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Chris Abkarians (HBS MBA 2020) says, “There is a magical window while you are at HBS, where you can get in touch with anyone in the world, through LinkedIn, through the HBS network, or even a cold email, and they’ll respond.” [...]
HBS alumnae and faculty weigh in on what it would take to close venture capital’s long-standing gender gap. [...]
Mae Abdelrahman (MBA 2021) is the founder of Nour, a skin care company built on the belief that all shades of skin deserve to be valued and protected equally. Prior to coming to HBS, Mae graduated from Dartmouth College before joining the Teach For America corps in Chicago. After spending 2.5 years in the classroom, she transitioned to a role in the financial services sector, before attending HBS. Mae has had a lifelong passion for skin care and beauty and she was excited to start her own beauty company as soon as she arrived on campus. [...]
Walking into Harvard Business School as friends, roommates, and colleagues in 2017, Henri Pierre-Jacques (MBA 2019) and Jarrid Tingle (MBA 2019) already knew each other well. What they didn’t know yet was how their angel syndicate, Harlem Capital, would grow, evolve, and change the face of entrepreneurship over the next two years and beyond. [...]
If the past two decades have demonstrated technology’s potential, one of the challenges of the next ten years will be defining its boundaries. How can new technologies benefit people and societies in equitable ways? How can companies -- increasingly central to the development of frontier technologies -- responsibly manage innovation without sacrificing profitability? What is the role of government in mitigating harms and establishing safeguards?
I came to the HBS and Harvard Kennedy School MBA/MPP joint degree program interested in exploring these questions related to technology’s public impact. Along the way, I’ve been able to develop my understanding through both coursework and extracurricular offerings at Harvard. [...]
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