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31 May 2018
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Finding Freedom from Eating Disorders

Flint: Did you arrive at a point where there was a particular breakthrough that finally changed the outcome for you? Ronga: That's such a good question. In fact, I felt like there were many breakthroughs along the way. I went residential... View Details

22 Jan 2020
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What It Takes

people, how to have a good investment committee, how to figure out what was the right type of thing to be buying at the right time. We had a great conversation. In the middle of it I tried to sell him some products, which I normally would... View Details

01 Mar 2008
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Secrets Behind a VC Success Story

Jim Breyer (MBA ’87) never intended to make a career of venture capital. But he turned out to be pretty good at picking winners and helped propel Accel Partners into the ranks of the top VC firms. more... View Details

07 Sep 2021
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Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2

of like knowing when and how and who to do it with and all those other things are actually quite hard, right? So I think the data and analysis is... View Details

17 Jul 2020
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Support System

the 1970s. She wanted to give families in these villages the same educational opportunities she had enjoyed in America. Offering fair prices, as well as educational and retirement benefits, to her shea-nut pickers in West Africa is not... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Jun 2004
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Books

dominance of corporate icons such as Heinz, Coca-Cola, General Motors, NCR, and Procter & Gamble. Chapters on the 20th century consider how mass production, mass media, and technology have influenced the way... View Details

Keywords: book review; faculty books; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Feb 2000
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No Place Like Home

businesses and middle-income employees to New York City.) On the lower end of the wage scale, companies are forced to pay bonuses and to bus workers long distances to fill essential blue-collar positions.... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

18 Apr 2022
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Home Grown

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes With InMobi and now Glance, Naveen Tewari (MBA 2005) is at the forefront of a growing trend of global consumer technology companies created in Asia from the ground up. Growing... View Details

01 Mar 2018
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Case Study: On the Record

well as a strategic one. The tactical question is around the math of making added investments and the short-term impact it would have on more volume and perhaps more margin. Assuming the answer is a View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2018
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The Long Run

restorative justice project sponsored in part by the Carter Center.) Pressing on, Langford asks if any of the students remember the Meth Project campaign. There’s a good chance they do, given that it comprised 26,000 radio spots, 23,000... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Melissa Golden

24 Apr 2014
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Necessity became the mother of invention for staffing-firm founder

and flexible full-time positions is good business (the company has franchises nationwide and saw revenues of $16.2 million in 2012). O’Kelly has declined venture capital... View Details

02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word

prominent organization. Prior to that, I had worked for the same boss for 10 years. If I did a really good job and delivered, he would watch out for me. In my new position, I operated under the same set of... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

17 Nov 2015
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How to Prepare for Shark Tank

take it in stride," Stolar said. "It’s just too amazing of a platform for a consumer good company to not make it happen." Read more about Stolar and Barbera’s experience, plus their four tips for future... View Details

Keywords: Chemical Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jun 1996
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Keepers of the Flame

of this bid attracted me to the cause. Under the leadership of Atlanta real-estate attorney Billy Payne, who is now ACOG's president and CEO, a small group of local people was determined to bring the Olympics here because they felt it... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

26 Jun 2025
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The Vinyl Revival

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Caren Kelleher (MBA 2010) was at HBS, she started managing bands, mainly as a way to stay involved in an industry that she loved. It was right... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Making TV Look Like America

culture,” Burgos says, “where I can change the world for the better through good programming. We need shows that inspire us and bring out the best in us.” As the recipient of an HBS fellowship, Burgos says... View Details

01 Apr 2000
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Getting the Message

billboard-shaped notices -- about 10 percent of those who saw the ads were enticed to click on them. These surfers were taken to the sponsor's Web site, and a new age in advertising had begun. Today, advertising on the Internet is much... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

has converted part of her luxury accessory company's factory and is leading other New York City leather goods and apparel factories to produce 30-50,000 masks per week for... View Details

01 Oct 2002
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Distinct Yet of a Piece

calculus in a high-school classroom. Distinct individuals, distinctive careers. Yet with their varied backgrounds, interpersonal skills, HBS education, and sterling records of business and community... View Details

01 Sep 2020
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Righting the Ship

something of the suffering that this ruthless viral enemy can inflict. How can we build something good out of the loss, vulnerability, chaos, and fear? The sooner that we can get a little sense of that, the... View Details

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