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Nikki Skovran
Africa. “I was impressed by the entrepreneurial energy there,” she says. “It was great to see that on the ground.” Her team worked with the Awethu Project, a startup incubator that exchanges business skills training for equity stakes in...
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Jeremy Andrus
chain, and selling. I worked for a while as a hotel developer for a Marriott franchisee. Before HBS, I was a management consultant at Monitor, which sharpened my perspective on business and industry strategy. I learned a huge amount at...
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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 become a successful manager in...
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Charles Jennings
How has HBS prepared you for your current role and your long term career? HBS has improved my mental flexibility in handling new and challenging situations by exposing me to a wide variety of extremely talented individuals. I am better able to connect and work with...
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Monica Dodi
As a cofounder and managing director of the Women’s Venture Capital Fund (WVCF), Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) backs female-led, early-stage ventures in digital media and sustainable products and services. Dodi says these emerging consumer...
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Frank Spencer
dramatic increase in personnel. "We had an incredible staff in place," he explains. "The team just needed a coach to get them organized to run the right plays." He cites HBS for providing that know-how, and more:...
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Maria Brewer
be to mobilize resources in an organization in general, the task of directly managing a team requires not only mobilization, but also the ability to coach and inspire. This is something I aspire to...
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Naiyya Saggi
since I felt an immediate kinship with this interpretation. Moreover, as a lawyer turned management consultant, I was looking to build a strong foundation to my business skills. An HBS education was important since it promised a quality...
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Ralph Johnson
in Chicago on a variety of projects. I worked on a youth mentoring program to combat violence. I was part of a team figuring out the best way to incentivize manufacturing companies to come to the city. What tax incentives would we need?...
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Constanza Oliveira e Sousa
frustrated because I knew my research would never get out of the binders. I wanted to see real world results! After graduation, I worked at a manufacturing plant in Portugal, then I came to Atlanta to start a manufacturing plant there. Suddenly, I was in a View Details
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Minal Mehta
Bollywood is a natural fusion of Eastern and Western cultures. Anyone can identify with and enjoy a BollyX class, whether it's the upbeat music, the dance movements, or the urge to unleash your inner swagger. In fact, even our team of...
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Sheila Marcelo
money for college. “I was the eighth employee, and I consider that period my general management tour of duty,” says Marcelo, who found enthusiastic mentors at the young company and was soon asked to join the View Details
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Raymond Hwang
symptoms, test results, examination findings, and patient preferences. The surgeon’s job is essentially to distill this diverse information into a diagnosis and treatment plan. In the operating room, the process is reversed. At the...
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Rawiah Abdallah
Why was getting a business education important to you? Getting a business education among people with diverse backgrounds exposes you to many different skills and opportunities. After working for four years, it has been a great time to...
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Bryan Guerra
being challenged by the wide variety of business cases and your classmates' diverse perspectives. Finally, by getting to experience this learning method with so many unique and intelligent classmates, I knew I'd gain a lasting experience...
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Tim Nicolette
organization. Once on campus, I was surrounded by diverse and talented people, many of whom I remain friends with to this day. Special events were important, too. At the Social Enterprise Conference, I saw the depth and breadth HBS has...
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Francesca Ioffreda
creating the conditions for a successful internship. They were excellent at communicating with me throughout the internship process and made me feel like part of the team immediately. My manager solicited my...
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Cynthia Samanian
diverse network of alumni. Given my interest in consumer internet startups, I was very excited to connect with the HBS alumni network, which includes highly respected venture capitalists and successful entrepreneurs. In just my two years...
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John Rogers
opportunities in the field. I found that program at HBS. The required first year curriculum, coupled with the case method approach, created a powerful learning environment built upon the diverse backgrounds of my classmates. The elective...
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Lisa Cousins
management consulting, and wanted to move to a functional role in a company to deepen my industry knowledge and management skills. I knew that HBS, through its international reputation, strong alumni...
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