Harvard Business School

Hepsiburada Announces a Change within the Executive Management Team

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Engineering, HEPS, Istanbul Technical University, General Electric, Bachelor, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Amazon, Harvard Business School

Mr. Karadoğan will lead Hepsiburada's overall logistics operations, including warehousing, fulfillment, and last-mile delivery services for both on-platform and off-platform customers.

Key Points: 
  • Mr. Karadoğan will lead Hepsiburada's overall logistics operations, including warehousing, fulfillment, and last-mile delivery services for both on-platform and off-platform customers.
  • "Hakan Karadoğan is a seasoned leader with nearly three decades of broad-based experience within logistics services, engineering and supply chain management."
  • Under his leadership, Hepsiburada will scale its B2B business from warehousing to fulfillment and to last-mile delivery services."
  • Mr. Karadoğan also has 22 years of management experience from General Electric and its predecessors, where he held various management roles in the fields of engineering, manufacturing, supply-chain and business management.

InnovationForce Launches InnovationWorks 2.0: A Cloud-Based SaaS Platform to Accelerate and Simplify the Innovation Process

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Innovation, ERM, Research, Networking hardware, Friction, Culture, IBM, Art, Ideation, Learning, Risk, 2.0, Climate change, Salesforce, Software as a service, Practice, Organization, Central Hudson, EPRI, Harvard Business School, Development, Microsoft, Workflow

RALEIGH, N.C. and ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- InnovationForce, the world's first AI-powered Ecosystem Relationship Management (ERM) platform for innovation, today announced the availability of InnovationWorks 2.0 at DISTRIBUTECH 2024. The InnovationWorks platform accelerates innovation with a cloud-based SaaS software solution that measures, automates, scales and democratizes innovation in complex organizations so that everyone and anyone can innovate at any time.

Key Points: 
  • The InnovationWorks platform accelerates innovation with a cloud-based SaaS software solution that measures, automates, scales and democratizes innovation in complex organizations so that everyone and anyone can innovate at any time.
  • RALEIGH, N.C. and ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- InnovationForce , the world's first AI-powered Ecosystem Relationship Management (ERM) platform for innovation, today announced the availability of InnovationWorks 2.0 at DISTRIBUTECH 2024.
  • The InnovationWorks platform accelerates innovation with a cloud-based SaaS software solution that measures, automates, scales and democratizes innovation in complex organizations so that everyone and anyone can innovate at any time.
  • The InnovationWorks 2.0 platform is a fully automated innovation management SaaS platform that includes a number of unique features to help scale innovation inside and across organizations, including industry ecosystems.

JAKE HOLLINGER APPOINTED CEO OF GOLDOLLER REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
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PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --GoldOller Real Estate Investments is pleased to announce the appointment of Jake Hollinger, 49, as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Key Points: 
  • PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --GoldOller Real Estate Investments is pleased to announce the appointment of Jake Hollinger, 49, as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
  • Hollinger, a principal at GoldOller since 2010 served as President and COO for the past decade.
  • We are especially excited about the robust demand for high-quality, workforce housing with full amenities, particularly in underserved secondary markets where GoldOller excels," Hollinger said.
  • Jeff Goldstein and I are delighted that our partner, Jake Hollinger, will now lead the exceptional GoldOller team he played a pivotal role in creating.

WASTE CONNECTIONS APPOINTS CARL D. SPARKS TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Waste Connections, Copart, WCN, Marketing, Gilt Groupe, Boston Consulting Group, MBA, Princeton University, Expedia Group, Avis Budget Group, Academic Partnerships, Harvard Business School, Management

TORONTO, Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Waste Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) ("Waste Connections" or the "Company") today announced that Carl D. Sparks has been appointed to its Board of Directors, effective March 1, 2024.

Key Points: 
  • TORONTO, Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Waste Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) ("Waste Connections" or the "Company") today announced that Carl D. Sparks has been appointed to its Board of Directors, effective March 1, 2024.
  • "We are very pleased to welcome Carl to our Board," said Ronald J. Mittelstaedt, President and Chief Executive Officer.
  • Mr. Sparks has also served on the board of directors of Copart Inc. since 2021, and the board of directors of Cint Group AB since 2022.
  • Mr. Sparks holds a bachelor's degree from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Groq® Welcomes Harvard Professor Youngme Moon to Board of Directors

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Social capital, Information Age, AI, Research, MIT, Culture, Harvard University, Different, HBS, Stanford University, Faculty, Yale University, Harvard Business School, Management

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Groq®, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) solutions company and the creator of the LPU™ Inference Engine, has added Harvard Professor Youngme Moon to its board of directors, giving brand a seat at the table. In addition to Groq CEO and Founder Jonathan Ross and Professor Moon, the Groq board includes Jay Zaveri of Social Capital, Ford Tamer of Francisco Partners, and Andy Rappaport of Skyline Public Works.

Key Points: 
  • MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Groq® , a generative artificial intelligence (AI) solutions company and the creator of the LPU™ Inference Engine, has added Harvard Professor Youngme Moon to its board of directors, giving brand a seat at the table.
  • Groq® has added Harvard Professor Youngme Moon to its board of directors, giving brand a seat at the table.
  • Professor Moon serves on the board of Mastercard, Unilever, Warby Parker, and Sweetgreen, as well as several early-stage startups.
  • "Youngme brings the broad marketing expertise to the Groq board of directors that is needed in a rapidly changing market, like AI," said Ross.

FINRA Announces Three New Governors on Its Board

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Friday, February 16, 2024
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FINRA announced today that Derrick Roman, former partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), and Gus Sauter, current member of FINRA’s Investment Committee , have been appointed as public governors on its Board of Governors .

Key Points: 
  • FINRA announced today that Derrick Roman, former partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), and Gus Sauter, current member of FINRA’s Investment Committee , have been appointed as public governors on its Board of Governors .
  • Together, these individuals bring extensive audit, risk management, regulatory policy and investing experience to the Board.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240216351276/en/
    “I am delighted to welcome Derrick, Gus and Naureen as the Board’s newest governors,” said FINRA Board Chair Eric Noll .
  • His other board affiliations include CommScope Holdings; WEX, Inc. and NABA Inc. (the National Association of Black Accountants).

Global Millennial Capital Raises $20 Million to Fund Transformational Early-Stage Ventures That Empower Future Digital Economies

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Friday, February 16, 2024
Bias, Advisory board, General partnership, ANY, Incubator, THIS, AN, COVID-19, Fintech, Harvard Business School, AS, Research, Software, Cryptocurrency

BOSTON, Feb. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Millennial Capital Ltd., ("GMCL") an award-winning venture capital fund that uses a data-driven research approach to identify investment white spaces in the global technology sector and reduce investment bias, announced the close of its first $20 million fund as part of an oversubscribed private subscription round. Anchored by the Qatar-based Al Attiyah family office, with participation from various Gulf-based and international investors, the venture capital fund will invest in technology businesses that are exponentially scalable, IP-focused, and led by extraordinary entrepreneurial talent.

Key Points: 
  • Global Millennial Capital pioneers the Profit with Purpose methodology of Harvard Business School in partnering with exceptional entrepreneurs.
  • The emerging venture capital investor brings a lucrative yet "contrarian" perspective to identifying global themes and investment trends in the technology sector.
  • DISCLAIMER: GLOBAL MILLENNIAL CAPITAL LTD. (PIF) IS A VENTURE CAPITAL FUND REGISTERED WITH THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMISSION WITH FUND NUMBER 2037148.
  • GLOBAL MILLENNIAL CAPITAL LTD. (PIF) IS NOT A REGISTERED INVESTMENT ADVISOR.

What’s behind the astonishing rise in LGBTQ+ romance literature?

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Friday, February 16, 2024
Penguin Random House, Amazon Prime Video, Harlequin, Originality, Hachette, Publishing, University, HarperCollins, Shades of Grey, History, White, Black, Economics, Amazon, Sourcebooks, Harvard Business School, Cat, Book, Prince

Once upon a time, romance novels from major U.S. publishers featured only heterosexual couples.

Key Points: 
  • Once upon a time, romance novels from major U.S. publishers featured only heterosexual couples.
  • From May 2022 to May 2023, sales of LGBTQ+ romance grew by 40%, with the next biggest jump in this period occurring for general adult fiction, which grew just 17%.
  • But it turns out that this rise in LGBTQ+ romance was far from inevitable.

The business of romance

  • It’s simply more efficient for publishers to pursue a “one-to-many” business model – that is, to sell one book to a mass audience – than a “many-to-many” business model, selling a wider variety of books to many more small markets.
  • Starting around 2010, however, digital romance publishing – both from self-published authors and small digital-only publishers like Ellora’s Cave and Samhain – revealed a vast, untapped appetite for more varied romance.
  • Initially, big publishers tried to shoehorn digital romance authors into the blockbuster model by acquiring their books and issuing them in print.
  • As romance readers abandoned mass-market paperbacks for a wider, fresher range of stories, romance editors at large and medium-sized publishers realized they needed to become more like digital presses.

Making love pay

  • First, they hired new editors who had cut their teeth at tiny digital publishers with a history of releasing same-sex romance.
  • For our paper, we interviewed several of these editors, including Sourcebooks’ Mary Altman and Angela James, founder of Harlequin’s Carina Press.
  • James, formerly at Samhain, broke sacred publishing rules when she launched Carina, the first digital-only imprint at a traditional publisher.
  • The lower-overhead strategy worked so well that in 2020 the imprint created Carina Adores, an e-book and print line dedicated to LGBTQ+ romance.
  • Nonetheless, the structural changes they’ve made in romance imprints have fostered an outpouring of more diverse love stories.


The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Expands Senior Leadership Team with Two Key Hires

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Friday, February 16, 2024
Science, Other Science, Biotechnology, Research, Pharmaceutical, General Health, Health, Clinical Trials, Urology, Senior, ALS, Neuroscience, Immunology, Neuroinflammation, Drug development, MBA, Princeton University, Vaccine, University, Yale University, Fortress Investment Group, Infection, LGND, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Business School, Development, GSK plc, Prostate cancer, Management

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: LGND) today announced it has appointed Richard Baxter to the role of Senior Vice President of Investment Operations, and Karen Reeves, M.D., to Senior Vice President of Clinical Strategy and Investments.

Key Points: 
  • Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: LGND) today announced it has appointed Richard Baxter to the role of Senior Vice President of Investment Operations, and Karen Reeves, M.D., to Senior Vice President of Clinical Strategy and Investments.
  • “Rich and Karen strengthen our commercial and clinical bench, better positioning us to capitalize on this exciting period in the life sciences industry,” said Todd Davis, CEO of Ligand.
  • “These appointments are the latest in Ligand’s initiative to enhance and scale our deal capabilities by selectively adding new talent.
  • He also served as co-head of the healthcare team at Hayfin Capital Management LLP, which deployed $1.4 billion in capital over four years.

Ahma & Co Announces Launch of First Postnatal Retreat at Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach

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Thursday, February 15, 2024
Baby, Maternity, Lodging, Destinations, Vacation, Travel, Other Health, Health, General Health, Women, Consumer, Parenting, Love, Mental health, Club, Parent, Government, Cooking, Feedback, De Jesus, Mother, Periodic function, Movement, Harvard Business School, Dana Point, California, Research, Housekeeping, Pressure, Birth control

Ahma & Co , a postnatal retreat providing holistic postpartum recovery and newborn care support for mothers in the crucial first weeks, today announced the opening of its first-ever retreat at Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach Resort & Club in Dana Point, CA, set to welcome new mothers beginning March 15, 2024.

Key Points: 
  • Ahma & Co , a postnatal retreat providing holistic postpartum recovery and newborn care support for mothers in the crucial first weeks, today announced the opening of its first-ever retreat at Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach Resort & Club in Dana Point, CA, set to welcome new mothers beginning March 15, 2024.
  • An exclusive offer for March bookings is available at $1,400 starting price per night to celebrate this monumental opening.
  • With a minimum stay of 3 nights, Ahma & Co welcomes mothers up to 6 weeks postpartum, with opportunity to coordinate continued care past the retreat stay.
  • Ahma & Co is more than a retreat; it’s a movement towards a future where every mother can access the care they need to thrive, in postpartum and beyond.