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- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
Chairman, CEO, and Cofounder Steve Schwarzman (MBA 1972). In 1989, a few years after Blackstone's start, Schwarzman made the unfortunate decision to purchase steel company Edgcomb and was called on the carpet by one of the fund's major investors. The experience was... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
the founder of the modern VC industry, but there’s been remarkably little written about him,” says Josh Lerner, a professor at HBS who specializes in the study of private equity. “He is the first person who basically ran an institutional... View Details
- 02 Aug 2018
- News
Can Marketing Help Halt the Heroin Epidemic?
Foundation did a good bit of work in creating the Meth Project back in 2005, and that was created by Tom Siebel. Tom Siebel was a marketing guy who had been the number two person at Oracle and had created his own company. And he said, I'm... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Fine Print: Alumni Recommend Their Best Reads
front: Bob Moesta’s Demand-Side Sales 101. On the personal development side: Dan Harris’s 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works—A True Story. And in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ink
Strategy for Leading Innovation. We talked to him about those boxes and how they apply to everything from bottom lines to personal health. —Dan Morrell You write about the need for strategies to be simple. When people ask you what the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Q & A: Gustavo Herrero
by how HBS has encouraged us to approach our development as we see fit, which allows us great room for creativity and for personal and institutional growth. I'm impressed by the School's resources and its talented staff. To support its... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Case Study: Off to a Fine Art
to offer the personalized and consistent experience the cofounders imagined. Customers can now schedule delivery online in three to ten days (down from six weeks) and within a four-hour window. “We were able to do this because we had our... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 17 Nov 2015
- News
Carbon Neutral
British Columbia, where it was implemented in 2008. According to the latest Canadian government figures, the tax was revenue-neutral—in fact, reductions in personal and business taxes exceeded the total raised by the carbon tax by $20... View Details
Keywords: Michael Blanding
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Class of 1975 in Review
more or less predictable, categories: The Young and Foolish. George W. Bush, we did know each other, but I have to say I never saw you do anything foolish.I can't say as much about the person in our class — who shall remain nameless — who... View Details
Keywords: J. Hans Stumm
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Doctor Is In
and to experience the personal bond that often develops between doctor and patient. "The relationships you build with patients are surpassed only by those you have with family members or close friends," Slavin says. "When people take you... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Where Conservation Means Business
collections and for exhibits linking the past and present, such as the recent “Buy Now, Pay Later: A History of Personal Credit”. Conservation work performed by Anderson and Clark is slow, tedious, precise, and absolutely essential to... View Details
Keywords: Roger thompson
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
holds an expanding personal collection of NFTs, sat down with the Bulletin last spring to talk about trust and transparency, and what a crypto future could look like. Scott, in the article “Bitcoin and Beyond,” you and coauthors Christian... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
guests a unique experience and relaxing respite from the fast-forward pace of modern life. Turtle Island: A Personalized Paradise Have you had it with impossible deadlines, frustrating flights, and late-night staff meetings? Then picture... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
judgment—and further removed the risk from dating with a double opt-in. A couple matches only if both parties swipe right. If only one person expresses interest, the other person never knows about it. Last... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Brenda Bence (MBA '91) ((Global Insight Communications)) For the Best, You Need Nothing: All You Need Is You by Gian Carlo Bina (PMD 23, 1972) ((Bryce Cullen Publishing)) Good People Bad Credit: Understanding Personality and the Credit... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Giving Amazon the Boot
2016, and last November, Nike announced that it was ending a pilot program with Amazon Retail that it began in 2017, opting to focus on “elevating consumer experiences through more direct, personal relationships,” according to a statement... View Details
- 07 Aug 2019
- News
“The Star of the North”
Personal financial futures, and those of the generations that follow, are considered in every acquisition. How does Granite Equity find success stories like Microbiologics among the many businesses that call Minnesota their home? Ask any... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
Francesca Gino (Dey Street) From an early age, we are taught to be rule followers, and the pressure to fit in only increases as we age. But conformity comes at a steep price for our careers and personal lives. When we mindlessly accept... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer Merck & Co., Inc. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page Earlier Education Union College, 1963 B.S., Electrical Engineering Other Jobs Eastman Kodak Company, 1963-66 "I was the first View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
private sector. She'd been living in New York City when she started the job, enjoying all the city has to offer, but had moved back to Egypt to get a ground-level view of the Fund's work. I didn't talk to Enan again until the summer of 2022, and a lot had changed, in... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance