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- 04 Oct 2013
- News
At Detroit Institute of Arts, fears of a fire sale
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Action Plan: Fired Up
morning one of Traeger’s big rigs was set on fire in the parking lot, apparently in protest of his decision to outsource shipping to UPS. “The culture was so toxic, I knew it would ruin me and everyone I brought into it,” he says. Andrus...
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- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Imposter Among Us
restore service to the headquarters as well as all of the corporation’s telecommunications. I felt like an imposter, but I decided that I didn’t need to share that info. I chose to set an aggressive goal for restoration. The fire started...
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- 01 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
walked here with his mother, who hid in a cave somewhere on the mountain with her mother and three siblings during the Korean War. A bomb blast—friendly fire from US troops—killed everyone except Kim’s mother and her younger brother. The...
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- 01 Dec 2023
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Action Plan: Life Study
inspired by the war in Ukraine. Proceeds from the sale of those works totaled just under $150,000 and benefited Ukrainian aid organizations. A similar sense of kismet runs through the other branches of Hartley’s remarkable career: US Navy...
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- 01 Dec 2022
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My First Job
Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Ross MacDonald Here’s the humbling truth: no matter how high your career soars, how many awards you win or companies you sell or differences you make in this world, everyone has to start somewhere. And in those first...
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- 11 Mar 2024
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In Harmony
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael Kim (MBA 1990) of MBK Partners. Often referred to as one of...
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- 01 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn
Corn likes people. It benefits from human contact, when it’s thinned out and hand-pollinated, explains Taylor Keen (MPA 1996/ MBA 1997). Corn thrives when sung to and spoken to—something Keen does in the language of his mother’s Omaha Tribe, where he is known as Bison...
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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
young woman about to make a splash is, of course, beautiful, very much alive, and inconvenienced by the cement block wired to her leg). By the time he died in 1986, MacDonald had published nearly 500 short stories and 78 books, with sales...
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- 01 Feb 1997
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Doing It Your Way
right out of business school," Sahlman says. "They don't yet know enough about hiring and firing or managing. They don't know enough about selling and marketing or production and operations." He advises freshly minted MBAs with...
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- 16 Nov 2015
- News
Connecting with Indigenous Traditions
was managing pineapples in the Philippines, and traveling to the tax office in Hong Kong and sales office in Tokyo. It was an exciting time,” he says. Company consolidation led Sprinkles to return to the East Coast, where he worked...
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- 01 Mar 2005
- News
South Africa Explorer
South Africa Explorer: January 2005 South Africa photos See our photo archive of past Alumni Travel programs Imagine spending New Year’s Eve in the bush of South Africa, tables decked out in white linen, dinner cooked over an open fire...
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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Karmic Kickstart
up an advanced and highly aggressive cancer. Even with a hideous year of surgeries and chemotherapy, the best I could hope for was a 50 percent chance of surviving the next five years. I was forced into an abrupt fire View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Taking the Lead in Support of HBS
"When it comes to innovative business education, HBS leads the way. I contribute on a regular basis because it's important to me that the School continues on that path." —Andrew Hauptman (MBA 1995) Chairman, Andell, Inc.; Owner and Chairman, Major League Soccer's...
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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
acquisitions. Today, the company Parker leads from its headquarters in Bradenton, Florida, offers a wide range of products to protect people and property, has 6,500 employees, operates in 35 countries, and generates annual sales...
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- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Cable Gal
in cable and telecom equipment sales — a field where few women are found — it was a wake-up call. "My son basically said, 'You're not doing your job,'" McCollough told the Roanoke Times (September 23, 2001) in a lengthy article that...
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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Admit It: You’re in Denial
apparent at the time. But Ford dismissed sales figures documenting the product’s declining market share because he suspected rivals of manipulating them. When one of his top executives warned him of the dire situation in a detailed...
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- 01 Oct 2002
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What's Cookin'
from the Class of 1977 interviewed for this article, Fox came to the restaurant industry by an indirect path, but now finds himself completely immersed in its unique complexities and rewards. The National Restaurant Association projects View Details
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- 08 Jun 2018
- News
My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
as he heard me out. And then he said, Jimmy, if you want to, just go fire him. I'm really tired of hearing about all of these complaints. And I asked my dad to repeat it. I said, Daddy, tell me that again? He said, son, if you want to, go...
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- 15 Dec 2015
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Lovepop Woos The Sharks
LovePop. You’ve been in front of VCs before. How does this experience differ? It’s so different. My experience with pitching VCs is in a much more casual environment. It’s at a coffee shop, at a conference room table—it’s never you standing in front of five competing...
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