Insights & Advice
Leadership Fellow Henry Tsai: Working with City Leadership to Leverage Technology
In tech,” Henry Tsai (MBA 2017) says, “it’s ingrained in you to ask, ‘Where can I be impactful?’” After a summer internship serving in the San Francisco Mayor’s Office, Henry’s target location came into view. “Of all the different levels of government, cities are the closest thing to a business. Strategically, it made sense to look at public sector service at the city level.” [...]
Summer Snapshot: Interning at a Robotics Start-Up
Begum Agca Okutgen
- 23 Jul 2018
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After working as a management consultant at Bain & Company for three years, I wanted to explore the startup world and experience the fast-growing robotics industry first hand. I wanted to go out of my comfort zone and do something “different” than what I had done before. [...]
Internship Success: Mutual Growth Brings Intern and Enterprise Together
At HBS, Fernando Czapski, MBA 2019, was seeking an internship that would help him fulfill his career transition from engineering to product development. At Zillow, Melissa Tran, University Recruiting Programs Specialist, was responsible for escalating MBA recruitment from one to four internships a year. [...]
“Mission + Profit: What’s the Balance?” asks SECON 2018
Ketty Lie
How do you balance between being a mission-driven organization and a financially profitable company? That was the central question we posed to participants and speakers of this year’s Social Enterprise Conference (SECON). [...]
WesTrek: A Recap of the Largest Professional Trek at Harvard Business School
Rachna Raina
Two days after fall finals, 150 HBS students descended on the Bay area for WesTrek 2017, the largest professional trek at Harvard Business School. Organized by the Tech Club, WesTrek has been an ongoing tradition at the school for the past two decades. This year, the trek grew 25% due to immense interest in technology companies and venture capital. [...]
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