barbecue - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Aug 2022
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Action Plan: Fired Up

“We’re not a brand; we’re a community,” says Traeger Grills President and CEO Jeremy Andrus (MBA 2002). At his Salt Lake City–based barbecue equipment company, and throughout his career, Andrus has made developing company culture an... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; company culture; barbecue; entertaining; food; marketing; brand

01 Dec 2022
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My First Job

work. I also learned that spending an hour talking to your girlfriend on the company phone when the boss is trying to call in is a quick way to get seriously reprimanded. Kwinters customers had two options: a ready-made steamed dog or a View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jun 2001
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Austin Club Provides Down-Home Hospitality

(HBS Club of Austin) Last February, the HBS Club of Austin sponsored a Texas-sized get-together for the HBS students who participated in the 2001 Austin High-Tech Trek. More than one hundred alumni, students, and partners were treated to an authentic View Details

04 Sep 2019
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Action Plan: A New ’Cue

Kevin Corsello (far right) with partners Jeff Mauro (left) and Bo Jackson (center) (photo courtesy of Pork & Mindy’s) Kevin Corsello (OPM 45, 2014) was just looking for a hobby when he started Pork & Mindy’s—a competition barbecue team—in... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2018
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In My Humble Opinion: Be Our Guest

and a quilt made by his grandmother. “Our oldest son is a chef. He bought Japanese Wagyu beef, ground it, and barbecued it. The best—and probably most expensive—hamburger I’ve had in my life.” View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Hospitality

01 Dec 2019
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In My Humble Opinion: Taking Attendance

talking.” Bone to pick: “I love barbecue, and the thing that pains me most is that barbecue in Chicago is rib tips, not vinegar-based chopped pork.” Must read: More Than Enough by Elaine Welteroth. “Every woman and every woman of color... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; public education; leadership; charter schools; career paths; work-life balance; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2024
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Back to School

There are some things you just can’t learn in an HBS classroom—what it takes to jump out of an airplane, for instance, or the experience of playing at the World Series of Poker. Yet those kinds of out-of-office pursuits are important, says HBS assistant professor Jon... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustrations by Josh Cochran

01 Feb 1997
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OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion

dinner-dance on the final evening rounded out the Reunion's active social agenda, which provided alumni and their families with ample opportunities to explore the Orlando area and to spend time enjoying the warm Florida sunshine with old and new friends. A special... View Details

22 Feb 2022
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Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path

the course of sometimes as little as two weeks. It was extraordinary to realize that they could do that. A group of pharmacies in Portugal became medical providers within a month. A barbecue chain in Texas saw business entirely collapse... View Details