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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
between what business is and what it can be, the actual versus the ideal. Every one of us can contribute to widening that gap, or to narrowing it by raising the bar. We will have countless opportunities to... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
A For-Profit Business That Makes Education Accessible
free education and workplace skills training,” he says. “Why wait?” MORE STORIES ABOUT IMPACT: Bridging the Gap Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic Empowering School Leaders to Meet Today’s Challenges Community Colleges as Engines View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Batten Gift to Support Residential Campus
gift, Frank Batten has ensured that our very special model of living and learning will continue into the future, as we renew the facilities on this campus and look toward future opportunities with our... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank
- 31 Mar 2022
- News
A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions
ReFood, a company that repurposed surplus food from restaurants to feed the local community. Ghose liked the concept. Every day, some 25,000 people lose their lives to hunger each day, according the UN, while a third of the food produced... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
“We plant these time bombs,” Stevenson told me during another conversation. “We say go to Goldman. Go to McKinsey. But when you find that’s not what you really want, think about launching a new company as a legitimate use of your... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
compete, the personal branding of a company’s leadership can influence how well it performs. Similarly, how a new hire brands herself could alter the opportunities that open up for her, and so also her... View Details
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
will propel Africa into the future." Summarizing some of the words I used there, but basically that was it. That's what I wanted to do, that's what I believe was my mission, and my calling. The picture I want to paint in how I think this... View Details
- 27 Jul 2017
- News
Seeing a Way Forward
Photos by Rafael Monroy Daphne Leger (MBA 2012) did not enroll in business school to maximize profits, but rather to maximize social impact. “I firmly believe that business has a key role to play in solving social problems, and the power View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Pens Down
about you? And it would be optional. (A new writing requirement instituted last year will stay in place, though: A "post-interview reflection," asking candidates for their ruminations within 24 hours of the meeting—eliminating any View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- News
Thomas S. Murphy (MBA 1949)
Thomas Murphy (MBA 1949) A cold call during Thomas Murphy’s first year convinced him to make the most of his Harvard Business School experience. When a professor called on a few students, including Murphy, with a question about the case,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Two Truths and a Lie About 5G
decisions on the ground. It’s also testing a diagnostic app that relays data from the site of an emergency to the hospital to save time and, perhaps, lives. Fortunately there’s been only one fire since implementation and one View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe
following, lucrative corporate sponsorships, and paid the players relatively high wages. Around this time, Bruce Levy (MBA 1977) became the first ever agent for women's professional basketball, negotiating player contracts around the world. But as he tells associate... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?
between agreement on the [private equity] fund, the commitment on the part of investors into the fund, and the closing—it gets measured literally in months, as opposed to days,” he says. There’s the signing and mailing paper contracts,... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
By Invitation Only: How We Built Gilt and Changed the Way Millions Shop by Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson (both MBA 2004) (Portfolio) The founders of Gilt Groupe reveal how they built the web’s most famous fusion View Details
- 12 Jan 2017
- News
Personalizing Women’s Path to Success
Photos by David Kelly Crow Many women hit a point in their career when they are unsure of which path to take next or even how to move ahead. For some, that inflection point comes mid-career or after a successful run; others are simply... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 11 Apr 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)
additional four cities, so I get to travel and work with a diverse group of Americans who are all focused on improving the lives of veterans and others in their city. Each community has unique challenges,... View Details
- 05 May 2022
- News
Lesson Plans
but do you know the material? Do you have the skill or not—regardless of your age and there’s, there’s many opportunities for you and pathways for you to develop that? I think you’re seeing movement there.... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
And while the role offered Howard the opportunity to apply her company-building skills, the company’s mission, “democratizing finance for all” was the main draw. “Knowing from my prior career experience just how many people don’t feel... View Details
- 24 Mar 2021
- News
Clubs Reaffirm Equity in Community Partners Work; Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education
trust of the communities they serve.” For the Oregon Community Partners, that has meant teaming up with Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon (MESO), a micro-lending organization providing entrepreneurs View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Finding The Right Patient-Provider Match
you are an $8 billion health system and you have 2 percent more appointments scheduled, that’s $160 million of downstream revenue.” While the financial savings are significant, equally important—to both... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young