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Kirsten Hassert

I will unleash my own Inner Spiderman...with his motto: "With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility." I'll keep believing in the power of People, of 'Small' Things, and of Being Real – and use this to empower myself and teammates to achieve. For me, to... View Details

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Kaelin Goulet

I was a 17-year old Ayn Rand devotee. The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged, Anthem — I couldn't trumpet loudly enough Rand's message of individualism and self-determination. That 17-year-old self wouldn't know what to make of me now. Maybe it was coming of professional age... View Details

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Kelly Cheng

I am always running. Running to submit that HBS application at the eleventh hour. Racing to Aldrich for class. Sprinting to deliver my résumé to recruiters. Running along the Charles (for fun!). Early in the first year, before TOM turned into LEAD, I learned about... View Details

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Jodi Yang

Boston is where I come to die and be reborn. At seventeen I came to mourn the death of my first love — music — and my grandfather, a hero who proudly led thousands into battle for his country, though he had little formal education. I found solace in Harvard Square... View Details

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Jayon Wang

I might as well just get used to people laughing at my ideas. At age 5, I told my mother that driving a dump-truck was my dream job. I can still hear her sweet and loving laughter. In the 10th grade, that same ambitious boy tried to invent super ice, so cold that a... View Details

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John Regan

During my darkest days in college, I could only look inward, brooding over my own black-and-white world of mental pain and self-pity, oblivious to the vibrant life around me. My external circumstances were enviable – a privileged existence with a loving family, loyal... View Details

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John Coleman

As a blond-haired little boy growing up in Tallahassee, Florida, my earliest memories were of my mom reading to me every day in our living room. The Poky Little Puppy, The Little Engine that Could, "The Berenstain Bears — I listened wide-eyed and concentrated on... View Details

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Jeremy Lipstein

A high-school economics class sparked Jeremy Lipstein's growing interest in all things business-related. "I liked the way it explained the behaviors of individuals, firms, and governments," Jeremy says. At Colgate, he continued his economic studies, adding a... View Details

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Justine Lelchuk

After studying finance, marketing and Mandarin – "China is the future," she believes – Justine Lelchuk had three clear goals for her first post-graduation job. "First, I had to travel. I didn't want to stay behind a desk. I also had to be challenged. I... View Details

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Jessica Kramer

As an economics major at Dartmouth looking for career direction, Jessica Kramer saw Morgan Stanley’s employment offer as “a good way to earn my chops” in business. Two years selling interest-rate derivatives in New York City, plus another three in San Francisco, gave... View Details

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Drew Johnson

The real question after the tornado is not “what can I salvage?” it is “how do I make sense of this?”. When the storm cleared, my family’s house was gone. With our home went my parents’ years of hard work to provide for us, the family heirlooms meant to be passed down,... View Details

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Jason Gurwin

Roller coasters scare me. The overwhelming speed. The stomach-wrenching plunges. The unpredictable twists and turns. But, that's how I've chosen to live my life. And for some reason, it doesn't scare me. As an entrepreneur, it's hard to predict what the next day will... View Details

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Jason George

My grandmother was born in a remote village at the dawn of the twentieth century. Married in her late teens, she was widowed in her early twenties, with two young sons. She remarried a widower with seven children, taking on this responsibility in a world of subsistence... View Details

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Joseph Ferrer

It took a single shot to turn my entire world upside down. Fourth of July 2010. As fireworks lit up the sky above Lake Berryessa, fifty miles away, Big Brother fired a bullet through his brain. I still remember that night clear as day. Growing up, I thought I would... View Details

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Jennifer DeWhitt

While she was still in school, Jennifer DeWhitt bought sugar cubes from her classmates, which became raw material for candy pencils she subsequently sold. In itself, the effort may not seem so remarkable, except that Jennifer was only in the fourth grade. For her... View Details

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Judy D'Agostino

“So where are you from?”I cringe when I hear the question, racking my brain to determine what I’ll say. I am Haitian.Sundays were marked with soup joumou, celebrations punctuated by konpa, school breaks spent in the sweltering heat of Haiti – beautiful and radiant,... View Details

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Jonathon Bunt

Putting entrepreneurship in focus “I had worked with a lot of people at Berkshire who had a fantastic experience at HBS,” says Jonathon. “I also wanted a school that was known nationally and internationally.” The case study method, too, was important. “My favorite... View Details

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John Brown

I want to fail well. When I get knocked down I want to get right back up and try again harder. I want to seek out moments in life where the outcome is uncertain, the stakes are high, and my actions determine if the enterprise meets success or failure. Taking risks, of... View Details

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Jeanine Barnett

I do what I do because I believe that creativity and competitiveness are not mutually exclusive concepts. Daily, as I draw on fond memories of a Caribbean childhood filled with countless moments on theatre stages and tennis courts, I am compelled to both create and... View Details

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Inessa Lurye

"There is a Jewish family living on the eighth floor. They must be destroyed!" Standing on the concrete stoop outside my apartment building in Minsk, Belarus, a neighbor spoke those piercing words. My small hands tightened, clenching my polka-dot dress. My... View Details

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