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Stories

Stories

My First JobMy First Job   

The mistakes and memorable moments from our earliest experiences in the working world 

‘Debiasing’ Debt with Data‘Debiasing’ Debt with Data   

Inspired by his father’s struggles, Seke Ballard’s BetaBank digital-banking venture uses technology to give minority entrepreneurs equal access to capital 

Singing to the CornSinging to the Corn   

Taylor Keen’s Sacred Seed project shows how a Native American approach to agriculture can protect the planet’s soil—one garden at a time 

Full Court PressFull Court Press   

With a $1 billion valuation, a group of high-profile investors, an aggressive growth plan, and a mission to create deep economic and social change, NBA Africa is shooting for a continental shift in basketball 

Business as a Force for Good in SocietyBusiness as a Force for Good in Society   

Alumni and faculty are demonstrating how digitalization is reshaping HBS and industries around the world. 
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  • 14 Apr 2021
  • The First Five Years
The First Five Years: Mike Gandy Auzenne (MBA 2016)
Mike Gandy Auzenne and Austin Scee on mentorship, martial arts, fundraising, and how a viral HBS essay helped support 100 underserved children (and counting) in Atlanta.
Re: Michael Auzenne (MBA 2016); Austin Scee (MBA 2001); Tom Avery (MBA 1977)
  • 11 Mar 2020
  • Wall Street Journal
America’s Hottest New Dating Sites: Business School Campuses
Re: Sarina Richard (MBA 2015); Andrew Richard (MBA 2015)
  • 06 Dec 2017
  • Black Enterprise
Puzzle Master
Alumna leads game-changing acquisition
Re: Anddria Clack-Rogers Varnado (MBA 2014)
  • 21 Feb 2017
  • Vanity Fair
How Michael Sheresky Helped Hidden Figures See the Light
Re: Michael Sheresky (MBA 1997)
  • 17 Nov 2016
  • The Wall Street Journal Online
Rent the Runway Sets Up Shop at Neiman Marcus
Re: Jenn Hyman (MBA 2009); Jenny Carter Fleiss (MBA 2009); Jim Gold (MBA 1991)
  • 06 Jul 2015
  • Alumni Stories
Lights! Camera... Market!
A film, a farm, and a marketing risk that paid off in unexpected ways
Re: Jared Simon (MBA 2008); Anita Elberse (Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration); By: Margie Kelley
  • 05 Dec 2013
  • Harvard Business Review
Lessons Learned from Healthcare.gov
Re: Amy C. Edmondson (Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management)
  • 10 Dec 2012
  • Alumni Stories
A Good Mentor Never Tramples on Big Dreams
Tony Tjan, chief executive and a founder of Cue Ball, a venture capital firm in Boston, suggests waiting 24 seconds, 24 minutes, then 24 hours before criticizing a new idea.
Re: Tony Tjan (MBA 1998)
  • 01 Sep 2011
  • Alumni Stories
Alumni Team Up to Fight Cancer
Re: Kathy Giusti (MBA 1985)
  • 01 Sep 2011
  • Alumni Stories
Center Stage
  • 22 Dec 2010
  • Alumni Stories
Never Fall in Love with Your Real Estate
Re: Leslie Wohlman-Himmel (MBA 1978); Stephen Meringoff (MBA 1968)
  • 01 Dec 2007
  • Alumni Stories
Lighten Up
How two East Coast HBS alums went West to launch a radical, lightweight outdoor gear business and struck an innovative deal with an industry heavyweight.
Re: Demetrios Coupounas (MBA 1993); Kim Coupounas (MBA 1995); By: Kathryn Jones
  • 01 Mar 2006
  • Alumni Stories
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
Nearly thirty years ago, Gary Rogers barely scraped together the $14K he needed to invest in a struggling Bay Area ice-cream company. Today, it’s a $2 billion global business. This is no “plain vanilla” success story.
Re: William Cronk (AMP 92); By: Roger Thompson
  • 01 Dec 2003
  • Alumni Stories
Marriage, Inc.
Re: Rachel Greenwald (MBA 1993)
  • 01 Apr 2002
  • Alumni Stories
Back on Course
Re: Stephen Julius (MBA 1988); Steve Heese (MBA 1988)
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