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- 01 Jun 2007
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Mission Possible
opportunity to create and spread innovative solutions to some of society’s most pressing problems. In doing so, they joined a groundswell of interest in social entrepreneurship. Just as entrepreneurs spot missed opportunities in business...
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- 01 Jun 2017
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The New Venture Competition Crowns a New Crop
affordable in Africa through microfinance and mobile payments. Alumnus: Alexandre Skander Allegue, PLDA 18, 2015 Region: Africa Vention: A platform that allows businesses to design View Details
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Dan Morrell
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Case Study: Inside Story
journey became the genesis of Saga. Cofounded with Nicole Wee (MBA 2018), Saga is a social mobile app that helps families save and share stories in an audio format. Launched in mid-2020, the company...
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- 01 Dec 2020
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In Review
Nohria reflected on his time leading the School and how students and faculty mobilized to respond to the pandemic. After all that the world has faced in 2020, it’s easy to...
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- 01 Jun 2015
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Fast Forward
welfare,” Desai noted. Middle-Skills Gap Senior Lecturer Joe Fuller worked with consulting firm Accenture and workforce analytics company Burning Glass Technologies to produce a report highlighting the ways...
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- 01 Jun 2001
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Point, Click, Give: Internet Fuels Philanthropic Fundraising Revolution
host of Web-based social enterprises (WEBSEs): nonprofit information hubs, online giving directories, click-to-donate sites, workplace-giving centers, charity shopping malls and auctions, and volunteer...
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- 14 Apr 2014
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The Puzzle of Life
"I think the human race is beginning to unravel what life is," says Andrew Farquharson (MBA 1999). "I find that intellectually fascinating." His interest, and a desire to make a difference, led Farquharson to the life sciences industry,...
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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The HBS Fund
operators in the United States were only able to glean a general estimate of location from mobile calls, thus hampering response times. Now, thanks to technology developed by RapidSOS, calls received from...
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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
afflicting a city require a high capability for analyzing problems, delineating strategies, and ensuring implementation," says Austin. "These problems require an understanding of economic development and the...
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- 01 Dec 1997
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A Piece of the Action
manufactured, or improve the way doctors perform surgery. HBS Takes Root in Silicon Valley While the Il Fornaio staff serve up French toast and fresh fruit, the patrons volley the big ideas that have turned Silicon Valley into a global...
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Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2008
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One-on-One with Jim Breyer
to invest all that money? Typically we’ll invest a new fund over a three-year period, and then go out and raise our next fund. Accel IX, which we started investing in January 2005, is very much focused on...
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- 18 Aug 2021
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Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
of consulting firm Ethical Ventures, recently spoke to CNBC’s “Squawk Box” about the Business of Racial Equity pledge developed to mobilize the business community to address inequality and injustice. Lewin...
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- 17 Jun 2020
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Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
Holdings: “During this crisis, First Philippine Holdings (FPH) has provided stop-gap measures to support low-income communities with basic provisions until the government could mobilize its own resources and...
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Margie Kelley
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
information junkie, but I did generally know every answer to every nit-picking question that the higher-ups threw at me (e.g., the cost of capital at Playboy was 10 percent). I even developed a working knowledge of things as abstruse as the View Details
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Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand
and CEO, Xora, Mountain View, California; founder and chairman, Deathwise, San Francisco, California Mentors come into our lives in unexpected ways. As a young technology...
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- 25 Aug 2022
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Open Market
Gretchen Howard (MBA 2002) came to HBS in part because she had a story in her mind about how her career would start: It was 2000, the apex of the dotcom bubble. She would move to Boston, study business, partner with a technologist from MIT, and build a transformative...
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- 01 Sep 2014
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All For One
dramatically over the course of the decade she’d taught the course—with globalization, the Internet, and mobile technology all increasing the pace of business View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
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A New Approach to Contact Tracing
devise a new way to do contact tracing, Weiss says, “I became very interested because I’ve been so focused on the question, ‘Can governments try new things?’” Bluetooth vs. GPS Technology When TraceTogether is downloaded View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
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Screen Grab
(including ESPN, Disney Channel, Food Network, and CNN) to mobile devices. Sony’s PlayStation Vue offers more channels but at a higher price tag, and later this year, Apple...
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- 16 Dec 2021
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A Global Alumni Response to the Pandemic
fill the gaps in the production of personal protective equipment (PPE). Many stepped in to fight hunger, provide support for health professionals and frontline workers, deploy technology in new ways that...
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Margie Kelley