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Inside the Internship: How HBS Spent the Summer
The Harbus interviews ECs about where they worked, what surprised them, and which lessons they’re bringing back to campus.
Michelle Yu
Sep 9, 202514 min read




What Business is For
It has signed a social contract that cannot be undone.
Alex Qi
Sep 9, 20256 min read


The Broken Market for Small Business Sales
Why Main Street is being left behind in M&A.
Edouard Lyndt
Sep 9, 20253 min read


Retail Without Borders
How global travel is rewriting local shopping.
Charisma Glassman
Sep 9, 20255 min read


The Summer They Turned Ugly
Cracker Barrel, HBO Max, and MS NOW prove that not every makeover is an improvement.
Michelle Yu
Sep 9, 20255 min read


Should We Punish Each Other for Our Political Beliefs?
The hidden costs of self-censorship at HBS.
Shira Amit
Sep 9, 20255 min read


One Wild and Precious Life
Mary Oliver’s lesson in stillness for an achievement-driven campus.
Lydia Bailey
Sep 9, 20253 min read


The Summer I Learned Many Things about B2B SaaS from Softball
I think I finally understand the hype around American summers that the media has for so long presented to me: fleeting romances, coming-of-age summers, and escapist vacations (i.e. summer romances in Europe).
Ramya Vijayram
Sep 9, 20256 min read


From the Editor’s Desk
In all of my 25 years on this planet (there are very few moments when I’ve wished I were older, but for dramatic effect, this is one of them), I have never randomly run into someone I knew on the street.
Michelle Yu
Sep 9, 20254 min read


What I Should Have Done This Summer
Jake Goodman (MBA ‘26) shares his musings from an empty Spangler.
Jake Goodman
Sep 9, 20253 min read




RCs, Stop Playing Defense
Summer internship recruiting is a contact sport.
Santiago Gil Gallardo
Sep 9, 20254 min read


Dropping the Type A (Just for a Bit)
Arshita Malhotra (MBA ’26) on slowing down, showing up, and skipping the coffee chat olympics.
Arshita Malhotra
Sep 9, 20254 min read


The Legacy We Inherit
Will Hennessy (MBA ‘26) on what it means to reimagine PRIDE at HBS.
Will Hennessy
Sep 9, 20253 min read


From Competitor to Coach: A Conversation with David Boudia
Originally published in May 2022 Gabriel Ellsworth (MBA ’20) talks with U.S. Olympic diving champion David Boudia. David Boudia has had...
Gabriel Ellsworth
Jul 24, 202512 min read


South Asian and Single?
Harvard startup ‘Serious Pyaar’ is here to change the dating game!
Tim Ford
Jun 22, 20253 min read


“That Outreach Thing”
Discovering I didn’t need the perfect idea — just a real one.
Manuel Oliveira
Jun 9, 20255 min read


Founder Launch: Redefining Entrepreneurship at HBS
“All of you are talented, but not a single one of you knows how to close.”
Jay Bhandari
May 19, 202514 min read


Harvard Smashes Expectations with Table Tennis Victory
How strategy and camaraderie brought Harvard back to the podium. What do you get when you combine Olympians, Ivy League grit, and a...
Michelle Yu
Apr 30, 20254 min read


Truth, Brought to You by Marketing
How corporate content has replaced journalism — and why we barely noticed. When OpenAI’s Sam Altman was fired and then swiftly rehired in...
Michelle Yu
Apr 30, 20257 min read


Cracking the Spangler Food Inflation Code
Proof that sometimes, the biggest case study is your lunch.
Michelle Yu
Apr 30, 20255 min read


From the Editor’s Desk
Someone joked last week that going home could mean not coming back. No one laughed. At a time when most people are counting down to...
Michelle Yu
Apr 30, 20254 min read
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