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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Applying problem solving to all aspects of life
Bob McNutt (MBA 1963) talks about his third-stage careers as a youth tennis coach and emergency services volunteer. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Harvest Time
learned in her youth in Scotts Ferry. "Everybody pitched in," she said. "Everybody worked hard. We talk a lot about the value of humility at Wildfire, about not getting ahead of yourself" (New York Times, January 26, 2013). View Details
- Portrait Project
Anonymous
I may have a superhuman expectation but it's okay to dream... i want to challenge myself with adventures - build an organization for disadvantaged youth in india or africa, climb mount kilimanjaro or everest, cycle through egypt for... View Details
- 29 Jul 2024
- News
Leading the Way
Illustration by Gisela Goppel When Michael Trejo (MBA 2013) was a freshman at Arizona State University (ASU) in 2005, he almost lost his full scholarship. “I just really lacked direction,” says Trejo. That’s when he joined ASU’s Hispanic Students Business Association... View Details
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Chekemma J. Fulmore-Townsend Archives | Social Enterprise
Fulmore-Townsend is President and CEO of the Philadelphia Youth Network. Chekemma att... INITIATIVES focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one discipline or industry to solve alone. View Details
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Riding the WAVE | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
graduation, returning to her hometown of Lagos, Nigeria, to make good on the organization’s mission to combat youth unemployment by identifying, training, and placing graduates of the program’s 3-week training program in entry-level jobs.... View Details
Eugene W. Rhodes
Having spent his summers in college working at the Tribune, Rhodes was selected to run the paper in 1922, following the unexpected deaths of both the Tribune’s founder and its managing editor. Despite his youth and lack of experience,... View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
HBS Community Rolls Up Its Sleeves
constructing trails for the Metropolitan District Commission to painting apartments in cooperation with Boston Senior Home Care. Volunteer Michael Echenberg (HBS ’02) did some spring-cleaning at the Cambridge Youth Guidance Center. “The... View Details
- 25 Sep 2017
- News
Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge
her WAVE cofounders, Karan Chopra and Bryan Mezue. The three shared the experience of having grown up in Africa and the desire to help solve youth unemployment. Another classmate, Navid Rahimi, joined the team along with two classmates... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Speaking out on behalf of the disabled
He does this through his participation in case discussions and in extracurricular ventures, such as a recent apprenticeship program, in coordination with Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh’s “Downtown Project,” which connected local youths to... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A game-changer for migrant students
Martin Curiel (MBA 2004) knows how hard life can be for migrant farm workers. He went from picking fruit with this family as a youth to creating a way for migrant farm workers to further their education. Curiel cofounded Rising Farmworker... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Answering the Call
right," says Brooks, who went home that night and began discussing with his family the calling he felt he could no longer ignore. He then spent several years examining his life, working with his church's youth group, and praying, before... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
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Heather McLetchie-Leader
means providing at-risk youth with the educational tools to lift themselves and their families out of poverty, giving them the chance that someone made sure I had. Personally it means serving wherever I see need, whether it be running a... View Details
- Portrait Project
Christopher Maloney
wherever I go-I just need to work to find it. Nonetheless, embracing that realization may take a lifetime. I work primarily on African development issues. My affinity for Africa started in high school, working with disadvantaged youth in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Net Positive
At LOVB, designing a “community-up” volleyball ecosystem, from youth teams to a professional league. (photo by Melissa Golden) Volleyball is the number-one sport for girls in the United States by participation, yet unlike soccer and basketball, it hasn’t had an... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 08 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Building the Bridge from Nonprofit to VC with Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)
philanthropic consulting portfolio Mbanusi led at MDC, along with his experience founding and leading a city-wide youth organizing initiative focused on educational completion and connection to living wage work opportunities, pointed him... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
For African farmers looking to escape poverty, honey brings sweet success
for exemplary service, Keshavjee says, “I’d like to play my small part in reducing the inequalities of income on this new-frontier continent. I’d like to inspire youthful entrepreneurs and the creation of social enterprises.” Keshavjee... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Imagine an Economy Without Wall Street
Photography by Bryce Vickmark In a recent opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, HBS Dean Nitin Nohria made a strong statement in defense of Wall Street and the financial system. Recalling his youth in India, Nohria related the story... View Details
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Tomiwa Igun
I want to light up West Africa! Dark nights, paper fans, candlelight, kerosene lanterns, and aching backs from fetching well water — seems like medieval times! But these were the days of my youth growing up in Nigeria's most vibrant city,... View Details
- 01 Nov 2012
- News
First and Goal
Swearengin and a friend cofounded the Downtown Giants, Manhattan’s only public youth football team. Many of Swearengin’s HBS classmates provided annual support for the Downtown Giants’ scholarship program, which allowed children from all... View Details