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6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT, 03 Nov 2016
HBS Alumni Events

HBS Washington D.C. Young Alumni Networking Reception

attend! Complimentary food and beverages will be served. Registration is required. You are welcome to register a guest. Host Committee Adam Voci, MBA 2015 Dr. Joseph Ahn, DBA 2015 View Details

20 Oct 2014
News

New Rothschild Takes Reins of Famous Bordeaux Winemaker

November 1998 (Revised November 1999)
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British Sugar in China

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Srinivas Sunder

British Sugar, the first major diversification of Associated British Foods, is entering China as part of the global sweetener, starch, and ingredient strategy. View Details

Keywords: Trade; Food; Globalization; Marketing Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Diversification; Consumer Products Industry; China; United Kingdom

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01 Sep 2024
News

Wolfgang Puck (OPM 53, 2019)—aka the father of California cuisine, OG celebrity chef, and culinary empire-builder—began his career as a disgraced cook’s apprentice at a hotel restaurant. At 14, he’d been eager to take the post just outside his Austrian hometown: Not... View Details

Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune

01 Mar 2017
News

Starting Lineup: No Reservations

Illustrations by Drue Wagner The Company The Founder The Pitch The News EatWith CEO Susan Kim (MBA 2003) Founded 2012 This online marketplace allows cooks to sell seats at their dinner tables. TripAdvisor is the latest investor in this social-dining service, which... View Details

4 PM – 7 PM CDT, 13 Mar 2016

HBS@SXSW 2016

Please join HBS@SXSW for a Backyard BBQ and Alumni New Venture Competition. View Details

19 Dec 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

New Year, New Habits

number of actions that build society. The following studies reveal proven methods of encouraging healthy eating and exercise. A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety Basic tweaks to the schedules of View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

J. Willard Marriott, Jr.

Residence Inn, and Ritz-Carlton. Other operations include Vacation Club International, Marriott Senior Living Services and Marriott Distribution Services (a food services company). View Details

Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging

Reginald F. Lewis

Just 10 years after founding his investment ventures firm, Lewis had established a $2.5 billion financing business, the largest firm owned by an African American in United States history. Through his purchase of Beatrice Food Company, he... View Details

Keywords: Finance

27 Aug 2019
News

Sweating It Out in Philly; Whiskey Flights in Portland

Clubs News Clubs News Philly Club Builds Sweat Equity with SLT’s Amanda Freeman A dozen intrepid alumni from the HBS Club of Philadelphia recently worked up quite a sweat to learn more about the fitness industry from wellness entrepreneur and HBS alumna Amanda Freeman... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

27 Jan 2011
News

The Joys of Cooking

THE JOYS OF COOKING: Bibi Kasrai (MBA '96) has hit an entrepreneurial sweet spot as the Harvard Cookie Girl. After years in high-tech marketing and non-profit fundraising, Bibi Kasrai (MBA ’96) found a way to blend her talent for business with her passion for cooking.... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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Evelyne White

Bookalokal is a social dining platform that launched in Brussels in 2012. The initial concept: Connect travelers with locals through home-cooked, gourmet meals in people's homes. Prospective diners search through Bookalokal's online database of hosts, choose a favorite... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Services

24 Mar 2019
News

Instacart Exec Fell in Love with Grocery Stores Early

Keywords: online grocery delivery; online retail; career paths; Retail Trade

19 Sep 2016
News

Crafting Success

Like so many entrepreneurs before him, Karan Bilimoria (PPL 2011) started Cobra Beer to fill a need: “I hated fizzy lagers,” he told The Daily Telegraph. “Some ales were quite pleasant, but far too heavy and bitter to enjoy with a meal. I wanted to create a beer that... View Details

01 Jun 2018
News

What I Do: Minnie Ingersoll (MBA 2002)

impact?” “One of our big projects was to enable people in California to get food assistance from their mobile phone. To promote that, we started running Google AdWord campaigns. We’ve found that for every $10 that we spend, we can get... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Peter and Maria Hoey

7 PM – 9 PM CDT, 01 May 2015

HBS Chicago Young Alumni Reception

HBS alumni MBA 2005-2014 are invited to an evening of socializing and networking in Chicago. View Details

8 PM – 10 PM EDT, 21 Apr 2015

HBS New York Young Alumni Reception

HBS alumni MBA 2010-2014 are invited to an evening of socializing and networking in New York. View Details

6:30 PM – 9 PM EST, 18 Nov 2014

HBS Atlanta Young Alumni Reception

Members of the classes of 2005 - 2014, come and catch up with old friends at this unique event - HBS Young Alumni are invited to a private party at Eclipse di Luna for an evening of networking and socializing! Sponsored by HBS Alumni Relations & HBS Club of... View Details

28 May 2017
Blog Post

HBS on the Road: Ghana, Nigeria, and Côte d'Ivoire

afternoon and wandered through the Makola Market in Accra for a few hours. In addition to the interesting foods and wares—an unbelievable assortment of things to buy from pvc pipes to exotic peppers—I enjoyed seeing the entrepreneurs in... View Details

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Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry - Course Catalog

(Barcelona Wine Bar and bartaco). He is currently a board member of US Foods and multiple privately-owned restaurant groups. Click here for a sample syllabus for this course Course Overview Uniquely within the HBS EC curriculum, this... View Details

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