By now you’ve all heard rumors of a recent Thursday-night social event at Tommy Doyle’s that was so crowded, so much fun, so full of amazingly talented dudes that the dazzling details of the event are not allowed to be written in the pages of this fine periodical. While some fortunate souls were lucky enough…
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October 18, 2010
Explore Local Destinations with Weecation.com
Do you find yourself stuck in the same routine during weekends? Do you wish there were more to life than laundry and walking across the bridge? You might not get the time to fly to London, but you feel it would be refreshing to explore someplace new, quaint and potentially “New England” with your friends…
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September 13, 2010
Real Partners of HBS-Annual Clambake Welcomes RC Partners
On Monday, September 6th, the HBS Partners’ Club welcomed new RC partners, students and their families at their annual kick-off event, a traditional New England style Clambake at Marina Bay in Quincy, Mass. Over 300 partners, students and their families kicked-off their first-year at HBS with a traditional New England-style Clambake hosted by the HBS…
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March 1, 2010
Scaling Kilimanjaro
I am definitely an adventurous and outdoorsy kind of guy. I couldn’t stand the fact that entering the New England winter was going to make me a slave to the SFP-Aldrich-Spangler-SFP route for a long time. So I needed to go somewhere unusual that accomplished two objectives: climbing a mountain and exploring a new country….
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February 22, 2010
Lessons Learned
Determining how much to offer to pay for a company took a long time to get comfortable with.ÿ600 companies were on my target list, I got positive responses from 60 and decided to make offers on 12 of them.ÿ The first one took 3 weeks, the last one 3 days!ÿ PE companies make hundreds of…
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October 26, 2009
Apple Picking
For me, Fall is bittersweet. The days grow shorter, the air crisper, and as we were so brutally reminded last weekend, winter looms just around the corner. At the same time, the season does have some redeeming qualities. Fall brings us football and tailgating, 60-degree temperatures perfect for running along the Charles, and my personal…
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February 23, 2009
Regional Profiles – The Northeast – Stay a While
This article is about why you-and just about everyone-should stay in the Northeast after graduating from HBS. From the investment bank to the consulting firm to the mutual fund, Boston invents it, New York builds it, and Washington regulates it. For nearly anything in business, you can’t pick a better place than the Northeast. You…
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April 7, 2008
Alumni Perspective – Robert Kraft, (MBA ’65)
A cold New England morning dawned at the Harvard Business School in 1963, when legendary marketing professor, the late Ted Levitt, sporting his distinctive, thick mustache and bushy, black eyebrows, while exhibiting his customary, theatrical teaching style, spotted his cold-call victim for the morning’s case about Marlin Shavers. This particular morning, his quarry was a…
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January 22, 2008
Surviving the New England Winter:
When I moved to Cambridge from Honduras a few years ago, I was mentally prepared for endless winters and the worst possible scenario, whether that meant making it where I needed to go during an intense blizzard or putting on more than fives layers of clothing every time I walked out the door. Having lived…
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January 29, 2007
Restaurant Review – Anthony's Pier 4
A Great Place to Take Guests for a Taste of New England Food. We all have the occasional guests who come to live our HBS experience for a couple of days. These guests range from parents to girlfriends to admits to friends, and sometimes even guests of honor such as our previous bosses (those who…
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November 6, 2006
Bringing in the Harvest
SEC members take time to bond while making a difference in the community through The Food Project. The Social Enterprise Club held its first annual Fall Retreat on Saturday, October 21. Almost 30 club members, a balance of ECs and RCs, enjoyed a gorgeous New England morning outside getting to know each other and the…
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October 30, 2006
Restaurant Review – Venda Ravioli
As beautiful as the HBS campus is, it is nice to get away once in awhile. Taking a weekend day trip to explore the New England area is the perfect way to enjoy this wonderful fall weather. As New England’s second-largest city, Providence, Rhode Island, has all the building blocks to make it an ideal…
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October 16, 2006
Parlee Farms – 5 Stars!
Apple picking is a New England tradition and a must-do for those who are new to the area. With many orchards open through October, there are still a few weekends left to make the trip to one of the local farms. Don’t have a car? Think about renting one or reserving a Zipcar because it…
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October 3, 2006
Food Resources on the Web
Whether you’re looking for that perfect special-occasion restaurant or interested in getting an inside view of the food industry, check out some favorite online food-related resources to whet your appetite. Everyone is likely familiar with the omnipresent Zagat guides. At meal time, these little red books have become indispensable to lawyers, investment bankers and consultants…
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September 11, 2006
Lobstahs & Steamahs
Remnants of Hurricane Ernesto cleared just in time, and under the gaze of sunny skies, the HBS Partners’ Club, with the help of SA Orientation sponsor Bain & Co., introduced more than 270 incoming partners and their students to a traditional New England clambake. This event, designed for incoming HBS couples and their children, provided…
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September 11, 2006
Restaurant Reviews Are All In A Day's Work
A&E Co-Editor Cathy Ueng shares three of her favorite Boston dining venues with new and returning students. Welcome to HBS for the new class of RCs and welcome back to ECs! One perk of being co-editor of the Arts & Entertainment Section of The Harbus is that I get “paid” to try out interesting restaurants…
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September 11, 2006
Restaurant Review – Seafood
When I think New England, I think seafood. Not the fancy towers of tuna sashimi or perfectly arranged plate of halibut cooked “sous vide” but rather the charming roadside restaurants in Maine. Perhaps it’s the crisp outdoor air but somehow this casual dining experience inevitably makes the lobster taste sweeter and the memories of fresh…
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September 5, 2006
Food Review
If you plan to introduce visiting friends or family to New England cuisine, Legal Sea Foods is a sure-fire crowd pleaser. Nestled in the heart of Harvard Square (though there are numerous locations in the Boston area), this locale is an easy destination for HBSers. The tavern-like ambience is plain, but the food will not…
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January 30, 2006
Make Your 2nd Semester As Spontaneous As the Boston Winter Weather
Take a hint from the Boston weather, where it goes from a sunny 60-degree day on January 21 to a snowy 35-degree forecast two days later. Although things may seem monotonous at times, like the expected New England winter, your life during and after HBS is actually quite unpredictable. Admit it, even you couldn’t have…
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December 5, 2005
Surviving the New England Winter: You Scream, I Scream, Ice Cream!
When I moved to Cambridge from Honduras a few years ago, I was mentally prepared for endless winters and the worst possible scenario, whether that meant making it where I needed to go during an intense blizzard or putting on more than fives layers of clothing every time I walked out the door. Having lived…
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October 31, 2005
B&G Oyster – Classic Seafood with Flair
When I think New England, I think seafood. Not the fancy towers of tuna sashimi or perfectly arranged plate of halibut cooked “sous vide” but rather the charming roadside restaurants in Maine. Perhaps it’s the crisp outdoor air but somehow this casual dining experience inevitably makes the lobster taste sweeter and the memories of fresh…
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September 26, 2005
My Life, My NASCAR: HBSers Get Familiar with America's New Favorite Pastime
It’s 6:30am on a Sunday, and my cell phone rings. On any other early Sunday morning, it continues to ring, but this is no ordinary Sunday. Rather, it is Sunday, September 18, 2005 and somewhere in a land not too far from here, NASCAR Nation awaits. As we have all been told many times before,…
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September 19, 2005
HBS Rugby Team Takes on Mad River in Early-Season Warm-Up Match
The HBS Rugby Football Club returned to the rugby paddock over the weekend to begin the assured path to World Rugby dominance. After a long summer away from the Carl Lavin (OE) “even the Navy Seals can’t handle this workout” training regime, we gingerly hit the rugby pitch to take on last year’s New England…
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October 20, 2003
Yomping in New England
“Why am I doing this to myself?” This is the question that keeps on nagging me as I roll out of bed at 5:45am on a Saturday morning. It is still nearly an hour before sunrise and the Friday night party beats are still rattling through my semi-conscious body. I reach something resembling a vertical…
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September 29, 2003
Don't Just Smell the Roses…
I had a mild revelation at the Community Day last Saturday. I was looking at a small group, their eyes glittering, overcome by the shear wonder of it all as they trotted around eating as much free food as they could. I am talking, of course, about the ponies. There they were, a handful of…
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September 22, 2003
Don't Just Smell the Roses…
I had a mild revelation at the Community Day last Saturday. I was looking at a small group, their eyes glittering, overcome by the shear wonder of it all as they trotted around eating as much free food as they could. I am talking, of course, about the ponies. There they were, a handful of…
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June 2, 2003
Shades of Gray
It’s the end of my RC year. I’ve met people. Lots of people. Impressive, intriguing, bootstrapping, silver spoon, experienced, fresh-eyed, tall, short, quiet, and loud. As promised at the start of the year, I’ve met people whose future businesses I’m ready to invest in and whose daughters I’ll consider giving a job someday. People I…
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April 22, 2003
Eat: From pub grub to international delights
Price Guide$ – entrees $10 or less$$ – entrees $10 – 15$$$ – entrees $15 – 20$$$$ – entrees $20+ Porter Square/Near HLS Christopher’s ($$)1920 Mass. Ave., (617) 876-9180This is the type of pub food the average Cambridge hippie can appreciate – lots of organic ingredients, vegetarian options, and attention to fat content. Rarely greasy,…
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April 7, 2003
Golfing in Boston
While Boston may not be the ideal destination for a golf vacation getaway, there are plenty of good and fairly inexpensive courses perfect for a student on a budget. The closest course to campus is Fresh Pond, a fairly well maintained 9-hole par 35 course. While the $18 green fee is a little pricey, this…
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March 3, 2003
Museums of Boston and Cambridge
Museums around Harvard Harvard University Museums of Natural History, 617-495-3045 www.hmnh.harvard.edu26 Oxford St., Cambridge, T-Stop: HarvardHrs: daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (The Harvard Museum of Natural History is the public museum of Harvard University’s three natural history institutions, which includes: the Botanical Museum; the Museum of Comparative Zoology; and the Mineralogical and Geological Museum.) The Botanical…