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National Geographic for Disney+/Craig Parry In the first episode of the National Geographic docuseries Limitless with Chris Hemsworth, Modupe Akinola (MBA 2001/PhDOB 2009) and the Australian actor gaze across downtown Sydney to a skyscraper in the distance, teetering... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

18 Jul 2023
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The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)

What inspired you to launch Forby Entertainment Partners? I started working on film and TV shoots in New York City during college. My first boss, an executive producer, recommended Edward Jay Epstein’s book, The Hollywood Economist: The Hidden Financial Reality Behind... View Details

Keywords: Robert Bochnak

01 Dec 2023
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Drop Everything, Read This

Cat’s Divorce,” where Link describes with spot-on satire the delicious frustration of an aging tech billionaire who can barely hide his envy of his sons’ youth. Link is a literary genius whose magical realism entertains and asks us to... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2024
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Quantum Leap

“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

25 Apr 2024
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Origin Stories

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details

12 May 2021
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The First Five Years: Sophie Bai (MBA 2020)

BB: “I visited Sophie the first weekend I moved in. We had dinner together and talked for probably six hours.” SB: “I was so excited the entire day before I met her. It was a magical moment when I finally opened the door. Up to the moment... View Details

16 May 2024
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On the Job

and finance. In her new position, Rogers soon recognized the magic that can happen when more established players listen with respect to younger voices in the room, and vice versa. It’s a lesson she took to roles at People’s Energy, the... View Details

Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2022
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My First Job

the same time, Rich Kinder, to whom I reported indirectly through my boss (and I greatly respected), decided to leave and was infamously replaced. I chose to leave Enron instead. —Bob Herlin (MBA 1982) Clean Conscience I worked at a self-service car wash named View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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