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- 01 Dec 2006
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The Hard Way
years in the Young Presidents’ Organization — the first woman from Queensland invited to join — Russo had sharpened her business skills and bolstered her confidence through seminars and conferences, including a weeklong YPO program held... View Details
- 16 Jan 2018
- News
Celebrating the Impact of Nonprofits
SPNM scholarship program a primary focus of its fundraising activities because the program’s impact in the region is so far-reaching. “Our members have been most motivated to give back to the community through SPNM,” says Panoff. “This is... View Details
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- 25 Jul 2013
- News
An Engine of Education Innovation
and the students, the course, Entrepreneurship in Education Reform, has become part of the fabric of the School. "Other business schools may say 'That's not our jurisdiction'—but that's not true. There are a lot of management issues in... View Details
- 13 Jul 2015
- News
Empowering entrepreneurs in Africa
Maimouna Diakhaby (MBA 2016), who came to HBS because of its leadership focus, plans to return to Africa to help empower deprived communities through entrepreneurship. (Published July 2015) View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
The news last October of Chevron's proposed acquisition of Texaco for $36 billion in stock was hardly surprising to industry analysts. The planned merger — which would streamline projects and save some $1.2 billion annually — was... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2014
low-income youth and companies needing skilled labor. His yearlong training program offers 18 through 24-year-olds the technical, professional, and communications skills needed to transition into careers and college. The award-winning... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
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Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
Last issue, the Bulletin undertook a survey of fifty years of entrepreneurship at HBS, beginning with the School's first course on the subject introduced in 1947. In this edition, we pick up in the early 1980s, when renewed interest in... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
returns over the last four years have caused this surge, which means, he says, that "people have lots of opportunities to finance projects, either through venture capitalists, angels, or corporations." But, as the saying goes, what goes... View Details
- 23 Jan 2017
- News
The CEO Who is Perking Up Peet’s Coffee
offices. Burwick managed all of this, the article notes, while guiding the company through a transition from public entity to private ownership. Before joining Peet’s, Burwick worked at PepsiCo and as president of Weight Watchers North... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Addressing the housing needs of India’s poor
Rakhi Mehra (MBA 2009) is enabling a growing number of India’s 82 million urban poor households to have structurally safe and well-ventilated homes through the enterprise she cofounded, micro Home Solutions (mHS) City Lab. Winner of the... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
From a ‘blank slate’ to ‘Mr. China’
Against the advice of many, Jack Perkowski (MBA 1973) ditched his high-flying investment career and relocated to China in 1992 to build his own company. Through trial and error, Perkowski learned that the key to its success was in hiring... View Details
- 22 Jan 2019
- News
Remembering Walter Shipley
foundation for one of the biggest financial institutions in the world with JPMorgan Chase, an acquisition that took place shortly after Shipley’s retirement in 1999. The Financial Times writes: Mr. Shipley’s deep sense of collegiality is... View Details
- 01 Jan 2017
- News
Sphere of Influence
scholarships to study in Canada and the United States. Recently named a “Global Visionary” by the Swiss bank UBS, Balares is founder and CEO of Womensphere Foundation, a nonprofit that supports women’s advancement in leadership, innovation, and View Details
- 27 Nov 2012
- News
The Beauty of the Network
they worked with me for two months to help write my business plan.” Pao picked up additional investors through meetings and luncheons organized by Bender: “By December 2011 I had raised half the money I needed from family and friends,”... View Details
- 30 Mar 2015
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Reconnecting Californians with their history
As foundation director of LaSeñora Research Institute, Patricia Nettleship (AMP 86, 1981) helps preserve the rich cultural heritage of the Rancho Era of early California through research and education programs. (Published March 2015) View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa
members arrived at Kenya’s State House in Nairobi to meet with the country’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, as part of the School’s faculty immersion in Africa. “Business and entrepreneurship are ingrained in the Kenyan psyche, whether it is... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
High Honors
Francisco Opera, helping it through a difficult era—flying, teaching entrepreneurship, track and field, and fishing. Johnson, a nationally ranked runner in college, regularly attends the Olympic Games. From his father, a track coach, he... View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- News
A legacy of social and environmental respect
Akshay Kumar Parija (AMP 172, 2007) was already a successful international banker when he arrived at HBS in 2006. Today, however, he credits the AMP with helping him develop his courage and creativity—two character traits that set his life on a new course to preserve... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Fighting the diabetes epidemic using mobile phones
Through Jana Care, a start-up he cofounded in Bangalore, India, Sidhant Jena (SPH 2011, MBA 2011) is building affordable diagnostics and evidence-based lifestyle coaching programs on mobile phones to make diabetes management cheaper,... View Details