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It's rare for a day to go by when the term FOMO (short for "fear of missing out") isn't shared on TV, social media, or any other media we consume. But where did FOMO come from? In this interview, Patrick McGinnis (MBA 2004), shares the genesis of the phrase, the impact... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

tries, and fails, to convince yet another cancer patient to opt for the less risky course of treatment. In Supercommunicators, Charles Duhigg blends deep research and his trademark storytelling skills to show how we can all learn to... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2022
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Action Plan: To the Letter

marketplace differently. Monotype got its name from the Lanston Monotype Machine Company, a printing machine manufacturer and type foundry in Philadelphia, established in 1887. Today, in addition to the thousands of fonts and trademarks... View Details

Keywords: April White; design; typography; change management; leadership; Special Design Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2006
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Sending a Message

(MBA ’89) of the settlement, “We were definitely feeling the effect of the case on our business. We took one for the team” (Steven Levy column, Newsweek, March 13, 2006). Observers have noted that NTP, the Virginia-based patent-holding company receiving the payout, has... View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications; Information

01 Dec 2017
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A Safer—and Speedier—Way to Name Your Startup

trademark lawsuit, or spending money on a domain name or logo that turns out to be unusable. As head of Master-McNeil, a Berkeley-based naming and branding agency behind names like Ariba, PayPal, Athlon, Affirm, and over 60 projects for... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2000
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Going Public: Christopher S. Yeh

"consumers now understand that business needs their personal data and will pay for it. We see ClickRebates as the leader in this emerging field of consumer-to-business e-commerce; we've even trademarked a term for it: C2B." Yeh plans to... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Oct 1997
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Doing Something Real

analyzing his own investment home runs and errors with his trademark wit and insight. The author of nine books on personal investing and business, a columnist and regular contributor over the years to magazines such as Time, Parade,... View Details

Keywords: Andrew Tobias (MBA '72)

19 Jan 2017
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Finding Purpose in Profit

like a win-win for both parties. [An HBS Bulletin article in 2007 gave a detailed accounting of GoLite’s founding and eventual trademark sale to Timberland.] Yet it was not to be. The following year, as the Great Recession began to take... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; B corporations

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