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- 18 Nov 2013
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Diving into the 'Shark Tank'
determined. It started out of her dorm room. We joined a tech accelerator and that really propelled us forward. Our formal launch was in May of this year, but we had been working on it for five months before that. And my sister still... View Details
- 15 Dec 2011
- News
An HBS gift guide
country. It becomes part of your value system.” Warm up with Rawdon’s winter wear for children Previous Next Quiet your mind Jamie Hanna (MBA ’98) Founder, Zobha “I wanted to build a brand that inspires people to be the best versions of themselves . When we View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
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Reimagining the MBA
after he took office in July 2010. That collective effort came to fruition in January 2011, when the faculty voted overwhelmingly to support the creation of the FIELD course. MBA Program Innovation: FIELD Launches Mission Possible:... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
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An Investment in Tomorrow's Leaders
are based on merit and—unusual among graduate business schools—financial aid is based on need. In 1910, four Visiting Committee members launched an $850 financial assistance fund. Since then, the MBA fellowship budget has grown to more... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Case Study: Sound Check
Illustration by Neil Webb Illustration by Neil Webb Josh Hoffman-Senn (MBA 2019) and fellow cofounder of LS, Jimmy Pemberton, launched their initial digital toolkit in 2021, after seeing fellow musicians search out supplemental income... View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
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Global Centers Broaden Understanding of Business and the Pandemic
connect alumni and friends with fellow alumni, faculty members, and other experts around a variety of issues related to the pandemic. Highlights of their efforts include the following: Africa Research Center—In June, the center launched... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The Class of 1974: Timed for a Change
sales manager, assistant manager for a large seafood distributor, eel exporter, seafood trader, and fish packer. He has also cast a wide net in an effort to keep up with his classmates as 1974's class secretary and Section F correspondent for the past 25 years.... View Details
Keywords: Charles B. ("Chuck") Mercer
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Early Impact
By its launch at the end of April, The Harvard Business School Campaign had achieved $600 million toward its $1 billion goal. This early success was made possible by the thousands of alumni and friends who have given to the HBS Fund for... View Details
- 03 Apr 2019
- News
Finding Common Ground
then joined Answerthink, a West Coast consulting firm, where he continued as EVP and managing director while he earned his MBA as a Baker Scholar at HBS. Answerthink wanted Shumway to relocate to New York when he finished his MBA, but family obligations kept him in San... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
New Ways to Stay Connected
(OPM 42, 2012) The Reflective Leader The School recently launched a pilot Executive Education program, The Reflective Leader, geared toward MBA alumni who graduated between 1995 and 2005. The three-day residential program was designed by... View Details
- 23 Apr 2018
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Sowing the Seeds of Leadership
partnerships, strategy, and marketing,” Condo notes. “We prepare them to go back to their home countries and become catalysts for positive change and growth.” Recently launched student start-ups include Agrovita, which combines tilapia... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 09 Nov 2017
- News
Paving the Way for Veterans to Serve in Congress
likely than their non-veteran peers to commit the US military to solving problems overseas. “They know what’s at stake,” he says. Barcott says he and other veterans launched With Honor after months of preparation. “I served with a number... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
London Forum Highlights the Best of HBS
of People magazine sales discovered that newsstand purchases jumped 20 percent every time a bride appeared on the cover. That nugget of information led to the launch of a brides’ magazine and development of a separate business unit... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958
Donaldson’s move to Yale in 1975 to help his alma mater launch a management school that would bridge the gap between the public and private sectors. “I had seen tremendous conflict between corporate America and Washington,” he observes.... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
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Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965
environment being among them. The Wyss Foundation, for example, focuses on preserving extraordinary landscapes in the intermountain west and the Colorado Plateau, where Wyss first hiked and climbed as a 23-year-old exchange student. Planning is also under way for the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
involved in some venture capital projects and launched my own LBO firm, MCM Capital, which has bought and sold some forty companies." Mixon remembers that when he was a schoolboy, "My teachers would sometimes ask me whom I'd like to work... View Details
- 08 May 2019
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Lessons from the Ashes
critical opinions about the company’s management and wary of a corporate takeover, 26-year-old Warwick launched a successful takeover bid that was worth about $1.5 billion in US dollars. Just three years after Warwick’s takeover, the... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
critical moment,” says Chu. “We had to decide to either fish or cut bait.” After a weekend hashing out the details, they decided to fish. The IGNIA Fund launched in July 2007, and in August 2008 they made their first investment—a housing... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
fibrosis treatment. Williams got into pharma by chance. After working in investment banking before and after HBS, he took a job at the consulting firm Corporate Decisions (now Oliver Wyman). One of his first clients was launching a drug... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
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John McArthur
as well as organizations and institutions around the globe, including in his home country of Canada. McArthur’s association with HBS began in 1957 when he arrived on campus from Vancouver. His standout performance in the MBA Program led to a scholarship in the School’s... View Details
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