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Joe Khoury

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? As an engineering school graduate, I felt that I needed to acquire new skills related to business, economics and management. Having worked in the Middle East and Asia, I also wanted to... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consulting; Investment Banking

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Constanza Oliveira e Sousa

You’ve accepted a position at Education First, but your background is in engineering. What happened? It’s true, I don’t have an education background. By training, I’m an electrical engineer, and I did my MS in robotics and artificial... View Details

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Bruce Gago

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I came to HBS with a background exclusively in real estate finance, and I knew I needed to gain a broad set of managerial and entrepreneurial skills in order to become more successful... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Other Financial Services; Real Estate; Services

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Nathan Lasche

Why was earning an MBA at HBS important to you? I was excited about the chance to be exposed to world-class faculty and peers in a place that would nurture my interest in tech and entrepreneurship. How has your overall HBS experience... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Entrepreneurship

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Jessey Jin

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? It provided me with a precious opportunity to think really hard about who I am and what I want to be. Also, it equipped me with vision, skills, knowledge and networks to create a positive... View Details

Keywords: Investment Banking; Technology; Manufacturing

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Lindsay Steinmetz

different areas of social enterprise through my current role at the Ford Foundation. How has HBS prepared you for your current role and your longterm career? HBS prepared me to know the questions to ask to understand an organization,... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

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Tuce Zengin Van den Eynde

struck a deal: “He convinced me to do the MBA; I convinced him that we should do it at HBS.” Why the insistence on Harvard? “I reasoned that if I were to invest two more years in studies,” Tuce explains, “I wanted the case method. I... View Details

Keywords: Other Financial Services; Entrepreneurship

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Rocio Parra

careers at CPG companies where they gained great experience and a strong reputation for building brands. I decided that beginning with a career in CPG marketing would be a great foundation to many different career paths in the future.... View Details

Keywords: Retail

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Raymond Hwang

significant spine-related symptoms at some point. The ability to improve the quality of many lives makes spine surgery relevant. Contemporary spine surgery is also heavily technology dependent, which makes for interesting operations from... View Details

Keywords: Services; Entrepreneurship; Health Care

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Ahmed Eldemerdash

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I think it is a great opportunity for both learning and personal development and also to boost my career aspirations. The people here at HBS, the case method... View Details

Keywords: Technology

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Eryn Schultz

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I decided to apply to business school because I wanted to pivot away from strategy consulting and move into an operations focused role at a mission-oriented... View Details

Keywords: Services; Consumer Products

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Donna Khalife

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Earning my MBA at HBS was critical in giving me the right environment to explore my passions and gain new skills to pursue those passions whole-heartedly.... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media; Entrepreneurship

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Jeremy Andrus

about. That’s because last year he was named president and CEO of Skullcandy, an edgily hip global company that does business at the intersection of consumer electronics, media, and lifestyle branding. Skullcandy, which Andrus helped... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products; Entertainment / Media

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Casey Gerald

“Truth is, there weren’t a lot of kids around me going to an Ivy League school.” Initially “convinced” he would become a lawyer, a summer internship within a law firm “quickly disabused me of the idea.” Investment banking came next, accompanied by figurative broken... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Retail; Nonprofit / Government

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Tony He

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Prior to business school, I studied biomedical engineering and worked in health economics research. I learned useful technical skills, but I looked to expand my thinking. Business school... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

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Shaun Miller

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Earning an MBA has been a career aspiration of mine since my undergraduate studies - I had always looked forward to the idea of not only expanding my technical skill set, but also learning... View Details

Keywords: Other Financial Services; Consulting; Nonprofit / Government

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Naiyya Saggi

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I am passionate about creating social impact (specifically improving healthcare outcomes in emerging economies). At HBS, leadership is not interpreted... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Consulting

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Jake Flomenberg

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I came to business school to find more personal meaning in my career and to build a set of skills that I can leverage to create a larger impact on the things that are important to me. I... View Details