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Entrepreneurial Sales 102: Building the First Sales Team - Course Catalog
sell.” -Dean Nohria This course explores the complex subject of how to build, manage, and scale the first sales force including how to: Hire your first salesperson and sales leader Develop a scalable demand generation program Pay your... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
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A Wide Screen Approach
platforms at once. “Nobody had streamed a service at that scale before,” says Wilson. “We were holding our breath, because we were basically betting our business that this was going to be a successful pivot.” It felt like a sharp turn not... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
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School Ties
education and business competitiveness." Balancing the Books Four ways that business is partnering with PK-12 Enabling innovation. Companies in San Antonio, Texas, worked to gain voter approval for a tax increase to fund quality prekindergarten programs. View Details
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Neil Band | MBA
delivery for my senior thesis. Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business: At Kensho, an AI/ML fintech company, I learned that the greatest discoveries of this century will be due to unprecedented scale of... View Details
- 17 Dec 2018
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Tomorrow, Transformed
business leadership to accelerate social change COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE: What does environmental leadership look like in the age of global warming? CODE BREAKERS: Increasing the number of women in positions of leadership READY, SET, LAUNCH: View Details
- 17 Jul 2023
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From the Panelists: Toward a Decarbonized Future: Who Pays? Who Profits?
is the vast majority of the $9 trillion per year needed to meet Net Zero commitments.” Current McKinsey Senior Partner Daniel Stephens agreed that the price tag is huge, but wrote: “The big challenge is allocation and delivery, not the total bill.” He added: “The View Details
Anthony Soohoo
he has helped enterprises embrace technology and thrive against both incumbents and new disruptive competitors. Anthony was most recently an Executive Vice President at Walmart where he was responsible for the multi-billion dollar home business, a division with the... View Details
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Protecting Data at HBS | Information Technology
Protecting Data at HBS Data Classification Levels ("DCL") To ensure a common understanding, Harvard uses a 5-step scale for data sensitivity. The higher the number, the more sensitive the data is, and the stronger protections you need to... View Details
- 29 Mar 2023
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Giving Hope and Comfort
volunteer with the organization. In 2021, the organization gave away 2 million items to more than 225 other nonprofits. He estimates that staggering number will meet less than 10 percent of the true need in Massachusetts. "A solution isn't a solution unless it's the... View Details
- 04 Nov 2021
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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM
oils, using a lot less land and resources. It’s no secret that these are powerful organisms, but past attempts to scale production have faced challenging unit economics (high up-front capital costs for facilities, selling into commodity... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
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Globalization Revisited
should become “global” by standardizing the production, distribution, and marketing of their products across all countries. Sameness meant efficiency and would be more profitable than difference. From economies of scale would flow... View Details
- 04 Nov 2021
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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM
oils, using a lot less land and resources. It’s no secret that these are powerful organisms, but past attempts to scale production have faced challenging unit economics (high up-front capital costs for facilities, selling into commodity... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
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The Devil You Don’t Know
just be the product of some kind of anxiety of unknown origins. Rational or not, if people begin to become pessimistic about their economic future and the economy in general, one of the first things they typically do is start scaling back... View Details
- 27 Feb 2020
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How Following Best Business Practices Can Improve Health Care
Either Heal Health Care?A public insurance option could use its scale to hold prices down, but only if the approach avoids the financing gimmicks that are undermining Medicare. Research Papers Cohort Turnover and Operational Performance:... View Details
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
past five years, I’ve been developing an approach to scaling of social enterprises that I... Simple Lessons, Shared Values, and Unlocking Organizational Potential Kyle Angelo 07 Dec 2017 I’ve learned this simple lesson too many times to... View Details
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Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage - Course Catalog
advantage or disadvantage? Why exactly does it matter to ‘be different’ and what does that imply? Is competitive advantage that is rooted in economies of scale or in the learning curve sustainable? While the focus is mostly on value... View Details
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Rakhshan Zahid
that a lot of these businesses were started by ordinary people. The real difference between someone with an idea and someone who starts a business is just courage – taking a leap. Then you look at everything from how to get financing, how to examine weaknesses in your... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
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Rob Casper
great idea. I want to get my hands dirty creating a real product. I'm less interested in scaling a company than making marginal improvements and running the daily business successfully." Because his search is still in progress, Rob... View Details
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Leila Meliani
"There are many entrepreneurs, but few of them have the expertise they need to scale their organizations." Leila, who has dedicated her career to the cultivation of talent, felt vindicated. "I am proud to know that someone... View Details
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Jonathan Evans
expand from serving eight schools to serving schools nationwide. To scale the technology, I assembled and managed a team and was charged with managing partnerships with people twice my age.” Connected by a drive to make an impact The... View Details