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Pasha Nahass

Pasha Nahass entered Stanford with an interest in political science and an eye toward government service. But in his freshman year, he took a computer science course “just to get the applied engineering requirement out of the way.” To his surprise, Pasha fell in love... View Details

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Paul Luning

No stranger to entrepreneurship, Paul Luning launched one Internet startup in high school and helped grow two more while at Rice: an online marketing firm and a wireless hardware company. But a semester in Australia broadened Paul's interests. "They face a huge... View Details

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Patrick Chun

My grandfather taught me best; a former South Korean general, who even through his eighties, would wake up before sunrise to start his day. A man who would run miles shirtless, exposing scars from deep stab-wounds. Wounds that came from combat in a brutal war decades... View Details

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Onay Payne

As I look around a conference room filled with the partners of a highly regarded real estate private equity firm, I’m excited. Only four of the 35 people in the room are women. Similarly, only four of the 35 are not Caucasian. I’m one of the four in each case. Last... View Details

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Natasha Pereira-Kamath

As a child, I loved blackouts. The adventure always started with melting ice cream. Within seconds of my grandparents' house going dark, my mouth would start watering. While we were lucky enough to have a generator, it never produced enough power for our energy-hungry... View Details

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Nicole Hanrahan

When I tell people I want to run an employment program for homeless drug addicts, many think I'm absolutely crazy. However, I want to devote my career to building just such a business. My pre-MBA experience of providing job training to homeless people with disabilities... View Details

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Nina Bilimoria

I hear an ambulance siren at 2 AM, and I think, "Someone's family is having a horrible day." I leave yet another lecture on poverty reduction, and I think, "There's so much on the world's to-do list for this short lifetime." I approach the world as... View Details

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Michael Worosz

It took a moment of profound despair for me to grasp what Oliver Wendell Holmes said, "in our youth our hearts were touched with fire... given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing." Knowing that my friends had perished on... View Details

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Marques Torbert

Although Marques Torbert is too well-mannered to say so himself, he projects an aura of potential that naturally attracts opportunities his way. “My family doesn’t have a background in business or finance or higher education,” Marques says in understated appreciation... View Details

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Matt Thurmond

While his high school peers may have been mowing lawns or packing grocery bags, Matt Thurmond became a serial entrepreneur. "It was a choice between making $5.15 an hour or starting my own business," he says. As a teenager, Matt started a car-detailing... View Details

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Marc Ricks

I will work long hours, endure stress, and use PowerPoint... lots of PowerPoint. I'll put up with that and more if I can have impact. I'll choose the bloodshot eyes and caffeine twitch that come from sleep deprivation if my efforts create change. In the short term the... View Details

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Mark Plunkett

I have worked hard to define for myself what I consider to be a life without regret, that is, a successful life. In pursuing this, I have come to realize that what is most critical is that I maintain a meaningful balance among the professional, the philanthropic, and... View Details

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Matt Oppenheimer

Since college, Matt Oppenheimer's career choices have been guided by two passions: the "fast-paced and results driven" environment of investment banking and the social mission of nonprofits. Matt currently sits on the boards of the Planned Parenthood... View Details

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Marc Oman

The rhythm of chirping Blackberries. Students running from classes to meetings to a ringtone that never ends. Another kind of rhythm. What I dream to produce one day. To become a percussionist in a live salsa band is my secret passion. Towering atop the timbales,... View Details

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Michael Newton

My dad blogs. A lot. One of his favorite topics is, for better or worse, me. From my life at HBS to my unwillingness to produce grandchildren yet, I am almost a daily feature. My "fame" has created some unique opportunities. A father from Needham, MA asked if... View Details

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Meghan Murray

Swollen, black and blue, broken I again winced to put my big toe into my shoe. Knowing that going on stage for my Irish jig, I would have to put all of my weight on that toe five times, And leap, kick, and lift to make my beats heard All with the grace and confidence... View Details

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Maureen Monagle Miller

I will never completely grow up. In 1987, my kindergarten teacher asked each child in my class what he or she wanted to be when they grew up. She compiled the answers and sent them home in a booklet to every parent. My parents, upon receiving this book, anxiously... View Details

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Meka Millstone

I hope to act like a big yellow highlighter, helping others (and reminding myself) to focus on the important things in life: love, laughter, health, wealth (of all kinds), and happiness. As a business leader, I hope to help people feel good about themselves by creating... View Details

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Minal Mehta

I'll let you in on a secret: I often pretend I'm a Bollywood star. You may see me walking down the halls of Aldrich to my next class. Little do you know that I'm actually strutting down a runway in a music video; wind in my hair and camera lights in my face. At... View Details

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Megha Mathur

The stench hit me before we rounded the corner. The fumes of rotting garbage filled my nose and immediately made me gag. Walking into the warehouse, I was stunned by the sight of countless piles of garbage. It smelled so bad, I could taste it. I squatted next to six... View Details

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