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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
dreams—just not in the way that any of us expected. Ethan Kurzweil (MBA 2008) Bessemer Venture Partners Power of the Pivot In 2008, a few members of the New York Angels met with a founder of a company called Tote, which was developing an... View Details
- 19 Jun 2019
- News
Connecting Patients and Providers
medicine—and in Jarzabek’s passion for it, but, he recalls, “there were a couple of parts missing for me.” Jarzabek was mission-driven, had the analytical and strategy skills a startup needs, but he didn’t have the medical experience and fundraising know-how... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Mexico on the Brink: A Conversation with Juan Enriquez-Cabot (MBA '86)
United States's third-largest trading partner, and Washington has loaned Mexico billions to rescue its economy. In terms of Mexican population, Los Angeles is second only to Mexico City. On these two fronts alone, the next crisis in... View Details
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Getting New Ideas off the Ground
only have inexpensive creative for television, but also that you could target those ads to just a five- or 10-mile radius around where your store was located rather than having to buy the entire greater Los Angeles area or the New York... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Do Good: Eat Chocolate
She raised $300,000 from family and friends, making full use of the HBS network and tapping into angel investing groups, since raising about $1.5 million more. With annual sales well beyond the $1 million mark, Endline notes that... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; candy; chocolate; Crop Production; Agriculture; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Leng Lim: The Spiritual Face of Business
Commencement this year. Before his arrival at HBS, Lim served the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles in a variety of functions, from chaplain at UCLA and UC Irvine, to assistant rector in an inner-city parish, to working in a grassroots... View Details
- 17 Mar 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in New York
Starting this past fall and continuing through the coming year, Dean Srikant Datar is traveling to meet with alumni around the world. On Tuesday, March 14, more than 200 alumni in the New Your area gathered to celebrate and connect with each other at "HBS in New York:... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Victory Lap: Frazier, Olympics COO, Reviews the Games
post-Olympics thoughts with the Bulletin during a September interview. Does ACOG deserve a gold, silver, or bronze for its performance? I'll leave that to the judges to decide. The record shows that we sold just over 8.6 million tickets, more than Barcelona and Los... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
A Growing Drumbeat
activity among HBS graduates and connects alumni with faculty, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and angel investors. This year, Privahini Bradoo won the $25,000 cash prize for BioMine, a novel solution to the millions of tons of... View Details
Keywords: Contests
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Working Behind the Scenes — Alan F. Horn (MBA 1971)
involved with grassroots organizations in the Los Angeles area such as the Coalition for Clean Air and Heal the Bay, which is dedicated to cleaning up Santa Monica Bay. Through the Horn Foundation, which they founded in 1989, the couple... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Cathy A. Nichols
Hollywood theme park, home of the highly acclaimed City Walk, Back to the Future, and Jurassic Park attractions. Named chairman and CEO of Universal Studios Recreation Group in June, Nichols is back in Los Angeles on a July afternoon... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Lori Schock - Listen and Learn
with an open mind.” A Cincinnati native, Schock's lilting Midwestern voice is peppered with moments of laughter as she recounts the work experiences that helped shape her communications skills. Before she enrolled at HBS, Henkel/Cognis Chemical Corporation sent Schock... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Brill
- 13 Jul 2016
- News
From Money to Ministry
Photography by Tori Soper Rodney Quainton (MBA 1970) had always wanted to be a banker. At Yale (Class of 1962), courses on money management and banking attracted him. “At that time,” he recalls, “banking was considered an honorable profession.” Right out of college, he... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Case Study: Paper Chase
Tank ($300,000 for 15 percent of the company) and an undisclosed amount of angel funding. The Question: Traditional card display stands won’t work for Lovepop’s creations, in part because the stands only show the front of a card. They... View Details
- 13 Jun 2013
- News
Learning Curve
Marshall Tuck with kids Photo courtesy of Marshall Tuck Marshall Tuck's exciting new job had a rough start. Selected in late 2006 to head a turnaround of the Los Angeles Unified School District, Tuck (MBA 2000) saw his position evaporate... View Details
- 05 Nov 2013
- News
Start-Ups Get a Start in New Orleans
says Carol Markowitz (MBA 2003), a corporate finance expert from Los Angeles whom Wilkins recruited to work at Idea Village. "The alumni network has also been very helpful." After serving as Idea Village's COO, he left in May to start... View Details
- 22 Jul 2021
- News
Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women
angel investing.” Ventura, who serves as an adviser and mentor at TaFF and TBFI, contributed to all seven virtual sessions, introducing the HBS alumni mentors, and sharing guidance and advice to the startups. A team from TBFI followed up... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Well Matched
Image by Greg Betza Alison Rapaport (MBA 2018) has always been passionate about sports, both as a spectator and a participant. “I love being part of a team and I’m super competitive, so I like to win,” she laughs. Rapaport grew up in Los View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Action Plan: Role-Play
she saw in the Los Angeles Times for the Nick Harris Detective Academy. “I thought, ‘Well, I like reading mystery stories,’ ” she says with a laugh—and, on a whim, decided to give the school a shot. She loved the work so much that after... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Message from Dean Clark
entrepreneurship, global business, and information technology. In entrepreneurship, the HBS California Research Center had a tremendously successful year. Nearly two dozen cases on issues ranging from incubating new businesses to angel... View Details