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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
float DeWitt a loan for $3.5 million, which he used to buy the team in 1961. It’s hard to imagine better circumstances for absorbing the many financial, legal, and political details that View Details
- 28 Sep 2021
- News
Alumni Connections Drive Career Opportunities for Students
while at HBS. First, he considered public markets and venture capital, but ultimately was drawn to working with a startup. To break into that ecosystem, Westphal worked on some... View Details
Keywords: Becca Carnahan
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Books
the formation of funds to the investment of the funds in operating companies to the liquidation of those investments. A wide range of topics is considered, including the structure of venture partnerships,... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
observes Conforti, who is now Finale’s president. Their HBS credentials, recalls Conforti, were “also very helpful in convincing investors that we were going to manage the inherent risk of running a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
pianist. Meeting with colleagues at Baupost. Enjoying a Red Sox game with his wife, Beth. For 30 years, Seth Klarman has exercised an investment strategy of evaluating businesses based on their worth and of seeking out bargains. “It’s... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 30 Oct 2017
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success
neither of them understood what I needed to do to prepare for a career in investment banking, tech, consulting, etc.,” Rice observes. “So, despite having a good academic record and compelling leadership... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Chasing the Silver Tsunami
The United States is about to witness a tectonic demographic shift. By 2034, as the baby boomers age en masse, the number of people over 65 will be greater than the number of children for the first time, according View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
had stuck with him, including the best alternative to a negotiated agreement (BATNA)—which essentially entails outlining a fallback plan if things go awry and offering a reality check for people caught up in... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
way—flexible work. But flexibility means a lot more than a day or two a week to “work from home”: 93 percent of your employees want more flexibility in when, not just where, they work. They want choice and they are leaving their roles... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
“Economic development became my passion. I never really imagined going to business school — I visited HBS almost on a lark. But after walking around the campus and talking to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
Baker: With a strong belief in change within the system, working to reduce corruption so that free markets will function better, to the benefit of rich and poor nations alike.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
against him. The chief executive understood what this meant. “You think I don’t know I am going to be beaten,” he remarked to a visitor in late summer, “but I do, and unless... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
isn’t that different from a for-profit company, he adds, except “we don’t have rational capital markets in the nonprofit world. In the private sector, if you do well, people run to you with capital, hoping... View Details
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
twice as much unpaid care in the home as men before the pandemic, and then, since COVID, they were leaving the workplace in droves,” she said. “It has affected women of color more. And, for every woman who dropped out last month, there were 2.2 men View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 20 Jun 2019
- News
Reframing Modern Art
artists, go to the art fairs with a curator who points out the rising stars, the blockbuster hits, etc, guided tours of exhibitions in museums with the curators. And that was, View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Down the Memory Chute
(Written and Oral Communication); and MC (Management Communication). For generations of MBA students indentured to a demanding Muse, the trials and tribulations of report writing became legendary. As far back as 1914, the HBS faculty... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
professional and personal opportunities it has given me. I also adore my kids, who are now ten and six; guiding them and watching them grow is important. I'm still committed to making it all work!" Part of Middlebrooks's View Details
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
conservative and nationalist party. But he had a few things going for him, explains Harvard’s Nicolas Prevelakis: “He was very prepared, he brought a data-driven approach and a very clear message of technocratic governance and... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint