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- 18 May 2023
- News
Cultivating Can-Do Attitudes
Wilfong with a laugh. Those 4th graders didn't know that "can do" was a mantra for Wilfong long before she entered their gym. A championship-winning basketball player at Indiana University who retained that no-quit attitude as an... View Details
Keywords: April White
- Portrait Project
Jennifer Keedy Banks
dinner for a basketball game or helping with homework when I need to work on a presentation Thinking positively, smiling often Being genuine, feminine, caring, and gracious even in a harsh, egotistical environment Not allowing... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Wisdom and a special cause
($48,000 last year) go to the Rhode Island Special Olympics, of which Adrain is a longtime officer and former president. Adrain contacts successful individuals and asks them to share the important beliefs that shape their lives. Thus, View Details
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Big Messages, Small Screens, Many Choices
traditional models of advertising, including video ads. Brown discussed his experience with Twitter Amplify, which lets broadcasters instantly replay video content on Twitter—sandwiched between brief clips from advertising sponsors. For instance, if a View Details
- Web
Shad Membership Eligibility | About
Guests are allowed to purchase personal training, squash, tennis, basketball or pickleball lessons. An additional $11 guest fee per day will be charged above and beyond the price of amenity purchased (member does not need to purchase... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Where Are They Now?
several corporate boards and worked as a consultant to dozens of organizations over the years. This year, Merchant, the father of two school-age daughters, is on sabbatical and developing a new line of inquiry focused on corporate governance. In his spare time, he... View Details
- Web
Community | MBA
Community At Harvard Business School (HBS), breakthrough moments can happen any time: in a late-night discussion among peers, during a journey along India's east coast, in service to a neighborhood nonprofit, or simply while relaxing in a Spangler lounge or playing on... View Details
- 16 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
Unexpected Moments at HBS
simplicity of our upbringing; stories of working summers on a farm and crowded high school basketball gymnasiums. · Sitting next to a young man who worked in manufacturing operations in China, while we listened to General David... View Details
- Profile
Kwame Owusu-Kesse
assistant to Geoffrey Canada, CEO of Harlem Children's Zone (HCF). "They take a holistic approach to services, from cradle to college," Kwame says. "With the Zone, I did a wide range of things from consulting on education policy reform with Mayor... View Details
- 18 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 18, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51714 Harvard Business School Case 517-035 Dwyane Wade In July 2016, while on his annual China tour to help promote the sportswear brand Li-Ning, basketball superstar Dwyane Wade and his... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In the Zone
figures offer the hard data that prove HCZ’s approach works. So do the lives of its graduates. Owusu-Kesse coached basketball when he first came to HCZ; now those players are young men, out in the world. Falilou, a graduate of Boston... View Details
- 31 Oct 2019
- News
Business Success Means Community Success in Wisconsin; GNN Roundup
his story of turning around the Bucks organization, which includes a major focus on supporting the broader Milwaukee community. “He never called the Bucks a basketball team,” says Hung. “He called them a service organization or a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 11 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
Finding My Place at HBS
spent six years living in New York and Switzerland and that I built my career in public accounting and finance. Harvard—and the Ivy League for that matter—always felt like a place for other people. I’ve been through transitions before. I went from playing View Details
- 19 May 2020
- Blog Post
The Aspen Fellowship: MBA Student Launches Program Supporting Black Undergrads
here are 5 essential skills that will jump-start any young professional career: GRIT Not everyone will have a formal internship this summer, but that should never stop you from finding ways to get better. As legendery basketball coach... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
experiences before they need them plays out in many fields other than business. The coach of one of my favorite basketball teams while I was growing up was always driven to win and to win big. As one of his biggest fans, I loved watching... View Details
- 13 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
There's No Quick Shortcut to Success: Zorpads Takes Off
for a 22.5 percent stake in the company for $150,000 plus the added bonus of an endorsement from guest Shark and famed basketball player, Charles Barkley. Since the episode aired, Smith and Wiegele have done more in sales in the two weeks... View Details
- 29 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Diagnosing the ‘Flutie Effect’ on College Marketing
successful collegiate athletic program into a hot ticket for admission. Georgetown University applications multiplied 45 percent between 1983 and 1986 following a surge of basketball success. Northwestern University applications advanced... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Q & A: Herb Kohl
life. And I've been happy with all of them, so far. We'll see what tomorrow brings. Local Hero A lifetime basketball fan, Herb Kohl worked to get the Bucks to Milwaukee in 1969. Not wanting to see the NBA franchise leave his hometown when... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
More Than a Business
business, he just didn't know when or how. "Dad was good about exposing me to business-never pressuring me into it but always making it seem attractive and interesting," he recalls. After becoming a star basketball player at Yale as an... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar
- 11 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Brittani Rettig (MBA 2010)
venture that's been heavy on your heart or to just think about how you want to leave your mark on the world. You have incredible resources at your fingertips and infinite possibilities, so take advantage!" In a Cornell Daily Sun interview (Rettig played college View Details