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Nikki Skovran
require new skills, leading Nikki to business school. “Best decision I ever made.” Nikki pursued her MBA options with the same rigor she had applied to her criminal cases. Even in the application process, HBS stood out. “All the other...
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Erik Dyson
Erik Dyson (MBA 1999) uses the management skills he learned at HBS to lead All Hands Volunteers, a nonprofit that coordinates volunteers around the world to help communities affected by natural disasters.
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Arvind Chandrababu
What led you to the HBS MBA program? When I was an undergraduate at the University of Texas, Austin, studying electrical engineering, I realized that as much as I enjoyed coding, I didn’t want to spend eight hours out of every day in...
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Scott Wu
It’s no secret HBS graduates are a hard-charging bunch who sometimes find it hard to take time off. Most eventually learn how to do this so they can recharge to do even harder charging—spending time at a beach, playing golf, climbing...
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Beau D'Arcy
that I'll find out and get back to those people. Then I'll work tirelessly until I have that question fully answered." How have you used what you learned at HBS in this work? "If there was one thing View Details
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Dan Vallone
You graduated from West Point, which is famous for leadership, and served as an infantry officer for five years. What did HBS add to your understanding of leadership? In the military, I was accustomed to thinking five to ten years in...
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Annora Wang
after I left, entertainment remained in the back of my mind. How did HBS influence your ambitions? When I applied to HBS, I knew I wanted to go into general management, and I knew that I wanted to go into a consumer-facing industry. I...
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Anddria Clack
further my understanding of both social and industry topics, building both a network of colleagues and relevant skills. Personally, I thought that I would be pursuing a "niche" career path. HBS provided me with a diverse set of...
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March Bishop
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I anticipated that my career would be internationally-oriented and I knew that it needed to have an altruistic component, but beyond that I needed help. The View Details
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Robert Leke
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? An MBA at HBS was important in providing the opportunity for me to step back, assess my current capabilities, and develop the additional skills I lacked to...
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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, View Details
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Thomas Grenier
How has your HBS experience shaped your career path? I came to HBS from McKinsey and will continue working at McKinsey now that I have completed my MBA. This might lead people to think that View Details
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Lisa Cousins
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I grew up in a very small town – you could call it “the middle of nowhere” – and have always been a bit of a dreamer, with aspirations to be a leader in the travel industry from a very...
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Phil Strazzulla
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? When I was working in venture capital, I ran into so many CEOs that had gone to HBS. When I was accepted into the program, every single one said, "I'm jealous, you're about to have...
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Brittani Rettig
to use fitness to help people develop the mental grit needed to live their best lives. We can't always control life's circumstances, but we can control how we respond." How do you use what you learned at HBS in your work with Grit by...
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Francesca Ioffreda
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I came to HBS to expand my skillset and be pushed outside of my comfort zone. I wanted to hone my personal leadership style via FIELD courses and team...
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Leo Markel
My Harvard Business School experience has shaped my goals in three different ways. First, HBS has allowed me to effectively reflect on the life I want to live and the impact I want to make. Without distancing myself from a job, I would...
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Laura Mackay
the opportunity to learn business principles in an academic setting. It was very important to me to use my two years in business school to focus on personal development. The HBS case method is incredibly unique and powerful in pushing one...
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Monica Dodi
decade. Even though women start businesses at twice the rate of men, their access to capital has been limited, says Dodi, who launched WVCF with fellow HBS alumna Edith Pripas Dorsen (MBA/MPA 1985) and with the support of female View Details
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Tim Nicolette
and management skills in the service of nonprofits in the social sector. What influence did HBS have on your ambitions? I came to HBS for two reasons. First, in my nonprofit work, I noticed that effective...
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