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Ann S. Moore
Inc., the country’s largest magazine publisher, until her retirement in 2010. In her keynote address to the W50 Summit, a 2013 celebration of the 50th anniversary of women in HBS’s two-year MBA Program, Moore advised: “Where you are... View Details
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Cynthia Samanian
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? There were many reasons why I knew HBS was the right fit for me, both in the classroom and in my career. First, I was thrilled to experience the unique and engaging classroom dynamic... View Details
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Laura Mackay
Why was earning your MBA at Harvard Business School important to you? I had gotten to a point in my professional career where I was in leadership positions, yet did not have the capabilities I needed to be an effective leader. Having... View Details
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Michael Schrader
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Starting a company for the first time was an intimidating task for me, perhaps even too intimidating without the tools that HBS provided. First, HBS provided confidence by introducing me... View Details
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John Rogers
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? As a non-business person by prior education and work experience and as someone with a specific career interest, I wanted to join a program that would significantly stretch my understanding... View Details
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Francesca Ioffreda
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I came to HBS to expand my skillset and be pushed outside of my comfort zone. I wanted to hone my personal leadership style via FIELD courses and team projects. For me, one of the most... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
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March Bishop
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I anticipated that my career would be internationally-oriented and I knew that it needed to have an altruistic component, but beyond that I needed help. The HBS experience, starting with... View Details
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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
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Phil Strazzulla
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? When I was working in venture capital, I ran into so many CEOs that had gone to HBS. When I was accepted into the program, every single one said, "I'm jealous, you're about to have... View Details
Keywords: Technology
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Mira Mehta
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Harvard was a place where I felt I like I could fit in while embracing the things about my background and my goals that made me different. I still remember sitting in the waiting room... View Details
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Alexandra Stanek
Why did you pursue the joint MBA/MPP degree with HBS and the Kennedy School? Both schools offer many different answers to questions concerning economic development and the role business can play for the poor. For the MBA specifically, one... View Details
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Leo Markel
Why was earning your MBA at Harvard Business School important to you? I came to Harvard Business School to further develop my leadership ability. While confident in my analytical skills, I recognized that I did not have the leadership... View Details
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Thomas Grenier
and through contacts I made while at HBS, I also confirmed that I would like to get involved with an entrepreneurial initiative at some point in my career. My MBA experience exposed me to great mentors—including experienced entrepreneurs... View Details
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Sheila Marcelo
consulting and business,” says Marcelo, who applied to HBS during her first year of law school. “Grad school was not an easy time for me,” she reflects. “I was juggling being a mother and wife, working [for Monitor Group], and studying,” she says, noting that the fact... View Details
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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
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Lisa Cousins
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I grew up in a very small town – you could call it “the middle of nowhere” – and have always been a bit of a dreamer, with aspirations to be a leader in the travel industry from a very... View Details
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Fereshteh Zeineddin
Why was earning your MBA here important to you? I was at a point in my career when I wanted to transition into brand management. I knew that to become a great brand manager, I needed to gain a better understanding of all aspects of... View Details
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Minal Mehta
Amazon, looking to reconnect with my creative side and do something entrepreneurial. Enter my cofounders, Shahil Patel and Mayuri Bhandari. In Boston, Shahil, a first-year MBA at MIT, was fresh off of the semifinals of America's Got... View Details
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Suchita Prasad
Why was earning an HBS MBA important to you? Earning my MBA at HBS is important to me because it allows me the freedom to choose my end career and define my path to getting there. Through interaction with my... View Details
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Joseph Blair
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Earning my MBA was important to me because I wanted to gain business skills that complemented my engineering background. As an engineer, I was accustomed to... View Details