Last week, I had the pleasure to catch up with Stacey Borden (HBS ’10), CEO of ChickRx. Stacey has been a mentor and inspirational role model ever since I met her as a freshman at Harvard College, where she was President of Harvard Undergraduate Women in Business. After college, she worked at Lehman Brothers and… Continue reading Venture Corner: Interview with ChickRx CEO Stacey Borden (HBS ’10)
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Nature Conservancy CEO Mark Tercek Advances Sustainable Capitalism
Few understand the importance of the combination of economic growth and responsible environmental policy—the advancement of sustainable capitalism—better than Mark Tercek (HBS ’84), CEO of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and a former Partner at Goldman Sachs. Through TNC, Tercek strives to impact corporate and national environmental policy by partnering, somewhat controversially, directly with corporations whose… Continue reading Nature Conservancy CEO Mark Tercek Advances Sustainable Capitalism
Tyra Banks: Fun, Fierce, and Financially Savvy
How did you celebrate Valentine’s Day? A romantic dinner with your true love? At a Tommy Doyle’s stoplight party, hoping to find true love? For a select group of HBS students and faculty, V-Day was spent with one of America’s ultimate true loves: supermodel and media mogul Tyra Banks. In a casual 90-minute conversation with… Continue reading Tyra Banks: Fun, Fierce, and Financially Savvy
Rent the Runway’s HBS Founders & VCs Create a Cinderella Story
For those second-year HBS MBA students wondering if they have time to successfully launch their own companies before graduation, the success of 2009 MBA grads Jenny Fleiss and Jennifer Hyman with their company, Rent the Runway, proves it is not too late. Section I Friends Jump at an Idea Founded in 2009 while the two… Continue reading Rent the Runway’s HBS Founders & VCs Create a Cinderella Story
What’s Art Got to Do with It? HBS Art Collection Sparks Dialogue, Creativity
When Gerald Schwartz (HBS ‘70), Founder and CEO of Onex Corporation, provided the funding for a contemporary art collection on campus in 1998, no one quite knew how students and faculty would react www.replicabestsale.co.uk. Walking through Aldrich now, it is impossible to imagine the wood-paneled walls not donned with a variety of contemporary pieces that… Continue reading What’s Art Got to Do with It? HBS Art Collection Sparks Dialogue, Creativity
The Seven States that Will Decide the 2012 Election
With Election Day nine months away, it is worth taking a break from the Republican primaries to look at the general election landscape. Despite a persistently weak economy, Obama can win reelection, and it is a better than 50-50 bet that he does so. Assuming Mitt Romney eventually captures the Republican nomination, it will be… Continue reading The Seven States that Will Decide the 2012 Election
Leading the St. Louis Cardinals
Editor’s note: As evidenced by the popularity of the Business of Sports Club and the intense competition surrounding the SA Cup, many HBS students are passionate about sports. Few HBS grads have had more recent success working in sports management than 1995 HBS graduate William DeWitt III. Not long after graduating from HBS, DeWitt joined… Continue reading Leading the St. Louis Cardinals
Alumni Interviews: Pete Lyon (HBS ’95), Partner at Goldman Sachs
In this inaugural article in the Alumni Interview Series //www.replicaforbest.co.uk/replica-breitling-watches-sale-for-uk.html, The Harbus sat down with Pete Lyon (HBS ’95) to discuss his time at Harvard Business School and his career in investment banking. Today, Pete is a Partner at Goldman Sachs where he leads client coverage strategy in the Executive Office for the Investment Banking… Continue reading Alumni Interviews: Pete Lyon (HBS ’95), Partner at Goldman Sachs
Education Pioneers Brings Talent to Urban Schools
What Teach for America does for the classroom //www.replicaforbest.co.uk/replica-breitling-watches-sale-for-uk.html, Education Pioneers does for the school, the school district, and the country. Education Pioneers specializes in recruiting and training the top talent from both graduate schools as well as the private sector, and places them in management positions in the education space. Be it the New… Continue reading Education Pioneers Brings Talent to Urban Schools
HBS-founded CloudFlare is Sky High
We know Google traces its roots to Stanford, Dropbox to MIT, and Facebook to Kirkland House, but what recent high-tech company will HBS be bragging about years from now. The answer could be CloudFlare, founded by HBS MBA ‘09 grads and Section D classmates Matthew Prince and Michelle Zatlyn. What exactly is this behind-the-scenes, 20-person… Continue reading HBS-founded CloudFlare is Sky High
Can’t Afford the Big Game? ScoreBig was Made for You
In a world with too many fees and not enough trust, ScoreBig offers a welcomed reprieve. The website allows the casual fan to pay deep discount prices for sporting or event tickets, but also alleviates the concerns of unfairness to season ticket holders or other individuals who paid face value for similar tickets. Adam Kanner… Continue reading Can’t Afford the Big Game? ScoreBig was Made for You
Venture Corner: Vaiad, Part 2
As a refresher, what is your business? Vaiad is an automated self-serve platform that websites can use to sell ad space directly to advertisers. Currently, direct ad sales require a lot of back and forth by email or phone, which takes days or even weeks for each deal. Vaiad instead provides a common interface, integrated… Continue reading Venture Corner: Vaiad, Part 2
Lessons Learned from Skydeck to Marketoonist
Tom Fishburne started out drawing cartoons for The Harbus as an RC. Now he’s doing it as his full-time profession. In 2001, Tom Fishburne’s cartoon, “Skydeck”, quickly gained popularity within the student body. However, he did not imagine that he could make a living drawing comics fulltime replica watches uk. He could not have believed… Continue reading Lessons Learned from Skydeck to Marketoonist
Venture Corner: IvyDate
HBS Alumni Helping Elite Students Find Romance An Interview with Philip Triebel, Founder of IvyDate Opening by Stephen Hartley, Ivy Date High in demand and short on time, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for students to find their soul-mates. Fortunately,workaholic Ivy League students have a new service to help: IvyDate. Harvard Business School alumni Beri Meric(‘10)… Continue reading Venture Corner: IvyDate
Book Review of Zero-Sum Game: The Rise of the World’s Largest Derivatives Exchange
Most people think of New York City as the world’s financial hub, but the reality is that increasingly critical pillars of global financial markets stand—and have always stood—in Chicago. Zero-Sum Game is a very well-written, gripping tale about the largest M&A deal to date in the exchange industry—a 2007 merger between century-old competitors that took… Continue reading Book Review of Zero-Sum Game: The Rise of the World’s Largest Derivatives Exchange
The Africa Business Conference
Co-Chairs Weigh In Tawanda: I would not have come to the Harvard Business School were it not for the 2008 Africa Business Conference. It was in Aldrich, listening to Nick Nesbitt recount the challenges and excitement of running a corporation in Africa, that I realized I wanted to return to the continent and drive economic… Continue reading The Africa Business Conference
Million-Dollar Prizes Spur Research & Drug Development
In 2004, Avi Kremer was on top of the world. His resume detailed the trajectory of a rising star: captain in the Israeli Defense Forces; graduate of Technion-the Israeli Institute of Technology; project manager at Elbit Systems, the largest private defense company in Israel; and a newly admitted member of the Harvard Business School MBA… Continue reading Million-Dollar Prizes Spur Research & Drug Development
Evisors.com
If you’re like me, you dread the part of an interview when you get asked, “Any questions for me?” Save the “What’s your firm’s culture like” or “How has the recession affected business?” for the person who is not going to get the offer. Instead, ask a targeted question. Spark the attention of the partner… Continue reading Evisors.com
Age Falls to Beauty in Annual Alumni Match
This fall saw the resurgence of Gordon Gekko and the Karate Kid, but no event could live up to the hype surrounding the return of the HBS Old Boys to the rugby pitch. Each fall the ageless Old Boys of HBS Rugby Football Club descend on the hallowed rugby pitch on Soldiers Field Park road… Continue reading Age Falls to Beauty in Annual Alumni Match
Harvard Square
So let me get this straight. There is an online dating service that features Harvard men. There is free access on the site for Harvard men. This same dating website charges non-Harvard women a fee to sign up for the site to have access to Harvard men. Harvard women, conversely, cannot sign up for the… Continue reading Harvard Square
The Harbus Reimagines Leadership New Book Explores the Next Generation of MBAs
When the global economy collapsed in 2008, thousands of people lost their homes, millions lost jobs, and companies went bankrupt. We were all left wondering who to blame, our trust in business at an all-time low. Today, global capitalism stands at a crossroads looking forward into an uncertain future. As the Harvard Business School marks… Continue reading The Harbus Reimagines Leadership New Book Explores the Next Generation of MBAs
The Lighter Side of HBS – What Should I Do This Summer?
In these trying economic times, the rabbit has become even more elusive. HBS Career Services cite a 27% decrease in internship postings with the Finance, Real Estate, and CPG areas hit especially hard. As HBS students struggle to find summer internship opportunities, one student turned to her section for creative ideas. Like Alice in Wonderland,… Continue reading The Lighter Side of HBS – What Should I Do This Summer?
Why can’t we learn to Share?
It’s amazing how much we talk about cohesive organizations, cross-functional collaborations, and synergies in classes, but when it comes to sharing alumni rosters, there’s a pervasive stalemate between different schools and colleges at Harvard. This article is about the reluctance of different schools and colleges in universities to share their alumni networks with each other.… Continue reading Why can’t we learn to Share?
Business Summit: Students Not Welcome?
Student Letter October 20, 2008 A letter to the HBS Administration: As a second-year MBA student, I am a deep believer in the values that the Harvard Business School embodies. One of these values is the notion that all MBA students are awarded the same opportunities and are treated in the same way by the… Continue reading Business Summit: Students Not Welcome?
Interview with Professor McFarlan
Friday afternoon. The end of a short week for RCs, but the end of something larger for Professor McFarlan and the HBS community at large: the end of Centennial Celebrations. HBS turned one hundred this year, and the year-long series of events had as its capstone moment the Global Business Summit. Professor McFarlan was the… Continue reading Interview with Professor McFarlan
HBS Rugby Old Boys Show that Experience is Better than Youth
This weekend marked an historic occasion for HBS Rugby, and it wasn’t just because they played a full game in Harvard Stadium for the first time ever, but for the first time in recent memory, the current team invited and hosted the HBS Rugby alumni for a momentous weekend of rugby and festivities. Despite never… Continue reading HBS Rugby Old Boys Show that Experience is Better than Youth
From the Student Council
Dear HBS Family,To the Class of 2010 – congratulations on starting a fantastic journey! And to the Class of 2009, welcome back to what is sure to be one of the best years of our lives! We’re excited to be back and to see friendly faces, both old and new. As we embark on the… Continue reading From the Student Council
Nothing "Generic" About Israel Makov
On Thursday, April 3, the Healthcare Club brought Israel Makov to campus to discuss the dramatic growth of Teva Pharmaceutical, Israel’s largest company and the largest generic pharmaceutical company in the world. Mr. Makov focused on his overall strategy as Teva CEO to grow his company through “acquisition and integration.” Israel Makov described his company’s… Continue reading Nothing "Generic" About Israel Makov
Faculty Perspective – Elizabeth Riley
Elizabeth Riley is in her first year as a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School. She taught Entrepreneurial Finance in the fall and is teaching The Entrepreneurial Manager (TEM) in the RC this semester. Prior to HBS, she spent ten years teaching and developing entrepreneurship courses in the undergraduate and MBA programs at Babson College.… Continue reading Faculty Perspective – Elizabeth Riley
Harvard Business School's Notable Alumni
For a hundred years, the Harvard Business School has provided a transformational experience for students as they embark on careers that improve the practice of business and contribute meaningfully to society. We salute our alumni who have responded to the call for leadership, and have taken their learning experiences from the classroom to transform businesses… Continue reading Harvard Business School's Notable Alumni
