Tag: challenges

Two for the Price of Two – Tips for married life at HBS

Being married at HBS can be tough – but it can also be a tax-effective two-year honeymoon for you and your significant other. Daniel Selikowitz and Michaela Alhadeff – the Harbus’s resident HBS couple – share their top tips for wedded bliss. From time to time, we hear joking interpretations of the MBA acronym: “Married But Available”;… Continue reading Two for the Price of Two – Tips for married life at HBS

Taking an Advocacy Approach After Tragedies in Delhi, Newtown

Roughly a month ago, India faced a ghastly gang rape and murder of a 23 year old medical student in Delhi. The fact that the incident occurred in the national capital Delhi, in a relatively ‘safe’ neighborhood, not very late in the evening and when the victim was with a male friend, sent chills up… Continue reading Taking an Advocacy Approach After Tragedies in Delhi, Newtown

Hapless Harvardite: Of Haves and Have-Nots in Recruiting Week

At the inception of this column, I pitched it to our fearless EICs as a series in which I would humorously document ventures about which I was entirely ignorant, and at which I was sure to fail. Freedom Trail, I thought, ruing the many hours I spent in History 112 receiving a whispered tutorial on… Continue reading Hapless Harvardite: Of Haves and Have-Nots in Recruiting Week

Venture Corner: CIMLS.com Discovers How to Open the Floodgates and Harness Data to Power Its Business

As a refresher, what was your business and your progress at the time of the last Harbus interview? CIMLS.com (The Commercial Investment Multiple Listing Service) is a commercial real estate research service.  We collect and provide access to a huge database of information ranging from property listings to local market demographics www.replicabestsale.co.uk.  At the time… Continue reading Venture Corner: CIMLS.com Discovers How to Open the Floodgates and Harness Data to Power Its Business

FIELD 3: Moving yenta-friend from brainstorming to execution

This week was a busy one for my fellow yentas and me. After spending countless hours together throwing out fabulous ideas and cementing our vision last week, it was now time for our three workstreams to, well, get cracking. The marketing and MVP teams worked together to facilitate our first customer interactions (!) while the… Continue reading FIELD 3: Moving yenta-friend from brainstorming to execution

Venture Corner: Qweek

What is your business? Qweek is a SaaS (software-as-a-service) workforce scheduling platform. The product helps service businesses like hospitals, fast food restaurants, banks, hotels etc. manage their workforce to both improve customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction and reduce costs. Our business does that by providing a tool for employees to state their work preferences, and managers… Continue reading Venture Corner: Qweek

The Balancing Act – A Healthy Relationship versus Student Life

Uprooting a family, making new friends, moving into a smaller apartment, finding a new job, managing chaotic schedules, and dealing with financial stress are some of the obvious challenges that partners may experience when relocating with their student to HBS. While the HBS experience is said to be transformational and some of the best years… Continue reading The Balancing Act – A Healthy Relationship versus Student Life

What’s Next For New Orleans?

Having recently marked the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in wake of the Gulf Coast oil spill disaster, New Orleans is now coping with new social and community redevelopment challenges. As the only US service-based January Term IXP, the 2011 New Orleans IXP will offer an unparalleled opportunity to experience first-hand one of the most… Continue reading What’s Next For New Orleans?

FashionStake – Put Consumers in the Cycle

Harbus sits down with FashionStake co-founders Vivian Weng (OH) and Daniel Gulati (OJ) to discuss their recent company launch in New York, raising a venture round and what they’ve learned about startups and entrepreneurship. There are several things you can do with your summer: go hostel hopping across Europe, hit the beach and work on… Continue reading FashionStake – Put Consumers in the Cycle

SABA’s Annual India Conference 2010

SABA’s annual India Conference on March 6 featured some very influential speakers from India and a wide variety of industry panels addressing the most pressing issues in the country. The annual India Business Conference held by the South Asian Business Association (SABA) took place on March 6 and featured influential businessmen and policy makers from… Continue reading SABA’s Annual India Conference 2010

Career Profiles – Yaw Agyenim-Boateng

Career Field Prior to HBS: Management Consulting, Nonprofit Position in Sierra Leone Plymouth Partnership: Fellow Why did you choose an internship withÿ Sierra Leone Plymouth Partnership? I started out RC year with a plan to donate my summer to doing something challenging and impactful that I could also enjoy, in a very poor country. The… Continue reading Career Profiles – Yaw Agyenim-Boateng

Lessons Learned

Learning how to effectively communicate with employees took many years to develop and refine.ÿIt sounds simple: tell them what is going on, listen to what they have to say and then they will do what you need them to do – but it is never that easy. It is all about developing trust and confidence… Continue reading Lessons Learned

HBS CLASS OF 2010: BEST EC CLASS EVER?

To start, Scott and I wanted to thank everybody for their support, suggestions, and feedback as we’ve made the transition into the SA Co-Presidency. While we only officially took over last week, Scott and I have spent much of March and April talking with administrators, professors, club leaders, ECs, and most importantly, all of you,… Continue reading HBS CLASS OF 2010: BEST EC CLASS EVER?

HBS Business Plan Finalists-Novophage Therapeutics

1. YOUR PITCH.Antibiotic-resistance superbugs are a growing problem in today’s hospitals and communities around the globe despite nearly $26 billion spent on therapeutics. In the US alone direct costs of infection are estimated at $28-34B (2007 USD). The outbreak of Staph infections at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in early April 2009 exemplifies the looming… Continue reading HBS Business Plan Finalists-Novophage Therapeutics

HBS Business Plan Finalists-CloudFlare

1. YOUR PITCH..Websites today are under attack. Every day web administrators are subject to a host of threats from email address harvesting to cross-site scripting to denial of service attacks. Our survey of more than 130 web administrators revealed deep frustration. The attackers were universally described as a web administrator’s “worst enemies on the Internet,”… Continue reading HBS Business Plan Finalists-CloudFlare

HBS Business Plan Finalists – YouTea!

1. YOUR PITCH.YouTea! delivers an over-the-counter solution to a prevalent women’s health problem. YouTea! is the first functional beverage powder specifically designed for women’s health. We have a specific condition in mind to gain initial adoption but will position YouTea! as a general women’s health product as we grow our business. We have developed a… Continue reading HBS Business Plan Finalists – YouTea!

HBS Business Plan Finalists – PainMD

1. YOUR PITCH.PainMD offers a highly effective, non-invasive, non-addictive pain treatment for the 46 million patients in America suffering from debilitating chronic pain. There are many causes of chronic pain including neuropathy, back injury, and trigeminal neuralgia. Existing therapies are largely ineffective in providing pain relief; treatments that work tend to be highly addictive (such… Continue reading HBS Business Plan Finalists – PainMD

HBS Business Plan Finalists – Fresh Maid

1. YOUR PITCH. Fresh Maid is the first and only complete homemaking solution in the market. We provide housekeeping and laundry services to residents of large, high-rise buildings in Manhattan and other cities. The business operates like a hotel maid service, visiting clients 3-5 times per week at a rate competitive to what people already… Continue reading HBS Business Plan Finalists – Fresh Maid

HBS Business Plan Finalists – Tough Mudder

1. YOUR PITCH.With Tough Mudder, we aim to bring an endurance race format that is already popular in many other countries, to the US. A Tough Mudder event will be a test of all-round toughness, testing not just fitness, but also strength, stamina, and mental and physical endurance www.replicabestsale.co.uk. A typical race will start with… Continue reading HBS Business Plan Finalists – Tough Mudder

HBS Business Plan Finalists – YouTea!

1. YOUR PITCH.YouTea! delivers an over-the-counter solution to a prevalent women’s health problem. YouTea! is the first functional beverage powder specifically designed for women’s health. We have a specific condition in mind to gain initial adoption but will position YouTea! as a general women’s health product as we grow our business. We have developed a… Continue reading HBS Business Plan Finalists – YouTea!

HBS Business Plan Finalists – PainMD

1. YOUR PITCH.PainMD offers a highly effective, non-invasive, non-addictive pain treatment for the 46 million patients in America suffering from debilitating chronic pain. There are many causes of chronic pain including neuropathy, back injury, and trigeminal neuralgia. Existing therapies are largely ineffective in providing pain relief; treatments that work tend to be highly addictive (such… Continue reading HBS Business Plan Finalists – PainMD

Training the HBS Class of 2025

Forty-five HBS students have volunteered on a Saturday throughout the 2008-2009 academic year to teach an apprenticeship on branding to fifteen Black and Latino 8th grade students from Boston Public Schools. Classes are taught at Madison Park High School in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. The project is lead by the African American Student Union… Continue reading Training the HBS Class of 2025

Entrepreneur Profiles–Allison Floam and Lindsay Jurist-Rosner

What is the name of your company? TouchableAds What industry/sector would you classify it in? Digital media How long has it been running? How many people are involved? 7 super fun months. ÿAs of now, just the two of us. ÿAlthough we’ve roped in tons of HBS professors, all of our friends, and anyone else… Continue reading Entrepreneur Profiles–Allison Floam and Lindsay Jurist-Rosner

Sustainability in the Recession

The Green Living Reps & the Harvard Office of Sustainability have been discussing some of the impacts of the recession on the sustainability movement. While there are challenges in an economic downturn, there are also amazing opportunities. The recession. While it has only been “official” since the NBER announcement a couple months ago, we’ve all… Continue reading Sustainability in the Recession

Immersion Experience – Reflections on the China IXP Understanding a business environment

When I asked several of my co-students how they experienced the China IXP and what they took away from it, I got very diverse answers. Next to “a daring food experience”, “a love for Karaoke” and “new friends”, a few themes seemed to be common. I will come back to these throughout my story. Many… Continue reading Immersion Experience – Reflections on the China IXP Understanding a business environment