Learning By Doing - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Naiyya Saggi

strong systems of support and learning for me. The Social Enterprise Fellowship supported me in my internship with the UNICEF Headquarters in New York over the summer. Organizing the Harvard India Conference helped me establish contact... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Consulting

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Jeremy Andrus

chain, and selling. I worked for a while as a hotel developer for a Marriott franchisee. Before HBS, I was a management consultant at Monitor, which sharpened my perspective on business and industry strategy. I learned a huge amount at... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products; Entertainment / Media

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Kanwaljit Bakshi

the club of the people who do great things. Now it's up to me to do great things.'" Even though she was too far along in her studies to do the joint JD/MBA program, Brochu... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

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Katy Lankester

where in healthcare I wanted to build my career, and in what types of companies. I wanted to work in healthcare, but I didn’t know what the big verticals were, or which types of competencies were most important. I learned that I wanted to... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

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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 organization. While I had several hypothesis about what I... View Details

Keywords: Services; Consumer Products

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Bruce Gago

me to pursue this new business immediately after HBS. Finally, HBS quite simply gave me the confidence to embrace risk. Many students--including me--attended HBS in order to reduce future career risk. Throughout my two years at HBS, I View Details

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

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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

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing

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Frank Spencer

present value on a financial analysis? Absolutely," he says. "But I think one way that HBS has shaped me as a leader is by showing that the right technical answer might not do you much good at all... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate; Services

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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