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Tony Perez
As a candidate in the joint MD/MBA program, Tony Perez has a very specific focus: healthcare. "I'm interested in practicing medicine and in administration — running a large medical center," Tony says. "HBS helps me integrate general management with... View Details
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Anonymous
I may have a superhuman expectation but it's okay to dream... i want to challenge myself with adventures - build an organization for disadvantaged youth in india or africa, climb mount kilimanjaro or everest, cycle through egypt for charity, travel to new exotic places... View Details
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Andrea Nadosy
As an undergraduate at Harvard, Andrea Nadosy found a retreat in “by far the most attractive studyspace on campus,” Spangler Center at HBS. There, she discovered an unexpected inspiration. “There was always a hum of activity,” Andrea says, “people talking about their... View Details
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Aalek Mehta
I found purpose in a dusty back alley in Mumbai, in the innocent voice of an eight-year-old boy zipping around a dilapidated orphanage without a care in the world. Harish's only possessions were his smile and a positive outlook I envied. I couldn't help but ask,... View Details
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Ari Medoff
Ari Medoff's business career began in films, while he was an undergraduate at Duke. "I was CFlix.com's first employee," he says. Founded by a Duke student several years ahead of Ari, CFlix was a video media enterprise that served three-dozen schools before... View Details
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Amy MacBeath
"Who is your ideal seatmate?" my mock interviewer asked me when I was applying to Harvard Business School. Even after clarifying that a seatmate is who you sit next to during first-year classes, I still did not know how to respond. In fact, I thought that it... View Details
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Akash Gupta
My sisters and I knew our mom hadn’t been the best about keeping up with her rent, but we were still surprised when a police officer showed up and said we had to move. “Mom’s being evicted,” I told my dad over the phone. “Can you come pick us up?” In eighth grade, I... View Details
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Andrew Huynh
“What pisses you off?” My seatmate asked this simple question shortly after we met, and it has helped shape my search for purpose. I came to Harvard Business School with little clarity on long-term goals, seeing it as “tomorrow’s problem” and focusing more on enjoying... View Details
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Abby Falik
Many students arrive at HBS with a desire to explore. Abby Falik, a self-confessed “West Coast girl, through and through,” came with a clearly defined purpose: “I’ve had the concept for Global Citizen Year in mind since I was in high school,” Abby says. “My goal was to... View Details
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Ann Chao
Just before the Beijing Olympics, Ann Chao took a year off from college to study at Peking University. “I was writing a thesis on blindness in China and was interested in seeing how business could lift people with disabilities out of poverty,” Ann says. Among the... View Details
- 16 Feb 2023
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The Rituals of Case Method Teaching
Pre-performance rituals are the stuff of legend for musicians and athletes—Keith Richards eats Shepherd’s pie before every Rolling Stones concert (and must be the one to break the crust); Beyoncé prays and stretches with her band members; Tiger Woods wears red on the... View Details
- 14 Jan 2022
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Embracing Activism for Social Change
In 2020, the city of Detroit logged some 7,000 calls involving mental health emergencies—a critical issue, notes Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, who says, “When the mentally ill turn to the police for a response, the system is broken.” To fix it, the city rolled out the... View Details
- 10 Dec 2021
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African American Student Union Spotlight on the Midwest
The HBS African American Student Union (AASU) strives to be an extended family for its members from the moment they decide to attend HBS, through the transition to second year, and beyond graduation. Here we profile two AASU members from the Midwest U.S. about their... View Details
- 30 Nov 2021
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Searching for Professional Passion Through My VC Summer Internship
Andrew Schwab is from the Class of 2022 and is a proud member of Section I. He previously attended UC Berkeley before working in technology M&A advisory and tech global business strategy. At HBS, Andrew is the Chief Marketing Officer for the Tech Club and a... View Details
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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 decisions. While you can learn finance or accounting basics... View Details
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Juan Camargo
When the 2014 Cadillac ELR—the carmaker's new electric luxury vehicle—rolled onstage at the Detroit auto show earlier this year, Juan Camargo (MBA 2012) sat in the fourth row, beaming. And it wasn't just because, as assistant marketing manager at Cadillac, Camargo is... View Details
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Debora Lehrer
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? When I graduated from Dartmouth College in 2005, I would have said that my chances of going to graduate school were close to zero. I had found my "dream job" at Major League Baseball and did not think there... View Details
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Brett Laffel
Why was getting a business education important to you? Obtaining a business education was important to me because my past work experience involved learning a very narrow and specific skill set and I wanted to obtain a more general understanding of business before I... View Details
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Beau D'Arcy
How was the idea for Breakwater Chicago born? "I came up with the idea for Breakwater Chicago after my business school internship at The Venetian in Las Vegas. I observed that Chicago had not yet picked up on the trend of daytime entertainment—something which had... View Details