Every individual is a prism with many faces. This is why, when HBS requested a short introduction of me, my mind went blank. Who should I talk about? Should I talk about the certified project manager who led teams up to 10 people facing multicultural challenges? Or about the incurable traveler who has visited Argentina, China or Norway? Or about the mechanical engineer fixing airplane [...]

Before HBS I helped run digital campaigns for a labor union, the Green Bay Packers, and Lady Gaga’s non-profit at Blue State Digital. Blue State Digital made its name helping design Barack Obama’s 2008 and 2012 digital campaigns, and in the course of my time there I learned the full gamut of what it takes to get supporters to act on their beliefs. Just as important, I learned of the many [...]

On our first official day here at HBS, I looked around at my classmates, all dressed in our finest business formal, and all I could think was, “Toto, we definitely aren’t at a tech startup anymore.” Before coming to HBS, I had spent the last 2.5 years as an analyst at an advertising technology startup approximately 10% of the size of our entire RC class. Prior to joining the startup, I had [...]