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Finance should be included in social entrepreneurship competitions [Innovative Finance]
April 24, 2013

Finance should be included in social entrepreneurship competitions [Innovative Finance]

A recent visit to Hult International Business School in Cambridge, MA got me all excited about entrepreneurs-in-the-making interested in social infrastructure.

Entrepreneur gives loyalty programmes a social spin [dna]
April 22, 2013

Entrepreneur gives loyalty programmes a social spin [dna]

Collecting reward points to redeem them for more goodies is a rage among upwardly mobile consumers.

Stephen Hodges: Business schools fail to teach soft skills to students [Livemint]
April 22, 2013

Stephen Hodges: Business schools fail to teach soft skills to students [Livemint]

Mumbai: Stephen Hodges, chairman of the board and president of Hult International Business School, said business school, or B-school, students are good when it comes to theory but lack so-called soft skills, or attributes that help them get along with others in the workplace.

The Big Phenomenon of Big Data: It’s More Personal Than You Think
April 19, 2013

The Big Phenomenon of Big Data: It’s More Personal Than You Think

Numbers matter. They matter a great deal in business and in life. But as Nate Silverman pointed out in his book, The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — But Some Don't, “Numbers have no way of speaking for themselves.” So it’s up to us to make sense of them, to make sure they “add up,” and to provide them with a voice.

Meet the man who makes female business leaders cry [The Telegraph]
April 19, 2013

Meet the man who makes female business leaders cry [The Telegraph]

I am not a touchy feely person. I do not like telling total strangers my greatest flaws. Nor do I like sweeping generalisations about women – preached by a man.

First-ever JUMP! event has a successful landing for students and startups
April 18, 2013

First-ever JUMP! event has a successful landing for students and startups

Entrepreneurs, investors, educators, students, and many others came together last weekend to JUMP! in the name of global entrepreneurship, courtesy of Hult San Francisco's Hult Venture Group.