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Margaret Nyamumbo (MBA 2016) founded Kahawa 1893 in 2017 to shorten the distance between Kenyan coffee farmers and American coffee drinkers and to invest in the women who make the industry run. [...]
This fall, Harvard Business School launched its first Impact Investment Fund Course after a successful pilot in the Spring of 2021. The fund expands access to affordable, flexible financing for Black, Brown, and Immigrant-owned businesses in the greater Boston area that have historically faced barriers to capital, with the dual goals of making profits and creating social change. [...]
The HBS Summer Fellows Program enables students to apply their classroom training as they explore career opportunities in roles or regions where compensation is generally lower than the traditional MBA level. This summer, Zach Komes led a strategic project with the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce to explore how private sector partnerships within the local economy can create new family-supporting jobs and reduce the racial wealth gap. [...]
The HBS Summer Fellows Program enables students to apply their classroom training as they explore career opportunities in roles or regions where compensation is generally lower than the traditional MBA level. This summer, we are connecting with some of our 59 Social Enterprise Summer Fellows, who are working around the world to develop skills and knowledge while having significant responsibility and high impact. [...]
Cissy Chen (MBA 2019) reflects on how her experience at HBS shaped her career and inspired her to make a difference in her home region of Asia through impact investing. [...]
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