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Ameel Somani
Through his own family history, Ameel Somani has witnessed the complete entrepreneurial cycle from ambition to success, from loss to renewal. "My grandfather moved to East Africa when he was twelve and built Tanzania's largest chain of hunting stores from...
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Washington A. Burpee
Burpee began selling purebred fowl by mail order when he founded his own firm in 1878. Within two years, the seeds that he had included as supplements in the catalog became so popular that he fully converted his business to their sale. He searched the globe for robust...
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Agriculture & Mining
- 12 Apr 2011
- News
Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS
LifeQube mobile clinic management Asia-Pacific HBS Club of Shanghai Oliver Segovia, MBA '10 Jennifer Kelly, MBA '10 AVA invitation-only shopping platform Canada HBS Club of Toronto Zaheed Poptia, MBA '06 CardSwap online giftcard...
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Multiple alumni
- 14 Mar 2018
- Blog Post
The 2+2 Program: Finding the Freedom to Take Risks
non-profit sector before starting the two year MBA program at Harvard Business School. About JevtaJevta Lukic (HBS ’18) emigrated from Serbia to Vancouver, Canada where he studied at Simon Frasier University. While in college Jevta...
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- 24 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 24
(C):http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/411008-PDF-ENG Fidelity Retires in Canada Robert C. Pozen and Edward ScottHarvard Business School Case 311-023 The head of Fidelity Canada was faced with a decision...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Easy Rider
authentically adapt it to the local market,” says Prakash. “Building up our team, dealers, and manufacturing capabilities from a clean sheet of paper was really rewarding.” After India, Prakash served in the same role in Canada and is now...
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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
John McArthur
selected you to be part of the class, and if it’s not clear now, it will be soon.” He then added, “Besides, you couldn’t possibly feel more out of place here than I felt when I first arrived.” He went on to tell me that when he first came to the School from western...
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Dean
- 29 Sep 2018
- News
Victor's Vision
- 07 Feb 2018
- News
Helping Startups Give Back
“If you really want your company to be associated with giving back and having a social mission,” says Janie Goldstein (MBA 1991), “it needs to be baked in from the start.” But while most startups want to be philanthropic, Goldstein, the cofounder and former executive...
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- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
On February 1, 2016, a line of First Nations drummers in traditional regalia—elaborate headdresses, each cheek bearing two red streaks—entered from the rear of a packed hall at the University of British Columbia’s Museum of Anthropology, and beat a slow, resonant path...
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Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
- 02 Feb 2017
- News
Enabling Everyone in a Community to Contribute
Karen Fonseth (GMP 19, 2015) is CEO of Direct Action in Support of Community Homes (DASCH), a Canadian not-for-profit organization that operates more than 50 residential and outreach programs for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In...
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Using storytelling to transform the retail experience
Stories make sales. That’s the philosophy of Jennifer Lee Koss (AB 2001, MBA 2008), cofounder of BRIKA, an online shop for modern and elevated craft. BRIKA (from fabricá, the Spanish word for factory) enhances the appeal of its well-crafted goods (many of them...
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Stearns, Jr. Boston MA Liquors James Symington & Co. Madeira Portugal Liquors Agents, Soutter Brothers, New York Byrrh, Violet Freres Thuir France Liquors The Violet family "wine makers" Henry Orr Boston MA Livery Stables St. ()ohns Livery and Boarding Stables St....
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- 01 Jun 2008
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Alumni Books
political science, management, communications, and public health, and drawing on the experiences of health policies in Canada and several European nations, this book analyzes current and past U.S. health policy and proposes alternatives...
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Management
- 16 May 2017
- Blog Post
Making the Move into Digital Health and Software Engineering
US, UK, Canada and India. It was crazy. Harvard also provided many academic opportunities during the Second Year to build my technical and digital health skill set. Last fall, Julia Austin, a Senior Lecturer at HBS and CTO of Digital...
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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
It’s a Small World
PASRICHA: Accentuating the positive and the small, everyday joys that make life “awesome.” A few years ago, Neil Pasricha’s (MBA 2007) personal life took a turn for the worse. To cheer himself up during a dark time, the Toronto resident started writing about what he...
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- 24 Mar 2016
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A Fitness Industry Innovator Powers On
Monthly dues and 24-hour club access are nothing unusual in the world of fitness—but when Leonard Schlemm bought the San Francisco Bay Area Nautilus club in 1983 for $45,000, members were required to sign 3-year contracts and could only use the facilities at appointed...
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- 01 Dec 2014
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Innovation: Frozen Assets
(Sora/Corbis) Earlier this year, when former Lululemon CEO Christine Day (AMP 163, 2002) started her new role as CEO of Luvo, a frozen-food upstart with nearly $50 million in backing, she had to get acquainted with a few things. One of them was Yankees All-Star Derek...
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Janelle Nanos