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- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Starting Lineup: Values Proposition
designed to be inexpensive and widely available. Saathi, the winner of the 2014 HBS New Venture Competition in the social enterprise track, began distribution in 2016 and launched its #OneMillionPads program to donate pads to the women of...
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- Portrait Project
PJ Kim
I am the 2005 Pad Thai Eating Champion of Boston. I ate 4 large platters in 30 minutes. My picture hung outside of 9 Tastes Thai Restaurant in Harvard Square for an entire year. I put it on my resume. It got me to the final rounds in all...
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Tim Day Fitness Room | About
to provide users with an enhanced fitness experience. The open floor plan includes a centrally located staff desk and social area, allowing staff to service the entire area more efficiently and provide increased safety oversight. The renovation also included the...
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- 24 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
2019 New Venture Competition Student and Alumni Journeys
plans.Grand prize: Hikma Health Runner up: Gramhal Crowd favorite: Hikma Health View Video The Alumni Track serves as a launch pad for innovative new ventures from HBS alumni, providing access and exposure to potential investors, mentors,...
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- 01 May 2015
- Blog Post
How Being an HBS Partner Changed My Life
the Divinity School and the Medical School. Professors, students, administrators and partners have connected me to people and organizations. As an HBS partner, I’ve gained a launch pad as well as a safety net for my new career. I...
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- 05 Apr 2016
- News
Don’t Send Your Kids to College. At Least Not Yet.
a bridge, a launch pad and a new rite of passage. It’s the students who find the courage to step off the treadmill—replacing textbooks with experience and achievement with exploration—who are best prepared for life after high school. And...
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- 21 Feb 2014
- Blog Post
Cautious Optimism: A Recap of the Harvard India Conference
ethics and leadership. The speakers were as diverse as the nation itself with the former Chief of Indian Army talking about his leadership lessons while a social entrepreneur spoke about his experiences creating a low cost sanitary pad...
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- 14 Jul 2010
- News
The Concerts in the Chapel
of music and, on one occasion, dance. Given its concrete interior surfaces, the chapel space is quite reverberant, so foam padding on the walls was added, Rishi notes, at the suggestion of Yo-Yo Ma, the Harvard-educated cellist, to reduce...
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- 11 Apr 2017
- News
Keeping the Missions Under Control
of a requirements interpretation and making sure, again, that the astronauts are safe. But that provider is providing the service to NASA to get them from the launch pad to the International Space Station. So those roles have changed....
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- Profile
Shana Hoffman
i-lab) and its connections to the Cambridge health-care hub, it was deeply engaged in entrepreneurship. The Boston community is ideal – when you add HBS’ business perspective you get the best of all worlds.” A launch pad of contacts,...
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- 11 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy
Leahy as a parent and professional: she is building an iconic brand while doing her part to build a brighter future. The Lily Pad Strategy for Career Growth Achieving a CEO role is a goal shared by many HBS students and alumni, so we...
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Consumer Products / Retail
- 24 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni New Venture Competition Finalists Named
social enterprise teams. The winner and runner-up in each category will receive $75,000 and $25,000 prizes respectively. The crowd favorite will receive $5,000. The annual alumni New Venture Competition serves as a launch pad for...
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- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Maiden Voyage
have launch capability, with some also doing a brisk business putting satellites into orbit for other nations. (India, for example, has launched more than 40 satellites into orbit for 19 client countries.) READ MORE The New Space Race An Alumni Club for the Cosmos The...
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- 28 May 2019
- News
Research Brief: Field Research
India, for instance, it’s like having access to an agricultural extension agent at any time—at no cost. Most often, any given question that a farmer submits to PAD (by text or voicemail) has been raised before, so a response is pushed...
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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean
restore the garment. We have a cabinet full of dye pads and specialty tools to aid us in our cleaning and restoration processes.” Check in: Some 25 employees work at Parkway’s newly restored 10,000-square-foot operation. “The first thing...
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- 22 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability
functions Allow me to develop strong professional relationships Be a launch pad for future career growth I found this ideal role with BCG Boston, and am excited to join them after graduation, and wanted to share some of the lessons I’ve...
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Energy / Cleantech
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Case Study: Glass Half Full
together, Mitchell and Humpierres launched a line of microwavable heating pads filled with cherry pits. “It’s a very niche market,” Humpierres acknowledges, but once they saw that it was also successful, they decided to diversify. In June...
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- 20 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability
satisfy the following criteria: 1) be sustainability and technology focused; 2) challenge me to solve tough problems; 3) teach me how to work in business strategy and/or ops functions; 4) allow me to develop strong professional relationships; and 5) be a launch View Details
- 23 Apr 2014
- HBS Case
Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?
the same time giving them cover against criticism by allowing them to point to "healthier alternatives" in their product portfolios. When entrepreneurs first created e-cigarettes and marketed them as a way to quit smoking, they probably didn't intend to...
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- 25 Jun 2014
- News
A Man on a Mission
But he is doing what makes him happiest: helping others onto the launch pad of life. "If I'm doing anything to change the world," he says, "it is using any power and influence I have to lift up other people."
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