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- 01 Dec 2008
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A Force for Good
the highest “yield” rates in higher education. And on the other side of graduation, HBS alumni traditionally enjoyed astonishing success. It seemed an easy job to walk into. McArthur, however, knew better. He had spent more than two... View Details
- 17 Jan 2025
- News
Tracking Modern Air Travel’s Takeoff
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963) grew up in Rego Park, Queens, the son of Spanish immigrants. As a boy in the 1940s, he would watch the airplanes fly over his backyard and into LaGuardia Airport,... View Details
- 11 Apr 2018
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The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)
first, and those of himself or herself last. It follows then that a great leader is first to take the blame and last to take recognition. This permeates the Marine culture, and still helps guide and inform my decisions and actions today.’” Follow Regan on Twitter at... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
major cities and hold regular meetings to screen investment prospects, India has few such active networks. It’s not surprising then that 85 percent of the capital raised by Agarwala and Varma — they are not at liberty to disclose the amount — came from foreign... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
attended many ARD meetings over the years. In the late 1960s, Doriot’s influence persisted through the work of his disciples, as various ARD alumni founded and ran the second generation of successful VC firms, including Greylock Partners... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Labs Enable Large-scale Research
Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Sciences REINVENTING THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age Understanding the Digital, Data, and Design Institute at Harvard A... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
competitiveness? That’s a central question, and key challenge, posed by the School’s US Competitiveness Project. Professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin, the project’s cochairs, contend there’s reason for optimism. Almost 2,000 of the nearly 10,000 HBS View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
people could get by on the ruby and diamond-laden necklace, earrings, and ring pictured on the back cover’s advertisement. Robin Alper (MBA ’94) Los Angeles, CA HBS “Mamsy-Pansies” I much enjoyed “Inside Intel: The Art of Andy Grove” (December issue) and thought View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
What's Cookin'
chocolate-chip cookies. Fox, who owns Community Bakery in Little Rock, Arkansas, says he never imagined he'd one day make his living absorbed in the business of food and its many challenges, including long hours, the unending demand for consistent quality, and... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Jen Wong (MBA 2004) joined Reddit as COO in 2018, the user-generated content site wasn’t exactly a burning building...but it might have been... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
predicted, success and failure. Not an onion, certainly. Maybe an avocado: a fruit with a skin that seems tough but still allows for easy bruising by outside forces, with a certain amount of highly perishable reward below—depending on whether you choose well in the... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 04 Jun 2025
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Slice of Life
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In 2018, Bill Crawford (MBA 2006) founded Righteous Slice, a pizza restaurant in Rexburg, Idaho that has been steadily earning critical acclaim. It has... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
Alumni Books Boeing Metamorphosis: Launching the 737 and 747, 1965–1969 by John Fredrickson and John Andrew (MBA 1959) Schiffer Military History Welcome to the world of corporate decision-making, workplace gambles, and myriad human... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
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Doing It Your Way
wave of new business ventures in areas such as microcomputers, software programs, and hardware-related peripheral equipment that has changed the world forever. "During the early '80s, I'd get a lot of business plans from alumni starting... View Details
- 19 Oct 2022
- News
If I Were You
Image credit: iStock / -Antonio- Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes This is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. During this spring’s reunions, the Skydeck crew set up shop on Spangler lawn and asked returning alumni... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
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The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)
that I had come in from a nonprofit). I have been able to work in the nonprofit sector since graduation because of HBS’s generous Loan Reduction program. So beyond what I learned, HBS and our generous alumni have made this work possible.”... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 17 Dec 2024
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Solving the Underemployment Crisis
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, it’s Dan. Today, we are sharing a brief excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, the critically-acclaimed podcast from my colleagues at Harvard Business School. Each episode, HBS professors Bill Kerr... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
inequality. We are hoping to engage more and more companies and alumni in bringing the power of the market system to the inner city." Partnering for Success A small number of key business leaders can make a big difference by leveraging... View Details
- 09 Sep 2024
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Basket Chase
acquisition entrepreneurship—which involves acquiring a small business and running it as CEO. It’s an incredibly enjoyable listen, filled with vibrant, human conversations about the challenges and opportunities of this path that so many HBS View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
larger purpose of motivating value creation. Healy: One of the things that strikes me is we have a whole set of alumni who are really outstanding people with excellent values. We have so many graduates who are powerful role models — at... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons