Before I even knew that coming to HBS was a possibility, I had spent years following Veronica Serra (MBA ’97). Her appearances at podcasts, industry news, and events always struck me with her clarity ...

Note: All the em-dashes in this text are mine. On the other hand, any traces of wisdom in this article, like all my class comments, are mere improvisations of what I heard recently. "C'mon, we are not ...

Crowdsourced insights on minimizing the cost base while maximizing the artistic and cultural value of your MBA experience Many of us probably started the year with grand plans to “explore Cambridge” ...

I’ve been experimenting with vibecoding recently and it’s been making me feel…weird. Trying to settle your brain when it’s shooting off application ideas to Claude must be what it feels like for pets ...

Every year, Harvard Business School classmates pursue ventures, roll-up businesses, and enter velvet-roped industries. Some students put on a musical. This year, HBS Show co-writers Sri Nimmagadda and ...

In the whirlwind of three-case days, no-offer recruiting panic, daily birthday Partiful invites, and weekend trips that somehow spill into Monday, it’s easy to forget to take a moment for yourself.

For soldiers in combat and athletes in competition, attention is everything. Yet the tools designed to deliver critical information—watches, phones, or navigation devices—often require users to glance ...

You figure out the trilemma pretty quickly after you arrive. Most students at Harvard Business School are managing three things: academics, career, and social life. The trilemma is the unofficial ...

these aren't such small things at all. Sravani Royyuru (MBA ‘26), prior to HBS, worked at Boston Consulting Group and studied mechanical engineering at Imperial College London. At HBS, she was ...

When I was admitted to HBS through the 2+2 program, my parents were thrilled, but not for the reasons people might assume. It wasn’t because Harvard is an Ivy League, as I had just completed my ...

Perhaps the most-retold story in the entirety of the Western canon is Ovid’s Pygmalion. It’s the story of the genius sculptor, Pygmalion, who falls in love with his alabaster sculpture, Galatea. The ...

Editor’s Note: The Harbus is enthused to introduce our Leadership column, a series of conversations with leaders from across business and society. Our hope is to share their insights with the broader ...