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Drew Johnson

The real question after the tornado is not “what can I salvage?” it is “how do I make sense of this?”. When the storm cleared, my family’s house was gone. With our home went my parents’ years of hard work to provide for us, the family heirlooms meant to be passed down,... View Details

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Jason Gurwin

Roller coasters scare me. The overwhelming speed. The stomach-wrenching plunges. The unpredictable twists and turns. But, that's how I've chosen to live my life. And for some reason, it doesn't scare me. As an entrepreneur, it's hard to predict what the next day will... View Details

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Jason George

My grandmother was born in a remote village at the dawn of the twentieth century. Married in her late teens, she was widowed in her early twenties, with two young sons. She remarried a widower with seven children, taking on this responsibility in a world of subsistence... View Details

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Joseph Ferrer

It took a single shot to turn my entire world upside down. Fourth of July 2010. As fireworks lit up the sky above Lake Berryessa, fifty miles away, Big Brother fired a bullet through his brain. I still remember that night clear as day. Growing up, I thought I would... View Details

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Jennifer DeWhitt

While she was still in school, Jennifer DeWhitt bought sugar cubes from her classmates, which became raw material for candy pencils she subsequently sold. In itself, the effort may not seem so remarkable, except that Jennifer was only in the fourth grade. For her... View Details

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Judy D'Agostino

“So where are you from?”I cringe when I hear the question, racking my brain to determine what I’ll say. I am Haitian.Sundays were marked with soup joumou, celebrations punctuated by konpa, school breaks spent in the sweltering heat of Haiti – beautiful and radiant,... View Details

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Jonathon Bunt

Putting entrepreneurship in focus “I had worked with a lot of people at Berkshire who had a fantastic experience at HBS,” says Jonathon. “I also wanted a school that was known nationally and internationally.” The case study method, too, was important. “My favorite... View Details

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John Brown

I want to fail well. When I get knocked down I want to get right back up and try again harder. I want to seek out moments in life where the outcome is uncertain, the stakes are high, and my actions determine if the enterprise meets success or failure. Taking risks, of... View Details

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Jeanine Barnett

I do what I do because I believe that creativity and competitiveness are not mutually exclusive concepts. Daily, as I draw on fond memories of a Caribbean childhood filled with countless moments on theatre stages and tennis courts, I am compelled to both create and... View Details

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Inessa Lurye

"There is a Jewish family living on the eighth floor. They must be destroyed!" Standing on the concrete stoop outside my apartment building in Minsk, Belarus, a neighbor spoke those piercing words. My small hands tightened, clenching my polka-dot dress. My... View Details

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Ipsita Dasgupta

I've lived in six different countries; four of them are home to some of the world's poorest people. Once I'd seen how little these people have in opportunities, possessions, and hope, I found it difficult to believe solely in the goals of making money or obtaining... View Details

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Gilbert Tang

Code Blue, room 701! I jump to my feet and run. Racing to save a life, a life that I don't know. The adrenaline is rushing. Yelling "Charging... clear!" I thought I had found my calling, until now. HBS has helped me envision how the connection between... View Details

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Gordon C. Liao

i want to create wealth through poetry, passion and performance fulfill decades of unfilled entrepreneurial dreams of inner city tenants build success for descendants of slaves, laborers, refugee immigrants and overlooked underemployed peoples like my parents i want to... View Details

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Grace Hou

I am a fighter. I might not look like a heavyweight champion, given my petite stature and frame. But my fight is much more than a test of physical strength. When my body was debilitated from open-heart surgery at the age of twelve, I had to draw on other resources.... View Details

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Glenn Bean

I aspire to be like a chef, and to have a few courses in the adventure of life. A chef is a perpetual student, tirelessly poring over books and absorbing knowledge from others. Double espresso, please! During my quest, I will embrace foreign cultures to relish in their... View Details

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Foluke Otudeko

When I was six I contracted childhood measles and went blind for a number of days. As a result, I learned to truly appreciate the gift of sight and even beyond that the importance of vision. Over the years, I discovered there are two types of blindness: physical and... View Details

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Funa Maduka

For many ambitious college graduates, an offer from Goldman Sachs would be a dream come true. But for Funa Maduka, who felt drawn to "alleviating life's inequalities," the opportunity also represented "many sleepless nights. Should I wait for fellowship... View Details

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Emily Slota

I was raised to speak truth to power. In fourth grade, I walked my first picket line. By eleventh grade, I had learned to filibuster government class until Mr. Michalski would agree to discuss international human trafficking. It was like a stage play: I had my role... View Details

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Erika Sanchez

With back-to-back degrees in engineering, it’s no surprise that Erika Sanchez was attracted to Boeing. “I presented technical solutions to management teams that had the authority to allocate funds,” Erika says. “I quickly learned that to get funding, I’d have to... View Details

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Ed Rogers

What’s the one thing you’re most excited about learning at HBS? The FIELD III module [on entrepreneurship] has impressed me more than I thought it would. Obviously, I knew we were supposed to incorporate lessons learned over the RC year into our project. But as our... View Details

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