... View Details