At Duolingo, one of the main operating principles is “learners first.” To achieve that goal, Duolingo needs a product team who understands, empathizes with, and reflects their users, and this is exactly why they turn to Harvard Business School for recruiting. [...]

Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) has been named the first recipient of the Harvard Business School (HBS) RISE (Recognizing Individuals Seeking Equity) Career Fellow, with his income supplemented for one year following graduation so he can work with, learn from, and make a difference in a growing business that is creating economic opportunity for marginalized communities in the United States. [...]

At a young, growing company, there is always more work to be done. There are strategies to build, projects to complete, partnerships to forge, data to crunch, employees to develop – the list goes on. That’s why bringing on an intern to help tackle the workload makes perfect sense, but it can also feel overwhelming. [...]

From Harvard Business School to Nairobi to Japan, Kei Takatsuka l(MBA 2022) everaged her summer internship experience in Africa to help shape an exciting entrepreneurial venture back home in Japan. [...]

In March 2020, first-year MBA students and their prospective internship employers faced an unprecedented challenge: What to do about summer internships during a global health pandemic? While some students saw internship opportunities sizzle, Humana leveraged their infrastructure which already supported remote work, to bring on even more talent than originally planned. [...]