Hbs '92: Power, Glory And Real Life, A Landmark Documentary Featuring Hbs Mbas

In 1992, two Harvard Business students pioneered an oral history project to follow the fortunes of their schoolmates, filming their progress over two decades. For the first time the producers will present an exclusive work-in-progress of the documentary.

Event Date: Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 at 6:00pm

How do the lessons learned on their lifelong journeys transform the hearts and minds of the business elite?

For over 100 years, Harvard Business School has educated generations of leaders who have shaped the practice of business in every industry and in every country around the world. HBS is well known to have one of the largest and most influential alumni networks of any institution in the world.

The best measure of the success of an educational institution is the success of its alumni. But how might the "success" of HBS alumni be measured? Fred Singer MBA'92 and Tori Hackett MBA'94 began a longitudinal study of the MBA Class of 1992. They surveyed expectations on paper and recorded dozens of intimate interviews on videotape, staking their claim to a rich but uncharted editorial frontier.

What began 18 years ago among HBS classmates at commencement continued at every 5th Year reunion. Now this documentary start-up has matured into an historic media opportunity offering unprecedented insights into what really matters to MBAs then and now: Power, Glory and Real Life.

Featuring in interviews conducted every five years, along with "reality" sequences shot in classmates homes and workplaces, "HBS'92: Power, Glory and Real Life" (working title) is almost ready for prime time. Please join Hackett and featured '92 classmates Singer, Antoinette Bruno and Ken Shoji for a provocative 30-minute HD presentation of sequences from the documentary, followed by a lively Q&A session -- moderated by a special guest host - all of which will be recorded by the project's videographers.

Your input will help shape the course of the production, contribute to the historical record, and perhaps even influence public perceptions about for the Harvard Business School for generations to come.

Please join us for this unique and unprecedented event!

Fred Singer has over 20 years of experience working with innovative Internet companies and as CEO of Grab Networks, is responsible for the overall strategic direction and growth of the company. Prior to Grab Networks, he worked with Softbank Corporation as a Senior Advisor to Masayoshi Son, President and CEO of Softbank Corporation in Japan. Previously, Singer worked in a variety of leading operating roles at America Online. During his six-year tenure at AOL, his roles included COO of AOL Studios/Interactive Services (Content), COO of ICQ (Instant Messaging) and SVP of Emerging Products. He started his career with the Washington Post Company in 1992 where he was a founder of the Washington Post Online Service (now WashingtonPost.com), and was also formerly a Strategy Consultant at Bain & Company in Boston. Singer has served on the boards of DoubleClick, Motley Fool Company, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (International Committee), Queens School of Business, and Upper Canada College. He has also been active with Sunderam Tagore Art Gallery in New York City and Children's Hospital in Washington, D.C. where he has funded pioneering work on Autism Spectrum Disorders. He has an MBA from Harvard and a LLB, MA Philosophy, BA Philosophy with Distinction and B. Commerce with Honours from Queen's University in Canada.

Victoria Hackett is a venture partner of Arts Alliance. She has led the Company's strategy and investment efforts in the United States. Victoria currently serves on the boards of estyle and Pocket This. She has served on the boards of ububu, Mascot Net