At Duolingo, one of the main operating principles is “learners first.” To achieve that goal, Duolingo needs a product team who understands, empathizes with, and reflects their users, and this is exactly why they turn to Harvard Business School for recruiting. [...]

Facily’s Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999) offers advice on how to build a successful internship program at your startup and the power of leveraging HBS interns to bring value to your organization. [...]

In March 2020, first-year MBA students and their prospective internship employers faced an unprecedented challenge: What to do about summer internships during a global health pandemic? While some students saw internship opportunities sizzle, Humana leveraged their infrastructure which already supported remote work, to bring on even more talent than originally planned. [...]

Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu (MBA 2021) came to HBS as an accomplished professional, having spent seven years driving impactful projects at GE Healthcare in Ghana. As she looked ahead to the next stage of her career, she felt a desire to explore a new industry, with a goal of future senior leadership. While she didn’t know it yet, Nyantekyi-Owusu’s goals aligned perfectly with a company that has a significant footprint around the world even if they are not a household name, American Tower. [...]

In the wake of George Floyd’s murder and the resurgent Black Lives Matter movement that followed, institutions across the country, including Harvard Business School (HBS), examined themselves with a critical eye. A year later, HBS is reporting on some of their progress with regards to diversity, inclusion & belonging. [...]