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Cherian Kurien

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? For me the purpose of an MBA is to develop and refine one's political, economic and social worldview, by debating, listening to and understanding the views of the faculty and fellow... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Retail

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Kim Chen

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I sought to expand the way I think about my career and business and the context in which both operate. I knew HBS would help me do so by exposing me to a... View Details

Keywords: Retail; Nonprofit / Government

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Joe Khoury

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? As an engineering school graduate, I felt that I needed to acquire new skills related to business, economics and management. Having worked in the Middle East and Asia, I also wanted to... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consulting; Investment Banking

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Kaki Ettinger

Why was earning your MBA at Harvard Business School important to you? I was lucky enough to have discovered, fairly early on in life, a field I was so passionate about that I couldn't imagine doing anything... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media; Technology; Entrepreneurship

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Lindsay Steinmetz

Why was earning your MBA here important to you? After working for a small, entrepreneurial organization I wanted to build a stronger foundation in general management. HBS expanded my knowledge of industries, types of organizations, and... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

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Debora Lehrer

leave. Four plus years later I had been admitted to HBS and was on my way to earning an MBA. After just a few short years at MLB, it became clear to me that I was missing the foundation of a business... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media

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Fola Folowosele

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? At Mesoamerica Energy, the wind energy company I worked at prior to business school, I held a cross functional role that straddled engineering and View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products

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Andres Sarmiento

Why was earning your MBA at Harvard Business School important to you? Working at American Airlines' through the bankruptcy process made me reconsider the form of impact that I intended to have. My career... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology; Services

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Jillian Dorans

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? The short answer: I fell in love with hospitality. I'm what you would call a career-switcher. Three years into my management consulting career, I worked on a project for a large hotel... View Details

Keywords: Services; Consulting

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Tyler Todd

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I love my engineering background, but my long-term goals of senior management and running my own company necessitated that I learn how to make sound business... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services; Energy / Extractive Minerals; Manufacturing

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Tiffany Niver

Why was earning an MBA at HBS important to you? I went to a liberal arts college and felt I needed to round out my skills and obtain specific areas of knowledge in business. I also believe that the MBA is an important credential,... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Retail; Consulting

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Patrick Connolly

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? In my life before business school, I was a concert pianist and music theorist-disciplines that require truly deep, vertical expertise. My decision to attend... View Details

Keywords: Investment Banking; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services; Other Financial Services

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Aline Camargo

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? At HBS I was constantly exposed to a great variety of ideas, projects, studies and events. This intense and diverse environment allowed me to test various skills and discover some of my... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Retail; Entertainment / Media

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Shaun Miller

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Earning an MBA has been a career aspiration of mine since my undergraduate studies - I had always looked forward to the idea of not only expanding my... View Details

Keywords: Other Financial Services; Consulting; Nonprofit / Government

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Jonathan Evans

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I decided to earn an MBA to enhance my understanding of how organizations navigate our increasingly interconnected world in pursuit of adding value. But I... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Entertainment / Media

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Eryn Schultz

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I decided to apply to business school because I wanted to pivot away from strategy consulting and move into an operations focused role at a mission-oriented... View Details

Keywords: Services; Consumer Products

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Jake Flomenberg

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I came to business school to find more personal meaning in my career and to build a set of skills that I can leverage to create a larger impact on the things... View Details

Keywords: Technology

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Tony He

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Prior to business school, I studied biomedical engineering and worked in health economics research. I learned useful technical skills, but I looked to expand... View Details