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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Case Study: Let’s Dance
globally. She sees a huge potential for vertical social networks in the dance community, which is inherently social in the real world but has been largely overlooked by tech. And given its position at the crossroads of music, fitness, and... View Details
- 21 May 2021
- News
See Us Unite for Change
Lirio Marcelo (MBA 1998), the founder of Care.com and TAAF board member, is an executive producer of the event. “Not only are business leaders, activists and talent coming together to support this cause, but we have View Details
- 24 Mar 2021
- News
Clubs Reaffirm Equity in Community Partners Work; Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education
delivered, and ignited a renewed urgency to support community organizations. “The past year was a big challenge,” says Steven Phillips (MBA 1983), co-chair of the board for Community Partners of the HBS Club of Connecticut. The program,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 28 Oct 2021
- News
Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity
failure in the startup and tech ecosystems. I think the HBS community is particularly well-suited to be a problem-solver here. We have so many leaders in VC, startups, and entrepreneurship. Our alumni network literally runs the largest... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 23 Apr 2018
- News
Sowing the Seeds of Leadership
in the retirement of EARTH University’s distinguished president José Zaglul, who had led the university since its founding in 1989. Condo was familiar with the school and its emphasis on agricultural sciences, but when a board member... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 12 Nov 2019
- News
Seismic Shift
Denmark West (MBA 1998), founding partner of Connectivity Ventures and Culture Shift partner and advisor (photo by Brian Ach) It’s a common scenario: A company wants to increase diversity on its board or in its C-suite, and its... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Social Enterprise Visionary
retirement as chair of the SEI Advisory Board last January, Whitehead, who will stay on as chair emeritus, noted, “I am very proud of what the School has accomplished with the Social Enterprise Initiative. The progress we have made, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
day when board members sit around the table and simply wonder how we can dig ourselves out of the hole we’re in.” On balance, the firm excels at solving even the toughest problems, as evidenced by its track record as a top-tier firm. As... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
classes since mid-March 2020, with the exception of 10th and 12th grades, which reopened in January for students preparing for board (school leaving) exams. There are 250 million K–12 students and 10 million teachers who have been... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
CEOs can meet their challenges once that top position is achieved. The book covers the importance of family, effective time management, discipline in all its meanings, and the relationships between the CEO, the board of directors,... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
Gleason, agents for corporate leadership in the social sector like Jackson, nonprofit executives like Britt, nonprofit board members, or even soup kitchen volunteers, more and more HBS alumni are finding that, as HBS professor James E.... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 05 Apr 2018
- News
A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art
registrar to track the movement and catalogue the provenance of the work. “We’re self-taught and, though we don’t use advisors, we are not unadvised. I have a network that informs every collecting decision I make,” she says. “I keep my... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
After the Storm
that’s happening, and I just was like, you know, how am I and how are we going to do all of this? And with kids, you don’t get second chances. You’ve got to get this right.” Dan Morrell: When Constance Jones (MBA 2008) joined the Noble View Details
- 26 Aug 2016
- News
Connecting with the Past
several years as a consultant for Construction Specialties, a manufacturer of specialized architectural products. At the same time, his nephew Mark brought him on board as an investor and marketing consultant in several high-tech... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Reimagining the MBA
real company, a Global Partner, located in an emerging market. HBS has arranged for 140 organizations in 10 countries to serve as sounding boards for the students’ projects. (Students who can’t travel will work with a Boston-based... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
highest-paid CEOs in 2011 through 2014, Clifford explains how board directors and compensation committees have directly contributed to the rising salaries and bonuses of the country’s richest CEOs and argues that those companies could... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
York, Baer had closely monitored the Giants’ plummeting finances and their unsuccessful attempts to get San Francisco voters to approve funds for a new stadium. After East Coast business hours and with Tisch’s blessing, he began View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Leading Boston and Beyond
bulletin board boasts 60,000 subscribers in Boston, 10 percent of the city’s population. Or maybe they can reach more constituents through Facebook groups like the 3000-member strong East Boston Open Discussion Group. Lockwood says the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Quantum Leap
time. They spun Aliro out of Harvard’s Quantum Information Science Lab, then incubated it at the Harvard i-lab. Ricotta came on board in 2019. A seasoned tech CEO, he had already launched a number of startups into emerging View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
Feet to the Fire The road to those rewards can be a bumpy one, but the Business Plan Contest gives participants a chance to test and hone their ideas. The founders of Bang Networks, the plan that took last year’s first prize, saw the contest as an opportunity to... View Details