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- 18 Apr 2022
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Home Grown
it might be a career path he could follow, too—but his father, knowing him well, suggested he work in a field where the results were more immediate. That guidance set Tewari on an entrepreneurial journey with no guarantees and plenty of...
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- 01 Mar 2013
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A Healthy Profit
continuous efficacy and efficiency improvements that poverty-reduction initiatives must have to succeed," says Antares cofounder and HBS senior lecturer Michael Chu. Chu speaks from personal experience. After leaving a lucrative Wall Street View Details
- 11 Jun 2021
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The Power of Resilience
moment of her diagnosis, an unexpected silver lining from her own experience, her career pivot, and how she sees her work evolving in the future. READ MORE Julia Hanna: Parul, can you take me back to the moment when you received your...
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- 01 Mar 2023
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Research Brief: Great Expectations
The narrative surrounding employees who are passionate about their jobs holds so much sway in today’s workplace that it has become a self-fulfilling prophecy. “Ultimately, if you believe in a passionate person, they will perform better,” observes Assistant Professor...
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- 21 May 2018
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Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area
outcomes for the city groups we worked with and hopefully higher impact for the residents of San Francisco.” Nora Barr (MBA 2016), who recently finished two projects with the SF Public Library, says Community Partners not only allowed her...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 1997
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Blockbuster Deals
anticipated benefits and efficiencies never materialized," explains Wruck. "Once deals are completed, disappointing outcomes can occur because perceived premerger synergies, such as product-line complementarities, are often elusive."...
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Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
The price was five times our investment: It had been eight years, a little longer hold than we would have liked, but a very good outcome nonetheless. The CEO would continue to run the company and signed up for a whole new equity package;...
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- 05 Apr 2016
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Don’t Send Your Kids to College. At Least Not Yet.
Surveying the panic and pressure of college admissions season in the New York Times, Abby Falik (MBA 2008), CEO and founder of Global Citizen Year, suggests that few involved in this cultural pressure cooker realize “how little these View Details
- 22 Sep 2015
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Investing in Scalable Impact on K-12 Education
Vivian Wu (MBA 2000) manages Zuckerberg Education Ventures, an impact investing initiative that supports education entrepreneurs who are developing scalable businesses that will improve learning outcomes and increase access to...
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- 30 Aug 2021
- News
One and the Same
that and, of course, all your ideas end up on the whiteboard, along with everyone else’s,” she told the Sydney Morning Herald. “You become the person facilitating the conversation, and you are the one taking the notes in terms of the record of the View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- News
Sailing lessons give disabled children and adults greater life skills
A freak accident at age 21 left Paul Callahan (MBA 1992) a quadriplegic. It was a moment that led him, ultimately, to cast off from a career in wealth management at Goldman Sachs to take the helm of Sail to Prevail, a nonprofit that helps...
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- 01 Jun 2003
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Strategic Networking
career information by other HBS graduates. So what’s the best way to leverage the power of those connections? The answer really depends on your objectives, says Christine Sullivan, senior program manager of Alumni View Details
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- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Funding His Purpose
About five years after Leonardo Letelier (MBA 2002) graduated from HBS, he found himself at a career crossroads. He enjoyed the work he was doing as a consultant, but something was missing. He didn’t have the word for it. “Today, everyone...
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- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania
alone do not account for these outcomes of the country’s public health system. There are also disparities in how effectively resources are allocated and managed, says Simon DeBere (MBA/MPA-ID 2022), a 2021 HBS Social Enterprise Summer...
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April White
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Gerald Chertavian, MBA 1992
handup, not a handout .” With mentoring and support from Chertavian, Heredia was able to graduate from high school, attend college, and pursue his passion for art. Twenty-six years after they first met, the two remain close friends and have much in common: Heredia has...
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Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2011
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New Program Helps Restless Alums Answer the Question, ‘What’s Next?’
he recalls. Within months, Wyman exited the firm, but several years passed before he found his new calling, what he regards as the transformational outcome of his HBS experience. Building on their previous experiences in Rwanda, the...
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- 31 Mar 2017
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Turning Teachers into Leaders
achievement gap, to improve outcomes for students, particularly those of low-income neighborhoods and families, so they have a better chance of life and career success. We work towards that mission by...
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- 01 Mar 2023
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Fostering a Supportive Community
After graduating from Cornell University, where he majored in policy analysis, Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021) spent seven years working in education and for a nonprofit that advances equity and economic mobility in the southern United States. That experience challenged his...
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Jennifer Mele
- 21 Jun 2020
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Rooting out Racism
players—spurred into action after the death of George Floyd—spoke out. “The final, most pernicious category undergirds the everyday black experience,” Rice writes. These practices put people of color at a disadvantage in the competition with their white peers for View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
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Tried and Tested
are active, I’m also looking for, as Katie mentioned, a situation that is really meaningful to somebody’s life. I know that employees talk quite a bit about their managers and how that manager affects their career progress, for example,...
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