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Robert Leke
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? An MBA at HBS was important in providing the opportunity for me to step back, assess my current capabilities, and develop the additional skills I lacked to... View Details
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Claire Freidman
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Prior to business school, I spent five years working in finance. My clients were entertainment companies and I knew I wanted to switch careers and work on the operations or strategic side... View Details
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Annora Wang
after I left, entertainment remained in the back of my mind. How did HBS influence your ambitions? When I applied to HBS, I knew I wanted to go into general management, and I knew that I wanted to go into a consumer-facing industry. I narrowed my choices down quickly... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media
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Dan Vallone
not having to plan things so far ahead. I’ve learned from my colleagues here that you can have an impact in a much shorter time period. I have more faith in my ability to shape my destiny as I go. Have you made adjustments to your ambitions since beginning the View Details
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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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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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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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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
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Cherian Kurien
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? For me the purpose of an MBA is to develop and refine one's political, economic and social worldview, by debating, listening to and understanding the views... View Details
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Jamira Cotton
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? My undergraduate education in engineering shaped my ability to think analytically about solving rigorous problems. Additionally, while serving clients at McKinsey I constantly learned to... 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... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media
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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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Lauren Burrows
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I sought my MBA at HBS at a key moment of transition in my career, both in terms of industry focus and position. I was committed to pursuing a career in the... 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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Brooke Boyarsky
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I felt that I had a lot to learn. I knew that the cases and skills taught at HBS would give me the foundation to be an effective general manager, and the case study method at HBS would... 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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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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Kamen Bliznashki
Why is getting a HBS MBA important to you? Coming from an investment banking background, I lacked deep understanding of the larger strategic challenges of clients. I see my HBS experience as an opportunity to broaden and deepen my skill... View Details
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Philipp Schäelli
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I wanted to do an MBA for three main reasons: 1) Making the next step in my career, 2) Broaden my academic footing and 3) Expand my network of friends that... View Details