Insights & Advice
Parks Management is People Management
Olivia Staffon
I began my MBA with the goal of utilizing business practices for land management issues. Scouring for applicable insights, I attempted filtering my coursework through the lens of a natural resource specialist. However, even with that perspective, the connection between business and conservation was not yet becoming clear. This guided my decision to intern with the National Park Service (NPS). My objective was to test the portability of MBA principles to practical and timely resources challenges. [...]
Venturing into VC
Madeline Keulen
- 02 Aug 2018
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I’ve spent my summer as an MBA Associate at Victress Capital, an early-stage venture capital (VC) firm focused on achieving outsized returns through investing in diverse teams. [...]
3 Key Take-a-Ways From My Summer at Zalando
Paula Vich Serra
As I mentioned on my previous post, Zalando fosters a very open and transparent culture. There are different avenues where the Management Board sits in front of employees to answer any questions that might concern individuals (e.g., monthly Ask.Us.Anything open Q&A). Today, I would like to highlight the presentation that Robert Gentz (co-CEO) made about Zalando’s Diversity Plan. [...]
Successful Internship Matchmaking: “With Citadel, I could be myself.”
For Sarah, searching for an appropriate internship opportunity meant a simultaneous investigation into her ambitions: if traditional HR wasn’t the right fit, what was? She wasn’t just seeking potential companies, but promising visions and missions. [...]
Pursuing A Passion in Health Care
Lia Asquini
- 02 Jul 2018
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Hej! Reporting from Copenhagen here. My first year of HBS is complete, and I moved here one month ago for my summer internship. I’m working in New Product Development at Radiometer – a medical device subsidiary of Danaher. I came to HBS from consulting and was hoping to do something completely new for my summer internship while pursuing my interest in healthcare. [...]
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