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Joseph Blair

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Earning my MBA was important to me because I wanted to gain business skills that complemented my engineering background. As an engineer, I was accustomed to analyzing technical problems... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services; Retail

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Raymond Hwang

the problem and a surgical plan to address it. Your job is to execute that plan with as little variation as possible. The ‘same way, every time’ is the mantra of the surgeon. Once the operation begins, however, the unique attributes of... View Details

Keywords: Services; Entrepreneurship; Health Care

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Margarita de la Piedra Carrillo

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I want to be more efficient in business, more savvy in my decision-making. Long-term, I may be interested in starting my own business. The skills I learn now will be very helpful later.... View Details

Keywords: Investment Banking; Consulting

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Ann Chao

The industry panels, visioning exercises, career teams, career coaches and alumni database have been very valuable. Academically, the HBS case method has sharpened the way I think about business problems and provided me with many useful... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media

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Michael Schrader

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Starting a company for the first time was an intimidating task for me, perhaps even too intimidating without the tools that HBS provided. First, HBS provided confidence by introducing me... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care; Social Enterprise; Nonprofit; Nonprofit / Government

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Minal Mehta

solid budget at Amazon to work with agencies to execute marketing campaigns, with BollyX, I find myself doing everything from social media posts, website copywriting, event planning, and cold calling, to strategic planning and project... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Services

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Scott Wu

little bit of help could make a big difference, and everybody just needs a chance.” Wu got his start in international aid work early. After getting his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth, he worked on development projects in Tanzania and... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services; Technology

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Debora Lehrer

number of technical skills I will use on a daily basis, even more valuable to me are the countless opportunities I have had through the case method to approach problems from myriad angles. Being able to teach students to think outside the... View Details