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  • 01 Jun 2024
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Crash Pad

When 4753 North Broadway opened in 1924, the neoclassical tower represented the height of American architectural design, a terra-cotta temple of capitalism at the heart of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Over the next century, a series of banks occupied the spacious... View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford; illustrations by Kathleen Fu; building coversion; housing crisis; innovation; real estate; Real Estate
  • 01 Mar 2010
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From Pads to Pinstripes: NFL Players Make the Move to Finance

  • 07 Aug 2012
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Wrongdoers Feel a ‘Cheater’s High’

  • 02 Oct 2019
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How Dishonesty Drains You

  • 25 May 2023
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Brazil’s Nubank Turns 10

Not a Neobank." The company went public in 2021; Warren Buffett is among its backers. "The Brazilian user base, which represents 95 percent of the company's total, is seen as a giant launching pad for Nu's long-term goals—starting with... View Details
Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance
  • 23 Mar 2023
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Winners Crowned in 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition

Competition, cohosted by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and HBS Alumni Relations, serves as a launch pad for innovative new ventures from HBS alumni, providing access and exposure to potential investors, mentors, and advisors. The... View Details
  • 24 Apr 2014
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SHE builds confidence, promotes education, and creates jobs

Elizabeth Scharpf (MBA/MPA 2007) founded a business that improves the health and hygiene of millions of women. But her goal is much bigger: empowering women by fostering entrepreneurship. Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE) brings affordable sanitary View Details
  • 01 Jun 2006
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NFL Players Hit the Books

Thirty-five NFL players traded their shoulder pads for notepads in late February to participate in an Executive Education program designed by the HBS faculty to help them prepare for careers after football. The NFL Business Management and... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • 01 Jun 2009
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Entrepreneur’s Rwandan Start-Up Gets HBS Support

miss school each year for this reason, estimates UNICEF. “Our goal is to turn what has been an obstacle into a business opportunity and vehicle for economic growth in Africa, Asia, and Central America,” says Scharpf. The Rwandan venture will manufacture and market... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance
  • 01 Jun 2017
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Starting Lineup: Values Proposition

designed to be inexpensive and widely available. Saathi, the winner of the 2014 HBS New Venture Competition in the social enterprise track, began distribution in 2016 and launched its #OneMillionPads program to donate pads to the women of... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2005
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School’s Entrepreneurial Spirit Runs Deep

Contrary to popular perception, Harvard Business School isn’t just a training ground for future Fortune 500 CEOs, says author Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986). Just as important, it’s a launching pad for thousands of graduates who... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley; Shaping the Waves; A History of Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 28 May 2019
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Research Brief: Field Research

India, for instance, it’s like having access to an agricultural extension agent at any time—at no cost. Most often, any given question that a farmer submits to PAD (by text or voicemail) has been raised before, so a response is pushed... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Crop Production; Agriculture
  • 01 Mar 2016
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Maiden Voyage

have launch capability, with some also doing a brisk business putting satellites into orbit for other nations. (India, for example, has launched more than 40 satellites into orbit for 19 client countries.) READ MORE The New Space Race An Alumni Club for the Cosmos The... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Space Research and Technology; Government
  • 01 Jun 2022
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Case Study: Glass Half Full

together, Mitchell and Humpierres launched a line of microwavable heating pads filled with cherry pits. “It’s a very niche market,” Humpierres acknowledges, but once they saw that it was also successful, they decided to diversify. In June... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade
  • 14 Jul 2010
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The Concerts in the Chapel

of music and, on one occasion, dance. Given its concrete interior surfaces, the chapel space is quite reverberant, so foam padding on the walls was added, Rishi notes, at the suggestion of Yo-Yo Ma, the Harvard-educated cellist, to reduce... View Details
Keywords: Keith Larson; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Educational Support Services; Educational Services
  • 06 Dec 2021
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In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean

restore the garment. We have a cabinet full of dye pads and specialty tools to aid us in our cleaning and restoration processes.” Check in: Some 25 employees work at Parkway’s newly restored 10,000-square-foot operation. “The first thing... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; career; life experiences; dry cleaning; leadership; music; Personal and Laundry Services; Personal Services
  • 24 Mar 2017
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Alumni New Venture Competition Finalists Named

social enterprise teams. The winner and runner-up in each category will receive $75,000 and $25,000 prizes respectively. The crowd favorite will receive $5,000. The annual alumni New Venture Competition serves as a launch pad for... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2023
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Case Study: Power Nappy

had worked as a design engineer at Procter and Gamble, in addition to having cofounded a social enterprise that successfully commercialized biodegradable sanitary pads in India. Saigal started looking into the $10 billion diaper industry... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 01 Mar 2023
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The Latest Model

Hurder, who then headed to a coffee shop and began scribbling equations on a pad of paper. (The team has worked remotely from the outset, with Hurder based in Pasadena, California, and Barrera in Jersey City, New Jersey.) In the end,... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; blockchain; cryptocurrency; economic models; innovation; consulting; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 01 Jun 2022
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Students Ready to Make an Impact

interactions with faculty and alumni, competitions, and programming provide a launch pad for these students. Further, all MBA students take a required course that introduces them to thinking like an entrepreneurial manager. This section... View Details
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