Word: hsa
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...HSA has grown from a collection of small student-run businesses to an employer of more than 1900 undergraduates who receive more than $750,000 per year in wages, the agency has also had to pay more attention to its balance books...
Gone are the days when students at HSA were encouraged to come up with ventures in which they could make big bucks in a short time, as when undergraduates sold soft ice cream in Cambridge...
...Berg '44 remembers when the company invested $65,000 to buy ice cream trucks for the project. "That was one of the real risks. The students made money, but we lost in the long haul because we were [up against] professionals," says Berg, who was chairman of the HSA Board of Directors from the company's inception until...
...HSA was founded when a student and Harvard officials agreed that the College needed some organization to provide students with a "structured outlet" for student-run businesses. The student, Gregory B. Stone '58, had been selling beer mugs out of his dorm room...
...HSA opened its doors in the fall of 1957 with the stated objective to "provide jobs for students, provide quality products and provide management experience...