Shaping the Waves - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Danny Cho

Everyday I'm exposed to the brightest and hungriest minds I've ever encountered. Everybody from the staff and faculty to my classmates and alumni has made an important and deep impact on my becoming a better... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

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Bryan Guerra

experience shaped your goals & career path? HBS has been really instrumental in giving me exposure to so many different varieties of industry, business model, job function, and potential future opportunities that I've opened my eyes... View Details

Keywords: Retail; Technology; 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. How has your HBS experience View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media; Entrepreneurship

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Cynthia Samanian

several alumni who have offered mentorship and career advice. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your goals & career path? To my surprise, the HBS experience has pushed me to take more risks than... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology

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Thomas Grenier

How has your HBS experience shaped your career path? I came to HBS from McKinsey and will continue working at McKinsey now that I have completed my MBA. This might lead people to think that HBS didn't really influence my career path, but... View Details

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Lisa Cousins

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I grew up in a very small town – you could call it “the middle of nowhere” – and have always been a bit of a dreamer, with aspirations to be a leader in the travel industry from a very... View Details

Keywords: Services; 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

Keywords: Health Care; Technology

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Katy Lankester

is an excellent way to train the muscles of judgement, because you build pattern recognition, you hear well-reasoned opposing viewpoints, and your thinking is pushed until it is reasoned and consistent. How has your overall HBS experience... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

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Juan Camargo

was pretty surreal," says Camargo. But the day after the show, the reality of the challenge ahead of him remained: How, exactly, do you sell... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Technology; Consumer Products

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Brett Laffel

Lastly, while I loved my job, I also loved having the opportunity to return to an academic environment and challenge myself via fascinating discussions both in and out of class and via course projects that I was able to choose for myself... View Details

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Anddria Clack

variety of industries. How has your overall Harvard Business School experience shaped your goals & career path? All of the resources at Harvard Business School are designed to help you make more informed... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Investment Management / Hedge Fund; Other Financial Services

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Arvind Chandrababu

my role as entrepreneurial, both in technology and in school-building. How has your HBS experience shaped your ambitions? Biggest contribution: the interaction with professors and their ideas. For instance,... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Nonprofit / Government

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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... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media

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Tiffany Niver

as I progress through my career. Exposure to the wide variety of business problems, viewpoints, companies, issues, industries, protagonists, and classmates through the case method at HBS was also an... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Retail; Consulting

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Oliver Bladek

Why was getting a business education important to you? In my undergraduate studies, I had received a business degree where I learned the basics of business (the 4Ps of marketing, accounting debits and credits, NPV, etc). I wanted to come... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consulting

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Patrick Connolly

community devoted to truly interdisciplinary and cross-functional learning. My choice was also largely a function of the distinctive learning model and the school's commitment to a rigorous... View Details

Keywords: Investment Banking; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services; Other Financial Services

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Aline Camargo

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? At HBS I was constantly exposed to a great variety of ideas, projects, studies and events. This intense and diverse environment allowed me to test various skills and discover some of my strengths and weaknesses that I... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Retail; Entertainment / Media

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Maria Brewer

experience important to me. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your goals & career path? While I truly loved my experience prior to school, I wasn't sure if the way in which I was contributing in... View Details