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- 04 Sep 2019
- News
What I Do: Keith Cerny (MBA 1991)
“Music is wired into us,” says Keith Cerny (MBA 1991). “Singing is something that is very human, and from singing, it’s very easy to go into playing instruments.” Cerny’s own connection with music began at age 10, with the San Francisco...
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- 04 Oct 2018
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“A Shout Through Time”
because I am also an alumnus, I could use the database. Morrell: So Piero, who graduated from HBS's General Management Program in 2013, looks up Tim Perzyk in the HBS Alumni directory and finds his Twitter account. Ricci: But, I spotted one thing, which made me a...
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- 29 Jun 2019
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Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Africa
regional trade and regional integration by facilitating connections between entrepreneurs from the various countries and also helping them expand more easily to other markets. “And the third priority at Suguba is really to enhance and...
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- 01 Dec 2018
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Alumni Are Integral to HBS
to his connection with Elkins, who was founding director of the Harvard University Center for African Studies. She is also Harvard’s professor of History and of African and African American Studies, and a visiting professor at HBS. Elkins...
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- 13 Jan 2021
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Stress Test
connecting different pools of information. They had to create a new network, from the truck manufacturers to the freezer manufacturers to the pharmacies. What was the state of the US logistics sector as vaccine distribution began in...
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- 01 Sep 2022
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Your Family, Your Work, Your Way
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes After graduating from HBS, Daisy Dowling (MBA 2002) built a successful career in executive coaching and leadership development, working at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Blackstone. Over time, she...
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- 25 Feb 2020
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Case Study: The Credit Bureau
suggestion would be to expand their service to DC, which is very transient and should be a good opportunity. —Susan Holliday (AMP 187, 2014) My advice is D2C, since the connection to the end customer is hugely valuable. But to scale, they...
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- 25 Mar 2015
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The Greening of Houston
for bringing people to Houston. When you go to the park, you realize that Houston is not all strip malls along the highway; you realize there’s quite a bit to offer here.” Late last year, the Conservancy unveiled its latest additions to...
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- 01 Mar 2014
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Everything Old Is a New Opportunity
Stephen Johnston (photo by Gary Laufman) For a mobile-focused business entrepreneur, Stephen Johnston (MBA 2002) is more than a bit of a contrarian. Unlike many of his peers, Johnston, 41, has his sights set not on emerging nations but on...
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- 13 Feb 2020
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Not Throwing Away My Shot
characters that sort of embodies one of those themes, Buddy Bolden. [MUSIC] Tell us a bit about who Buddy Bolden was and what entrepreneurs can learn from his story. Eric: So Buddy Bolden is born in New Orleans in 1877. That's an...
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- 16 Oct 2013
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Progress Through Preservation
beekeeper in Bogotá, Colombia, before moving the operation to his California backyard), serve as a bit of occupational therapy. "There's nothing that takes your mind off of work more quickly than standing in front of an open hive of...
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- 04 Feb 2020
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In Harmony
experience—the work and connections with peers, the ability to rub elbows with stars, and the recognition that there’s always room to improve. “We combine all of that with a support system, just like I felt in my first year at Harvard...
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Maureen Harmon
- 16 Jan 2018
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Celebrating the Impact of Nonprofits
NY Club’s Senior Program makes the connection It’s been a little over five years since Len Polaner (MBA 1954) and a small committee of like-minded alumni in the HBS Club of New York launched the first Seniors Program, a series of social...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2016
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Faculty Q&A: Price Check
application in an industry with the most room for improvement. Online retail, particularly online fashion, definitely fit the bill. Why is fashion a good place to focus? The industry faces several challenges that many other retailers don’t. There is quite a View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
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Sister Soldier
like to travel to Syria? It becomes a home away from home, in its own way. You’re there every few months and you notice which stores and restaurants have opened or closed. You become connected to the feel and the smells. The book works to...
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- 01 Jun 2017
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Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award
if they gave me $19. It was a bit of a hard sell.” A self-described shy and quiet kid, Angie Hicks (MBA 2000) went on to become the namesake of the company she cofounded, Angie’s List. (The naming decision was “made when I was 22, and we...
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- 09 Jun 2017
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Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China
was extraordinary, just because of the upcoming Olympics and China entering WTO. The whole world was looking at China, so my venture really timed it very well, unintentionally. After the Olympics, inbound travel going to China tapered out a little View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
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Case Study: Welcome Aboard
stores in the fall of 2021 and through an ecommerce channel in early 2022. The switch has better aligned the company with the wave of interest in sports tech and connected health, Cass notes, and distanced it from the more saturated...
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- 13 Jan 2021
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Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
fundraise, honestly. So we raised a bit of money in 2015, just a friends-and-family round. We raised from an angel in 2016, and we closed a seed round in 2020, after a pretty long slog of raising money. Morrell: Without an influx of VC...
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- 17 Nov 2016
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Wired for Innovation
long-distance oil and gas pipelines are guided by modern regulations and an infrastructure blueprint,” Skelly explains. “But existing US electric lines were erected by utility companies several decades ago, to connect local customers to...
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