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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
The Sky’s the Limit
launch last fall with “two ex-Microsoft guys.” All three are pilots, and fittingly, their first product is a flight-planning software program called Voyager. “It’s for general aviation pilots — private pilots and commercial charter... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity
with General Dynamics Electric Boat to prepare people to build nuclear submarines for the US Navy and work with Bank of America on programs that prepare individuals for jobs in the financial services sector.... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
about the up-and-coming general manager of Nickelodeon Latin America. “I was interested in the entertainment industry and globalization,” Hill recalls. “The article was about the business, not how she led.” So how did “Taran Swan at... View Details
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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
Doriot’s Impact on Europe The article about General Georges Doriot in the June issue is quite informative about his great accomplishments. Left without mention, however, was the first venture capital firm in Europe, called European... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age
Professor Karim R. Lakhani and Vladimir Jacimovic (MBA 1992) Karim R. Lakhani, the Dorothy and Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration, started his career at General Electric in the 1990s. At... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
The Burning Man Project
electricity or running water for a week. So people come because it brings them back to who they are, or who they really wish they were. And that's powerful. I think everyone's looking for meaning in their lives. And this is a jump start... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
General Electric and its CEO Jeff Immelt (MBA ’82). GE has announced its intention to reach $10 billion in water-business sales over the next decade. Worldwide, as water becomes increasingly precious, it is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
guards, to analyzing attendance data, to developing new media initiatives. I wouldn’t have been ready for the challenges in my current job without that prior experience,” she states. “I loved my time at Lincoln Center.” In part, it was the sheer excitement View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
history. The excitement traditionally generated by these annual events was further heightened this year as participants gathered in Hong Kong, the gateway city to China, which on July 1 will revert from British rule to Chinese... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Life Lessons
delegating authority to them.” Currently a marketing manager at General Mills, Sundy has a long-term goal: He’d like to become a member of the U.S. Senate, “to influence public policy and make a real contribution to society.” — GE Martín... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
third-generation venture capitalist, Draper is the grandson of General William H. Draper, who founded Silicon Valley’s first VC firm in 1958, and the son of Bill Draper (MBA 1954), who founded Draper & Johnson Investment Company in 1962... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
the required curriculum course The Entrepreneurial Manager Jim Sharpe (MBA ’76) is looking forward to stepping off the page to advise students who may be pondering some of the same questions he considered when he made the decision as an up-and-coming employee of View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
Workforce." John Weber Newly Energized John Weber's career over the past decade has progressed as many only dream. He has moved successfully through a series of increasingly important assignments at companies such as General View Details
- 22 Dec 2022
- News
LGBTQ+ Alumni Forums Expand; 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition Is Underway
their venture succeed," says Gernon. "It's an incredible springboard mechanism to motivate you to get your ideas down on paper and start working towards your goal of launching a venture." Past winners include Fleetzero, Inc., a builder of View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now By John Doerr (MBA 1976) Portfolio In 2006, John Doerr was moved by Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth and a challenge from his teenage daughter: “Dad, your generation created this problem. You better fix... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
spoke about the importance of getting back on track. Three weeks after the attacks, General Motors president and CEO G. Richard Wagoner, Jr. (MBA '77), told the Wall Street Journal, "The best way we can respond to acts of terrorism on our... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 08 Mar 2013
- News
The Accidental Innovator
something that makes the content and the tools of a world-class education available to everyone, the way that clean drinking water and electricity are things that everyone should have in their lives. Even now, a student can have that... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Covering the Issues
of all professions." A few years later, in 1929, General Electric chairman Owen D. Young ad-dressed the complexities of achieving that goal: "[I]f you ask me to apply the golden rule to a bank rate, I find... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
electricity are things that everyone should have in their lives. Even now, a student can have that experience for a few cents a day—we’re free, but the computer and bandwidth are a relatively small cost—and every year it’s getting... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Inside Out
was created and popularized by the global facilities management company JLL [Jones Lang Lasalle]. It’s intended to show a company’s relative per-square-foot costs across three factors—utilities, rent, and people. The rule goes like this: for every $3 a company spends... View Details