About The Harbus

Quality news, where you want it, when you want it.

The Harbus is committed to providing quality news to our readership. Founded in 1937, we have been a leading source of news for the Harvard Business School community for over 80 years. Our team of student journalists is dedicated to bringing you the latest news and insights on business, economics, and more. We strive to deliver the news you want, where and when you want it.

Who we are

The Harbus News Corporation is a non-profit self-funded news organization of Harvard Business School run by students. This organization is a publisher of The Harbus, a publication that has brought free news to the Harvard community since 1937. Today it is available both in print and online. Historically, The Harbus has been funding The Harbus Foundation, which provides grant awards and consulting services to organizations promoting education, literacy, and journalism across the Boston metropolitan area.

The Harbus News Corporation’s publications include:

The Harbus print newspaper
The Unofficial HBS Admissions & Interview Guide
The book 65 Successful HBS Application Essays
Recruiting Guide for 1st year students
Elective Curriculum Course Selection Guide for 2nd year students

The Harbus newspaper includes interviews with CEOs, features on HBS companies from startups to established corporations, perspectives on pressing issues worldwide, as well as various content provided by the HBS community. The Harbus is distributed free of charge to members of the Harvard Business School community. Readers include Harvard faculty, staff, students, alumni, as well as other affiliates worldwide. Subscriptions are available for purchase for those outside of the HBS community.

Our Team

Editor-in-Chief

Tim Ford

Tim Ford (MBA ’25) is originally from New Jersey. He graduated from the University of Virginia with degrees in Commerce and Spanish in 2018, and completed an M.Phil. in Latin American Studies at the University of Cambridge in 2019. Prior to the HBS MBA, Tim worked in growth equity at TPG in San Francisco.

CEO

Edouard Lyndt

Edouard Lyndt (MBA ’25) is from Australia. An example of someone who took the ‘jack-of-all-trades’ thing too far, he has explored a range of career paths spanning M&A, strategy, product management, and even (very briefly) professional fighting. Outside of work, he enjoys reading, cooking, and exercise.

Editor, Entreprenership

Chuck Isgar

Chuck Isgar (MBA ’25) loves all things startups. He created and runs Above Board, a weekly newsletter which features Q&A's about startup investment, board management, and corporate governance. Most recently, he served as the Chief of Staff at Scenery, a Series A-stage startup. Chuck previously co-founded and was the CEO of Intern From Home, a recruiting technology company that served students from over 600 colleges. Chuck was a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University and earned his bachelor’s from Brown University.

Editor, Industry Insights & Travel

Abhiram Karuppur

Prior to joining HBS, Abhiram Karuppur (MBA '25) worked in Houston, TX at Ara Partners, a private equity fund focused on energy transition and decarbonization technologies. A New Jersey native, he graduated with a B.S.E. in Chemical & Biological Engineering from Princeton University in 2019. Outside of class, you can find him biking around Boston’s many trails, dominating (sometimes) at pub trivia, or trying out the local food scene.

Editor, Satire

Alex Mazzaferro

Alex Mazzaferro (MBA ’25) is from Chicago. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 2019. Prior to HBS, he worked in strategy and corporate venture capital.

Editor, Women's Leadership & Entrepreneurship

Regina Gomez

Regina Gomez (MBA ’25) was born and raised in Mexico City, Mexico. She graduated from Tecnológico de Monterrey with a degree in Economics. Prior to HBS she worked at Mastercard and an early-stage fintech as a Global Strategy and Operations Manager specializing in the payments industry.

Editor

Danielle Mitalipov

Danielle Mitalipov (MBA '25) is an RC interested in scaling climate technology and renewable energy generation. She is a Student Sustainability Associate (SSA), and helped organize the HBS Climate Symposium. Prior to HBS, she studied philosophy at Stanford University, and led merchandising for a global brand at adidas. Outside of school, she is usually writing or watching the latest release at the Coolidge Corner Theater.

Editor, Between Two Classes

Jay Bhandari

Jay Bhandari (MBA ’25) is originally from Houston, Texas. He graduated from Georgetown University in 2018 with a degree in Economics. Prior to the HBS MBA, Jay worked at thredUP in San Francisco and at Blackstone in New York.

Photographer

Sam Berube

Sam Berube (MBA ’25) is originally from Dover, Massachusetts. He graduated from Brown University with an honors degree in International & Comparative Political Science in 2019. Prior to his matriculation at HBS, Sam worked in corporate strategy at the McDonald's Corporation in Chicago, and for BCG in Boston. He is also an avid landscape and wildlife photographer.

Editor, Crossword

Delaney Burns

Delaney Burns (MS/MBA ‘25) is originally from the Scituate, Massachusetts. She graduated from MIT with degrees in Chemical Engineering and Biology. Prior to HBS, Delaney worked at McKinsey & Company in their Life Sciences practice.

Editor, Crossword

Maya Biswas

Maya Biswas (MBA ‘25) is from Bedford, Massachusetts and graduated from Cornell University in 2018 with a degree in Biology. Prior to HBS she worked at a biotech company in Cambridge.

Editor, Between Two Classes

Peter Sykes

Peter Sykes (MBA ’26) is originally from Calgary, Canada. He graduated from Georgetown University in 2015 with a degree in Economics. Prior to HBS, Peter worked in strategic ops at Reservoir Media, an independent music company in New York, and for Morgan Stanley.

Editor, Industry Insights

Santi Gil

Santiago Gil (MBA '26) is originally from Mexico City. He graduated from Tecnológico de Monterrey with a degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering. Before HBS, he worked in venture capital at IGNIA and investment banking at a boutique firm in Mexico City.

Editor, Industry Insights

Meredith Nolan

Meredith Nolan (MBA ’26) is originally from outside of Washington, D.C. She graduated from the University of Virginia with a BS degree in Commerce in 2020. Prior to the HBS MBA, Meredith worked in private equity in San Francisco on TPG’s Consumer team.

Photographer

Nikole Naloy

Nikole Naloy (MBA ’26) is originally from Brooklyn, NY. She graduated from Harvard University in 2021 with a degree in art history and economics. Prior to HBS, Nikole worked as an investment banking analyst at The Sage Group in Los Angeles and in strategy for TikTok in New York.

Editor, Industry Insights

Michelle Yu

Michelle Yu (MBA '26) is passionate about all things media, with experience in business news, documentary film, broadcast journalism, and television. She graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Film and Media Studies and was a producer for CNBC prior to HBS.