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- 05 Apr 2018
- News
50 Years After King
she knew a curfew had been declared. The shop owner and her grandfather rushed outside to vouch for her, but the experience left an indelible mark. Fudge made a commitment to excel in all that she set out to accomplish. She went on to...
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Scaling Minority Businesses (SMB)
Where can I get started with research for my project assignment? Research Task Suggested Resources Consumer & Business Demographics United States Census Bureau - Demographic characteristics, total population,...
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- 01 Apr 1997
- News
The Businesslike Gourmet: Karen Page on America's Foodservice Industry
Incredibly, no such guide to flavor compatibility has ever been published before. Do restaurant chef/owners have management lessons for the rest of business? Absolutely. One acclaimed owner assigns a mood rating on a scale of one to ten...
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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
EnTRIPreneurs
customers," says Mike Baker. "Sarah and her team are tenacious, and we think we'll learn a lot from them." 2. Highland Brewing Company (Asheville, NC) Cofounder and owner Oscar Wong has been brewing in Asheville since 2006. Today,...
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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Elevator Pitch: First Byte
March, the company announced $5.5 million in funding. COVID-aware: “Our business model is CapEx light; business owners pay on a commission basis for every meal the robot makes, which alleviates a lot of risk. And in terms of health and...
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- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Women Entrepreneurs Share Insights at WSA Conference
run your company.” Mentors are also critical to entrepreneurial success, according to panelist Karen Kerrigan, president and CEO of Women Entrepreneurs Inc., a nonprofit association that supports women business owners through education,...
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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Road Work
sales below pre-COVID levels, a figure that tracks closely with figures represented by small-business owners overall; yet only one in five of Camino’s members has received some form of government relief. “Credit models have been turned...
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- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
visits a noodle shop with an unnecessarily long wait, for example, she’ll reengineer the process in her mind: move the food there, put one employee here instead of two to reduce the line by half. “I’m pretty sure the owner would not...
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- 21 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 21, 2010
perspective, we observed a surprising level of consensus: all demographic groups—even those not usually associated with wealth redistribution such as Republicans and the wealthy—desired a more equal distribution of wealth than the status...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
A Miller's Tale
Norwich, Vermont. In 1996, realizing that none of their children wanted to continue the business, the Sandses began to turn over ownership to their 150 employees. "Seeing the men and women who work here strive to reach their full potential now that they are View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Jerry Shafir: A Simmering Success Story
celebration, considering Kettle Cuisine's long and bumpy road to profitability. The son of a Polish Jew who fought in the British army during World War II and who later became the owner of a scissors and shears distributorship in New York...
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
What’s in a Name
In the episode, “Who Is Afraid of Woke Capitalism?” Chugh relates a story from her book about Dixie beer, a New Orleans staple that had faded in recent decades. New owners took over the company and in 2019 hired General Manager Jim Birch...
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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sea of Dreams
was coming to form was struggling to survive and shedding some of its employees. As the vessel's future became uncertain, the interdependence between the owners of yachts and the people who put them together came into perfect focus. Do I...
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- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
Eden of 75-degree temperatures, where you can breakfast on fresh guavas and relax into a way of life that values family and friendship over keeping up with the Joneses. Such was the path chosen by Richard Evanson (MBA '62), owner and...
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Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
What's Cookin'
in part, perhaps, to its tough, unglamorous realities. “Anyone who does a good job in the food industry and makes money works really, really hard,” says Keith Garner, owner of Pasta Cuisine, a restaurant and catering business in Oakland,...
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Hanna, Julia
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Using the JTBD Framework to Grow a Business: Lessons From a JTBD Research Project - Forum for Growth
Creative and driven, Goodman set out to design a better way for professionals to both work in the industry and enjoy their lives more. Goodman knew our customers – personal trainers, nutrition coaches, gym owners – because he had been one...
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- 09 May 2013
- News
Road Trip
"Sarah and her team are tenacious and we think we'll learn a lot from them." Highland Brewing Company (Asheville, North Carolina). Cofounded in 1994 by owner Oscar Wong (SBA North Carolina Person of the Year), it began brewing locally in...
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- 25 Apr 2016
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Trail Blazer
coalition came out of McMinn’s community outreach efforts as owner of Vineyard 29, in St. Helena, where he moved in 2004 after buying the winery. “When we started the Vine Trail, I didn’t own a bicycle,” he recalls. “But our family enjoys...
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- 29 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 29, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607082 CommonAngels Harvard Business School Case 807-149 Describes the motivations behind the founding of CommonAngels—a group of successful business owners who provide...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Case Study: Sneak Peak
growth proceeds will go to the lenders, leaving the owners with more stress, work, [and] risk—and probably no more income. Worst case, the launch fails and takes the company with it. —Peter Warner (MBA 1988) The best option would be...
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