THE DIGITAL BULLETIN

For a few years now, we've been asking how you like to read your Bulletin, and unsurprisingly, many of you have told us you'd love to have a tablet edition. We've listened to your comments and are excited to announce that the new iPad edition of the Bulletin is now available in Apple's app store (search for HBS Alumni Bulletin).

This interactive edition offers readers a multimedia experience, with digital extras that include video of an HBS grad's orchestral training app in action and a slideshow of scenes from our reporting in São Paulo.

We think this digital edition is a great way for you to get your HBS news on the go and in a format you prefer. But, as always, we want to hear what you think. Tell us at bulletin@hbs.edu.

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More than 1,900 readers shared or liked our March cover story via Facebook, and hard copy requests of the issue included one from Nigeria's agriculture minister.

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No Small Beer

Re: Alumni brewers

You omitted Peter Doering (MBA 1987), a local HBS alumnus, who started a brewery about 15 months ago. We did an HBS alumni club event at his brewery recently, and it was a huge success.
—Roger Cole (MBA 1985) president of the HBS Club of Connecticut

Editor's note: You can check out Doering's Two Roads Brewing at tworoadsbrewing.com.

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The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

Re: Forward-thinking farming

It always amazes me what people can do when they are freed up to do them. Yes, there are things government can do that help businesses prosper, but government needs to stay out of "we-know-best" decision-making. Things always work better when people do the things they do because they want to do them rather than when they are told to do them.
—Gordon O. F. Johnson (MBA 1950) via alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin

Great application of dedication, common sense, and perseverance. If Nigeria can be turned around, perhaps there may be hope for the remainder of Africa and its people.
—Fred Brodsky (OPM 27, 1999) via alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin

Great article. However, the one disappointing aspect with the companies/initiatives highlighted is the lack of focus on sustainability. Trying to mimic the 20th-century farming techniques of the West is unnecessary and environmentally irresponsible. There have been recent developments in sustainable farming technology and techniques that make it competitive with traditional, fossil fuel–thirsty techniques. Africa can leapfrog Western agricultural methods directly into sustainable, organic farming, which is more suitable for smallholders.
—Tre Baker (MBA 2008) via alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin

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Frank Fan

Re: Frank Blethen (PMD 35, 1978), Seattle Times Company

Frank's success is a little understated because he achieved these honors against a growing tide of electronic media that is moving strongly against print subscription. Competition thrills us, and I suspect Frank will embrace the technology that furthers his values and carries long-term loyalties to where they want to be—5:00 a.m. physical delivery or cloud access anytime.
—Ken Workman (PMD 35, 1978) via alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin

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