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- 19 Apr 2018
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One Last Pitch
app allows the user to participate in random drugs tests using a thumbprint, or breath or saliva tests via video. “No more degrading urine tests,” Gastfriend says. Patients are rewarded for meeting goals and staying on the program through...
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Jennifer Myers
- 15 Nov 2020
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Fostering Innovation in Social Enterprise Across Harvard
cofounder of finalist Lucidity Health. The company’s app uses artificial intelligence to analyze x-rays and help frontline physicians lacking access to a radiologist make a diagnosis and formulate a treatment plan—a boon for hospitals in...
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- 16 Dec 2021
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A Global Alumni Response to the Pandemic
Clubs News Clubs News HBS Alumni Confront a World of Pandemic Problems Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, HBS alumni across the globe have been stepping up to respond to the crisis in numerous ways. Some led the way in the View Details
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Margie Kelley
- 21 Nov 2013
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Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins
of BlackBerry’s problems were sown well before Heins took on the CEO role. BlackBerry’s system had its roots in a mobile data architecture that came out of paging networks. By developing complimentary software that connected to email...
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- 13 Nov 2020
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Students craft their post-HBS lives
reflection. “One of the course goals is to help students develop self-knowledge and live with greater intentionality,” explains Francis, who journals regularly. “We created an app that prompts students to...
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- 01 Dec 2010
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Making a Difference
the image of women as victims in conflict zones and reshaping development programs targeted at poor countries. As a deputy director at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, she is uniquely positioned to see her ideas through....
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- 17 Aug 2015
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The Play Alchemist
to really pull from my experiences of just tinkering and using anything to create prototypes. I was also really comfortable with the stages of prototyping and understanding that, when you first have a concept, it will eventually develop...
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Constantine von Hoffman
- 18 Apr 2022
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Book Smart
demand was super clear.” Within months, Worldreader’s app launched, offering access to thousands of books from around the world, allowing students not only to read for pleasure but also to explore categories like human health and career...
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- 23 Oct 2019
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Future Tech Leaders Dive into New Program
a team project in the new MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program, offered jointly by HBS and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). With just three days to complete a prototype, Batt’s team created a connected device and mobile...
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- 20 Oct 2016
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Smart Moves
carmakers use INRIX data now, and the acquisition of OpenCar enables us to provide a much better user experience—an end-to-end ecosystem for in-car applications. Today, if you want to play Pandora in the car or get advice from Trip Advisor, you have to plug in your...
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- 07 Nov 2014
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The First Five Years: Tiffany Pham (MBA 2012)
“Ultimately, the MOGUL platform leverages technology to connect women and empower them to learn from each other as well as support themselves.” What have been the best and most challenging parts about launching the company? “The best part of launching MOGUL has been...
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- 18 Apr 2022
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Home Grown
launched in 2019—and a development he sees as part of the larger trend of homegrown, Asia-founded technology companies expanding into Western markets. READ MORE Julia Hanna: Why was it important to you to do this in India, and what...
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- 01 Dec 2018
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Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders
profile for Republic-listed companies different, but the platform is also selling products and services less likely to resonate with what Hofmann calls the “traditional white-male VC.” She holds up the example of the black-owned startup theCut, an View Details
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Sasha Issenberg
- 25 Aug 2022
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Ready for Departure
As millions of passengers return to the skies for long-delayed plans, they’ll be returning to an airport that’s likely a little different. The lockdowns of 2020 hit aviation harder than almost any other industry. Airports, as a subsector, lost 98 percent of their...
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- 22 Feb 2022
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An Rx for Small Business Recovery
Tools “The good news is that small businesses are resilient. Many of them are already using apps driven by AI and algorithms to pivot their business models,” Mills adds. In her book, she coined the term “small business utopia” to describe...
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2019
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Building a Movement
image by John Ritter Twenty-five years after the Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) was launched at HBS, the Bulletin sits down with professors on the forward edge of the movement: Mitch Weiss (MBA 2004), who developed the EC course...
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- 22 Aug 2019
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Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
talent, you find great investments. Through that talent is where investment comes in and you can begin to see examples. Microsoft just opened up a development center in Nigeria and Kenya, five years ago that may not have happened. And...
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- 01 Dec 2020
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Two Truths and a Lie About 5G
in developing countries where laying fiber just doesn’t make sense, although there are real questions about cost and sustainability. Apart from the hard-core mobile gamers, though, what will the average consumer do with all this speed?...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2013
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Making Change
diabetes and obesity that is engulfing the developing world. Jana Care aims to do so by building sensors and apps that can transform a mobile phone into a personal lab and lifestyle coach. The mobile phone...
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- 05 May 2022
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Like-Minded
founder to pledge the company’s commitment to implement these ESG elements.” MPower’s first three investments reflect the firm’s wide range: WOVN Technologies, a group that produces a website and associated app that allows organizations...
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