On Saturday, April 21st, more than 35,000 people will take part in “Pat’s Run” held at Arizona State University in honor of Pat Tillman, who gave up a lucrative career in the NFL to serve his country as an Army Ranger following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan. [...]
Six months ago, Daniel Gwak (HBS 2012), a marine reservist, left HBS en route to Afghanistan. During a patrol mission, Gwak was shot in the shoulder, but continued helping his team until his sergeant forced him to be medavac’ed to safety. Luckily, Gwak is recovering, and has returned to the U.S. safely. In Daniel Gwak’s [...]
The repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy is a significant political victory for many, and we are witnessing a powerful social reform taking place in America. As a former U.S. Army Captain turned business school student, I’ve had the unique opportunity to see an [...]
“Army Wives”, the highest-rated drama series in Lifetime’s history, follows the struggles, dreams and friendships of a diverse group of wives living with their spouses and families on an active Army post. They face deployments, abuse, hostage situations, adultery, and post traumatic stress disorder, just for starters. While the series is busy depicting the lives [...]
The Class of 2010 started school in the worst recession since the Great Depression. Finance was a blackhole. You could walk the hallways of Spangler and see the tired faces of another round of interviews. Jobs were hard to get. But it was also an opportunity. A number of students took the leap of faith [...]
Jeffery Bussgang (jbussgang@hbs.edu)Biography: Jeff is a General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners whose investment interests and entrepreneurial experience are in consumer, Internet commerce, marketing services, software and wireless start-ups.Jeff’s popular blog on helping demystify the venture business for entrepreneurs, “Seeing Both Sides”, can be found at www.seeingbothsides.com, which is syndicated by BusinessWeek.com, Reuters.com, PE Hub [...]
As we approach the end of another incredible year and an amazing graduation ceremony for our EC class here at Harvard Business School, I’d like to ask you to take a moment to think about what the last weekend of May and our national holiday that traditionally marks the start of the 101 days of [...]
Most traditions at HBS have a long and illustrious past. Like skydeck, dressing up in drag with ghastly makeup in dimly-lit bars and systematically but categorically causing irreparable damage to your liver. For the benefit of bewildered international students everywhere, no it’s not a measly “keg party” – it’s called networking. (Read: Primer in American-Bschool-speak). [...]
Every year for the past decade, MBA students who have served in the Armed Forces spend two days in a military tent outside of Spangler Hall to raise money to support the New England Center for Homeless Veterans (NECHV). The problem is bigger than you might think. While there are no national records on homeless [...]
“Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.” -Milton Friedman The “MBA Oath” was crafted by a few members of the Class of 2009 here at Harvard Business School. On the Oath’s official website, I count 478 members of last year’s graduating class that have signed the Oath [...]
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