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- 11 Apr 2024
- News
Mission Control
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. By the time Peter Platzer (MBA 2002) was a teenager, he knew he wanted to be a physicist—and he was fascinated by space, eagerly engrossed in space-time diagrams... View Details
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Judges - Alumni
a Rock Ventures Fellow. Industry Business Products and Services (B2B), Technology Verticals Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, CloudTech & DevOps, Cybersecurity, Supply Chain Tech, Virtual Reality, Saas, Robotics and Drones,... View Details
- 13 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
Don't Turn Your Marketing Function Over to AI Just Yet
going to influence the kind of data you can collect.” About the Author Kristen Senz is a writer and social media creator for Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: Just_Super ] Related Reading Robots in the Boardroom Do We... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 05 Sep 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Making the Right Technical Hire
product delays, etc. 5. Humans are not robots Hiring is hard, and even when you get really good at it, at the end of the day these hires are human beings that have their own unique needs, past-job baggage, and career aspirations. Their... View Details
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)
this new market and product category to take off, but if they become the cognitive referent, they get an unequal share of the gains from doing so.” Is there a roadmap or strategy that firms can follow to gain cognitive referent status? Even View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Streamlining the Supermarket
A new alumni-backed venture hopes robots will change how we buy our milk, bread, and eggs. In early 2016, José Vicente Aguerrevere (MBA 2002) attended a talk at HBS by Mick Mountz (MBA 1996), founder of Kiva Systems. Kiva’s small, mobile... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 22 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
MBA Students Reflect on Their Summer Internships
clear. This guided my decision to intern with the National Park Service (NPS). My objective was to test the portability of MBA principles to practical and timely resources challenges.” Summer Snapshot: Interning at a Robotics Start-UpBy... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Elevator Pitch: First Byte
March, the company announced $5.5 million in funding. COVID-aware: “Our business model is CapEx light; business owners pay on a commission basis for every meal the robot makes, which alleviates a lot of risk. And in terms of health and... View Details
- 19 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Making a Broader Impact with Multiple Disciplines
humanly-impossible procedures with precision, accuracy, and consistency. I work on commercializing science and building businesses around these technology paradigms to democratize high-quality surgical care to billions around the world. My fascination with View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
@Soldiers Field
Six drone companies put their wares in the air during Making Robotics Fly, a daylong event cohosted by HBS and the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences to explore the intersection of engineering and entrepreneurship.... View Details
- Profile
Jon Schechter
As an engineer at Amazon Robotics (formerly Kiva Systems), Jon Schechter viewed the future, almost literally, from the ground floor. “We worked on fleets of orange robots that move warehouse inventory,” he... View Details
Keywords: Tech
- 25 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
Making a broader impact with multiple disciplines: Santosh Iyer (MBA 2020)
beyond human capability. I focus on commercializing science and building businesses around these transformative technologies to democratize access to high-quality surgical care for billions worldwide. My fascination with robotics and... View Details
- Portrait Project
Sylvia Ko
boundaries. I want to create a world where we embrace blonde hair, robotic arms, and fox tails alike. I want to create a world where haracter and performance are the basis of judgment. I will build a world where we level each other up.... View Details
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GlobalData Disruptor | Baker Library
services, and healthcare sectors. Areas of focus include: artificial intelligence, blockchain, connected devices and IoT, digital business, robotics and drones, security tech, and more. Disruptor offers: Coverage of 40,000 startup... View Details
- 26 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Syngenta Tomato Vision
startups can come to Syngenta to test out their products and Syngenta gets free services. The coolest thing we saw was a robotic harvesting machine that identified the level of ripeness of a tomato via digital screening and machine... View Details
- Profile
Jonathan Assayag
learn every role," Jonathan says, "Cashier, stocking, customer service." In high school, Jonathan found a focus for his own energies: robotics. He started a club that, with support from Motorola, competed in Dean Kamen's F.I.R.S.T. View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Case Study: Farming It Out
percent is spent on labor. Those factors inspired Andersen to found Augean Robotics (AGR), makers of an autonomous farm robot called Burro, which has the carrying capacity of a sure-footed donkey and the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- What Do You Think?
How Can We Get Companies to Invest More in Low-Wage Workers?
assess how technology, such as robots and artificial intelligence, impacts work and workers. One conclusion was that technology would change the nature of work, but still leave us with more demand for workers than supply. Inequality in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rescuing Products with Stealth Positioning
to gain a foothold in the nascent household robot category. In a March 2004 article in Harvard Business Review, I described the company's approach to the challenge of warming consumers to its imperfect early robots. Sony had spent tens of... View Details
Keywords: by Youngme Moon
- Portrait Project
Mathew Turner
foundation for me to build robots at MIT; mentors that taught me the meaning of a second chance; and, an opportunity to serve overseas in the US Air Force. From HBS, I will ponder the lunchtime discussions in the Grille on peace in the... View Details