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There is never a good time to start a company, so you have to go ahead and take the risk. “If you don’t ever try, you won’t know. Don’t ever wait. If there is a market opportunity, run the tests and get clarity on if you should go full throttle.” [...]
Aspa Lekka (MBA 2020) was a member of the Greek National Team for handball. Upon realizing she had global ambitions of competing in a larger world, she ventured out to Berlin to join a startup as a business analyst despite her lack of knowledge and skills in the field. After completing her Ph.D. in education, Aspa ventured out again to learn more about business and to hone her dreams about leading a company as CEO into the future. [...]
Julia Cheek started EverlyWell in Austin, Texas so that she could be close to her family. The health and wellness company provides at-home lab testing kits and digital results to consumers, and offers a suite of validated tests, including; food sensitivity, fertility, STDs, and thyroid. This past year Everlywell did $40M in sales. [...]
There are several ways to switch careers, such as directly changing jobs or pursuing another advanced degree in a new field. Among the choices, an MBA is not a typical option for people with a technical background. I had very few friends and colleagues who had gone the MBA path, and yet, the more I talked to those friends, the more I realized that an MBA was the perfect fit for me as a next step. [...]
In this Facebook Live conversation about the tech community at HBS, David Homa, the Director of the HBS Digital Initiative, and current students discuss the tech community here and resources available to students looking to learn more or pivot to a tech-focused career. [...]
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