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- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
the School, even as HBS alumni continued to distinguish themselves in the realm of entrepreneurial practice. In 1982, acting on a marketing survey they had conducted as second-year students, David W. Thompson (MBA '81), Bruce W. Ferguson (MBA '81), and Scott L. Webster... View Details
- 11 Oct 2022
- News
On Balance
Mary Wooldridge (MBA 1994) recalls a job interview early in her career in which the interviewer asked, “Why should I employ you? At your age, you’re just going to go off and have children.” At another position, she recruited a younger man... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Action Plan: Come as You Are
After HBS, at his first job with Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, Basseches oversaw multiple aspects of the museum’s exhibitions, including financial and staff management, marketing, sponsorship, and negotiations. Before joining the Royal... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Planting the Seeds of Positive Growth
for Tomato Jos, even after she was offered a job at a major agricultural company. Mehta says, “Even if my business ends up failing—which I hope it doesn’t—if I am able to inspire one student a year to come back to the continent and start... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Centennial Goes YouTube
struggles. John Whitehead (MBA 11/’47), former cochairman of Goldman Sachs, recounts how he struggled as an incoming Haverford College freshman to earn enough to cover the $900 tuition. With pluck and luck, he landed a job in the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Disaster Master
the degree to which client crises spill into the culture of your business and personal life? —Boris Tsimerinov (PLDA 16, 2017) BEER: We’re like firefighters or ER doctors in the sense that we have to deal with high-pressure situations without taking it too personally.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: On the Fly
with a free market, and replacing it with a government-owned or government-controlled airline industry. Although Emirates has done an extremely good job when it comes to customer service, I would argue that the primary reason for its... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
David M. Hughes
110 percent" of himself to anything he's involved in, earned a reputation among students and staff at HBS as someone who could always be counted on to do a job - and another and another - and do it right. Sometimes in highly visible... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Expanded Elective Curriculum Offers Students A Wealth of Choices
Networking Opportunities HBS students have access to a network of more than 35,000 HBS alumni who have agreed to help them in their job searches on a year-round basis. MBA Career Services also works with Alumni Relations, Executive... View Details
- 16 Sep 2013
- News
Canada’s Native Son
poverty." As the founder of One Earth Farms, Canada's largest farm, he partnered with First Nations in western Canada. When he created the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA), it was First Nations that benefitted with jobs at a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Tony Sanchez - Team Builder
focus on the medical area while at HBS, including field studies at several local hospitals, has led to a job offer with Indiana-based Guidant Corporation, a medical devices manufacturer. Sanchez is eager to apply his experience in team... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 18 Mar 2008
- News
Election ’08, HBS Style
council with representatives pulled from the many student clubs and regular “office” hours in the Spangler Grille. Jyoti Agarwal, running with Fred Smith, talked about working across university constituencies to effect change, from coordinating with Career Services to... View Details
- 08 Nov 2011
- News
Saluting Our HBS Veterans
coursework, mentoring, coaching, and career and job opportunities, delivered on a social platform. HBS, for its part, through the federal government’s Yellow Ribbon Grant program, is annually providing $10,000 each to dozens of HBS... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
agencies focused on development projects and private-sector growth in emerging economies often seen as too risky for most investors. But this new assignment was something else entirely. “I have a phenomenal job and I’m living in a safe... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
disasters. Photo courtesy Gregg Bemis Mysteries of the Deep Gregg Bemis Jr. (MBA ’54) Age: 76 Home: Santa Fe, New Mexico Gregg Bemis walked out the door of his last corporate job in 1979, at the age of 51. “It became readily apparent that... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Honoring a Legend
broader impact on the world. “It was super flattering to be selected,” says Nussey, whose companies have created thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in value over his career. He cofounded a software company in high school and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Better Hiring Through Brain Science
regularly runs up against something she calls “algorithm aversion.” In other words, “I am a human, and I do a better job than an algorithm.” She gets it—HR professionals are worried about their jobs. But that’s not her aim. “We are going... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Right Stuff: Getting the Word from MBA Admissions
men and women of all ages and experience levels. People don't need four or five years of post-college job experience on their résumés. That's an average amount for our students, but it's an average, not a minimum. That amount of work... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
MBA Program:Rapid Innovation in '96
discussions and faculty polls. Students may also access a comprehensive Career Services database of job listings (searchable by company, industry, and other categories). Other efforts to enhance the educational process through technology... View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Class Day & Commencement
experiences at HBS, Schock noted, “We've all learned there's no better place in the world to be than here. In the future, we'll realize there's no better place to be from.” Plunkett praised the character of his classmates, observing that “whether responding to tragedy,... View Details