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Raja Bobbili
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? In my view, the case method is the be-all and end-all of business education – I couldn’t imagine a better way to learn business than through the dynamic process of discussing and debating... View Details
Keywords: Investment Management / Hedge Fund
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Dan Vallone
You graduated from West Point, which is famous for leadership, and served as an infantry officer for five years. What did HBS add to your understanding of leadership? In the military, I was accustomed to thinking five to ten years in... View Details
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Jack Perkowski
Against the advice of many, Jack Perkowski (MBA 1973) ditched his high-flying investment career and relocated to China in 1992 to build his own company. Through trial and error, Perkowski learned that the key to its success was in hiring... View Details
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Annora Wang
What was the shape of your career before pursuing your MBA? I worked in finance, on Wall Street. I enjoyed analysis, but wasn’t always interested in the types of business I got involved in. As an undergraduate at the University of Southern California, I had been... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media
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Lily Wu
to gain from your internship experience? A broad hands-on understanding of museum administration and operations. I'm intrigued by the complexity and nuances of running a public serving non-profit cultural organization with mixed income... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
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Lindsay Steinmetz
coursework and my classmates I was able to learn more about how the world works (business, government and public sector) and I was exposed to potential roles in many sectors and companies. But, it also showed me that I want to work on... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
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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 View Details
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Maria Brewer
& long term career? HBS prepares you by changing the way you think and approach a problem. HBS did this by broadening my business horizons, reinforcing the importance of... View Details
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Erik Dyson
Erik Dyson (MBA 1999) uses the management skills he learned at HBS to lead All Hands Volunteers, a nonprofit that coordinates volunteers around the world to help communities affected by natural disasters. View Details
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Arjun Goyal
Trust Centre for Human Genetics, a new door opened for Arjun. “It was my first exposure to research,” he says. “It fascinated me that the test tube in my hand could hold a new cure or the next new therapy for controlling a disease.” Placing himself at crossroads of... View Details
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Scott Wu
It’s no secret HBS graduates are a hard-charging bunch who sometimes find it hard to take time off. Most eventually learn how to do this so they can recharge to do even harder charging—spending time at a beach, playing golf, climbing... View Details
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Ben Faw
more private sector experience. Through a friend of a friend, he found an opportunity at Tesla Motors where he worked on global supply chain coordination. “I was impressed by what Elon Musk was trying to do to disrupt the auto industry... View Details
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Lisa Cousins
of their children moving far from home and obtaining a Master's degree, especially at Harvard Business School! While a career in hospitality is a way to enable others to experience the impossible, I think that giving back to HBS can have... View Details
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Laura Mackay
the opportunity to learn business principles in an academic setting. It was very important to me to use my two years in business school to focus on personal development. The HBS case method is incredibly unique and powerful in pushing one... View Details
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Minal Mehta
bold, and creative, and takes the edge off of selling, which I constantly have to do." Which HBS case do you remember most, and why? "I find myself constantly thinking back to Professor Anita Elberse's SMICI class on Warner... View Details
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Rawiah Abdallah
passions and business style. How has your HBS experience shaped your career path? I can learn about different industries through so many avenues at HBS: classes, clubs, and career development activities. The case method helps me focus on... View Details
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Cynthia Samanian
that the case method would challenge me to think critically and communicate effectively in the classroom. These are skills I highly value as part of my HBS experience and look forward to bringing with me in my career. Additionally, my... View Details
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Mira Mehta
offers much more than a purely academic learning experience. I came to school with a clear vision of what I cared about, but without a strong sense of what path I should or could take to achieve my goals. My friends from the HBS Africa... View Details
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Tim Nicolette
Inspire, a consortium of strategy consulting firms who organized a team of pre-MBA consultants who volunteered five to ten hours a week to educational nonprofits. After a year, Inspire asked me to serve as its executive director. In that role, I saw the tremendous... View Details
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Danny Cho
coming to HBS, I thought I'd pursue a career in the defense industry after school and this has remained unchanged. HBS has, however, helped me articulate why this is a passion of mine and allowed me to increase the scope of my goals. Through View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government