Dimitra Kessenides
Bloomberg
New York, NY, United States
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A Star Chef Talks About Combining Business and Cooking
Harvard grad Nick DiGiovanni decided that he didn’t need an MBA. → Read More
How to Make Sure Your Resume Isn’t Overlooked — Without Lying
Don’t fret about competitors who might be fabricating experience. Your CV can stand out with better framing of your achievements and a compelling headline. → Read More
ChatGPT Passed a Wharton MBA Exam. Are Professors Worried?
The AI-powered chatbot did better than expected on a Wharton exam. That’s something to get excited about, says the professor behind the experiment. → Read More
Columbia Business School Reimagines Its Future With a New Campus
Based in Manhattanville, a few blocks north of the Ivy League institution’s historic location, Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s glass buildings offer a more open approach to business education. → Read More
Best Electric Cars: Bloomberg’s Guide to Green EV’s
This interactive dashboard highlights key metrics and design features that measure how sustainable, affordable, and practical each EV model is within the US market. → Read More
Batteries Hidden Across New York Give the City a Backup Boost
Stashed in empty lots and installed on rooftops, microgrids in otherwise overlooked locations are the future of Big Apple power. → Read More
The Mission to Sample a Comet Going 84,000 Miles Per Hour—and Return
The scientist behind the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity wants to send a probe to a ball of ice and dust to learn about the origins of life. → Read More
Michigan’s Young Dean on the Future of B-Schools
Scott DeRue on teaching leadership, balancing classroom learning with real-world experience—oh, and branding. → Read More
The French Men’s Underwear Company Started on a Dare
Guillaume Gibault's business is booming online with locally produced, well-crafted undies. → Read More
Krakow’s Essential Accessory: A Smog Mask
The protective gear helps defend against the city’s dangerous air pollution. → Read More
How Woke Is Wikipedia’s Editorial Pool?
The ubiquitous reference site tries to expand its editor ranks beyond the Comic Con set. → Read More
The Promises of President-Elect Donald Trump, in His Own Words
What he plans to tackle come Jan. 20, 2017. → Read More
First-Amendment Lawyer Ted Boutrous: Trump's Threats Won't Squelch Free Speech
He has offered to defend those Donald Trump has threatened to sue, for free. → Read More
Forget Organic, Retailers Increasingly Are Turning to Sustainable Cotton
Major brands have increased their use of so-called Better Cotton. → Read More
Forget Organic, Retailers Increasingly Are Turning to Sustainable Cotton
Major brands have increased their use of so-called Better Cotton. → Read More
SPEND: Write With Pen and Paper, Shoot Your Doodles to the Cloud
A new tool from journaling maestro Moleskine offers to digitize your quaint analog chicken scratches. → Read More
Inside a Massive ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Grand Prix Tournament
Hasbro’s Magic: The Gathering, isn’t just the most popular trading card game ever. It’s a mass movement of players—planeswalkers in Magic-speak—battling it out with the help of spells, creatures, and other powers printed on cards at dozens of competitions around the world. At a Grand Prix meet in Washington in mid-March, more than 4,000 participants gathered to play in teams of wizards. While… → Read More
Startups Pitch VCs From Freezing Water
Proof that entrepreneurs will do almost anything for funding: In early February, representatives of 20 startups from around the world traveled to Oulu, Finland, as finalists in Polar Bear Pitching, one of two annual competitions run by Midnight Pitch Fest, a nonprofit event organizer. Each finalist jumped into an ice hole and, submerged in zero-Celsius water, presented ideas to a jury of… → Read More
The Marinelli Bell Foundry
This family business in Agnone, Italy, has filled the belfries of churches around the world since at least 1339. Today the shop’s 12 artisans take about three months to produce a single large model. A 600-kilogram (1,323-pound) bell costs about €21,000 ($23,000). Tourists can take home a less hefty holiday edition for €40. Photographs by Massimo Di Nonno for Bloomberg Businessweek → Read More
Sold-Out Hamilton Takes the Singing to the Street
Interest in the smash hit is creating buzz for other Broadway shows, too. → Read More