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Bryan Guerra

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Prior to business school at HBS, the majority of my educational experience had taken place largely within a lecture-based setting. While this approach had provided a solid foundation of... View Details

Keywords: Retail; Technology; Consumer Products

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Leo Markel

Business School prepared you for your current role & your long term career? Harvard Business School has helped in two key ways. At HBS, I learned leadership skills and have gotten the chance to flex the... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services; Other Financial Services; Nonprofit / Government

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Cynthia Samanian

diverse network of alumni. Given my interest in consumer internet startups, I was very excited to connect with the HBS alumni network, which includes highly respected venture capitalists and successful entrepreneurs. In just my two years... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology

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Tim Nicolette

Where are you now and what are you doing? I’m the president of UP Education Network in Boston. We serve as a third party administrator for our district clients, charged with the responsibility for turning around failed or failing schools.... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit; Nonprofit / Government

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Lindsay Steinmetz

differing contexts. I also knew a degree from HBS would give me a network and foundation for stability in the future. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your goals and career path? My experience actually reinforced my desire to... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

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Rocio Parra

Why was getting a business education important to you? As a consultant, I had the opportunity to work in a variety of industries from pharmaceuticals and medical devices to government and consumer packaged goods. Through these... View Details

Keywords: Retail

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Arjun Goyal

Coming from a family of doctors, Arjun Goyal anticipated a life in clinical medicine in his home country of Australia. But when his education directed him to a year of research at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, where he... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care

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Lisa Cousins

time at the school. It was incredible to hear about their transformational experiences at HBS – the eye-opening new perspectives they gained, amazing new friends they made, and unbelievable interactions with academic and business leaders... View Details

Keywords: Services; Entertainment / Media

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Tricia Lee

divisions at Microsoft. It was an incredible journey, but I realized that to achieve the goals I had in mind, I'd need to round out my knowledge base. I wanted to learn the formal language of business (i.e. finance, ops, marketing), best... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media; Technology; Entrepreneurship

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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 business... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products

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Pam Wildeman

business knowledge both quickly and deeply to avoid a narrow career path. Attending HBS enabled me to do both in a way no other opportunity would have. It not only allowed me to explore different paths, but gave me the foundational... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media

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Jack Perkowski

experience who were open to new ideas. A self-confessed “blank slate” upon his arrival—he had never been to China and didn’t speak Chinese—Perkowski used $150 million in US investor capital to launch ASIMCO, an auto parts manufacturing business, in 1994. By cobbling... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing

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Maria Brewer

business that is hard to obtain from sitting in a lecture or discussing with experts. My MBA from HBS gave me an entire library of information and a network of peers to call on when trying to move decisions... View Details