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- 20 Oct 2023
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Highlights from the Fall 2023 Alumni Board Meeting
department went on to highlight some of the robust engagement opportunities the School offers to alumni, including an Alumni Dinner series, which brought together alumni and rising EC (2nd year) students for 19 dinners in 10 cities;...
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- 01 Jun 2023
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Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan
Kimberly Jung, pictured in a field of crocuses, returned to Afghanistan to understand how she and her cofounders could import saffron to the United States. Photo courtesy of Kimberly Jung During their first semester at HBS, former United States Army engineer officers...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 31 Jul 2023
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Striving for Imperfection
ones that I like is SpaceX, because again, in experimentalism you tend to think: can’t be done in heavy industry. Space is the heaviest industry. What SpaceX has done is remarkable. In the course of only 20 years, they’ve taken NASA’s View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
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Case Study: Testing the Waters
Illustration by Christina Spano Endurance training was nothing new to Lauren Picasso (MBA 2014), who’d raced through her younger years as a cross-country runner and swimmer. In 2017, when she was director of marketing at Jet.com and looking for a physical challenge,...
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- 01 Dec 2023
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Case Study: Staking a Claim
Illustration by Nhung Lê Kate Terry (MBA 2005) knows that no one attends their fifth-grade career fair and comes home hoping to pursue a career in insurance—but that’s exactly where she wound up. “I really fell in love with it,” she says. As cofounder and CEO of...
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- 01 Mar 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
continues to be a startling lack of opportunity to learn about our own history in this country. Over 70 percent of Americans have little knowledge about AANHPI history, or confuse it with Asian history. Fighting to Belong: History of...
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- 01 Dec 2023
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Venturing Forth
Illustration by Adam McCauley Venture capital is a heady industry: Big bets mean big checks when the deals hit right. And for most of the last decade, those taking part in the funds were riding high: Capital was abundant, valuations were soaring, and the stock market...
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- 01 Dec 2022
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Future Vision
significantly change the trajectory of their lives. I loved being part of that. You’ve talked about the pandemic as the gateway to the School’s future. What opportunities for HBS do you see ahead? I say this in the spirit of finding the...
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- 19 Apr 2023
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A Kick Start for Latin American Startups
to try to help much. At MAYA, this is completely different. Our investing team is responsible not only for finding new, great opportunities for investment but also for following these companies after that investment. We hold monthly calls...
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Maureen Harmon
- 14 Jun 2023
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Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in East Asia
Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS), which he described as an interdisciplinary research enterprise that will position HBS as an intellectual hub for examining the most critical issues and opportunities of our times—from climate...
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- 01 Dec 2019
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Remix
of naming names in the music industry are still playing out today, she says. But for all the costs associated with speaking her piece, the #MeToo movement inexorably altered the direction of Dixon’s life, right up to this moment where she...
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- 19 Jan 2024
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The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix
But while there's a danger of moving too fast, Morriss tells me, there's also a serious opportunity cost of moving without enough speed. Her new book, Move Fast and Fix Things: The Trusted Leader's Guide to...
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- 24 May 2017
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John J. Brennan, MBA 1980
Express Chairman Emeritus, The Vanguard Group It’s 6 a.m. on a Sunday and Jack Brennan is making pancakes for his grandson, Jack, taking advantage of an opportunity to spend quality time with his namesake as the rest of the family sleeps....
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Susan Young
- 22 Feb 2022
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New Urban Order
book) is accelerating that trend. “There are substantial public health impacts in wildfire smoke, extreme heat, and the aftermath of flooding,” notes Macomber, who teaches the MBA electives Business Opportunities in Climate Adaptation and...
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Construction;
Waste Management and Remediation Services;
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- 26 Jun 2013
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How a Trivial Pursuit Became a Significant Case
resources beyond his current control to pull the project together. He successfully raced to get TV Guide's TV Game distributed to both high-end and discount retailers (priced accordingly) in time for Christmas 1984—and just ahead of market saturation and flagging...
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- 07 Apr 2015
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Warrior Spirit
welcome newcomers and offer the opportunity to try out a complimentary class in a clean, brightly lit space. Situated in the heart of Singapore’s Central Business District, Evolve’s Far East Square location is a spacious 12,000 square...
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- 01 Dec 2022
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My First Job
once in a while to be in front of the right waves, and conserve energy—until it’s time. The key is to know when to paddle hard to set things in motion. Conversely, life is also about knowing when not to waste time, energy, capital, or View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
question: The data and analysis in the latest IPCC report amplified the reality that climate change is widespread, rapidly intensifying, and attributable to human activity. It also signaled both a responsibility and a real opportunity to...
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- 29 Aug 2023
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Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
switching to green utilities or switching to a bank account that doesn't invest in fossil fuels. That could also be an opportunity for Commons to make money. It's not something we do yet, but also once we can prove that we're successful...
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- 01 Dec 2022
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Flying High
idea that there is an enormous opportunity to make air travel better.” The startup saw space in the market between premium commercial airline options that were increasingly inconvenient and the ever-more expensive choice of private air...
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airlines;
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