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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Success for the Underserved
A Chicago native who now lives in Atlanta, Aaron Gray (MBA 2009) has been an analyst at Goldman Sachs and an executive at Home Depot, and has worked in venture capital and at tech companies as well. But now he's got his own online start-up, The Legacy Movement, which... View Details
- 09 Apr 2025
- News
Bringing Innovation to an Underserved Market
- 08 May 2019
- News
Fellowships Fuel a Passion to Help Underserved Communities
passionate about increasing human potential in underserved communities,” says Asamoah, who credits the Johnita Walker Mizelle (MBA 2008) Fellowship, the Byron Wien (MBA 1956) Fellowship, and financial aid from the HBS Fund for enabling... View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- News
Financial Services Support Mexico’s Most Underserved Communities
Alvaro Rodriguez-Arregui (MBA 1995), cofounder and managing partner of Ignia, explains how his organization’s impact investing has brought personal finance services to residents of the largest slum in Mexico City while also strengthening the operations of hundreds of... View Details
- January 2016 (Revised January 2017)
- Case
Rumie: Bringing Digital Education to the Underserved
By: John J-H Kim and Amram Migdal
In fall of 2015, the Toronto, Canada–based education technology nonprofit Rumie had distributed thousands of computer tablets preloaded with collections of thousands of pieces of curated educational content to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in some of the most... View Details
Keywords: Edtech; Education Technology; Social Enterprise; Nonprofit; Education Startup; Technological Innovation; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Entrepreneurship; Education; Business Startups; Education Industry; Canada; Africa
Kim, John J-H, and Amram Migdal. "Rumie: Bringing Digital Education to the Underserved." Harvard Business School Case 316-140, January 2016. (Revised January 2017.)
- 08 Dec 2014
- News
Creating career paths for underserved young adults in Atlanta
Belinda Stubblefield (MBA 1989) is executive director of Year Up Atlanta, a nonprofit program founded by Gerald Chertavian (MBA 1992) that prepares students for success in professional careers and higher education. “We’re turning lives around—not just our students’,... View Details
- 2014
- Other Unpublished Work
Nudging Physicians to Pursue Careers in Underserved Areas: A Case for Behavioral Economics
By: Joseph Lopez, Mona Singh, Nava Ashraf and Joel Weissman
Currently, more than 60 million Americans live in "Health Professional Shortage Areas." Unless policymakers can encourage more physicians to practice in medically under-resourced areas, an increased number of uninsured individuals newly able to obtain health insurance... View Details
- Forthcoming
- Article
In the Red: Overdrafts, Payday Lending and the Underbanked
By: Marco Di Maggio, Angela Ma and Emily Williams
The reordering of transactions from “high-to-low” is a controversial bank practice thought to maximize fees paid by low-income customers on overdrawn accounts. We exploit multiple class-action lawsuits resulting in mandatory changes to this practice, coupled with... View Details
- 11 Jul 2017
- Blog Post
Summer Snapshot: Interning in the Education Sector
summer, I'm interning at KIPP, a public charter school network that aims to lower the achievement gap in K-12 education by serving underserved communities. I'm currently working on two projects: developing a 4-year strategic plan for the... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- Profile
Kayode Ogunro
a difference that has an enduring impact on the development fortunes of underserved emerging markets. What did you learn during the job search process? My job search process was atypical, as I had a very specific idea of what I wanted and... View Details
- 26 May 2021
- Video
Yung Winata (MBA 2022)
- 16 Apr 2024
- Video
Career Journeys | Jade Haynes
- Profile
Eryn Schultz
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I decided to apply to business school because I wanted to pivot away from strategy consulting and move into an operations focused role at a mission-oriented organization. While I had several hypothesis about what I... View Details
- 25 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Ana Barrera (MBA 2024)
difference in the world, Harvard provides the platform to develop the critical skills and connections to challenge the status quo. For me, that means championing investment in the educational and financial empowerment of underserved... View Details
- Article
After All Is Lost: Meeting the Material Needs of Adolescent Disaster Survivors
By: Jill G. Klein and Laura Huang
This research with teenage tsunami survivors finds that adolescents received little support from relief organizations in their desire to replace lost possessions. The authors suggest ways that marketers can help relief organizations identify the material needs of... View Details
Klein, Jill G., and Laura Huang. "After All Is Lost: Meeting the Material Needs of Adolescent Disaster Survivors." Journal of Public Policy & Marketing 26, no. 1 (Spring 2007): 54–59.
- 11 May 2011
- News
A New Era of Entrepreneurship
- 15 Feb 2017
- News
Black Business Leaders & Entrepreneurship
- 06 May 2013
- News
Crowdfunding tries to grow up
- 15 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Learning from Mistakes and Leveraging Personal Experiences: Tiffany Kent (MBA 2001)
Learn about the career resources available to HBS alumni through HBS Career & Professional Development I graduated from Harvard Business School at the tail end of the dot-com bubble and was fortunate to join Goldman Sach’s high-tech investment banking group after... View Details
- 15 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Learning from Mistakes and Leveraging Personal Experiences: Tiffany Kent (MBA 2001)
I graduated from Harvard Business School at the tail end of the dot-com bubble and was fortunate to join Goldman Sach’s high-tech investment banking group after graduation. However, the bubble burst got me, and I was laid off for a short time before finding another... View Details
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